Updated May 2013
Courses
- CEE 272. Coastal Contaminants. Fall, 3-4 units. Coastal
pollution and
its effects on ecosystems and human health. The sources, fate, and transport
of human pathogens, nutrients, heavy metals, persistent organics, endocrine
disrupters, and toxic algae. Background on coastal ecosystems and coastal
transport phenomena including tides, waves, and cross shelf transport.
Introduction to time series analysis with MATLAB. Undergraduates may enroll
with consent of instructor.
- CEE 271M/371M. Transport Phenomena. Winter, 3 units. Heat,
mass, and momentum transfer theory from the viewpoint of the basic
transport equations. Steady and unsteady state; laminar and turbulent
flow; boundary layer theory. Prerequisites: fluid mechanics, ordinary
differential equations. Can be taken for a letter grade or credit / no
credit. Taught in 2013-2014.
- CEE 274P. Environmental Health Microbiology. Spring, 4 units. Lab
class.
Microbiology skills including culture-, microscope-, and molecular-based
detection techniques. Focus is on standard and EPA-approved methods to
enumerate and isolate organisms used to assess risk of enteric illnesses, such
as coliforms, enterococci, and coliphage, in drinking and recreational waters
including lakes, streams, and coastal waters. Student project to assess the
microbial water quality of a natural water. Enrollment by consent of
instructor, application required. Taught in 2013-2014.
- CEE 175A/275A. California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law.
(Graduate
students register for 275A; same as EARTHSYS 175/275, LAW 514.)
Winter, 3-4 units. Interdisciplinary. The legal, science, and policy
dimensions
of managing California's coastal resources. Coastal land use and marine
resource decision making.
The physics, chemistry, and biology of the coastal zone, tools for exploring
data from the coastal ocean, and the institutional framework that shapes
public and private decision making. Field work: how experts from different
disciplines work to resolve coastal policy questions. Team taught with Meg
Caldwell, and Debbie Sivas of the Stanford Law School. This is an iEarth
class. Students must apply to take this course, instructors' consent
required. Not offered 2013-2014. (Taught
every other year).
- CEE 275C: Water, sanitation & health. Winter. 3-4
units. Students acquire basic knowledge to participate in a dialogue on
water, sanitation and health issues in developing and developed
countries. The focus is on enteric pathogenic pollutants. Material
includes: Important pathogens, their modes of transmission and the
diseases they cause, their fate and transport in the environment, and
the means by which they are measured; statistical methods for processing
and interpreting waterborne pollutant concentrations, and interpreting
data from epidemiology studies; microbial source tracking; epidemiology
and quantitative microbial risk assessment; reduction of pathogens in
water and sludge; and non-experimental water, sanitation, and hygiene
research. Several laboratory sessions will allow students to measure
indicator bacteria and viruses using culture-based techniques and expose
students to molecular methods for measuring health-relevant targets in
water. This class is co-taught with Prof Jenna Davis. Not offered 2013-2014. (Taught
every other year).