ERE-Engineering (Environmental and Resource Engineering)
Course Descriptions

ERE 221. Engineering Mechanics—Statics (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Forces and vectors, moments, equi-valent force systems, free bodies, structures, section properties. Fall.
Prerequisites: Integral calculus and general physics.

ERE 222. Engineering Mechanics—Dynamics (2)
Two hours of lecture per week. Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; rectangular, normal and tangential, radial and transverse components; translation and rotation; force and acceleration; impulse; momentum; work and energy; impact. Spring.
Prerequisites: Statics and Calculus II.

ERE 223. Statics and Dynamics (4)
Four hours of lecture per week. This course provides fundamental principles, methods and applications of engineering mechanics. Development and discussion of analytic models for rigid-body mechanics are used to apply theories. Rigid bodies of a practical nature and at rest or in motion are covered. Fall.
Prerequisites: Algebra, derivative and integral calculus.

ERE 225. Engineering Graphics (1)
One three-hour session each week over the semester utilizing lecture, discussion and hands-on practice to achieve the goals of basic under-standing and skill with graphics for the purposes stated. Introductory course in graphics as a communication language and analytic/design tool for engineers. Fall and Spring.
Prerequisites: Trigonometry and computer literacy.

ERE 296. Special Topics in Engineering (1-3)
Provides experimental, interdisciplinary, or special coursework at the freshman and sophomore levels within the field of environmental resources engineering. Subject matter and course format vary from semester to semester and section to section. Fall and Spring.

ERE 310. Environmental Measurements and Spatial Information (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Fundamental concepts for properly collecting data and information about environmental variables. Collecting spatial information is emphasized through consideration of maps, aerial photographs and other imagery, and field surveying procedures. Spring.

ERE 351. Basic Engineering Thermodynamics (2)
Four hours of lecture per week, first half of the semester. Principles of energy conservation and conversion: first and second laws. Relation to PVT behavior, property functions, equilibria, and heat and mass transfer. Introduction to engineering problem analysis and computer methods. Spring.
Prerequisites: Physics, general chemistry and calculus. Not for credit to students who have successfully completed FCH 360 or equivalent.

ERE 362. Mechanics of Materials (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Theories of stress, deformation and stability of common structural materials subjected to various force systems. Spring.
Prerequisites: Integral calculus and statics.

ERE 371. Surveying for Engineers (4)
Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. The principles of plane surveying and position determination for engineers. Subject matter areas include introduction to the theory of measure-ment and errors, reference surfaces, coordinate systems and datums, horizontal and vertical measurements, traversing and computations, construction surveying including circular and parabolic curves, property and public land surveys, the analysis and treatment of systematic and random errors, foundations and applications of global positioning systems. Laboratory fieldwork and computations culminate in a topographic map. Fall.
Prerequisite: Calculus.

ERE 385. Mechanical Design (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. The principles of operation and design of mechanical systems common in engineering. Solution of equipment design using such components as springs, gears, motors and transmissions. Strength, reliability and economy are considered. Design projects are oriented to current concerns in construction, environment, and manufacturing. Spring.
Prerequisite: ERE 221; Co-requisites: ERE 222, ERE 362.

ERE 440. Water Pollution Engineering (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Intro-duction to the physical, chemical and biological parameters of wastewater treatment processes and to the principles of the unit operations involved. Study of the design parameters and design procedures of wastewater treatment systems. Fall.
Prerequisite: Physics.

ERE 441. Air Pollution Engineering (3)
Three hours of lecture and discussion per week. Study of the chemical, physical and meteorological principles of air pollution and its control. Local and global effects of air pollution. The atmospheric survey. Examination of the operating principles and design parameters of the various air pollution control systems. Air quality and emission standards. Fall and Spring.
Prerequisites: FCH 360, MAT 397, PSE 371.

ERE 445. Hydrologic Modeling (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Deterministic and stochastic models of hydrologic phenomenon. Model development and the use of computer programming to construct, manipulate, and interpret hydrologic models. Theoretical and analytical approaches to describing hydrologic processes, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, surface runoff, percolation, groundwater movement and discharge, and streamflow. Distributed, semi-distributed, and lumped parameter models and techniques for model calibration and validation. Fall.
Pre- or co-requisite(s): Introductory computer programming.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 445 and ERE 645.

