Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 4 - Engineering for One Planet & Sustainability Innovation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mackenzie Booth, Cedarville University; David Brian Dittenber P.E., Cedarville University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

LeTourneau University in the mid-2010s. That project provided junior-level environmental engineering students the opportunity toconstruct and operate pilot-scale water treatment plants. Water was retrieved from a local riverand students were initially provided 55 gallons to treat. Groups of 3-4 students designed, built,and tested a system that produced a volume of 35 gallons of potable water within 48 hours andmet water quality testing of alkalinity, pH, solids, conductivity, turbidity, and bacterial growthaccording to TAC 290. The plant operations were permitted to be a combination of batch andcontinuous flow. Initial ImplementationThe environmental engineering course in this study was first taught at Cedarville University inFall 2020 as a