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M E 104S ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS ENGINEERING: FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR A First-Year Seminar Focusing On Environmental Issues As They Pertain To The Engineering Profession. Credits: (1)
M E 402 POWER PLANTS A study of fossil-fuel steam generation and utility plants, including cogeneration, gas turbine, and combined cycles. Credits: (3) Course web site
M E 403 POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL ENGINES Introduction to Fundamentals of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFCs). Includes fundamentals of electrochemistry, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer materials, and manufacturing issues of PEFCs. A brief survey of other fuel cell types is also included. Credits: (3)
M E 404 GAS TURBINES Thermodynamic cycles relating to gas turbines; analysis and performance of compressors, combustion chambers, single- and multi-stage turbines; recent developments. Credits: (3)
M E 405 INDOOR AIR QUALITY ENGINEERING Prediction of the motion of contaminants (both gaseous particulate) in gas streams; analysis of ventilation systems and air pollution control systems; comparison of experimental sampling techniques Credits: (3)
M E 408 ENERGY SYSTEMS Theory, analysis, design, selection, and application of energy conversion systems. Credits: (3)
M E 433 FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION Natural And Man-Made Sources Of Pollution; Atmospheric Dispersion; Biological And Health Effects; Control Systems; Legislation And Regulations. Credits: (3)
M E 505 DESIGN OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS Advanced principles of design drawn from professional literature, including mechanical collectors, electrostatic precipitators, filters, scrubbers, and industrial ventilation systems. Credits: (3) Course web site
MARSC FIELD BIOLOGY Introduction to principles of ecology and natural history of plants and animals in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. Credits: (3)
MARSC MARINE ECOLOGY Ecologic relationships of plants and animals to physical, chemical, and biological factors and their zonation communities. Prerequisite: one year of biology. Credits: (3)
MARSC CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY Study of salinity, pH, trace elements, geochemical cycles, silica and carbonate chemistry, stable isotopes, and marine authigenesis and diagenesis. Credits: (3)
MARSC MARINE BIOLOGY Morphologic and ecologic study of marine biota, with emphasis on environmental factors affecting biota in littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats. Credits: (3)
MARSC MARINE BOTANY Study of marine and marine fringe plants of the Middle Atlantic Coast; their taxonomy, ecology, distribution, life histories, and physiology. Credits: (3)
MARSC MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY Modern representatives of microorganisms important in the fossil record; emphasis on taxonomy, morphology, evolution, and ecologic affinities of foraminifers (Sarcodina). Credits: (3)
MATSC 101 ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Energy Utilization And Technological Development, Energy Resources, Conversion And Consequences On The Local And Global Environment, And Future Energy Alternatives. Credits: (3) Course web site
METEO 002 OUR CHANGING ATMOSPHERE: PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL CONSEQU A survey of meteorology emphasizing how the nature of our lives, individually/societally, depends upon atmospheric structure, quality, and processes. Credits: (3)
METEO 122 ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT: GROWING IN THE WIND Students will learn about the effect of weather on plants, animals, and humans. Credits: (3)
METEO 300 SURVEY OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE Survey Of Atmospheric Processes Ranging From Global To Microscale. Credits: (3) Course web site
METEO 417 HYDROMETEOROLOGY Theory And Application Of Precipitation Meteorology, Hydrology, And Regional Forecast Planning; Control Of The Hydrometeorological System And Its Societal Effects. Credits: (3)
METEO 436 ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I Elements of earth-sun geometry, radiative transfer, photochemistry, remote sensing of the atmosphere, physical climatology, climate forcing. Credits: (3)
METEO 437 ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II Properties of aerosols and clouds, cloud nucleation and precipitation processes, atmospheric electricity, cloud and precipitation chemistry, biogeochemical cycles. Credits: (3) Course web site
METEO 445 LABORATORY IN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I Measurement practices, data analysis and management, radiometry lidars and radars, trace gas measurements. Credits: (1)
METEO 446 LABORATORY IN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II Experimental practices in cloud and aerosol physics, atmospheric electricity, atmospheric chemistry, radar meteorology. Credits: (1)
METEO 448 STORMWATER HYDROLOGY Relationship Between Surface Runoff, Rainfall And Water Chemistry During Rainfall Events For The Purpose Of Assessing Urbanization, Non-Point Source Contamination. Credits: (3)
METEO 454 INTRODUCTION TO MICROMETEOROLOGY Physical Processes And Their Measurement In The Lowest Layers Of The Atmosphere; Application To Hydrology, Plant Systems, And Air Pollution. Credits: (3)
