Environmental Engineering: Review for the Professional Engineering Examination - Paperback

by Ashok V. Naimpally (Author), Kirsten Rosselot (Author)

This book helps readers become licensed professional engineers (PE's). Licensure demonstrates high standards of professionalism, knowledge, and ability. Moreover, there are career opportunities that are only available to PE's. In order to meet the work experience requirement, PE examinees have generally been out of school for some time. This book summarizes topics covered in the PE environmental engineering exam, refreshing readers on subjects they may not have worked with since their undergraduate days. Sample exam questions use "logical distractors," answers that result from common mistakes, to help readers avoid these mistakes during the actual exam. Solutions to the questions, included in the book, carefully explain why the logical distractors are incorrect. Although intended for engineers preparing for the PE environmental engineering exam, the book is useful in undergraduate engineering courses that cover environmental engineering topics.

Back Jacket

• Summarizes the theoretical background of topics covered in the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination in the area of Environmental Engineering.
• Includes two practice exams with 100 problems each, and solutions to each problem are provided.
• Each problem includes answers that result from common mistakes, which helps readers to quickly build a solid foundation in the subject.

This review will help candidates prepare for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination in the area of Environmental Engineering by refreshing their memory of key concepts and theory. In addition to a review of theory, two practice exams following the multiple choice format used by the PE exam are supplied with solutions to every problem. The material covered in the book and tested in the practice exam includes:

• Water resources, distribution, and treatment
  
• Waste water collection and treatment
  
• Groundwater resources, soils, and remediation
  
• Air pollution transport and treatment
  
• Solid waste disposal, treatment, and recycling
  
• Hazardous waste minimization, treatment, and disposal
  
• Environmental assessments and emergency response
  
• Errors and uncertainty in environmental measurements

Author Biography

ASHOK "ASH" V. NAIMPALLY ACADEMIC PREPARATION Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) [1976] Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13210 Minor: Applied Math and Computer Science B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) [1969] Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India Top Ranked UNESCO-aided Technical University in Asia CONTINUING EDUCATION Harvard University Institute for Educational Management Management Development Program [Summer 1993] Cambridge, Massachusetts EXPERIENCE September 1999 - Present Coordinator, Environmental Technology, and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840 Teaching in the areas of: Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Solid Wastes, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Also taught "Tests and Measurements" (Assessment) in the Educational Psychology Program. Program Evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Conducting a seminar for Engineers from Industry at UCLA Extension (the continuing education arm of UCLA) since 1994. August 1998 - August 1999 Second Year American Council on Education Fellow (Special Assistant to the Provost), Office of the Provost, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840 Program Evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Attended training workshop in 1997 related to new criteria based on outcomes assessment. Evaluator of Distance Learning Programs, American Council on Education (ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service. Attended the training workshop at ACE in July 1999. Member, Exam Committee (Ch.E), National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. 1993 - August 1998Director of Outreach and Enrichment at CSULB Southern California Coalition for Education in Manufacturing Engineering (SCCEME), and Professor of Chemical Engineering, California State University Long Beach (1993-96). Professorial duties in Chemical Engineering: Program Evaluator. 1989 - 1992 Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach 90840