19-751 Air Quality Engineering Units: 12.0 Department: Eng. & Public Policy Cross-listed: 12-651 , 12-751 Related URLs: http://www.epp.cmu.edu/ Problems and methodologies for studies of environmental management, with an emphasis on air pollution. Key topics include sources of pollutants, focusing on combustion chemistry for a hydrocarbon fuel; behavior of gaseous and particulate pollutants in the atmosphere including the role of meteorology and the use of dispersion equations; effects of pollutants on human health and global climate; and procedures by which air pollution standards are developed and enforced by regulatory agencies. Statistical treatment of data is included at several places in the course. 3 hrs. rec. Additional work is required in the graduate student versions of this course by way of a term project.

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