Environmental Microbiology And Biological Waste Treatment

Host University

University of Virginia

Semester

Spring 2023

Credits

3

Discipline

Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering

Instructor

Lisa Peterson

Course Information

We will explore terminology and concepts for characterizing and mathematically modeling human impacts on microbial systems and vice versa. Special consideration will be given to microbe-mediated cycling of organic materials (i.e., pollutants) in natural and engineered systems, including: conventional water and wastewater treatment, municipal landfills, pristine and contaminated groundwater and surface waters, etc.