ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENGINEERING AND HYGIENEModule ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: PIETRO PAOLO FALCIGLIAExpected Learning Outcomes
Basic
knowledge on engineering solutions and procedures for environment risk assessment, environmental protection and restoration of contaminated sites.
Course Structure
Teaching
will be be carried out by lecture and group discussion.
Required Prerequisites
No
mandatory prerequisites.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance of lessons is mandatory (70%).
Detailed Course Content
Environmental
issue and law. Origin and properties of organic and inorganic pollutants. Environmental contamination scenarios.
Interaction between contaminants and solid and gaseous environmental matrices. Characterization methods and techniques for contaminated sites. Remediation of contaminated sites. Risk assessment. Air pollution. Environnmental procedures.
Textbook Information
1. Vagliasindi F.G.A., Falciglia P.P., Longo G., Roccaro P., Santamaria A., Zito D.. Progettazione di impianti di trattamento per il controllo del rischio ambientale. Edizioni CSISA anno 2012. ISBN: 88-7850-012-7.
2. Luca Bonomo. Bonifica di siti contaminati. Caratterizzazione e tecnologie di risanamento. McGraw-Hill.Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Environmental issue and law: L.D. 152/2006. | |
| 2 | Environmental issue and law. Origin and properties of organic and inorganic pollutants. Environmental contamination scenarios. Interaction between contaminants and solid and gaseous environmental matrices. Characterization techniques for contaminated sites. Remediation of contaminated sites. Risk assessment. | |
| 3 | Air pollution. Envirnonmental procedures. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Final
oral examination.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Discussing about:
- Environmental
issue and law.
- Origin and properties of organic and inorganic
pollutants.
- Environmental contamination scenarios.
- Interaction between contaminants and solid and gaseous environmental
matrices.
- Characterization techniques for contaminated sites.
- Remediation of contaminated sites.
- Risk assessment.
- Air pollution.
- Environmental procedures.