School of Graduate Studies
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
Master of Environmental Engineering
Tel : +607 5537781; Fax : +607 5537592
; www.sps.utm.my
a) PROGRAM INFORMATION
OBJECTIVE
The Master of Environmental Engineering provides students with the latest and in-depth knowledge in environmental technology and management. The emphasis is on current approaches in solving complex environmental issues and problems. These include environmental policy, pollution control, environmental management systems, waste management and cleaner technology. In general, the objectives of the programme are to produce graduates who (i) understand the principles of environmental engineering; (ii) can practice in accordance to international standards in solving real world application problems; (iii) can plan, design, analyze, and implement environmental engineering projects; (iv) are able to communicate effectively in a team and with stake holders; (v) can work independently and conduct lifelong learning and adapt readily to changing situations; and (vi) manage to demonstrate consistent professional ethics with high integrity
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
For admission to Master of Environmental Engineering an applicant must have received a Bachelor degree in engineering or the sciences with good honours, CGPA of 3.00 out of 4.00 from UTM or other Institution of Higher Learning recognized by the University Senate.
An international applicant who’s English is not the first language must provide evidence of English language proficiency in addition to academic credentials. The minimum requirement is TOEFL PB 550/IBT 79/CBT 213 or IELTS Band Score 6.0
MODE OPERATION & DURATION
The programme is a mixed mode programme which combines both taught course and research and is conducted on a full-time and part-time basis. The full-time programme is conducted in a minimum of three normal semesters whereas the part-time programme is conducted in four normal semesters. Students will benefit from the interactions with the teaching staff via conventional lecture mode as well as through on-line system which include e-learning, video conferencing, Facebook and Skype. Full Time
Minimum : 1½ years (3 semesters) Maximum : 3 years (6 semesters) Part Time
Minimum : 2 years (4 semesters) Maximum : 4 years (8 semesters)
CREDIT REQUIREMENTS & COURSE CONTENT
The programme consists of 21 credits taught courses and a dissertation. Students are also required to pass a research methodology courses as a pre-requisite for the dissertation. The courses are summarized as follows:
Scheme of Curriculum Structure by Semester: FULL TIME Mode:
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Subject
Code Subject Name Credit
Subject
Code Subject Name Credit
MLA1513 Solid Hazardous Waste
Management 3
MLAXXX3
Elective Course (choose from the elective courses) 3 MLA 1213 Environmental Management and Sustainability 3 MLAXXX3 3
MLA 1413 Water Pollution Control 3 MLA XX80 Dissertation 3
MLAXXX3
Elective Course (choose from the elective courses)
3
UXX XXX3 University Elective
Subject 3
ULP 0010 Research Methodology HW
Total Credit 1st Semester 15 Total Credit 2nd Semester 9
3rd Semester Subject
Code Subject Name Credit
MLA XX80 Dissertation 18
Total Credit 3rd Semester 18 TOTAL CREDITS 42
PART TIME Mode:
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Subject
Code Subject Name Credit
Subject
Code Subject Name Credit
MLA1513 Solid Hazardous Waste
Management 3
MLAXXX3 Elective Course (choose from the elective courses) 3 MLA 1213 Environmental Management and Sustainability 3 MLAXXX3
Elective Course (choose from the elective courses)
3
MLA 1413 Water Pollution Control 3 ULP 0010 Research Methodology HW
UXX XXX3 University Elective
Subject 3
Total Credit 1st Semester 9 Total Credit 2nd Semester 9
3rd Semester 4th Semester
Subject
Code Subject Name Credit
Subject
Code Subject Name Credit
MLAXXX3
Elective Course (choose from the elective courses)
3 MLA XX80 Dissertation 12
MLA XX80 Dissertation 9
Total Credit 3rd Semester 18 Total Credit 4th Semester 12 TOTAL CREDITS = 42
List of Elective Courses (Choose 3):
Course Code Course Name Credit
MLA 1313 Air Resources Engineering 3
MLA 2123 Environmental Quality Analysis 3
MLA 2213 Water Quality Assesment and Management 3
MLA 2413 Physico-Chemical Treatment Processes 3
MLA 2423 Biological Treatment Processes 3
MLA 2223 Environmental Laws & Institution 3
MLA 2233 Land Use & Environmental Planning 3
MLA 2243 Environmental Economics 3
STAFF AND FACILITIES
The courses will be taught by Graduate Faculty members of relevant departments who hold at least a PhD or an Associate Professor in their respective areas. The faculty is equipped with excellent teaching and learning facilities including well equipped classroom and laboratories.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION:
1) Applications must be made online via the School of Gradutes Studies’ official website
(www.sps.utm.my/admission)
2) Please upload online all supporting documents (degree/diploma/certificates, transcripts, identity card/pasport, two (2) passport-sized photographs, TOEFL 550/IELTS Band
(for International applicants only).
