Global Environmental Engineering

Numbering Code G-GES32 53106 LE14 Year/Term 2022 ・ The first half of second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Master's students Target Student
Language English Day/Period Tue.3・4・5
Instructor name KATSUMI TAKESHI (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
ECHIGO SHINYA (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
KAJII YOSHIZUMI (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
TANAKA KAZUO (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
TAKANO HIROHISA (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
KOBAYASHI HIROHIDE (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
KAWASAKI MASASHI (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
YAMAGUCHI KEITA (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Associate Professor)
UEDA KAYO (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This lecture is aimed at learning of state-of-the-arts on engineering and technologies to be developed and implemented to evaluate, solve, and/or mitigate global and local environmental issues, such as water pollution, air pollution, global warming, waste management, and disaster mitigation.
Course Goals Understand the state-of-the-arts on engineering and technologies to be developed and implemented to evaluate, solve, and/or mitigate global and local environmental issues, such as water pollution, air pollution, global warming, waste management, and disaster mitigation.
Schedule and Contents ※詳細な授業実施日時については初回授業時に通知する
As for the class schedule, we are going to show you at the first class.

Class 1: Introduction

Class 2: Infrastructure and Environment (T. Katsumi)
Infrastructure management from the viewpoint of global environmental issues are introduced.

Class 3: Environmental Issues for Disaster Recovery (T. Katsumi)
The lecture introduces disaster-induced environmental issues, such as treatment of disaster debris and countermeasures against geo-environmental contamination with nuclides.

Class 4: Sustainable Architecture 1 (H. Kobayashi)
The lecture introduces the essence of environmentally low impact buildings as shown in vernacular architecture.

Class 5: Sustainable Architecture 2 (H. Kobayashi)
The lecture introduces the development of environmentally low impact buildings as shown in passive designed architecture.

Class 6: Landscape and urban design (M. Kawasaki)
Concepts and Methods for landscape and urban design will be introduced.

Class 7: Landscape conservation and management (K. Yamaguchi)
Methods and techniques for landscape conservation and management will be introduced.

Class 8: Global Hydrologic Cycle and Water Pollution (S. Echigo)
Global water cycle, water demand, pollution indices (e.g., BOD, COD, SS, DO), organic contamination, and eutrophication are introduced.

Class 9: Water Supply and Sewerage Systems and Water Treatment Technologies (S. Echigo)
Purpose and configurations of water supply and sewerage systems as well as basic principles of unit operations in water treatment are introduced.

Class 10: Air Pollutions (Y. Kajii)
Definition of primary, secondary pollutants, photochemical oxidant, PM2.5 and current situation of air pollution will be provided.

Class 11: Outdoor air pollution (K. Ueda)
The problem of outdoor air pollution will be described and discussed with emphasis on its health concern.

Class 12: Indoor air pollution (H. Takano)
The problem of indoor air pollution will be described and discussed with emphasis on its health concern.

Class 13: Advanced Materials for Green Chemistry (K. Tanaka)
This lecture introduces various materials for green chemistry. State-of-the-art of new plastics will be described.

Class 14: Advanced Materials for Sustainable Society (K. Tanaka)
This lecture introduces organic materials for solving energy problems. The recent development of advanced materials is described.

Class 15: Examination and Summary

(Coordinator: Takeshi Katsumi)

第1回: 概論
第2回: 社会基盤整備と環境課題
第3回: 災害復興と環境課題
第4回: サスティナブル建築1
第5回: サスティナブル建築2
第6回: 景観・都市デザインの理念と方法
第7回: 景観の保全・管理
第8回: 地球の水循環と生活、水質汚濁
第9回: 上下水道と水処理技術
第10回: 大気汚染の基礎
第11回: 室外大気汚染
第12回: 室内大気汚染
第13回: グリーンケミストリーのための先端材料
第14回: 持続可能社会のための先端材料
第15回: 試験・総括

(コーディネーター:勝見 武)

オンラインで実施することがあるため、KULASIS、PandA等で確認すること.
Check the information on KULASIS and PandA as lessons might be held online.
Evaluation Methods and Policy Evaluated by the active participation and the final examination. (Reference: Class participation 20%, End-term exam 80%)
平常点(講義への積極的な参加、小テスト等)と期末試験により評価する。平常点(20%)、期末試験(80%)を目安とする。


Achievement level is assessed by GSGES's criteria.
到達目標について、地球環境学舎の成績評価基準に従って評価する。
Course Requirements None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Review the contents of the lecture and read the materials suggested during the class.
講義内容の復習を行い、講義時に紹介された文献等を学修する。
Textbooks Textbooks/References Materials will be provided in the class.資料は講義時に配布する。
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