METEO 455 ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION The Basic Principles Of Atmospheric Flow, Introduction To The Modeling Of Turbulent Diffusion, And The Use Of Epa Dispersion Models Credits: (3) Course web site
METEO 456 ENVIRONMENTAL METEOROLOGY Atmospheric Processes And Phenomena Relevant To The Environmental Sciences And Engineering, Including Boundary Layer Meteorology And Air Pollution Dispersion. Credits: (3)
METEO 470 CLIMATE DYNAMICS The Fundamental Principles That Govern Earth's Climate And Their Relevance To Past And Future Climate Change Credits: (3)
METEO 472W TOPICS IN CLIMATOLOGY Selected Topics Of Current Interest In Physical And Dynamic Climatology And Climatic Change. Credits: (3)
METEO 475W GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES The Study Of Earth's Major Global Biogeochemical Cycles (Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Sulfur) In The Context Of The Climate System. Credits: (3)
METEO 497A AIR QUALITIY FORECASTING The course will include a basic description of the chemistry of smog (no Chemistry prerequisite required), the interaction of weather and pollution, and an in depth analysis of the new NOAA numerical air quality forecast model and its components. Credits: (3)
METEO 523 CLIMATE MODELING Class topics include: the Earth’s climate system; model structure and differencing; model parameterizations; and exploration and validation of current coupled climate models. Credits: (3) Course web site
METEO 532 CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE Review of chemical principles in gaseous and multiphase environments; characteristics of key atmospheric components and chemical systems in the lower and middle atmosphere. Credits: (3) Course web site
METEO 535 RADIATIVE TRANSFER Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter; radiation and climate, atmospheric remote sensing, and observable atmospheric optical phenomena. Credits: (3) Course web site
METEO 555 ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION The theory of molecular and turbulent diffusion; experiments, theory, and practical implications of air pollution problems. Credits: (3)
METEO 563 BIOCLIMATOLOGY Climatic phenomena in their relation to life. Credits: (3)
METEO 575 CLIMATE DYNAMICS SEMINAR Review of evolving climate dynamics and earth system science, including ongoing departmental research. Credits: ((1–3)) Course web site
METEO 581 TOPICS IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY Discussion of recent research papers in, and concepts pertinent to, acidic deposition, photochemical air pollution, and global chemical budgets. Credits: ((1–3))
METEO 587 TOPICS IN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS Seminar discussion of physical processes in the atmosphere including cloud life cycles, radiative transfer, remote sensing, and hydrologic cylce. Credits: ((1-3))
METEO 588 OCEANS AND CLIMATE SEMINAR A focussed discussion on some aspect of the ocean's role in the climate system. Theme to vary from semester to semester. Credits: (2)
METIO 497 DATA ANALYSIS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES In this course, we will develop and apply various tools of data analysis and statistics to addressing these, and other fundamental questions in the atmospheric and related sciences. We will emphasize the application of the tools to actual data. Credits: (3)
MICRB 201 INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY Elementary Principles Of Microbial And Viral Interrelationships, Morphology, And Physiology; Relation To Food, Water, Soil, Industry, And Disease Processes. Designed For Students In Technical Majors. Credits: (3)
MICRB 202 INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY Qualitative And Quantitative Techniques With Regard To Recognition Of Bacteria And Their Processes On A Microscopic, Colonial, And Physiological Basis. Credits: (2)
MICRB 400 INTRODUCTORY ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Elementary Ecological Relationships Of Microorganisms In The Biosphere; Role Of Bacteria In Water Pollution And Purification. This Course Should Not Be Scheduled By Students Who Have Taken Micrb. 201 Or 202. Credits: (2)
MICRB 413 MICROBIAL DIVERSITY Survey Of Microorganisms Having Special Adaptive Mechanisms For Life In Common And Unique Environments; Topics Include Ecology, Evolution, And Bioremediation. Credits: (2)
MIN E 415 MANAGEMENT IN THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, LEGAL, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEMS Mineral industries management and labor structure analyzed, with emphasis on environmental, health and safety, and legal aspects. Credits: (3) Department: Other
MNG 400 MINING AND OUR ENVIRONMENT For Nonmining Students. Nontechnical Treatment Of Mining Methods, Practices, And Role In Today's Civilization; Socioeconomic And Environmental Problems. Credits: (3)
MNG 442 SURFACE MINE SEDIMENTATION CONTROL Design Principals And Practices For Rainfall Runoff Control, Erosion Control Systems, And Sedimentation Pond Sizing And Construction. Credits: (2)
MNG 444 GROUNDWATER ASPECTS IN MINING Physical And Chemical Hydrology Specific To Mining And The Environment; Mine Drainage Formation, Abatement, And Remediation Credits: (2)
MNG 445 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN THE MINING INDUSTRY Environmental Aspects Of Mining Including Water And Soil Contamination; Remediation Techniques; Revegetation And Land Use Planning And Legislation. Credits: (3)

