Fundamentals of Air Pollution

Catalog description

Natural and man-made sources of pollution; atmospheric dispersion; biological and health effects; control systems; legislation and regulations. This course is an introduction to air pollution, with an emphasis on outdoor rather than indoor air pollution. Topics to be covered include sources (emissions) of air pollution, both gaseous and particulate, interaction of air pollution with our bodies and the environment, and methods of measuring, quantifying, analyzing, and controlling air pollution. A brief introduction to government regulations related to air pollution will also be provided. Students are expected to be proficient in applying mathematics (e.g., integration, differentiation, and application of differential equations), and some basic chemistry, statistics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics.