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School-wide Courses
Institute-wide Courses
ED00.01 Gender, Technology and Development,
1(1-0)
What is gender; gender as an organizing ideology in knowledge
construction; history of technology and development in the Asian
region
ED00.02
Sustainable Development: Issues and Options, 2(2-0)
Introduction; sustainable energy issues and option; sustainable
agriculture/forestry issues and options; sustainable water resources
issues and options; policy options for sustainable development
School-wide Courses
ED60.01 Development Economics, 3(3-0)
Economics, market, development, environment and institutions;
theoretical heritage of development economics; theories of underdevelopment
and development; the role of market in economic development; imbalances
in the development process; economic development with unlimited
labor supplies and the urban informal sector; local economic development;
paradigm changes in development; macroeconomic stabilization policy;
economic indicators of development; economic performance assessment
indicators; public policy for reducing poverty; environmental
policy for sustainable development; critical issues for the 21st
century
ED60.02
Environmental Economics, 3(3-0)
Economic approach to environmental protection and management;
economic rationale for social and environmental regulation; economics
of pollution control; environmental economics and laws; regulatory,
economic and successive measures for environmental management;
criteria for evaluation of environmental policies and management
measures; policy instruments for local environmental management;
policy instruments for and economics of acid rain and greenhouse
gases mitigations; environmental accounting; Valuation of environmental
impacts.
Agricultural Systems and Engineering (ASE Field
of Study)
ED70.01 Farm Production Engineering, 3(2-3)
Recent research trends and developments
in farm machines; mechanics of farm tractor and other field machines;
power transmission system; automatic controls; actual use of field
machinery in dryland and wetland conditions.
ED70.02
Agricultural Mechanization and Management, 3(3-0)
The role of mechanization in developing countries and its relationship
to productivity, employment, social and technological change;
energy analysis; performance and cost analysis of machinery systems;
selection of optimum machinery; mechanization planning; case studies
of agricultural mechanization in selected Asian countries
ED70.03
Agricultural Systems Analysis, 3(3-0)
Nature of farming systems; techniques and methods of simulation
of farming systems; crop, crop-irrigation, livestock and bio-economic
systems; application of linear programming and network techniques
in agricultural systems
ED70.04
Ergonomics, 3(3-0)
Introduction; anthropometry-body measurements, posture, workspace
layout; perception, sight, hearing, action; physical load, physical
processes; thermal environment of agricultural workers; safety;
mental load, mental processes; applications in design of equipment
and processes in tropical climates
ED70.05
Design and Testing of Agricultural Equipment, 3(2-3)
General considerations in the design of agricultural equipment
with particular reference to conditions in Asia; selection of
materials; production processes; power transmission and sources;
maintenance; computer aided design; standardization, laboratory
and field testing of the machine; selected examples for design
of machines or tools suitable for use in Asian agriculture
ED70.06
Agricultural Systems, 3(3-0)
Definitions of agriculture, science and systems; development issues;
population and food; poverty alleviation and sustainable development;
holistic systems approach to understanding limited-resources farming
systems; agricultural systems classification; status and potential
of agriculture in Asia; institutions and support services; strategies
for promoting the sustainable development of Asian small-holder
agricultural and aquacultural systems
ED70.07
Agricultural Environments, 3(3-0)
Climate and weather; climatic parameters and their interactions;
agro-ecosystems; cropping seasons; influence of climate on cropping
systems and land-use practices; land-capability classification;
environmental constraints to crop production; conservation and
utilization of environmental resources through judicious use of
land; modification of physical components in agricultural ecosystems;
concept of agricultural watersheds and needs for sustainable management
ED70.08
Crop Productivity Management, 3(3-0)
Crop productivity, Soil productivity in terms of physical, chemical
and biological properties, their variations, availability of macro
and micro plant nutrients; soil fertility evaluation and indicators;
fertility management; systematic review of crop production with
various major and minor crops grown in the tropics and subtropics,
with emphasis on Asia and smallholder resource-limited farmers;
cropping systems and their interactions with the environment;
restoration of soil productivity and crops; cereals, legumes,
non-cereal energy crops, oil and fiber crops, vegetables and other
horticultural and industrial crops in various cropping systems
and crop yields.
ED70.09
Livestock Production Systems, 3(3-0)
Classification of livestock production systems; feeding, breeding,
health and husbandry in the context of identified systems; product
harvesting and marketing; opportunities for improvement; research
methods for problem solving in ruminant and non-ruminant systems
ED70.10
Integrated Watershed Management – Principles and Concepts,
3(3-0)
Sustainable development; development and conservation challenges
in watersheds; watersheds as ecosystems; evolution of land use;
property rights; upstream-downstream linkages; approaches to watershed
management; gender roles in the use and management of watershed
resources; regional policies and programs; strategic watershed
planning and management; terrain analysis land-use interactions;
watershed hydrology
ED70.11
Farm Management Economics, 3(2-3)
Objective of a farm household; farm resources and their costs;
production function; marginal analysis; linear programming; benefit-cost
analysis; institutional factors affecting farm management; risk
and uncertainty management; marketing of farm produce and farm
policy
ED70.12
Precision Agriculture, 3(3-0)
Information and data collection; interpretation of data; management
of information system; global position system; geographical information
system; meteorological information; mapping technology, soil mapping,
yield mapping; advanced agriculture technology; sensor technology;
precision controlling system; site specific management
ED70.13
Agricultural Soil Mechanics, 3(2-3)
Properties of soil, soil-water interactions and basic soil mechanics;
tillage and soil structure, theories of terramechanics for wheels/track
performance, case studies of the effectiveness of these theories
in actual field conditions, soil compaction, theories of forces
on soil-engaging tools, optimization of vehicle-implement combinations
ED70.14
Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques, 3(2-3)
Background to instrumentation; principle and selection of transducers;
signal conditioning circuits; measurement techniques of mechanical,
environmental and process parameters; recording instruments; measuring
systems performance; data acquisition and processing; error and
their evaluation; analysis of experimental data; selected applications
ED70.15
Aquacultural Engineering, 3(2-3)
Engineering and biological criteria for site selection for ponds,
pond construction procedures and problems, soil properties, water
supply, re-circulating systems, special design structures for
fish growing, water quality improvement, hatchery design and safety
in aquaculture
ED70.16
Controlled Environment Agriculture, 3(3-0)
Introduction of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) as an
agricultural alternative; issues related to managing agricultural
production in environmentally controlled conditions, systems and
practices; structures and equipment, material handling, heating
and cooling, lighting, ventilation, fertilizing and irrigation,
environmental control; and integrated pest management
ED70.17
Crop Eco-physiology and Modeling, 3(2-3)
Crop ecosystem, soil and climate, and their interactions related
to crop production; influence of climate on crop photosynthesis,
respiration, nutrition and water uptake, plant water stress and
crop response, water use efficiency, crop-water management needs,
growth and yield; integration of eco-physiological processes with
simulation modeling and data management, forecasting yield, risks,
environmental implication of crop production
ED70.18
Integrated Pest Management, 3(3-0)
Historical review of crop protection including traditional systems
and indigenous knowledge (Pest management in vegetable, rice and
fruit production); basic concepts of population dynamics and epidemiology,
pest and disease assessment; acquisition of field data; principles
and elements of surveillance; prediction methods, crop protection
strategies; economic threshold; risk assessment, implementation
ED70.19
Land Husbandry, 3(2-2)
Soil quality, soil resilience, sustainable soil use, soil degradation,
conservation farming, cultivation technologies and practices,
soil management, soil degradation, soil productivity, indigenous
technologies, land rehabilitation, monitoring of land quality
ED70.20
Agricultural Watershed Systems, 3(2-2)
Land resources, land quality indicators, evaluation of land conservation,
degradation hazards, land degradation, watershed modeling, land-management
technologies, and sustainable land management
ED70.21
Agricultural Sector and Policy Analysis, 3(3-0)
Conceptual framework for measuring food security; nutrition requirements
and food consumption; policy impact on food security, forward
and backward linkages between agricultural sector and the rest