M E 104S ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS ENGINEERING: FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR
A First-Year Seminar Focusing On Environmental Issues As They Pertain To The Engineering Profession.
Credits: (1)

M E 402 POWER PLANTS
A study of fossil-fuel steam generation and utility plants, including cogeneration, gas turbine, and combined cycles.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

M E 403 POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL ENGINES
Introduction to Fundamentals of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFCs). Includes fundamentals of electrochemistry, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer materials, and manufacturing issues of PEFCs. A brief survey of other fuel cell types is also included.
Credits: (3)

M E 404 GAS TURBINES
Thermodynamic cycles relating to gas turbines; analysis and performance of compressors, combustion chambers, single- and multi-stage turbines; recent developments.
Credits: (3)

M E 405 INDOOR AIR QUALITY ENGINEERING
Prediction of the motion of contaminants (both gaseous particulate) in gas streams; analysis of ventilation systems and air pollution control systems; comparison of experimental sampling techniques
Credits: (3)

M E 408 ENERGY SYSTEMS
Theory, analysis, design, selection, and application of energy conversion systems.
Credits: (3)

M E 433 FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION
Natural And Man-Made Sources Of Pollution; Atmospheric Dispersion; Biological And Health Effects; Control Systems; Legislation And Regulations.
Credits: (3)

M E 505 DESIGN OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
Advanced principles of design drawn from professional literature, including mechanical collectors, electrostatic precipitators, filters, scrubbers, and industrial ventilation systems.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

MARSC FIELD BIOLOGY
Introduction to principles of ecology and natural history of plants and animals in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments.
Credits: (3)

MARSC MARINE ECOLOGY
Ecologic relationships of plants and animals to physical, chemical, and biological factors and their zonation communities. Prerequisite: one year of biology.
Credits: (3)

MARSC CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Study of salinity, pH, trace elements, geochemical cycles, silica and carbonate chemistry, stable isotopes, and marine authigenesis and diagenesis.
Credits: (3)

MARSC MARINE BIOLOGY
Morphologic and ecologic study of marine biota, with emphasis on environmental factors affecting biota in littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats.
Credits: (3)

MARSC MARINE BOTANY
Study of marine and marine fringe plants of the Middle Atlantic Coast; their taxonomy, ecology, distribution, life histories, and physiology.
Credits: (3)

MARSC MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY
Modern representatives of microorganisms important in the fossil record; emphasis on taxonomy, morphology, evolution, and ecologic affinities of foraminifers (Sarcodina).
Credits: (3)

MATSC 101 ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Energy Utilization And Technological Development, Energy Resources, Conversion And Consequences On The Local And Global Environment, And Future Energy Alternatives.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

METEO 002 OUR CHANGING ATMOSPHERE: PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL CONSEQU
A survey of meteorology emphasizing how the nature of our lives, individually/societally, depends upon atmospheric structure, quality, and processes.
Credits: (3)

METEO 122 ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT: GROWING IN THE WIND
Students will learn about the effect of weather on plants, animals, and humans.
Credits: (3)

METEO 300 SURVEY OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Survey Of Atmospheric Processes Ranging From Global To Microscale.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

METEO 417 HYDROMETEOROLOGY
Theory And Application Of Precipitation Meteorology, Hydrology, And Regional Forecast Planning; Control Of The Hydrometeorological System And Its Societal Effects.
Credits: (3)

METEO 436 ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I
Elements of earth-sun geometry, radiative transfer, photochemistry, remote sensing of the atmosphere, physical climatology, climate forcing.
Credits: (3)

METEO 437 ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II
Properties of aerosols and clouds, cloud nucleation and precipitation processes, atmospheric electricity, cloud and precipitation chemistry, biogeochemical cycles.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

METEO 445 LABORATORY IN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I
Measurement practices, data analysis and management, radiometry lidars and radars, trace gas measurements.
Credits: (1)

METEO 446 LABORATORY IN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II
Experimental practices in cloud and aerosol physics, atmospheric electricity, atmospheric chemistry, radar meteorology.
Credits: (1)

METEO 448 STORMWATER HYDROLOGY
Relationship Between Surface Runoff, Rainfall And Water Chemistry During Rainfall Events For The Purpose Of Assessing Urbanization, Non-Point Source Contamination.
Credits: (3)

METEO 454 INTRODUCTION TO MICROMETEOROLOGY
Physical Processes And Their Measurement In The Lowest Layers Of The Atmosphere; Application To Hydrology, Plant Systems, And Air Pollution.
Credits: (3)

METEO 455 ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION
The Basic Principles Of Atmospheric Flow, Introduction To The Modeling Of Turbulent Diffusion, And The Use Of Epa Dispersion Models
Credits: (3)
Course web site