ERE 450. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Definition, development and general concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Topics will include data acquisition and specification, data processing, data manipulation, and analysis, information output, and selecting and implementing GIS. Fall.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 450 and ERE 550.

ERE 496. Special Topics (1-3)
Lectures, readings, problems and discussions. Topics in environ-mental or resource engineering as announced. Fall and/or Spring.

ERE 501. Microbiology for Bioprocessing (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory/discussion per week. Topics include general microbiology, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, biochemistry, metabolic regulation, microbial growth and product formation (with general stoichiometry), media formulation and bioprocess design including batch, fed-batch, and continuous modes, techniques for product recovery and purification, and mammalian cell lines/culture. Laboratory sessions focus on photo-synthetic hydrogen production, experimental determination of enzyme kinetics, and polyhydroxyalkanoate production, recovery,
and purification. Fall.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor; basic understanding of chemistry and biology; appropriate quantitative skills

ERE 502. Bioseparations (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Cell disruption, solid liquid separations, centrifugation, chromatographic techniques (gel filtration, affinity, ion exchange), and membrane processes. Extraction. Crystallization and drying. Aseptic filtration. Fall.
Prerequisite: ERE/EFB 501.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both BPE 320 and ERE 502.

ERE 503. Bioprocess Plan Design (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Topics covered include integration of process and support systems and equipment; concepts of facility design integrating Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), equipment and systems cleanability, people flow, product protection, capital investment, and operating costs. This course will focus towards facility design in the biopharmaceutical industry. Spring.
Prerequisites: ERE 502, CEN 600 (Process Engineering and Qualification) or equivalents.

ERE 506. Hazardous Waste Management (3)
Three hours of lecture and discussion per week. Systematic control of generation, storage, transport, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste. Applicable hazardous waste regulations. Pollutant transport mechanisms. Technology design to investigate, control emissions and remediate sites. Urban economic redevelopment impacts. Fall.
Pre- or co-requisite(s): Chemistry and biology. Permission of instructor for seniors in good standing.

ERE 515. Production and Operation Management (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Basic productivity issues and simulation modeling. Topics include basic productivity theories, construction productivity tools, and the discrete-event simulation model. Through independent research students select construction activities and develop a computer simulation model to optimize construction operations by identifying and correcting inefficient operation. Spring.
Prerequisite: Three credits of any physical or analytical engineering, or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 515 and WPE 315.

ERE 519. Green Entrepreneurship (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Explore challenges and goals of creating a start-up venture in environmental science or tech-nology. Recognize trends in the marketplace, and where commercial opportunities can be created. Analyze feasibility and potential to create a sustainable venture. Other topic areas include critical success factors and key start-up issues unique to science and technology firms. Spring.
Pre- or Co-requisites: FOR 207 Introduction to Economics or equivalent; or permission of instructor.

ERE 525. Construction Methods and Equipment (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Analysis of heavy con-struction operations and related environmental concerns. Production calculations, means and methods selection and operating costs of heavy construction equipment are addressed. The economics of equip-ment use are analyzed. The use of a digitizer in earthwork quantity takeoff is explored. The outcome of the course is to select the most cost efficient and performance efficient method and equipment. A term paper is required. Fall.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 525 and WPE 350.

ERE 531. Construction Safety (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Occupational Safety and Health practices in the construction industry. An overview of the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Regulations,
29 CFR 1910 and 29 CFR 1926. Comprehensive review of: general safety and health requirements, hazard communication, confined space entry, lockout/tagout programs, workplace violence, personal protective equipment, fire protection, signs and barricades, rigging, small tools — hand and power, welding and cutting, electrical, fall protection, scaffolding, cranes, mobile equipment, excavation and trenching, steel erection, stairways and ladders and permissible exposure limits. A term paper is required. Fall.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 531 and WPE 331.

ERE 535. Cost Engineering (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Statistics, cost of money, rates of return, cash flow, budget development, cost tracking, productivity and progress, constructability and value engineering, change control and risk analysis. Synthesis research report on a cost engineering topic required. Fall.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both WPE 335 and ERE 535.

