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Civil and Environmental Engineering
Term : Fall 2024
Catalog Year : 2024-2025

CENE 335 - Environmental Biotechnology


Description: Environmental Biotechnology (EB) is a wide ranging field that aims to use living organisms in the environment to provide services to society, including remediation, water/soil/solid/air treatment, production of clean energies, among many others. In this course you will learn the fundamentals of EB, how to apply them in engineering, and how to use biology and microbiology tools to design and assess environmental engineering systems. Additionally, the course will provide a space to acquire knowledge through literature review and give students tools for better writing. Letter grade only.

Units: 3

Sections offered: Spring 2024

Prerequisite: CENE 280 and (CHM 230 or CHM 235) with grades of C or better