of the economy; new perspectives in agricultural development;
agriculture and environmental policies; domestic and international
agricultural policies interventions; and, institutional and human
capital development policies for sustainable agricultural sector
development
ED70.22
Advanced Agricultural Experimentation, 2(1-2)
Agricultural research characteristics and systems of agricultural
experimentation; identification and characterization of experimental
treatments; experiment location and variability; means to minimize
experimental variability; advanced research designs; sampling
techniques; types of experimental data; advanced data analysis;
data management in on-station and on-farm experimentation
Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management
(AARM Field of Study)
ED71.01 Analytical Techniques in Aquaculture,
3(1-6)
Rationale and scope for measurements of relevant physical, chemical
and biological properties in aquaculture systems; techniques for
measuring hydrological and meteorological features; field methods
for sampling water, soil, fish, and natural foods; quantitative
determination of biological productivity; analyses of water quality
and soil; laboratory methods for nutritional studies
ED71.02
Aquaculture Nutrition and Feed Technology, 2(1-3)
Applied and fundamental aspects of aquaculture nutrition including
feeding, biology of fish, qualitative and quantitative nutrient
requirements, feed resources, feed formulation, feed manufacture
and storage, practical aspects of fish feeding, feed evaluation,
environmental impacts and experimental design in nutritional studies
ED71.03
Inland Aquaculture, 2(2-0)
Definitions and roles of aquaculture; origin, status and potential
of aquaculture; technical, social and environmental criteria of
classification of aquaculture systems; general fish production
characteristics; overviews and case studies of major inland aquaculture
systems to appraise their developmental status and potential
ED71.04
Aquatic Seed Production, 2(1-3)
This course is designed to explore broad issues of aquatic seed
production. Specific areas covered include, natural reproductive
strategies of fish; molecular basis of reproduction; environmental
and endocrine control of reproduction; breeding and nursing techniques
of commercially important species; brood fish management; overview
of hatchery design and management; fish seed storage and transportation
ED71.05
Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, 3(3-0)
Emphasis is on tropical coastal ecosystems and this course contains
an introduction to aquatic environment, the physical environment;
physical processes; chemical environment; ecological and scientific
notations; pelagic communities; mangroves; seagrasses and corals
ED71.06
Principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, 2(2-0)
Definition of the coastal zone and challenges of sustainable development
of the coastal zone; uses and functions of the coastal zone and
conflicts in use; principles of coastal zone planning and management;
different approaches to coastal zone management; types of coastal
zone management plans
ED71.07
Genetic Resources and Management, 2(2-0)
Topics covered will include heredity and variation, genetic diversity,
genotype and phenotype and interactions, and their application
to genetic improvements
ED71.08
Coastal Aquaculture and Planning, 2(2-0)
Criteria for species selection, site selection and culture technology;
analysis of land acquisition and water use rights systems for
coastal aquaculture; trend in improving technology development,
transfer and adoption, and the need for an integrated and sustainable
approaches to sustain coastal aquaculture development; the institutional
aspects and regulation; strategic management framework for coastal
aquaculture development; and overview of existing initiatives
relevant for the development of guidelines
ED71.09 Coastal and Inland Fisheries Management,
2(2-0)
Management issues and concepts those can exert formulating management
advices; the biological assessment; policy and plan development
for fisheries management; management of legal issues; stakeholder
roles; the economic relationships in the fishery and efficiency
of those economic arrangements; monitoring, control and surveillance;
government administration functions
ED71.10
Wetland Ecosystem Management, 1(1-0)
Pre-requisite: ED71.05 as it treats more advanced elements of
aquatic ecosystem.
This course describes the types of wetlands and discusses the
importance of tropical wetlands; and topics of detrimental impacts
of interventions and sustainable managements
ED71.11
Remote Sensing and GIS for Watershed and Coastal Area Planning,
3(2-3)
Remote sensing, Geographic Information System, sensor and satellite
data, data processing, mapping, spatial analysis, management information
system, database management
ED71.12
Genetic Diversity of Populations in Agricultural and Aquatic Systems,
2(2-0)
A tailored primer of population genetics building concepts from
basic genetic and statistical principles, to the primary data
of population genetics, organization of genetics variation into
genotypes in populations, population structure and the forces
that have an impact on levels of genetic variation. Case studies
will emphasize the application of population genetic analysis
ED71.13
Molecular Techniques for Genetic Management of Populations and
Ecosystems, 2(1-3)
The course is designed to introduce students and researchers to
molecular techniques for studying genetic diversity at the DNA
level, the polymerase chain reaction, mtDNA restriction analysis,
microsatellite DNA, Random Amplified Polymeric DNA (RAPD), Amplified
Fragment length Polymorphism (AFLP) analysis, DNA sequencing and
the application of these techniques to management of population
and ecosystems
ED71.14
Thesis Research Workshop, 2(1-2)
Research approaches; tools for identifying research problems;
research project planning; experimental and survey design; on-station
and on-farm research; social and ecological surveys; data collection
and management; monitoring and evaluation; development of draft
thesis research proposal; proposal presentations
ED71.15
Aquatic Resource and Environmental Assessment, 2(2-0)
Overview of organization and assimilation of data on natural resources;
stock assessment and comparison of productive potential of agriculture,
forestry, fisheries and aquaculture; analysis and modeling of
resource flows and transformation in aquaculture production systems;
resource profiles of agriculture/fisheries development options;
allocation, decision and management criteria and techniques; environmental
assessment; environmental audit; resource and environmental implications
of aquaculture development
ED71.16
Aquatic Ecosystems and Water Quality Management, 3(2-3)
Ecological concepts and functions of various aquatic systems in
inland and coastal waters; light energy thermal regime; water
movement and mixing process, nutrient cycle and budget; trophic
dynamics and biological productivity; aquacultural engineering;
water quality for dynamics and management; impact of pollution
and toxic substances
ED71.17 Aquatic Animal Diseases, 2(1-3)
Principles of fish health and environment conditions; symptoms
and diagnosis of disease animals; biological characteristics of
pathogenic organisms and environmental conditions for their occurrences;
appropriate treatment materials and procedures
ED71.18
Statistical Application in Agricultural Research, 2(1.5-1.5)
The course consists of quantitative techniques for analyses of
data derived from field observations (surveys) and experiments
in biological sciences, aquaculture and agriculture; statistical
techniques for analysis of biological data are typically derived
from observations and experiments in aquaculture and agriculture;
relationship of experimental design to appropriate analytical
techniques; description and presentation of data; probability
and hypothesis testing; one-sample, two-sample and paired sample
t-test, analysis of variance, multiple comparisons, Chi square,
regression and field plot designs; use of widely available computer
software such as Excel and SPSS (Statistical Package for Social
Sciences)
ED71.19
Applied Fish Genetics, 1(1-0)
Basic genetics and its role in reproduction and growth; domestication
processes, local adaptation and broodstock management; genetic
improvement technologies including selection, hybridization, sex
control genetic manipulations (include transgenesis); genetic
diversity, population genetics and gene banking
ED71.20
Coastal Physical Processes, 1(1-0)
The student is acquainted with information on the natural environment
as well as on the impact of manmade development on the natural
systems. These include oceanographic data, coastal and riverine
processes and coastal morphology. The strategies for coastal management
both in term of hard-engineering and soft-engineering solutions,
are introduced
ED71.21
Coastal Water Quality Management, 1(1-0)
The students will be acquainted with the importance of water quality,
prerequisite for the society, water quality standards, and the
limits for receiving waters, economic development of coastal areas,
and the health of the people who make use of these waters. The
course covers types and sources of contaminants, geo-hydrological
processes, types of human impacts on different aspects of the
structure and function of coastal water ecosystems, and techniques
and tools for coastal water quality management
ED71.22
Coastal Biodiversity and Conservation, 1(1-0)
This course treats aspects of marine biodiversity, marine and
terrestrial conservation, threats to marine biological diversity;
tools for conserving marine biological diversity; and recommendation
for implementations of marine protected areas. This course also
trains skills of oral presentations by student case presentation
of original scientific papers.
