Graduate Calendar 2006-2007

Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Environmental Engineering

University of Ottawa
Room C406A Colonel By Hall
16 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
Telephone: (613) 562-5800 ext. 6189
Fax: (613) 562-5174
Email: labelle@genie.uottawa.ca
Web site: www.ociene.ca

The Institute

Director of the Institute: Kevin Kennedy

Associate Directors of the Institute:

Carleton University: Paul Van Geel

University of Ottawa: Jason Zhang

Established in 2000, the Institute combines the research strengths and resources of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University and the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Programs leading to M.Eng., M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering are available through the Institute. Registration will be at the university with which the student's supervisor is affiliated. Requests for admission may be sent to the Director of the Institute. Related fields of study and research in environmental engineering are also available through the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Civil Engineering (which offers graduate degrees in Civil Engineering) and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa (which offers graduate degrees in Chemical Engineering).

Members of the Institute

Members of the Institute are listed below. The "home" department of each member is indicated by (C) for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University, (CVG) for the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa, and (CHG) for the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa.

• O. Basu, Water and wastewater process optimization, bioreactor and membrane systems (C)
• P. Champagne, Environmental engineering, passive treatment systems, acid mine drainage (AMD) mitigation, composting and solid waste management (C-Adjunct)
• R. L. Droste, Water and wastewater treatment process modeling, watershed modeling (CVG)
• M. Dube, Biodiesel, polymer reaction engineering (CHG)
• L. Fernandes, Agricultural and solid waste management, wastewater treatment, bioremediation (CVG)
• L. Graham, Mobile and stationary source emissions (C-Adjunct)
• D. Karman, Air pollution and control, motor vehicle emissions and urban air quality (C)
• K. J. Kennedy, Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, advanced anaerobic digestion processes, anaerobic digestion processes, fate of contaminants in wastewater treatment (CVG)
• B. Kruczek, Membrane gas separation processes (CHG)
• C. Lan, Biological treatment of industrial wastewater, magnetic field enhanced separation, ion exchange, membrane separation, membrane bioreactors (CHG)
• T. Matsuura, Membrane separation processes (CHG)
• D. D. McLean, Modeling, control, optimization and robust design of waste treatment processes (CHG)
• R.M. Narbaitz, Physicochemical water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management (CVG)
• I. Nistor, Hydraulics of landfill sites, dam safety, sediment transport on coastal areas, risk assessment, hydraulic structures (CVG)
• B. Ormeci, Water treatment, wastewater treatment, disinfection, treatment and management of biosolids (C)
• W. J. Parker, Wastewater treatment, fate of contaminants in engineered and natural systems, biological processes. (C - Adjunct)
• G.G. Patry, Wastewater treatment process simulation and control (CVG)
• C. Rennie, Surface water quality, climate change, fluvial habitat, sediment transport, river hydraulics (CVG)
• N. Ross, Biofilms in natural systems, groundwater bioremediation, microbial ecology, ecotoxicological assessment (CHG-Adjunct)
• P. Simms, Solid waste reduction, mine waste management, surface disposal of thickened tailings, flow in unsaturated soils, soil microstructure (C)
• T. Sampat Sridar, Environmental impact assessment, wastewater treatment, hazardous and radioactive waste, pollution control (C-Adjunct)
• F. Handan Tezel, Air pollution control, water pollution control, environmental engineering (CHG)
• A.Y. Tremblay, Synthetic membranes, process and wastewater treatment, air pollution and control (CHG)
• S. Vanapalli, Hog manure management, flow behaviour in contaminant soils, soil liners, acid mine drainage (CVG)
• P. J. Van Geel, Groundwater flow and contaminant transport, waste disposal (C)
• M. A. Warith, Environmental Engineering (O - Adjunct)
• J. Zhang, Modeling, scale-up of oxidations systems, combined photocatalytic/biological treatment (CHG)

Master's Program

Admission Requirements

The requirement for admission to the master's program in Environmental Engineering is a four-year bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, other related engineering disciplines (Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, etc.), or Environmental Science disciplines.

All students entering the program are required to have courses in mathematics, probability and statistics equivalent to courses required in undergraduate engineering programs. Students admitted without full equivalency in these areas are expected to take appropriate undergraduate courses early in their studies. These courses will be additional to the normal degree requirements.

All st udents entering the program are also required to have taken undergraduate courses equivalent to the following:

MECH 2300 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
ENVE 3001 Environmental Engineering Unit Operations
ENVE 3002 Environmental Engineering Systems Modeling

These courses are considered to provide the minimum background in fluid mechanics, and in physical, chemical, and biochemical treatment principles, necessary to adequately follow environmental engineering courses at the graduate level. Depending on their background, students may have been exposed to these principles through a different combination of courses in their undergraduate curriculum. Students entering the program without an equivalent background in these topics are expected to take these courses early in their studies and they are considered additional to those normally required for the degree.

Program Requirements

Study at the master's level can be pursued through a thesis leading to a M.A.Sc., a project option leading to a M.Eng., or a coursework option leading to a M. Eng. The requirements for coursework are specified in terms of credits. At Carleton University, 1.0 credit typically comprises three hours of lectures or seminars a week for two terms, or the equivalent. At the University of Ottawa, 1.0 course credit is one hour of instruction per week for one term. Thus 1.0 credit in Carleton University notation is equivalent to 6 course credits in the University of Ottawa notation.

Thesis Option (M.A.Sc.)

The requirements are:

1. Completion of a minimum of 3.0 credits by course, with at least 0.5 credit from each of at least three of the areas of study listed below;
2. Participation in the graduate seminar series (ENVE 5800) (0.0 credit);
3. Completion and successful oral defence of a research thesis (equivalent to 3.0 credits).

Project Option (M.Eng.)

The requirements are:

1. 4.0 credits;
2. A project equivalent to 1.0 credit;
3. Participation in the graduate student seminar series (ENVE 5800) (0.0 credit).

Coursework Option (M.Eng.)

The requirements are:

1. 5.0 credits;
2. Participation in the graduate student seminar series (ENVE 5800) (0.0 credit).

Breadth Requirement

In keeping with the objective of ensuring a breadth of knowledge for graduates of the program, students in the master's program are expected to take at least one graduate level course from each of at least three of the following areas of study:

• Air Pollution
• Water Resources Management, Groundwater Management and Contaminant Transport
• Management of Solid, Hazardous, and Radioactive Waste, and Pollution Prevention
• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Environmental Impact Assessment

This requirement serves the objectives of educating graduate professionals who are not only specialized in one area but who are sufficiently familiar with problems and different approaches in the other areas to enable them to interact readily at a technical level with colleagues working in those areas. In addition to the courses associated with the individual areas, students will be encouraged to select courses from fundamental areas such as chemistry, numerical modeling, and applied statistics.

Master's or Ph.D. candidates transferring from another university must take at least half their courses at the Institute.

Doctoral Program

Admission Requirements

The normal requirement for admission into the Ph.D. Program in Environmental Engineering is completion of either: A Master's degree in Environmental Engineering, or A Master's degree in an engineering discipline with an environmental specialization.

Students wishing to enter the program who do not have either of these backgrounds will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Additional course requirements may be specified in some cases.

Program Requirements (A revision has been made to this section after its print publication. Consult the Updates page for details.)