International Urban Earthquake Engineering Center for Mitigating Seismic Mega Risk : Education : Syllabus : Geo-Environmental Engineering

Name of Lecture

Geo-Environmental Engineering

Semester

Spring Semester

Credits

2-0-0

Opening year

Every Year

Lecturer

Assoc. Prof. Jiro Takemura

Syllabus

[Aims and Scope]

Various aspects on soil contamination and waste disposal system, i.e., laws, fundamental theories and technologies, will be explained.

[Outline]

Introduction

Characteristics of ground water and geochemistry

Ground contamination (I) -- mechanism

Ground contamination (II) -- physical laws

Non-aqueous phase liquid

Remediation: requirement and laws

Remediation technology:

Waste disposal: landfill facility

Offshore landfill

Monitoring and prediction methods

Simulation of contaminant process

Site visits

[Evaluation]

Attendance, Assignments, examination

[Texts]

Handouts will be provided by the lectures.

[Prerequisites]

None