ED71.23
Seminar on Advanced Topics of Aquatic Resources and Development,
1(0-2)
A seminar series in which in-house and external speakers will
present seminars on research as well as broad and relevant issues
to agriculture, aquaculture and aquatic systems, and agricultural
engineering. Students taking for credit are required to attend
all sessions and present a short presentation on a relevant topic.
This course is recommended to all AARM and ICZM students
ED71.24
Tools for Integrated Coastal Zone Management, 2(2-0)
Strategic planning; sustainable coastal management; harmonizing
national policy and local needs; multi-stakeholder participation,
tools and techniques in coastal planning process
ED71.25
Aquaculture and Aquatic Resource Systems, 2(2-0)
Definitions of aquaculture and aquatic resource systems, science
and systems, development issues, population and food, poverty
alleviation and sustainable development; holistic systems approach
to understanding resource poor livelihood systems; aquaculture
and aquatic resource systems classification; status and potential
of aquaculture in Asia; institutions and support services; strategies
for promoting the sustainable development of Asian small-holder
aquaculture and aquatic resource systems
ED
71.26 Mangrove Ecosystem Management, 3(3-0)
The theoretical part treats aspects of life cycles and biological
adaptations; ecology of mangrove ecosystems; fishery and aquaculture
linkages to mangroves; principles of mangrove restoration and
sustainable management and it is being taught on-campus with e-learning
courseware. The file trip takes the students to the Ranong biosphere
for hands–on experiences of the theoretical concepts.
Energy (E Field
of Study)
ED72.01 Energy Resources and Technologies, 2(2-0)
Reserves and consumption of oil, coal and gas; fossil energy technologies
for power generation; fundamental principles, applications and
status of solar energy, biomass energy, wind energy, hydro-power,
geothermal energy, wave energy, tidal energy, and ocean thermal
energy; outlook of fossil and renewable energy.
ED72.02
Energy Audit and Thermal Energy Conservation, 2(2-0)
Energy conservation; boilers and fired systems; steam and condensate
systems; building energy conservation; thermal insulation; cogeneration
ED72.03
Rational Use of Energy in Industry, 3(2-3)
Micro and macro perspectives of Rational use of Energy in Industry,
conceptual framework for energy efficiency promotion in industry;
methods of optimal energy use; energy value scales and principles
of energy accounting; economic optimization of industrial systems;
WELMMITE concept and input substitution; energy efficient and
environmentally sound technologies in selected industries.
ED72.04
Organization and Finance of a Power Utility, 2(2-0)
The policy and objectives of a power utility under given environment;
management and account information; investment and finance; tariff;
environmental constraints; marketing and public relation
ED72.05
Demand - Side Management, 2(2-0)
The concepts and methods of DSM; customer load control; strategic
conservation and load management technologies; customer incentives,
program design, assessment of program penetration and impact on
system load shape; cost/benefit analysis and feasibility of DSM
program. Utility deregulation; steps in reorganization of integrated
electric services.
ED72.06
Design and Management of Energy Systems, 3(2-3)
Energy services for industry and buildings; review of thermal
processes, designing a workable system; equation fitting for characterization
of energy equipment; modeling and simulation of energy systems;
optimization techniques for energy systems; pinch technology and
its application for energy recovery; and operation and management
of energy facilities
ED72.07
Power System Design and Operation, 3(2-3)
Planning of power systems; design and operating criteria; system
protection; automatic generation control; computer aided systems
monitoring and communication; computer laboratory sessions on
use of application software and sample system studies.
ED72.08
Power Distribution Systems, 3(3-0)
Power Supply requirements, customer classification, over-current
protection devices and its coordination, power quality requirements
and its control, reliability of distribution systems, planning
and design consideration of distribution system, grounding and
safety of distribution systems
ED72.09
DC and Flexible AC Transmission, 3(2-3)
Semiconductor power switches; high voltage direct current transmission;
fundamentals of flexible AC transmissions; static var compensators;
theyristor controlled series compensators; static sysnchronous
compensators; static synchronous series compensators; unified
power flow controller; application of various FACTS controller
ED72.10
Computer Aided Power System Analysis, 3(2-3)
Modeling of power system components; load flow analysis; analysis
of AC/DC systems; computer programming aspects; short circuit
analysis; state estimation in power system; computer laboratory
sessions on use of application software and sample studies
ED72.11
Rural Electrification and Distributed Generation, 3(3-0)
Rural electrification; distributed generation; demand for electric
power: reliability evaluation: gas turbine powered distributed
generators; fuel cell powered distributed generators; renewable
resources distributed generators; distributed generation cost
analysis; and grid interconnection option
ED72.12
Energy Statistics and Energy Demand Forecasting, 3(2-3)
Definition and measurements of energy stocks and flows; structure
and format of the various types of energy balances; sectoral accounting
of energy consumption by the major energy consuming sectors; accounting
and assembling of traditional energy; basic econometric methods;
methodology for demand analysis; econometric energy demand forecasting;
time series models; end-use approach for demand forecasting
ED72.13
Development and Evaluation of Energy Projects, 2(1-3)
Project cycle, features of energy projects; project identification
and development; cost concepts and financial calculations; economic
evaluation of energy projects; financial evaluation of projects;
environmental considerations in project evaluation; financing
energy projects
ED72.14
Restructuring of Energy Industries, 2(2-0)
Genesis of restructuring and competition, traditional energy industry
organization and structure, rationale and approaches for restructuring,
contracts for sale and purchase of energy, governance of restructured
energy industry, pricing of unbundled services and products
ED72.15
Energy Price Theory and Applications, 3(2-3)
Theory of the consumer (derivation and properties of a demand
function; elasticity concepts); theory of the producer (cost concepts,
production- and cost-functions); theory of the market (pricing
under perfect competition, monopoly and oligopoly; market power
and its effects); pricing of exhaustible and renewable energy
resources; peak load and transfer pricing principles; second best
considerations in energy pricing; case studies
ED72.16
Efficient Lighting and Daylighting, 2(1-3)
Lighting and visual ability; light sources and luminaries; lighting
calculation and system design; daylighting; lighting economics
and aesthetics; impact of lighting efficiency
ED72.17
Energy Management in Buildings, 3(2-3)
Overview of the significance of energy use and of the energy processes
in buildings; indoor environmental requirements and management;
climate, solar radiation, the external influences, and the shape
and orientation of buildings; lighting, daylighting and air-conditioning;
end-use energy requirements and status of energy use; estimation
of energy use in a building; heat gains and thermal performance
of building envelope; energy audit and energy conservation; energy
management options.
ED72.18
Advanced Technologies for Energy Management in Buildings, 3(2-3)
Ventilation and air-leakage, air-conditioning processes and systems;
control of heat gain through complex fenestration systems; non-steady
heat and moisture gain through building envelope; solution through
transfer function methods and through finite-difference methods;
heat gain through roof energy balance and the air-conditioning
load, energy prediction; technologies for low-energy buildings:
application of radiant barrier, desiccant dehumidification and
heat exchange for ventilation air, radiant panel cooling, combined
mode for comfort; daylight-integrated electric lighting and control
for energy optimization
ED72.19
Biomass Conversion, 3(2-3)
Introduction to biomass conversion; thermochemical conversion
of biomass: pyrolysis, gasification and combustion; biological
conversion of biomass: biogas production and ethanol production;
densification of biomass; environmental impacts.
ED72.20
Workshop on Energy Issues and Communication, 1(0-2)
Workshop on important energy issues; presentations and discussion
ED72.21
Power System Dynamics and Stability, 3(2-3)
Basic concepts, definitions and classifications; dynamic modeling
of various power system components; transient stability analysis;
small signal stability analysis; methods of improvement; power
system stabilizers; sub synchronous resonance; voltage stability
- static and dynamic analysis, margin enhancement.