METEO 456 ENVIRONMENTAL METEOROLOGY
Atmospheric Processes And Phenomena Relevant To The Environmental Sciences And Engineering, Including Boundary Layer Meteorology And Air Pollution Dispersion.
Credits: (3)

METEO 470 CLIMATE DYNAMICS
The Fundamental Principles That Govern Earth's Climate And Their Relevance To Past And Future Climate Change
Credits: (3)

METEO 472W TOPICS IN CLIMATOLOGY
Selected Topics Of Current Interest In Physical And Dynamic Climatology And Climatic Change.
Credits: (3)

METEO 475W GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
The Study Of Earth's Major Global Biogeochemical Cycles (Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Sulfur) In The Context Of The Climate System.
Credits: (3)

METEO 497A AIR QUALITIY FORECASTING
The course will include a basic description of the chemistry of smog (no Chemistry prerequisite required), the interaction of weather and pollution, and an in depth analysis of the new NOAA numerical air quality forecast model and its components.
Credits: (3)

METEO 523 CLIMATE MODELING
Class topics include: the Earth’s climate system; model structure and differencing; model parameterizations; and exploration and validation of current coupled climate models.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

METEO 532 CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE
Review of chemical principles in gaseous and multiphase environments; characteristics of key atmospheric components and chemical systems in the lower and middle atmosphere.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

METEO 535 RADIATIVE TRANSFER
Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter; radiation and climate, atmospheric remote sensing, and observable atmospheric optical phenomena.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

METEO 555 ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION
The theory of molecular and turbulent diffusion; experiments, theory, and practical implications of air pollution problems.
Credits: (3)

METEO 563 BIOCLIMATOLOGY
Climatic phenomena in their relation to life.
Credits: (3)

METEO 575 CLIMATE DYNAMICS SEMINAR
Review of evolving climate dynamics and earth system science, including ongoing departmental research.
Credits: ((1–3))
Course web site

METEO 581 TOPICS IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
Discussion of recent research papers in, and concepts pertinent to, acidic deposition, photochemical air pollution, and global chemical budgets.
Credits: ((1–3))

METEO 587 TOPICS IN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
Seminar discussion of physical processes in the atmosphere including cloud life cycles, radiative transfer, remote sensing, and hydrologic cylce.
Credits: ((1-3))

METEO 588 OCEANS AND CLIMATE SEMINAR
A focussed discussion on some aspect of the ocean's role in the climate system. Theme to vary from semester to semester.
Credits: (2)

METIO 497 DATA ANALYSIS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
In this course, we will develop and apply various tools of data analysis and statistics to addressing these, and other fundamental questions in the atmospheric and related sciences. We will emphasize the application of the tools to actual data.
Credits: (3)

MICRB 201 INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY
Elementary Principles Of Microbial And Viral Interrelationships, Morphology, And Physiology; Relation To Food, Water, Soil, Industry, And Disease Processes. Designed For Students In Technical Majors.
Credits: (3)

MICRB 202 INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
Qualitative And Quantitative Techniques With Regard To Recognition Of Bacteria And Their Processes On A Microscopic, Colonial, And Physiological Basis.
Credits: (2)

MICRB 400 INTRODUCTORY ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Elementary Ecological Relationships Of Microorganisms In The Biosphere; Role Of Bacteria In Water Pollution And Purification. This Course Should Not Be Scheduled By Students Who Have Taken Micrb. 201 Or 202.
Credits: (2)

MICRB 413 MICROBIAL DIVERSITY
Survey Of Microorganisms Having Special Adaptive Mechanisms For Life In Common And Unique Environments; Topics Include Ecology, Evolution, And Bioremediation.
Credits: (2)

MIN E 415 MANAGEMENT IN THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, LEGAL, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEMS
Mineral industries management and labor structure analyzed, with emphasis on environmental, health and safety, and legal aspects.
Credits: (3)

Department: Other

MNG 400 MINING AND OUR ENVIRONMENT
For Nonmining Students. Nontechnical Treatment Of Mining Methods, Practices, And Role In Today's Civilization; Socioeconomic And Environmental Problems.
Credits: (3)

MNG 442 SURFACE MINE SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
Design Principals And Practices For Rainfall Runoff Control, Erosion Control Systems, And Sedimentation Pond Sizing And Construction.
Credits: (2)

MNG 444 GROUNDWATER ASPECTS IN MINING
Physical And Chemical Hydrology Specific To Mining And The Environment; Mine Drainage Formation, Abatement, And Remediation
Credits: (2)

MNG 445 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN THE MINING INDUSTRY
Environmental Aspects Of Mining Including Water And Soil Contamination; Remediation Techniques; Revegetation And Land Use Planning And Legislation.
Credits: (3)

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