3) Application must be submitted together with a processing fee of RM20.00 (Malaysian Citizen)/ UDS30@RM114 (malaysian PR/International applicants) made payable to ‘Bendahari UTM’
Further Information on the course content should be directed to:
Deputy Dean (Engineering)School of Graduate Studies,
Block F54, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM Johor Bahru Campus
81310 Johor Bahru, Johor
Tel : +607 5537781 / Fax : +607 5537592 Email : [email protected]
Admin Office
Postgraduate & Academic Programme Development Unit, Block F54, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
UTM Johor Bahru Campus 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor
Tel : +607 5537895 / 55337813 ; Fax : +607 5537592 / 55 37800 Email : [email protected] / [email protected]
b) COURSE DESCRIPTION
CORE COURSES:
Solid & Hazardous Waste Management
The course aims to provide an overview of solid and hazardous waste management. Upon completion, the course enables the student to have the basic understanding of waste management and awareness of the importance of proper solid and hazardous waste management and the associated environmental problems that arise from poor management and disposal of such waste. The course includes sources, generation and characteristics of industrial and municipal wastes, analysis of collection systems, handling and disposal practices of municipal wastes, significance of industrial wastes as environmental pollutants, pollution prevention and techniques for processing, treatment and disposal of industrial wastes.
Environmental Management and Sustainability
This course introduces students to issues of environmental management. The course includes discussion on the fundamental of environmental cycle, concept of sustainability, environmental consequences of coastal and inland developments. At the end of the course, students should be able to apply the knowledge by associating environmental problem that arise with poor management of environmental sensitive area. The students should be able to work in a team to demonstrate the project development practices related to the environmental enhancement.
Water Pollution Control
This course introduces students to the conventional water and domestic wastewater treatment systems. The content is designed to enable students to understand the processes that are involved in treating water and domestic wastewater. Students will be introduced to characterization of water and wastewater based on basic water quality parameters. This is followed by water treatment processes which include coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection. Topics on domestic wastewater treatment includes suspended growth processes i.e. activated sludge, oxidation pond, aerated lagoon and bio film process i.e. bio filter. Students will be given the basic concept of each process and its conceptual design and analysis.
ELECTIVE COURSES
Air Resources Engineering
This course provides students to a perspective on the field of air pollution control engineering, which is a branch of environmental engineering. The students will be exposed to the application of the basic principles of science and engineering to solving the issues associated with the air pollution control. In particular, it emphasizes on the key elements of basic theory in pollution control techniques.
Environmental Quality Analysis
This course is designed to expose and train the students to analytical principal and method for analyzing environmental quality. Topics discussed include the theory and practical approaches of the analytical tools based on biological, chemical and physical properties and methods. Such quality parameters are BOD, COD, TOC, DO, metals constituents, inorganic and organic impurities in air and water samples. Methods based on biological tools are also introduced to the students. Among instrumentations and spectrometer and spectronic. The students are also required to do some works in laboratory. At the end of the course, the student should be able to explain, determine and employ the methods for analyzing environmental quality.
Environmental Economics
The course covers a review of the basic principles of market economics plus the reasons for its failures in handling environmental resources; economics instruments used in environmental policies; economic valuation of environmental resources and current global environmental economics issues. Water Quality Assessment and Management
This course is designed to expose students to the current trends and various aspects in water quality assessment and management for river catchments, lakes, reservoirs and wetlands. It tackles problems involving water pollution and its impacts on the environment and legislation. Water quality monitoring projects carried out by students will enable application of proper sampling and monitoring methods. At the end of the course students will then be able to assess water quality problems and plan mitigation and control measures for water pollution.
Physico-Chemical Treatment Processes
This course emphasizes on physic-chemical processes of water and wastewater treatment. The content is tailored to enable students to understand, analyze and apply essential theories and principles in removing various types of contaminant from water and wastewater using physic-chemical processes. Students will be introduced to process fundamentals which include thermodynamics and kinetics of reaction, mass balance concept and reactor analysis. Processes that will be discussed include aeration and air stripping, chemical oxidation, disinfection, chemical precipitation, coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, carbon adsorption, ion exchange and membrane processes. Students will be given the basic concept of each process, its applications, advantages and weaknesses. The conceptual design and analysis will be explained in detail.
Biological Treatment Processes
The course is designed to expose students to biological treatment processes in engineered wastewater system. It covers major wastewater engineering aspects such as process analysis and design, treatment technologies, modeling and membrane bioreactor. It will also demonstrate a typical calculation, design and analysis common biological treatment processes. At the end of the course, students should be able to incorporate and utilize technology in the design of operational unit of wastewater engineering.
Environmental Laws & Institution
This course is designed to equip students with the philosophy, knowledge and mechanism of resource and environmental law. Aspects included are the development of law governing resource and environment; sources of environmental law; principles and techniques of resources and environmental law; regulatory bodies for resources and environment; common law approach to environmental; historical context of environmental law in Malaysia; components and mechanism of Environmental Quality Act 1974; future challenges of environmental law.