ED72.22
Power Sector Management under Deregulation, 3(3-0)
Privatization and deregulation; components of deregulation; different
models; international experiences; reform of electricity supply
industry; operational issues; ancillary services; wheeling methodologies;
transmission pricing
ED72.23
Optimization and Al Applications in Power System, 3(2-3)
The realm and concepts of power system optimization; real time
control of power systems; unit commitment; economic dispatch;
optimal power flow; Al applications; computer laboratory session
on use of application software and sample studies
ED72.24
Electricity Economics and Planning, 3(2-3)
Nature of planning in electricity sector and the hierarchy of
electricity planning models, economic operation of power system,
economics of power system reliability, conventional and modern
system planning models, electricity pricing theory and approaches,
buyback rates of independently produced power, demand-side management,
electricity deregulation issues and approaches
ED72.25
Energy-Economic Modeling and Policy Analysis, 3(2-3)
Models and modeling approaches, macroeconomic concepts, input-output
analysis, energy aggregation, factor decomposition analysis, mathematical
optimization techniques for energy modeling, network models; modeling
energy-economic and environmental interactions; model applications
in energy technology assessment, alternative energy resource assessment
and energy and environmental policy analysis
ED72.26 Environmental Policy and Management
of Energy Systems, 2(2-0)
Energy systems and the environment; methods in environmental accounting
and auditing; environmental quality issues and energy systems;
technical options for emission mitigation; economic tools for
environmental management, approaches for integrated environmental
management and their economics; institutional and regulatory issues
ED72.27
Oil and Natural Gas Economics, 3(3-0)
Oil and gas production and development; economics and technologies
for transportation of oil and gas; refining, processing and distribution
of oil and gas; trade and markets for oil and gas, pricing issues;
Asian regional issues faced by oil and gas industry
ED72.28
Solar Energy, 3(2-3)
Sun earth relationships, solar radiation and its measurement,
solar radiation climatology; thermal processes in solar and flat-plate
collectors; concentrating collectors, applications of solar thermal
energy; photoelectric effect in semiconductor p-n junctions, solar
photovoltaic components and systems, design of photovoltaic systems
for electrification and water pumping; applications of photovoltaic
solar energy; storage systems for solar energy; recent advances
in solar energy applications
ED72.29
Solar Design Methods and Applications, 2(2-0)
Solar thermal design methods; utilizability, f chart, TRNSYS simulation;
sizing for hydronic and air heating applications; solar cooling
applications; photovoltaic system sizing and design for homes
and water pumping applications; economic aspects and life cycle
costing of solar energy equipment; solar energy project analysis
ED72.30
Energy Environment and Climate Change: Issues and Strategies,
1(1-0)
Greenhouse gases and climate change; technology options for GHG
emission mitigation; policy options for GHG emission mitigation;
international climate change conventions, protocols and perspectives
ED72.31
Electrical Energy Management, 3(2-3)
Electric and magnetic fields; and the phenomena of losses associated
with electric energy in conductive; dielectric and magnetic media;
characteristics of electricity use associated with electrical
heating; transformer and induction motor; power quality problems
and mitigation methods
Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM
Field of Study)
ED78.01 Environmental Chemistry and Laboratory,
3(2-3)
Sampling procedures and analytical techniques for the determination
of physical and chemical properties characteristics of water,
wastewaters, air and solid wastes; interpretation and application
of data for process design and control
ED78.02
Biological Processes, 3(3-0)
Reaction rates, process calculations, biological systems, fundamental
of biological kinetics and process analysis, biofilm kinetics,
aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment; pond treatment; sewerage
systems; application in wastewater treatment systems
ED78.03
Physico-Chemical Processes, 3(3-0)
Physical principles and design criteria used in separating liquids
and solids from liquid, particularly those having application
in water and waste treatment systems: screening, filtration, size/volume
reduction, mixing, sedimentation, flotation, flocculation, adsorption,
absorption, evaporation, drying and centrifugation
ED78.04
Aquatic Chemistry, 2(2-0)
Diprotic acid-base system; ampholyte chemistry; buffer intensity;
neutralization capacity; solubility equilibrium; activity of solid
phase; coagulation of metals; oxidation-reduction potential; pE-pH
diagrams; chemistry in sediments; biological redox reactions;
environmental chemistry; pollution and water quality; global chemical
cycles
ED78.05
Waste Reuse and Recycling, 3(3-0)
Engineering principles of waste reuse and recycling; biochemical
and design criteria; recycling and recovery processes such as
composting, anaerobic digestion (biogas), biomass and biofuel
production, algae and fish production, aquatic weeds and their
uses, and land treatment of wastewater and sludge; engineering
applications and utilization of the reclaimed products; environmental
and social impact of the recycling processes
ED78.06
Air Pollution and Air Quality Management, 3(3-0)
Nature of air pollution, types, sources and effects of air pollutants;
air quality management; air quality standards, integrated approach
in air pollution control; special topics: indoor air pollution,
odor pollution, noise pollution and control; energy and environment;
large scale effects of air pollution: climate change, ozone layer
depletion and acid rain; atmospheric photochemistry and photochemical
smog pollution control strategies; air pollution monitoring; meteorological
aspects of air pollution and atmospheric self-purifying processes;
basic concepts in air pollution modeling; control principles for
particulate and gaseous pollutants from stationary and mobile
sources
ED78.07
Solid Waste Management, 3(3-0)
Solid waste generation and characterization; waste collection
and transportation; waste separation and recycling; waste treatment;
landfill composting; incineration, public and private participation
in solid waste management
ED78.08
Environmental Quality Management, 3(3-0)
Basic concepts of environmental management; environmental issues
and priorities; environmental management approaches; environmental
standards and criteria setting; environmental indicators and indices;
environmental information systems; environmental organization;
enforcement and economic aspects of environmental control; environmental
monitoring
ED78.09
Environmental Management and Ethics, 2(2-0)
Environmental science, cause-effect relationship, modeling and
scientific reasoning, environmental engineering, mass flow in
society, life cycle and analysis, engineering options and ultimate
solutions, environmental economics, cost-benefit analysis, economic
instruments, environmental ethics, ethical theories, anthropocentric
versus egocentric concepts, utilitarian versus deontological and
theological thinking, pre-cautionary principle, and application
of ethical theories in environmental management
ED78.10
Environmental Health and Sanitation, 3(3-0)
Global situation of water supply, drinking water and sanitation;
outbreaks of water borne diseases; public health and pollution
problems caused by human excreta and wastewater, microbiology
of drinking water, indicators and criteria; epidemiology of pathogens
and water-borne diseases; disinfection and its alternatives; design
of small-scale wastewater treatment systems; household centered
environmental sanitation; material flux analyzes; sanitation and
hygiene education
ED78.11
Integrated Life Science, 3(3-0)
Ecosystem structure and functions; organism, population and community;
techniques for study all biology and biochemistry; all organelles
and functions; introduction to human physiology and systems
ED78.12
Principles of Toxicology, 3(3-0)
Fundamental and basic concepts of toxicology, including dose-response
relationships; types of harmful effects; mechanisms involved in
chemical actions from the entrance of chemicals into the body
until excretion; toxicokinetics; activation and detoxification
mechanisms; biologic and chemical factors that influence toxicity;
mechanisms of carcinogenesis and mutagenesis target organ toxicology;
the principles of testing for toxic effects; epidemiology and
concepts of risk assessment
ED78.13
Health, Development and Environment, 2(2-0)
Human development and environment; environmental economy; natural
resources management and land reformation; policy for public participation;
application of economic incentives; appropriates laws and legislation;
cleaner production technologies such as eco-design and green productivity
ED78.14
Membrane Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2(2-0)
Introduction to membrane technology; comparison of various membrane
types and configurations; recent development in membrane technology,
common membrane technologies; microfiltration, ultrafiltration,
reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, membrane bioreactors, scale-up
operation of membrane systems, anti fouling techniques; experimental
demonstration; computer applications in design of industrial membrane
systems; case studies
ED78.15
Design of Water Supply and Wastewater Systems, 1(0-1)
Planning of urban water supply systems; planning of urban wastewater
systems; basics of hydraulics; design of water supply network
and wastewater collection systems
ED78.16