ERE 540. Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to water resources engineering. Hydraulics processes explored include pipe flow, open-channel flow, flows within control structures, and flow through porous media. Hydrologic processes explored include scaling rainfall across time and space, computing the timing and magnitude of watershed run-off, and routing flood waves through detention basins and streams. Engineering analysis to link hydrologic and hydraulic systems and use probability distributions to access the system failure. Spring.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 340 and ERE 540.

ERE 542. Bioreaction Engineering (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Bioprocess kinetics, reaction engineering, mass and energy balances, stoichiometry, enzyme kinetics, growth and product synthesis kinetics, mass transfer effects, bioreactor analysis and design, instrumentation and control, batch processing, bioreactor scale-up, agitation, oxygen delivery, heat removal and kinetics of sterilization (clean and sterilization in place – CIP and SIP). Spring.
Prerequisites: Mass and Heat Transfer, or Transport Phenomena

ERE 543. Construction Estimating (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Definition and explanation of estimating/bidding theory and process. The processes for reviewing and interpreting contracts, specifications and blueprints as well as their role in the estimating/bidding process. Perform a quantity takeoff. Create a final estimate/bid, including the appropriate General Conditions and Markups. Several projects based on the concepts listed above as well as utilizing either a spreadsheet or Timberline Precision Estimating. A term paper describing how the relevant topics of the course fit a specific industry application, and production of an additional project based on Timberline Precision Estimating software or equivalent are required. Spring.
Prerequisites: Estimating experience or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 543 and WPE 343.

ERE 548. Open Channel Hydraulics (3)
Three hours of lecture and discussion per week. Classroom instruction and exercises introduce advanced concepts in open channel hydraulics, including the energy and momentum principles, critical flow, uniform flow, flow profiles, and unsteady flow, as appropriate. Students will prepare a research paper describing their work on an independent project. Fall.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 448 and ERE 548.
Pre- or co-requisites: Fluid mechanics or permission of instructor.

ERE 550. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Definition, development and general concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Topics will include data acquisition and position specification, data processing, data manipulation, and analysis, information output, and selecting and implementing GIS. Readings with written assessment will be assigned from the current literature. Participation in a group project is required. Fall.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 450 and ERE 550.

ERE 551. GIS for Engineers (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Intro-duction to fundamental concepts in geographic information systems (GISs) with a focus on engineering applications. Fundamental concepts and development of geographic information systems including models and georeferencing systems used to represent and characterize spatial data. Data processing including collection and preprocessing, data management, spatial analysis and manipulation, and data output. Necessity and utility of spatial data in engineering design analysis. Fall.
Prerequisite: Calculus.
Co-requisite: ERE 371 or equivalent.

ERE 552. Fundamentals of Remote Sensing (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Principles and techniques of environmental remote sensing including potentials, limitations, instrumentation and unique requirements. Procedures and principles of acquiring, analyzing and using a wide range of imagery types for environmental applications and design. Both qualitative and quantitative interpretation procedures are presented. Oriented for multidisciplinary participation. Fall or Spring.
Prerequisites: Physics and calculus or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 352 and ERE 552.

ERE 561. Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Principles of classical thermo-dynamics applied to engineering practice. First and second laws; heat effects; property functions and their correlation; physical and chemical equilibrium; solutions and mixtures; equations of state. Compressible flow. Electrolyte solutions. Thermodynamic analysis of processes and systems via case studies and computer simulation. Compressible flow and/or thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions. Spring.
Prerequisites: Physics and Calculus.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both PSE 361 and ERE 561.

ERE 563. Photogrammetry I (3)
Two hours of lecture and discussion; three hours of laboratory and discussion per week. Basic photogrammetric and photo interpretation concepts as a means of acquiring reliable data for engineering and management planning. Potentials, limitations, instrumentation and unique requirements are considered. Spring.
Prerequisite: ERE 371.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 363 and ERE 563.

ERE 566. Global Positioning Systems I (1)
Three hours of lecture per week for the first six weeks of the semester. Introduction to the Global Positioning System (GPS). Practical use of GPS receivers capable of positioning points to 1 to 5 meters. Planning of GPS surveys, collection of GPS observations and use of GPS software on personal computers to determine positions of targets of interest. Demonstration of porting collected GPS data to a geographic information system. Fall.
Prerequisites: ERE 371 and computer literacy.
Pre- or co-requisite(s): ERE 371 or equivalent and computer literacy.

ERE 570. Principles of Mass and Energy Balances (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Conservation of mass and energy applied to steady-state and dynamic process units and systems. Problem analysis and solution; computational techniques. Thermodynamic data and their use; real vs. perfect gases; steam properties; psychrometry. Computer simulation of steady and non-steady state process systems. Fall.
Prerequisites: Physics, Calculus, and General Chemistry.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both PSE 370 and ERE 570.

ERE 571. Fluid Mechanics (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Fluid statics. Principles of mass, energy and momentum balance. Bernoulli’s equation. Application to pipe flows, flow measurement and porous media. Movement of particles in fluid media. Rheology of fluids and suspensions typical in the pulp and paper industry (pulps, black liquor, etc.) Filtration and sedimentation of fibrous and particulate suspensions. Characteristics of pumps. Flow systems with economic considerations. Analysis of some papermaking operations such as drainage, dewatering, vacuum dewatering and wet pressing. Fall.
Prerequisites: Physics, Chemistry, Calculus.
Note: Credit will not be granted for PSE 371 and ERE 571 (both undergraduate and graduate versions of the same course).

ERE 580. Coordinate Systems for GIS (1)
One hour of lecture per week. Basic principles and procedures related to earth coordinate systems. Topics include ways to specify locations, reference systems (datums), common earth coordinate systems, coordinate transformations, and general approaches to determining location in the field. Spring.
Pre- or co-requisites: Mathematical preparation in geometry, trigonometry, analytical geometry. Knowledge or experience with mapping or GIS.

ERE 585. Microscopy and Photomicrography (3)
Two hours of lecture, one hour of demonstration, and three to five hours of laboratory per week. Principles of light microscopy and photomicrography with extensive laboratory practice. Fall.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

ERE 596. Special Topics (1-3)
Lectures, conferences, discussions and laboratory. Topics in environmental and resource engineering not covered in established courses. Designed for the beginning graduate student or selected upper-division undergraduate. Fall and/or Spring.

ERE 610. Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (3)
One-half hour lecture, two-and-one-half hour laboratory per week; and a minimum of six hours additional laboratory is required. This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of computer-aided design and drafting. It covers the commands needed to create a two-dimensional drawing, with particular emphasis on techniques used in the design profession applications. The requirements for the course include completing self-tutorials, creating drawings and the completion of two major projects.
Prerequisite: General knowledge of manual drafting.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both WPE 410 and ERE 610.

ERE 615. Lean Project Management (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Lean production theory and the Lean project management system and their relations to the Architect, Engineering, and Construction industries. Topics include the Toyota production system, lean principles, the Last Planner System, and supply chain management. Through independent research students learn how to identify and improve the value stream of the construction process. Fall.
Prerequisite: Three credits of management or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 615 and WPE 415.

ERE 630. Computer Applications in Construction Management (1-3)
Guided individual study. Projects that will be estimated, scheduled or managed exclusively by industry-standard, construction-related soft-ware, including Timberline Precision Estimating, Quest Earthworks, Quest for Contractors, Primavera Project Planner, SureTrak Project Manager by Primavera and Expedition by Primavera. A final report with annotated bibliography is required. Spring.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 630 and WPE 430.

ERE 643. Water Pollution Engineering (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Introduction to the physical, chemical and biological parameters of wastewater treatment processes and to the principles of the unit operations involved. Study of the design parameters and design procedures of wastewater treatment systems. Fall.
Prerequisites: Physics and CHE 356 or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 440 and ERE 643.

ERE 645. Hydrologic Modeling (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Deterministic and stochastic models of hydrologic phenomenon. Model development and the use of computer programming to construct, manipulate, and interpret hydrologic models. Theoretical and analytical approaches to describing hydro-logic processes, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, surface runoff, percolation, groundwater movement and discharge, and streamflow. Distributed, semi-distributed, and lumped parameter models and techniques for model calibration and validation. Fall.
Pre- or co-requisite(s): Introductory computer programming.
Note: Credit will not be granted for ERE 445 and ERE 645.

