ENN471 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

Specialist professional engineers use a depth of knowledge and skills bases to develop solutions to complex systems design problems that meet stakeholders' needs. In this specialist Master of Sustainable Infrastructure unit, you will address complex problems related to Sustainable Water Treatment systems. The unit delves into the intricacies of designing and optimizing cutting-edge treatment technologies for both water and wastewater. You will also hone your specialist skills in critical appraisal, analysis, synthesis and creativity. You will demonstrate your ability to communicate specialist discipline knowledge and concepts in written, modelled and graphical forms to technical and non-technical audiences. Emphasis is placed on your demonstrated professional responses to risk, ethics and stakeholder perspectives. 

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Critically analyse advanced water and wastewater treatment problems using principles of physical, chemical and biological treatment processes
2. Apply systematic approaches to generate solutions to an advanced water and wastewater treatment system problem, and prepare a detailed design for that solution
3. Communicate complex designs of water and wastewater treatment systems to both technical and non-technical audiences
4. Work independently and collaboratively to assess advanced water and wastewater treatment designs, with evidence of organising and undertaking agreed tasks

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit you can expect to experience the following activities:

• Videos explaining key concepts, released at the beginning of each week
• 2 hour lecture, where you can engage with experienced engineers in working though problem sets, applying the concepts learned in the videos
• 1 to 2 hour of tutorials/workshops where you will be guided through applied design and data analytics problems, working with experienced engineers and your peers to deepen your skills
• Follow up formative quizzes, readings and online discussions to help you review your learning for the week and clarify any areas of misunderstanding

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Feedback in this unit will be provided in the following ways:

• Formative oral feedback will be offered by the lecturer and tutors during the semester to assist you in the development of your skills.
• Formative written feedback through criteria sheet grading.
• In addition to CRA (criteria sheet), comments on summative assessment will be provided.
• Generic comments will be provided to the cohort through the Canvas.

Assessment

Overview

Assessment items in this unit have been designed to give you the opportunity to show your learning against the unit learning outcomes. You will work individually to complete a problem solving task. You will work as a member of an effective group to prepare and submit an applied design project report. You will sit for an examination individually during the central examination period at the end of semester, where you will show your overall learning in the unit.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems analysis

In this assessment, you will engage in problem-solving tasks involving engineering calculations related to advanced water and wastewater treatment systems. You will be presented with calculation questions that require you to apply principles of physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes to solve real-world problems effectively. Your responses will be assessed based on the accuracy of your calculations, your application of relevant engineering principles, and your ability to communicate your solutions clearly.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design

For this assessment, you will undertake a comprehensive design project focusing on advanced water and wastewater treatment systems. You will design a treatment system, analyse its feasibility and performance under specified conditions, and present your findings in a detailed report. Your design project will be evaluated based on its technical soundness, creativity, feasibility, and clarity of presentation.

Learning activities for this assessment will be undertaken as a group, while the submission is individual.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.  

Assessment: Examination (written)

The final assessment will be a written examination conducted during the central examination period at the end of the semester. This examination will comprehensively evaluate your understanding of all aspects of the course materials, encompassing the fundamentals of water characteristics, engineering calculations, treatment process assessment, and design principles. Specifically, you will be tested on your knowledge of water and wastewater treatment systems, including treatment processes, design methodologies, and performance evaluation.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

You will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.

You will be required to undertake practical sessions in the laboratory under the supervision of the lecturer and technical staff of the School. In any laboratory practicals you will be advised of the requirements of safe and responsible behaviour and will be required to wear appropriate protective items (e.g. closed shoes).

You will undergo a health and safety induction before the commencement of the practical sessions and will be issued with a safety induction card. If you do not have a safety induction card you will be denied access to laboratories.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer

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Course Learning Outcomes

EN51 Master of Sustainable Infrastructure

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Sustainable Infrastructure
   Relates to: Examination (written)
2. Analyse and evaluate Sustainable Infrastructure problems using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading edge research to achieve innovative, critically informed solutions 
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems analysis, Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Sustainable Infrastructure in a way that assures sustainable outcomes over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design
4. Effectively communicate Sustainable Infrastructure problems, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability and reflective practice when working in individual and collaborative modes
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design

EN71 Master of Sustainable Infrastructure with Project Management

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts, methods and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Sustainable Infrastructure and Project Management domains
   Relates to: Examination (written)
2. Analyse and evaluate problems in Sustainable Infrastructure and Project Management domains using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading-edge research to achieve evidence based, innovative, critically informed solutions and outcomes
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems analysis, Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Sustainable Infrastructure and Project Management domains in a way that assures sustainable outcomes and strategic objectives over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design
4. Effectively communicate problems in Sustainable Infrastructure and Project Management domains, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability, reflective practice, risk-informed judgements, and leadership
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design

EN75 Master of Sustainable Infrastructure with Data Analytics

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts, methods and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Sustainable Infrastructure and Data Analytics domains
   Relates to: Examination (written)
2. Analyse and evaluate problems in Sustainable Infrastructure and Data Analytics domains using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading-edge research to achieve evidence based, innovative, critically informed solutions and outcomes
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems analysis, Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Sustainable Infrastructure and Data Analytics domains in a way that assures sustainable outcomes and strategic objectives over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design
4. Effectively communicate problems in Sustainable Infrastructure and Data Analytics domains, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability, reflective practice, risk-informed judgements, and leadership
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design

EN79 Graduate Diploma in Engineering Studies

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced discipline knowledge, concepts and practices as they relate to contemporary Engineering practice
   Relates to: Examination (written)
2. Analyse and evaluate Engineering problems using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading edge research to achieve innovative, critically informed solutions
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems analysis, Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage Engineering projects in a way that assures sustainable outcomes over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design
4. Effectively communicate Engineering problems, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design, Examination (written)
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability and reflective practice when working in individual and collaborative modes
   Relates to: Advanced water and wastewater treatment systems design