Applied Microbiology and Laboratory, 3(2-3)
Classification of microorganisms; structure and function of domains
Eucarya (algae, fungi, and protozoa), bacteria, and archaea virus;
nutrition and growth conditions; pathogenic microorganisms; application
of microbiology in environmental engineering; indicators, bioassay,
self-purification, activated sludge, trickling filter, anaerobic
digestion and oxidation ponds
ED78.17
Advanced Processes for Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Recycle,
2(2-0)
New development in advanced wastewater treatment with emphasis
on nitrogen and phosphorous removal; biofilm processes for carbon
and nitrogen removal, advanced anaerobic bioprocesses, membrane
bioreactors for wastewater treatment, removal of dissolved inorganic;
technologies for reuse and recycle of treated effluent
ED78.18
Toxic Organics and Trace Metals in Ecosystem, 3(3-0)
Biogeochemistry of toxic substances; mobility, bioavailability,
adsorption and accumulation by soil and uptake by plants, assessing
toxic organics and heavy metals in ecosystems, metal’s pools
using fractionation scheme, soil health effect, metal budget,
by balance sheet approach, toxicological effects of selected pollutants
in the ecosystem
ED78.19
Environmental Impact Assessment, 3(3-0)
Concepts and organization of ecosystems; predicting impact; procedures
for environmental impact assessment; integration with development
planning procedures; impact assessment of water resources, transportation,
power production mining, and other relevant projects; urbanization,
industrialization, and resource conservation considerations; design
concepts and alternative strategies for impact reduction; monitoring
ED78.20
Industrial Waste Abatement and Management 3(3-0)
Technical strategies of a sound industrial pollution control programs;
identification and classification of different pollutants and
their effects on surrounding environment; different in-plant waste
reduction management techniques both by modifying the production
processes and by reducing volume and strength of pollution; overall
view of different wastewater and sludge treatment techniques;
technical feasibility study for selecting an appropriate treatment
methods
ED78.21
Water Quality Management, 2(2-0)
Fresh water resources and ecosystems; sources of water pollution
and types of wastes; assessment of water quality in rivers and
lakes; lake eutrophication, water quality monitoring and management
planning; case studies
ED78.22
Air Pollution Modeling and Applications, 3(3-0)
Application of modeling tool for air quality management; fundamentals
of air pollution mathematical modeling; dispersion models: Eulerian
and Lagrangian models, Gaussian models: traditional and new modeling
approaches; modeling pollutant dispersion in different meteorological
and topographical conditions; meteorological models; plume rise
modeling: semi-empirical and advanced approaches; application
of dispersion models: ISC models, AERMOD, Puff models, Line source
models: street canyon and open highways; modeling urban air quality;
long-range transport models: RAINS-Asia model; Receptor models
and applications: mathematical formulation, types of receptor
models, data input requirements, applications for source apportionment;
synoptic climatological modeling
ED78.23
Hazardous Waste Technology and Management, 2(2-0)
Problems of hazardous wastes, their sources, generation and characterization;
in-plant control, storage and transportation; processing and treatment,
waste disposal, remediation of contaminated sites; risk assessment
and hazardous waste management; regulatory aspects of hazardous
wastes, national and international roles
ED78.24
Design of Air Pollution Control Systems, 3(3-0)
Combustion and emission products; application of physical and
chemical processes in the design of treatment systems for particulate
matter and gaseous pollutants; control devices: design criteria,
operating conditions and efficiency estimation; control of SOx
and NOx from stationary sources; mobile source emission control;
integrated mobile source control, control of gasoline vapor from
refueling stations, control techniques for gasoline-powered vehicles,
control techniques for diesel-powered vehicles; practical applications:
design air pollution control systems through case studies; field
visits
ED78.25
Principles of Cleaner Production, 2(2-0)
Cleaner production audit; pollution prevention; mass and energy
balance, energy and environmental audit, energy reduction; small
and medium scale industries, process integration, design for environment,
pinch analysis, occupational health and safety
ED78.26
Sampling Design, 2(2-0)
Protocols for sampling of biomaterials and environmental medial;
sample handling and preservation; biomarker development and interpretation;
monitoring of biological, chemical and physical parameters; statistical
methods and data processing; quality assurance and control
ED78.27
Environmental Toxicology, 2(2-0)
Fate and distribution of toxicants in environment; introduction
to air, soil and water pollution; occupational toxicology; industrial
chemicals, pesticides, radioisotopes; prevention measure of industrial,
agrochemical poisoning; ecological risks assessments; biomagnification
in food webs
ED78.28
Health/Environmental Risk and Impact Assessment, 3(3-0)
Conceptual framework of ecosystems; procedures for EIA as well
as for health risk assessment; predict risk and impact assessment
of water, power production, mining and other relevant projects;
urbanization, industrialization and resources protections; development
of health risk model to include carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic
substances; risk monitoring
ED78.29
Environmental Microbiology, 2(1-3)
Microbial growth stage and development; methods of detection of
microbes in environment; bioremediation; pathways and mechanisms
of microbial detoxification of pollutants; principles of genetic
engineering and molecular biology
ED78.30
Molecular Biology of Environmental Stress, 1(1-0)
Stress responses, protective and repairement process; gene expression;
oxidative reactive species; stress proteins in prokaryotic cells
and biosensors
ED78.31
Bioengineering and Environmental Health, 2(2-0)
Bioengineering and toxicology; assessment of adverse health effects
due to exposure to hazards; relationship between risk assessment
and risk management; practical application of risk assessment
methods; participating acceptance procedures and communication
methods; drugs and clinical issues; bioethics
ED78.32
Seminar in Environmental Biotechnology, 1(1-0)
This advanced course focuses on current research interest and
development of new technology. Both basic and applied biotechnology
research will be discussed
ED78.33
Seminar in Toxicology, 1(1-0)
Toxicity assessment; hazardous waste sites, heavy metals pesticides,
chemical carcinogenesis tumor suppressor and genes
Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology
(FEBT Field of Study)
ED73.01 Food Process Engineering, 3(3-0)
Introduction to engineering principles involved in food engineering
operations with specific emphasis on fluid flow; conveying; separation;
heat transfer, size-reduction; moisture relationships in foods;
psychometrics; and drying; including applications to design of
processes and equipment
ED73.02
Postharvest Engineering, 3(3-0)
Role and importance of postharvest food system; internal and external
factors affecting quality of fresh produce; engineering aspects
of postharvest handling systems for cereal and horticultural crops;
psychometrics and postharvest operations; design of aeration and
cooling systems for fresh produce; low temperature storage; controlled
atmosphere (CA) and modified atmosphere storage. Recent developments
and trends in postharvest technology: minimally processed foods;
edible coating; pulsed light surface treatment
ED73.03
Bioprocess Technology, 3(3-0)
Basic engineering calculations; mass and energy balances in bioprocess;
fluid flow and mixing; mass transfer; homogenous and heterogenous
reactions; biocatalysts and protein engineering; metabolic engineering;
bioinformatics
ED73.04
Bioreactor Design and Control, 3(3-0)
Operation modes of bioreactors; physical background to modeling
bioprocess systems; optimization and control of bioreactor systems;
application of biocatalysts; strategies for bioreactor sterilization;
novel configuration used in food; environmental and tissue culture
systems
ED73.05
Industrial Microbiology, 3(3-0)
Microorganisms in industry and eco farming: classification of
bacteria; yeast; fungi; functional anatomy; microbial growth and
control; microbial genetics; microbial identification and quantification;
industrial fermentation; analysis of fermentation products
ED73.06
Food Engineering Operations, 3(2-3)
Principles and applications of thermal processing; food dehydration;
food freezing; evaporation of liquid foods; extrusion cooking
of foods; food irradiation; membrane separation processes; food
packaging and shelf-life stability; extrusion cooking; introduction
to newer and innovative concepts and trends such as ohmic heating,
high pressure processing, supercritical fluid extraction, and
minimally processing technologies; process control in food manufacturing
ED73.07
Bioanalysis for Industry and Eco Farming, 2(1-3)
Advanced techniques based on chromatography and immuno chemical
techniques; bioanalysis of low molecular cell components; proteins;
biopolymer analysis; additives; xenobiotics; residue analysis;
sampling strategy; interpretation of the data; official guidelines
ED73.08
Numerical Computations in Food Process Engineering, 3(2-3)
The role of numerical computations in food process engineering;
survey of numerical techniques and their application to a wide
variety of problems; solution schemes for ordinary and partial
differential equations; and computer modeling of selected food
processing operations
ED73.09
Engineering Properties of Food Materials, 3(2-3)
Principles involved in the measurement of physical characteristics;
mechanical; thermal; electrical; and optical properties of food
materials; analysis; interpretation; and application of experimental
data in relation to harvesting; handling; processing; storage;
and quality evaluation
ED73.10
Food Process Engineering Laboratory, 3(1-6)
The aspect of fundamental and application of food process engineering
viz.; selection of experimental design; determination of moisture
content in foods; grain quality analysis; air flow measurement;
packaging of foods; pre-cooling; drying; rice parboiling; fruit
juice processing; thermal processing and sensory evaluation techniques
ED73.11
Bioseparation Processes, 3(3-0)
Cell harvesting; liquid-liquid extraction; adsorption; ion-exchange;
elution chromatography; membrane processes; electrophoresis; precipitation;
and crystallization with emphasis on large-scale bioprocess; analytical
methods in biotechnology
ED73.12
Advanced Bioprocess Technology Applications, 3(3-0)
Biotechnology opportunities in the food processing industry; biosensor
and analytical techniques using biocatalysts; products from recombinant
DNA technology; animal and plant cell biotechnology; the human
genome project; stem cells research; extremophiles; biosafety;
ethical and regulatory aspects
ED73.13
Bioprocess Practical, 3(1-6)
Practical courses in microbiology and microbial genetics; genetic
engineering; biochemistry and environmental biotechnology
ED73.14
Enzyme and DNA Technology, 3(3-0)
Principles of protein chemistry, protein purification, protein
identification, enzymes involved general metabolism and in nucleic
acid metabolism, enzymes responsible for secondary metabolite
formation, molecular mechanism of enzyme action, control of enzyme
activity at the enzyme level and genetic level; cellular organization,
biochemistry of cellular processes, DNA structure and DNA rearrangement,
DNA replication, DNA engineering, mechanism of protein synthesis,
intracellular transport, DNA expression in microorganisms and
in plants and mammalian cells, DNA diagnostics, application of
genetic engineering in industry for the production of medicines,
enzymes and monoclonal antibodies, detection of genetically modified
plants (GMO), public debate on genetic engineering and GMO
Gender and Development Studies (GDS Field of
Study)
ED75.01Gender and Development: Principles
and Concepts, 3(3-0)
Introduction to gender concepts; households and gender division
of labor; gender differentiated allocation of resources; gender
equity and equality; history of development from Women in Development
(WID) to Gender and Development (GAD) and the women’s movements;
feminist critique on science and technology; emerging gender issues
ED75.02
Society, Technology and Health, 3(3-0)
Overview structural determinants and political economy of health;
epidemiology; health care systems; indigenous health knowledge;
development and health; gender and endemic diseases; gender, human
rights and reproductive health, political economy of family planning
ED75.03
Gender, Enterprise, and Organizations, 3(3-0)
Women in micro-enterprises and informal sector; financial services
for micro-enterprises; global/ regional trade and women’s
micro-enterprises; women in organizations; gender and organization
change
ED75.04
Gender, Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable Development, 3(3-0)
Changing gender relations; rural livelihoods and diversification;
feminist political ecology; ecofeminism; environmental degradation;
resource use and management; rural development and gender; women
in sustainable development
ED75.05
Gender, Technology and Economic Development, 1.5(1.5-0)
Basic definitions of development- and gender-related terms; economic
theories; models and technology of development; gender implications
of economic policy
ED75.06
Gender, Culture and Human Development, 3(3-0)
Cultural construction of gender, the State as bearer of gender,
colonization, human development, religion, family and work, knowledge
and the biophysical sciences, technology, development
ED75.07
Gender Analysis and Gender Responsive Development Planning, 3(3-0)
Gender analytical frameworks; tools for data collection and gender
indicators; gender-responsive planning; gender mainstreaming;
gender training
ED75.08
New Technologies, Industrialization and Gender, 1.5(1.5-0)
Nature of globalization; gender, industrialization and technology;
key issues affecting women under industrialization and new technologies;
gender friendly new technology policies
ED75.09
Transforming Gender Ideologies in Society, 3(3-0)
The course will provide the human rights lens with which to critique
cultural ideologies about gender; communications theories on introducing
new ideas in society; and case studies of development interventions
that challenge and transform gender concepts
ED75.10
Gender and Urban Management, 3(3-0)
Pre-requisite: Instructor’s consent
Urbanization and gender concerns in Asia, migration and rural-urban
linkages, gender dimensions of urban management and development,
globalization, women and emerging lifestyles, urban poverty, urban
environment, gender representations in media
Natural Resources Management (NRM Field of Study)
ED76.01 Ecological Principles for Natural
Resources Management, 3(3-0)
This course will provide an overview of the patterns and ecological
processes that occur across tropical and subtropical forest ecosystems
of Asia. Throughout the course, strong linkages will be made between
the ecology of a tropical terrestrial ecosystems and how such
knowledge can be used to inform natural resource management decisions
ED76.02
Natural Resources Management Issues in Asia 1(1-0)
This course will introduce students from various countries to
the general natural resources management issues throughout the
Asian region, with a focus on Thailand. Lectures will provide
a regional perspective of contemporary natural resource management
issues, and will be supplemented with one field trip in Thailand
to view these issues first hand
ED76.03
Forestry, 3(3-0)
This course provides an overview of three main forest management
aspects; assessment, industrial management, and community-based
management. Set within the context of Asia, this course will discuss
the techniques to evaluate, monitor and analyze forests and forest
management practices, as well as theory and application of emerging
areas of forest management towards sustainable development and
conservation. Hands-on experience in forest mensuration and assessment
will be gained through one weekend-long field trip to a forest
monitoring project
ED76.04
Biodiversity and Conservation, 3(3-0)
The course provides an introduction to the concepts of conservation
and biodiversity, and to the approaches to nature conservation
and biodiversity protection. Its focus is both, on the planning
and management of protected areas and on conservation measures
outside protected areas
ED76.05
Integrated Land Use Management Systems, 3(3-0)
Introduction to the fundamental ecological and economic principles
of integrated land use systems; overview of integrated land use
systems in various countries of Asia; assessment of their performance
and potential with respect to environmental, economic and sociocultural
considerations; contribution of integrated land use systems to
watershed protection and biodiversity conservation; exploration
of ways to promote, improve or conserve integrated land use systems
ED76.06
Spatial Information Systems in Natural Resources Management, 3(2-3)
Spatial/geographic data; spatial data collection techniques; data
quality and accuracy; spatial information system; data gaps and
standardization; spatial information management; concept of aerial
photography; remote sensing; and GIS
ED76.07
Research Design for Natural Resources Management, 2(2-0)
This course will introduce students to the process of developing
and designing questions and methods for field-based research in
natural resources management. Emphasis will be placed on process
of crafting a research question through the actual sampling design
for natural resources. As this course will occur during the second
semester, master’s students will immediately apply the framework
learned in this course to their own proposal writing activities
ED76.08
Land Evaluation and Resource Management, 3(2-3)
Land resources and land use planning issues; land resources; land
resource surveys; soil surveys; FAO framework of land evaluation;
other land evaluation/classification system; land resource information
systems; modeling of land resources; land resource management
ED76.09
Integrated Natural Resources Planning and Policy, 3(3-0)
The theory and practice of planning as applied to the use and
conservation of natural resource and the environment; environmental
and social science; perspectives on natural and environmental
resource use; policy background to an understanding of resource
use and planning issues; development and conservation as planning
paradigms; sustainability; planning and implementation strategies
ED76.10
Land Degradation Monitoring and Management, 3(2-3)
Land degradation in Asia and the Pacific; physical land degradation
types; chemical land degradation; desertification; models and
tools; monitoring techniques; present status and international
initiatives
ED76.11
Natural Resource Economics, 3(3-0)
Review of resource economic theories and concepts and apply them
with the natural resource issues. Provide understanding about
economic rationale behind the natural resource and environmental
management. Emphasis will be on introduction of social and private
considerations in resource use, resource scarcity, resource management,
and resource policy. Analysis will be especially on the bio-economic
equilibrium and sustainability of renewable resources. Non-market
valuation of externalities from resource use as well as resource
development as the sign to serve the students from different academic
disciplines and with limited background in economic theory
ED76.12
Integrated Watershed Development Management Planning Workshop,
4(1-6)
Workshop objectives and methods, case study: IWDM planning and
implementation; logical framework; stakeholder analysis, methods
of monitoring and evaluation; bio-physical and socio-economic
environs; status and management of natural resources, institutional
arrangements; public participation; gender role; support services
and facilities; participatory problem analysis, potential assessment
and project planning
Pulp and Paper Technology (PPT Field of Study)
ED74.01 Pulp Manufacture, 4(3-3)
History of pulp manufacture, principles of wood and non-wood pulping;
pulping methods; main unit operations of chemical pulping mill;
principles of chemical and energy recovery, effluent treatment,
pulp characterization
ED74.02
Fibre and Paper Fundamentals, 4(3-3)
The chemical structure and morphology of the paper making fiber,
and its interaction with water; effect on fibre by mechanical
treatment (beating); Web strength development during water removal;
fibre bonding development and paper shrinkage during drying; viscoelastic
characteristics of paper; optical properties of paper; paper properties
as related to the fibre properties and the manufacturing process;
unit operations in paper mills
ED74.03
Wood, Non-wood and Pulping Chemistry, 2(2-0)
Structure of wood and non-wood fibre materials; chemical components
of fiber raw materials; cellulose, hemi-celluloses, lignin; chemistry
of delignification and bleaching; alternative uses for wood; surface
chemistry of fibres and pulping
ED74.04
Special Characteristics of Paper, 2(2-0)
Basic paper properties, basis weight, formation, fibre orientation,
runnability, paper properties with complex cause/effect relationships;
hygroexpansivity; dimensional stability; curl and cockles; paper
two-sidedness; anisotropy/fibre orientation/drying tensions; quality
problems of paper
ED74.05
Anatomy of Papermaking Fibers, 2(1-3)
Availability, pulping of non-woods; properties and identification
of fibres and papermaking pulps; fibre dimensions and mechanical
properties; fibre network; application of microscopy on identification
of wood and fiber
ED74.06
Structure, Markets and Economics of Paper Industry, 2(2-0)
Raw material supply; global and regional industry with production
capacities; pulp and paper grades; pulp and paper markets; economics
of paper industry; economy of scale; economy of integration
ED74.07
Analytical and Research Methods in Paper Sciences, 2(0-6)
Fibre morphology; analysis of chemical components in the plants;
analysis of waste liquors; analysis of bleach liquors; characterization
of fibres; fiber-water interaction; swelling or shrinkage of fibers;
designing laboratory process for sticky removal; optimizing deinking
process; improving formation potential of pulps by chemical or
mechanical means; analyzing charge in different furnish and improving
retention of fines and fillers during papermaking
ED74.08
Paper and Board Technology, 3(3-0)
The process steps in the manufacture of paper and board, their
objective, design, integration and control challenges. The water
flow systems of the process and their integration; rheology of
pulp suspension, retention of furnish and paper modification are
included. The course also includes paper and board converting,
paper and board grades and chemical aspects of the papermaking
process; process optimization and process control
ED74.09
Unit Operations in a Chemical Pulp Mill, 3(3-0)
Preparing of raw material for pulping; modern kraft pulping technology
and unit operations; pulp bleaching; pulp characterization; practical
applications and economy of processes; minimization of environmental
impact; chemical and energy recovery balances
ED74.10 Pulping and Papermaking Laboratory,
2(0-6)
Preparing of raw material for pulping; kraft pulping; pulp bleaching;
pulp characterization; papermaking raw materials, sheet formation,
fillers; recycling of paper, repulping, deinking, bleaching of
recycled fibre
ED74.11
Environmental Control in Pulp and Paper Industry, 2(2-0)
Emissions from pulp and paper manufacturing processes; internal
measures to minimize emissions; treatment of emission flows; mechanical
and biological treatment of effluents; odor control and sulfur
balance of a pulp mill; solid waste management; practical applications
and economical aspects of environmental measures; minimization
of environmental impact; best available techniques (BAT)
ED74.12
Recycled Fibre Technology, 2(1-3)
General aspects and basic statistics; collection systems; recovered
paper grades; design of recycled fiber processes; repulping, deinking/washing;
cleaning; screening; dispersion; deinking chemistry; deinkability
of printing inks; bleaching of deinked pulps; papermaking potential
of recycled pulp; stickies in recycled fiber pulp
ED74.13
Pigment Coating and Printing, 3(2-3)
The improvements of paper surface by pigment coating; the effects
on smoothness, uniformity, gloss and opacity are explained. Coating
color components, pigments, binder and additives; coating formulation
and different coating processes are reviewed. Printing technique
fundamentals; halftone printing; paper surface characterization;
optical properties of paper; surface strength; hygroexpansivity;
offset, gravure, flexo, letterpress are included
ED74.14
Advanced Pulp Mill Technology, 2(1-3)
Kraft cooking modifications; alternative cooking systems; CTMP
processes; new bleaching technologies; minimum impact mill technology
ED74.15
Pulp and Paper Mill Design, 2(1-3)
Life-cycle of the project; planning of investments; dimensioning
of the mill; process design features; project implementation modes;
operation improvement projects; implementation phases in pulp
and paper mill projects
Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP
Field of Study)
ED 77.01 Rural and Regional Development
3(3-0)
Concepts of growth, development, under-development and anti-development,
expectations and achievements in development planning, poverty
analysis and poverty alleviation, changing approaches to rural
development, international development co-operation, the spatial
framework for regional development and approaches to rural-regional
development.
ED77.02 Social Research Methods
in Development Planning 3(3-0)
Scientific research;
the research process; categories of research; selection and refinement
of a research topic; literature review; hypothesis and conceptual
framework; operationalization; data collection; data analysis
and interpretation of the findings; presentation of findings and
conclusions.
ED77.03 Applied Statistics for Development
Planning 3(3-0)
Data presentation;
central tendency; dispersion; probability; sampling; hypothesis
testing; chi-square test; correlation and regression; and index
numbers.
ED77.05 Rural-Urban Relations 3(3-0)
Types of rural-urban relations; evolution of towns and cities;
spatial models of rural-urban relations. Changing functional relationships
between town and country; critical assessment of urban bias theory;
rural-urban migration and related impacts; and approaches towards
creating a more balanced rural-urban development.
ED77.06 Regional Planning Techniques 3(2-3)
Location models of economic activities; making and use of maps,
various techniques and methods of regionalization; settlement
pattern and locational analysis of service centers; gravity potential
and interaction model; regional transport network analysis and
methods of population projection at the regional level.
ED77.08 Agricultural Development Planning
3(3-0)
The role of agriculture
in economic development; agricultural development planning at
various scales; sustainable agricultural development; farmer decision-making
and farm planning; farmers' response to government intervention;
adoption of agricultural innovation; policies for agricultural
research; agricultural extension methods and techniques; agro-ecosystem
analysis and regional agricultural planning; agricultural development
policies; organization of agricultural support services; options
and development alternatives.
ED77.11
Project Planning and Management 3(2-3)
Role of projects in development;
relationship between policies, plans and projects; project identification;
checking the feasibility; preparation of project proposals; appraisal
and selection of projects; planning for implementation; monitoring
and evaluation.
ED 77.12: Research Design and Methods 3(3-0)
Formulation of research problem and questions, conceptualization
and operationalization techniques, literature review and citation,
design variables and research design techniques, data collection
and analysis process, presentation and the art of writing of research
proposal as well as practical lab sessions.
ED77.13
Rural Regional Planning Workshop 4(1-6)
Conceptual, theoretical framework
and techniques in rural and regional development planning; formulation
of a planning report for a rural region; identification of national,
regional and rural development goals; administrative and organizational
framework for planning; choice of basic development units; data
base for planning and analysis; identification of problems, felt
needs, resources and development constraints; priority setting
and problem analysis; and formulation of strategies and proposals.
ED 77.9002 Community Development Planning
3(3-0)
This course deals
with community and development planning, approaches and strategies
for participation and community development, community empowerment
for development, methods and techniques of community development,
community development for the excluded, local governance, lessons
on community development from case studies.
ED77.9003 NGO Management, Policy and Development 3(3-0)
Concepts of NGO and civil
society, the rise and growth of NGOs, managing NGO roles, managing
NGO relationship, internal NGO management, professionalism in
NGO work, NGOs and Civil society in Developing Asia: their current
trends and future prospects.
ED77.9004: Rural Infrastructure Planning
and Management 3(3-0)
The main objective
of this course is to highlight the importance of a proper infrastructure
system in improving the quality of life in rural areas. The role
played by an efficient transportation and communication system,
utilities and amenities, and the socio-economic aspects of providing
them will be highlighted. The differences in providing the infrastructure
systems in rural areas and metropolitan cities will also be covered.
Through lectures and presentations, case study discussions and
exercises, the course will cover the importance of physical, social,
economic infrastructure and the financial and organizational aspects
of the same. The course will be cantered around World Bank reports
on development and environment, and also on various internet sites
dealing will rural infrastructure.
ED77. 905 Sustainable Development Policies
and Practices 3(2-3)
Definition and dimensions
of sustainable development (SD); theoretical contributions to
sustainable development – from Malthus to Marx to the Club
of Rome; global and local challenges for SD; global concerns over
and agreements on SD; policies for SD: equity with growth policies;
command and control policies, market/incentive based policies,
institutional policies, awareness creation; the middle path; national
sustainable regional-rural development (SD) policies; progress
in SD.
Urban Environmental Management (UEM Field of
Study)
ED79.01 Urban Environmental Management Systems,
3(3-0)
The course initially deals with the definition of urban ecosystem
and general scope of urban environmental management; urban management
approaches including good governance; gender and health issues
and environmental safety issues in a broader sense. Subsequently,
the technology oriented and people oriented management system;
including ISO Standardization; spatial planning, economic instruments;
strategic environmental assessment and impact assessment etc.
are introduced as tools and techniques for management decision
making
ED79.02
UEM Research Methods and Techniques, 2(2-0)
Logic of science and social science; various approaches to social
inquiry; data-gathering and analytical tools in qualitative research;
data-gathering and analytical tools in quantitative research;
including descriptive statistics; inferential statistics and measures
of association; program evaluation research; and thesis logic
and structure
ED79.03
Urban Planning and the Built-Environment, 3(3-0)
This course deals with the aims, objectives, and scope of urban
planning; the economic, social, political, environmental and legal
framework within which it operates; the requirements, standards,
and principles for planning the different spatial elements of
cities; selected approaches to planning cities; and means of implementation
Emphasis is given to the problems confronting Asian cities, particularly
the problems of different built-environments such as commercial,
industrial, residential and mixed-use areas, and the plans, programs,
policies, and projects that can be proposed and implemented to
deal with them
ED79.04
Environmental Science and Technology for Decision Makers, 3(3-0)
Introduction for planners, managers, and decision makers to environmental
science, engineering and technology Ecosystems, population growth,
urban ecology, characteristics, sources of, and effects of urban
pollution (air, noise, odor, water, wastewater land, solid waste
and toxic waste), and treatment technologies, decision making
on urban pollution
ED79.05
Urbanization and Environmental Policy, 3(3-0)
Meanings of urbanization and its growth components; urbanization
and economic development relationship; rural-urban migration determinants,
impacts, and policy implications; trend, pattern and impact of
urbanization; economics and demographics of urbanization in Asia;
policies for improving urban poor’s working and living conditions;
urbanization and women; environmental impacts of urbanization;
urban and environmental policies for sustainable urbanization
and cities
ED79.06
Environmental Auditing, 3(3-0)
Introduction to the nature of environmental problems in cities
and the environmental effects of various urban activities, and
how they are currently controlled and mitigated Development of
environmental management systems and the key role allocated to
environmental auditing Emphasis is on environmental audit and
post-audit stages. Where relevant, reference is made to application
of environmental audit techniques in the urban context such as
in local governments and development institutions. The course
includes a case study exercise involving site visits and undertaking
of an audit report
ED79.07
Disaster Management in Urban Environmental Planning, 3(3-0)
Disaster management covering mitigation, preparedness, response,
rehabilitation and reconstruction; different types of hazards,
hazard and vulnerability assessment at the city level; tools and
techniques of risk assessment; environmental safety and security
in the city; protection of lifelines and critical facilities;
structural and non-structural mitigatory measures; community-based
approach to disaster management and capacity building
ED79.08
Environmental Legislation, 3(3-0)
National policies for the protection of environment; nature and
scope of law; understanding legal concepts; sources of environmental
law; role of the judiciary; procedural aspects of environmental
law; legal theories for suing polluters; methods of proof in environmental
litigation; pollution control legislation; ecological liability
of corporate groups; role of international agencies in environmental
protection; international environmental law
ED79.09
Urban Environmental Design, 3(3-0)
This course deals with the aims, objectives, and scope of urban
environmental design, the requirements, standards, and principles
of designing different spatial elements of cities; principles
of tropical design, green architecture and sustainable built-environment,
eco-sensitive planning and design, passive design techniques to
mitigate urban environmental problems such as heat island effect,
air pollution and water pollution, urban design for energy efficient
city blocks, landscape design and constructed environments for
environmental management, peoples place making process and community
participation methods in urban environmental design
ED79.10
Urban Environmental Planning and Management Workshop, 4(2-4)
The Workshop will expose students to the realities of urban environmental
planning and management practice. These realities will be experienced
by each student as a member of a team in a realistic fieldwork
situation working on an interdisciplinary problem/issue for a
client. In addition, through a range of experiences, students
will develop the following skills: teamwork, project management,
time management, stakeholder consultation, and presentation
ED79.11
UEM Research Design, 1(1-0)
Logic of scientific research process; types of research design;
core elements of a research design; strategies for finding answers
for research questions; Literature review and theoretical frame
work; Methodological issues in qualitative method approach, quantitative
method approach and mixed methods approach.
ED79.12
Management of Urban Housing, Infrastructure and Service, 3(3-0)
Systems approach for urban management, elements of urban housing,
infrastructural and services; adequate housing, infrastructure
and services for urban living; housing options and delivery systems
planning, design implementation and evaluation of physical social
and environmental infrastructure. Utilities and amenities, privatization
of infrastructure and services delivery affordability and cost
recovery community participation management of housing and infrastructure
development projects
ED79.13
Strategic Environmental Assessment for Urban Development, 3(3-0)
Basic principles of EIA history and development of environmental
impact assessment; legal, institutional and theoretical frameworks;
processes – inventory, prediction of impacts, mitigation
and management, monitoring and evaluation; methodologies; document
preparation; management problems in impact assessment; processes
used in developing countries; cumulative impacts; policy assessment;
international aspects; and other components of SEA
ED79.14
Governance and Urban Management, 3(3-0)
Competitive theoretical perspectives on state and urban polities;
conceptual issues on governance and principals in public sector
management Major contextual issues related to urban and regional
development in developing countries; various areas of urban management
such as basic services delivery, urban transportation, land management
and housing city poverty reduction, and state civil society relation
and associated programmatic tools.
ED79.15
Urban Economics and Finance, 3(3-0)
Market forces and role of government in the development of cities;
urban economy’s growing contribution to national economy;
local economic development; the dichotomy in the urban economy
and environment in the developing countries of Asia; specific
urban markets, the role urban infrastructure and services; financing
urban infrastructure and services; new and innovative approaches
to financing urban infrastructure; public policy for financing
and managing the urban environment
ED79.16
Environmental Conflict Resolution and Mediation, 3(3-0)
Theories on social conflict and environmental conflict (natural
and built); development interface analysis; theories, concepts
and strategies in bargaining, negotiation and mediation, conflict
management skills, and negotiation ethics
ED79.17
Multivariate Analysis for Planning, 3(3-0)
Applied Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Application of Quantitative
Modeling:
1) Regression Technique: Multiple Regression Analysis
2) Classification Techniques: Cluster Analysis, Multiple Discriminate
Analyses
3) Abstraction Techniques: Principal Component Analysis
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