ERE 652. Remote Sensing Interpretation (3)
Two hours lecture supplemented with individual and group projects per week. Principles and procedures for processing modern remote sensing imagery for extracting useful information. Types and characteristics of modern sensors, geometric transformation and restoration, enhancement and interpretation of digital imagery, and fundamental aspects of assessing the accuracy of remote sensing analyses. Spring.
Prerequisite: ERE 552 or equivalent.

ERE 653. Construction Planning and Scheduling (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. The use of Gantt, Activity on Node, Precedence Diagram, PERT and Linear schedules. Identification of activities and duration analyses of these activities. Update schedules, plan and assign resources, plan cost and schedule. Schedule development is performed both manually and with industry accepted software. A term paper describing how the relevant topics of the course fit a specific industry application and an additional project utilizing the software are required. Fall.
Prerequisite(s): Estimating experience and/or equivalent scheduling experience.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 653 and WPE 453.

ERE 654. Construction Project Management (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. How to define and properly identify company organizational structures. Project delivery systems, integration of estimating, bidding, scheduling and cost control into the management process. How safety, quality control, value engineering, procurement, labor relations and insurance and bonding requirements are integral parts of a construction project.
A term paper describing how the relevant topics of the course fit a specific industry application and a project based upon Expedition project management software are required. Spring.
Prerequisites: ERE 653, equivalent experience or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 654 and WPE 454.

ERE 658. Construction Contracts and Specifications (3)
Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. The types of construction contracts used in the construction industry from the Owner, Contractor, Subcon-tractor and Supplier viewpoints. Types of required insurance and the remedies available to contractors are presented. The process of bidding and negotiating from the legal perspective is covered along with contract administration. Specifications are introduced by type and the requirements of each type are discussed based on current industry-accepted standards. A term paper describing how the relevant topics of the course fit a specific industry application is required. Spring.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 658 and WPE 455.

ERE 664. Photogrammetry II (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. General analytic photogrammetry including interior and exterior orientation systems, intersection space resection and orientation. Correction of photo coordinates for film deformation, lens distortions, atmospheric refraction and earth curvature. Introduction to photogrammetric plotters. Planning photogrammetric projects and designing optimum procedures for selected photogrammetric tasks. Fall.
Prerequisite: ERE 563.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 464 and ERE 664.

ERE 667. Process Control (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Presents an introduction to the principles of process control. Linear analysis, LaPlace transforms,
and nonlinear simulation are presented and applied to feedback, and feedforward control. Examples of process simulation, accuracy and stability of control are drawn from paper industry processes. Process identification using numerical techniques and MATLAB. Fall.
Prerequisite: Differential Equations.
Note: Credit will not be granted for PSE 477 and ERE 667.

ERE 670. Principles of Pulping and Bleaching (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week plus literature study of assigned topics, independent project planning and/or laboratory study. Discussion of pulping and bleaching processes. Effects of chemical and physical variables on the wood components and pulp properties; chemistry involved. Experiments in pulping and bleaching and pulp evaluation. Spring.
Prerequisites: Organic, physical and analytic chemistry.

ERE 672. Colloidal and Interface Science Applications in Papermaking (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Provides the student with the fundamental principles of Colloidal and Interface Science as it relates to the interaction of papermaking materials and chemical additives in the wetend of a papermachine system. The topics of retention of fine solids and dewatering are addressed in detail. Spring.
Pre- or co-requisite: Physical chemistry.

ERE 676. Management in the Paper Industry (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Provides the student with interactive contact with active executives in the Paper and Allied industries. The student will develop and present studies of business cases in discussion forum to the class. An understanding of how general managers operate to manage an entire organization will be presented by visiting experts, class participation, group present-ations, written papers, and examinations. The student will critically review selected literature and present their findings. Spring.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both PSE 456 and ERE 676.

ERE 677. Paper Properties (4)
Three hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week and discussion plus evaluation of literature, independent project planning and/or laboratory study. Evaluation and study of the physical, optical and chemical properties of paper and the interrelationships existing among paper manufacturing methods, papermaking additives, test results and the ultimate properties desired in the finished paper. Fall.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both PSE 465 and ERE 677.