Land Use & Environmental Planning
This course covers the fundamental concepts and mechanism underlying land use and environmental planning. It focuses on the understanding of the functions of ecosystems, the impacts of land development activities on such ecosystems, and the appropriate tools/techniques of environmental planning and management that are used to mitigate the impacts.
c)
PROFILE OF ACADEMIC STAFF
Programme: Master of Environmental Engineering
BIL
NAME
PIC
PHONE./ EMAIL
FACULTY
EDUCATION
BACKGROUND
EXPERTISE
1 Dr. Mohammad Rafee Majid Tel. No. : 075537365 Ext. No. : 37365 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: 075566155 FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT B.Sc.Civil Eng.(Utah); M.Sc Env. Eng. (Oklahoma) Ph.D (North Carolina) Perancangan Infrastruktur & Pengurusan Alam Sekitar2 Prof. Dr. Ho. Chin
Siong Tel. No. : 075530653 Ext. No.: 30653 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: 075566155 FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT B.U.R.P.(U.T.M.),M.S c.(Heriot-Watt) Ph.D.(Toyohashi), A.P.P.M. Pengurusan Projek/ Teknologi Maklumat Perancangan 3 PM Dr. Foziah Johar Tel. No : 075533333 Ext. No. : 37357 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax: 5566155 FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT B.U.R.P.(U.T.M.), L.L.M. (Newcastle) Ph.D (UKM) Undang- Undang Perancangan
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4 Dr. Zainura Bt Zainon Noor Tel. No : 075535534 Ext. No. : 35534 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 5581463 FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING B.Sc – Chem Eng. (Vanderbilt Univ.), M.Sc – Clean Technology (Newcastle Upon Tyne), Ph.D – Chem. Eng (Newcastle) Chemical & Environmental Engineering5 Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd
Rozainee Taib Tel. No : 075535578 /075536310 Ext. No. : 35578/36310 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 5581463 FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING B.Sc - Chemical Eng. (Alabama), M.Sc -
Env. Poll. Control (Leeds), Ph.D - Waste Incineration
(Sheffield)
Waste Incineration & Air Pollution Control
6
PROF. MADYA DR. MOHD ARIFFIN ABU
HASSAN Tel. No : 075535485 /0730226 Ext. No. : 35485/30226 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 5581463 FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING B.Sc – Chemical Eng. (Polymer) (UTM), M.Eng – Managemnt (UTM), Ph.D – Chemical Eng. (UMIST) Environmental Engineering
7 Prof Dr. Mohd Rashid
Mohd Yusof Tel. No : 075535580 Ext. No. : 35580 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 5581463 FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING B.Sc - Chemistry (Ohio), M.Sc - Env. Eng. (I.I.T. Chicago), Ph.D - Envr. Eng. (UMIST)
Air Quality and Industrial Air Pollution Control
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PM Dr. Johan Sohaili Tel. No : 07-5531692 Ext. No. : 31692 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering 9 PM. Dr. Mohd Ismid M.Said Tel. No : 07-5531514 Ext. No. : 31514 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Marine Ecology, Water Quality Management Ph.D.(Marine Biology) 4 Dr. Mohd Badruddin M.Yusof Tel. No : 07-5531520 Ext. No. : 31520 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering Ph.D.Environmental EngineeringLand Use Planning, Economic
Development, Environmental
Planning, Solid Waste Management & Engineering
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5 Dr. Mohd Fadhil Md. Din Tel. No : 07-5531530 Ext. No : 31530 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering Environmental Biotechnology, Environment Sustainability, Environmental Technology & Sustainable in Treatment, Biological Wastewater Treatment, River Rehabilation & Modelling, Reuse & Recycle Waste Management, Clean Technology,Environmental Policy & Philosophy, Risk Management & Hazard Impact 6 PM. Dr. Azmi Aris Tel. No : 07-5532456 Ext. No : 32456 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.(Kejuruteraan Awan)
Water & Wastewater Eng., Water Quality Management, Environmental Engineering 9 Prof Dr. Fadil Othman Tel. No : 07-5531630 Ext. No : 31630 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering Water and Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste Management
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10 Prof Ir. Dr. Mohd
Azraai Kassim Tel. No : 07-5531702 Ext. No : 31702 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering Water Treatment, Wastewater Eng., Environmental Issues and Assessment
11 Prof Mohd Razman
Salim Tel. No : 07-5531506 Ext. No : 31506 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Landfill Technology 12 PM Dr. Mushairry Mustaffar Tel. No : 07-5531708 Ext. No : 31708 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.(Photogrammet ry) Digital Photogrammetry, Deformation Survey, Monitoring Survey 13 Dr. Shamila Azman Tel. No : 07-5531532 Ext. No : 31532 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D (Chemistry) Environmental Engineering
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14 Dr. Aznah Nor Anuar
Tel. No : 07-5531738 Ext. No :31738 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering Water and Wastewater Treatment, Water Resources Management
15 Dr. Mohd Ali Yuzir
Tel. No : 07-5531534 Ext. No : 31534 E-Mail : [email protected] Fax : 07-5566157 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Ph.D.Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering
