Dr.
Muhammad Ali Inam
Assistant Professor
IESE-SCEE-NUST
Course Description
• Credit hours
• Theory = 2
• Practical = 2
• Total = 4
• Course Objective
• The primary objectives of this course are to:
• • To learn about techniques used for sampling of water, soil and air
• • To study instrumental techniques used for analysis of various parameters affecting
environment
• Relevant Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
• 1 - Engineering Knowledge
• 4 - Investigation:
• 6 - The Engineer and Society 2
Course Learning Outcomes
Taxonomy
S. No. CLOs Domain PLOs
Level
EXPLAIN the purpose and use of different environmental sampling and
1 analytical techniques available in the NUST labs for quality monitoring Cognitive 2 1
of air, water and soil.
INVESTIGATE the environmental health of different environmental
compartments using sampling and analytical techniques per Pakistan’s
2 Cognitive 3 4
National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) and US EPA
Standards.
DEMONSTRATE their acquired skills in field sampling and analytical
3 Psychomotor 4 4
testing and reporting writing (Physical Ability)
2. Open Ended Lab / Complex engineering activity
BRIDGE the awareness gap between the society and scientific
community using evidenced-based findings acquired during their open-
4 Effective 4 6
ended lab experiments about the select environmental issues of Pakistan
using conventional and emerging mass media.
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Theory
Week
Topic
1 Introduction to standard methods of analysis,
Principles of collecting environmental samples
2 Methods for sampling soil, surface water, ground water, wastewater and air
3 Methods for preservation of environmental samples
4 Gravimetric and volumetric method of analysis for water and wastewater samples
5 Chemical Analysis of Environmental Samples
• Dissolved oxygen in water
• Chemical oxygen demand of wastewater
• Biochemical oxygen demand of wastewater
• Kjeldahl nitrogen determination
6 Instrumental techniques and Spectroscopic methods of analysis
7 Absorption spectroscopy: UV- visible spectrophotometry with applications
8 MSE
9 Absorption spectroscopy: Atomic absorption spectrophotometry with applications
10 Emission spectroscopy: Luminescence Spectrometry
11 Emission spectroscopy: Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) Spectroscopy
Absorption spectroscopy: IR (infrared) Spectroscopy
12 Chromatography, gas chromatography with applications
13 Detectors for gas chromatography
14 Liquid chromatography with applications
15 Oil content analysis, Use of field instruments (e.g. electrodes/electrochemical methods) and test kits
16 Open ended Lab
17 Data presentation and interpretation
17-18 An End Semester Exam for 3 hours will be taken encompassing all the topics covered during semester.
END SEMESTER EXAM
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Lab
No.
Practical
1 a. Preparation of solution and their standardization
2 a. Measurement of temperature, pH and conductivity of water samples
3 a. Determination of water turbidity using the Standard Method
4 a. Determination of water alkalinity
5 a. Determination of water hardness
6 a. Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen by Wrinkler Method
7 a. Estimation of Total and Faecal Coliforms using MPN Techniques
7 a. Determination of Chemical Oxygen demand of wastewater
8 a. Determination of Biochemical Oxygen Demand of wastewater
9 a. Determination of Residual Chlorine by Iodometric Method
10 a. Determination of Solids (TS, TDS, TSS) in Water /Wastewater Samples
11 a. Estimation of the Optimum Coagulant Dose by Jar Test Apparatus
12 a. Determination of Nitrate-Nitrogen by Spectroscopy
13 a. Determination of Heavy Metals in Wastewater by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
14 a. Open ended Lab 1: Treated effluent of NUST MBR Plant: Is it safe for landscaping?
14 a. Open ended Lab 2: Are currency notes vectors of pathogens in circulation?
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Recommended Books
1. American Public Health Association, Standard Methods of examination of water
and wastewater, 21st Ed. 2005.Groundwater by R. Allan Freeze and John A
Cherry.
2. IESE Lab Manual
3. MFL Annunziata Academic Press Inc New York, Handbook of radioactivity
Analysis, 1998.
4. Radiation detection and measurements by Glenn, F. Knoll, 3rd Ed. 1999.
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Grading Policy
• Theoretical/Instruction (50%)
• Quizzes (5-6) 10%
• Assignments (3-4) 10%
• MSE (1) 30%
• ESE (1) 50%
• Practical Work (50%)
• Laboratory Attendance 10%
• Laboratory Report 20%
• Laboratory Quiz/Viva 30%
• Laboratory Rubrics 30%
• OEL 10%
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Note:
• The t-value measures the size of the difference relative to the variation in your sample data.
• Generally, any t-value greater than +2 or less than - 2 is acceptable.
• The higher the t-value, the greater the confidence we have in the coefficient as a predictor.
• Low t-values are indications of low reliability of the predictive power of that coefficient.
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