ERE 678. Paper Coating and Converting (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Evaluation and study of the various coating materials and processes used by the paper industry. Intro-duction to polymers and their use in converting operations, funda-mentals and parameters which control their use, effects on final properties of papers. Spring.
Prerequisite: ERE 677.
Note: Credit will not be granted for PSE 466 and ERE 678.

ERE 679. Papermaking Processes (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Study of the papermaking process from theoretical and practical standpoints featuring the operation of the pilot paper machines. Emphasis is on the fundamentals of stock preparation and paper machine operations, papermaking process and product design, evaluation of the finished product, and the collection and analysis of process data. An inde-pendent project is required in conjunction with the undergraduate paper machine runs. Spring.
Pre- or co-requisite(s): PSE 300, PSE 370, ERE 677.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both PSE 468 and ERE 679.

ERE 682. Transport Processes (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. The relationship between wood structure and wood permeability, moisture movement, and heat transfer. Fire retardant and wood-preservation treatments. Wood drying. Unsteady-state transport processes. An advanced laboratory problem with report in wood-moisture relation-ships, wood drying, the relationship between wood permeability and treatability, or wood preservative treatments. Spring.
Prerequisite: WPE 387 or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 682 and WPE 326.

ERE 685. Transmission Electron Microscopy (5)
Two hours of lecture, two hours of laboratory/demonstration per week, minimum of ten hours of individual laboratory. The theory
and operation of the transmission electron microscope including specimen preparation, photographic technique and interpretation
of micrographs. Spring.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

ERE 686. Wood-Water Relationships (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Relationship between wood moisture content and the environment, electrical and thermal properties, theories of moisture sorption, hygro-scopic swelling and shrinking, thermodynamics of moisture sorption, mechanism of moisture movement as it relates to activation theory. Laboratory exercises will complement the theoretical topics discussed in the lecture. Fall.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

ERE 691. Air Pollution Engineering (3)
Three hours of lecture and discussion per week. Study of the chemical, physical and meteorological principles of air pollution and its control. Local and global effects of air pollution. The atmospheric survey. Examination of the operating principles and design parameters of the various air pollution control systems. Air quality and emission standards. Fall
Prerequisites: Physics and CHE 356 or permission of instructor. Note: Credit will not be granted for both ERE 441 and ERE 691.

ERE 760. Analytical Photogrammetry I (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Mathematical theory of photogrammetry including space resection, orientation, intersection and aerial triangulation. Spring.
Prerequisites: FEG 363, APM 360 and FEG 464.

ERE 770. Biodegradation of Wood (3)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of demonstration/discussion per week. Biology of lignocolous fungi and their effects on wood properties. Anatomical, chemical and biotechnological aspects of the three major types of wood decay. Spring.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

ERE 785. Scanning Electron Microscopy (5)
Two hours of lecture/demonstration/laboratory per week. Ten hours of indepen-dent laboratory experience per week. The theory and operation of the scanning electron microscope including specimen preparation, photo-graphic technique and interpretation of micrographs. Fall and Spring. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

ERE 796. Advanced Topics (1-3)
Lectures, conferences, discussions and laboratory. Advanced topics
in forest engineering, paper science and engineering, and wood products engineering. Fall and/or Spring.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

ERE 797. Seminar (1-3)
1.) Forest engineering topics. 2.) Paper science and engineering topics. 3.) Wood products engineering topics. Fall and Spring.

ERE 798. Research in Environmental and Resource Engineering (Credit hours to be arranged)
1.) Independent research topics in forest engineering.
2.) Independent research topics in paper science and engineering. 3.) Independent research topics in wood products engineering. Fall, Spring and Summer.

ERE 898. Professional Experience/Synthesis (1-6)
A supervised, documented professional work experience in the Master of Professional Studies degree program. Fall, Spring or Summer.
Prerequisite: Approval of proposed study plan by advisor, Faculty, and any sponsoring organization.

ERE 899. Master’s Thesis Research (Credit hours to be arranged)
Research and independent study for the master’s degree and thesis. Fall, Spring and Summer.

ERE 999. Doctoral Thesis Research (Credit hours to be arranged)
Research and independent study for the doctoral degree and dissertation. Fall, Spring and Summer.