MS EEM Curriculum

Program Background

The Master of Science (MS) program is a research-oriented degree designed for the professional development of engineers, particularly those with careers in R&D or in academe. The degree also provides ample preparation for further studies at the doctoral level. The MS program requires mastering of a field of specialization through coursework and a thesis demonstrating original thought and contributing to knowledge in a field of specialization.

Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and Management (MSEEM)

Course Requirements
Term 1 2 3 4 5 6
Methods of Research 3 units 3
Advanced Math 6 units 3 3
Specialization Courses 15 units 3 3 3 6
Elective Courses 6 units 3 3
Comprehensive Exam 0 unit 0
Thesis 6 units 3 3
Orientation for Non-DLSU graduates (1 unit) (1)
Total 36(1)units 9(1) 9 6 6 3 3

Thesis Writing: ENV851M, ENV852M,…,ENV859M
Form: EN-19

Application for Thesis Defense
Form: EN-18

Publication Requirement

One (1) publication in a refeed journal

MS EEM Major Courses (Core)

Course Code Course Title Brief Description
ENE501M Environmental Engineering The course will include discussions on different environmental issues pertaining to water pollution, air pollution and solid waste, and hazardous waste management. Governmental legislations related to waste management and environmental management systems are included. This course introduces a broad spectrum of end-of-pipe treatment technologies for liquid effluents, air emissions, solid wastes and other emerging environmental pollutants.
ENE600M Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology The course will include discussions on various water and wastewater treatment technologies. It will include discussions on basic concepts and principles of physical, chemical, biological and advanced treatment operations and processes as applied to water and wastewater. The course aims to underscore design and operational parameters and considerations. The course will also include development of treatment plant scheme by combining various operations and processes on the basis of set treatment objectives and government regulations of drinking water and effluent discharges.
ENE603M Solid Waste Management This graduate course provides an overview of integrated solid waste management such as waste collection, central sorting, biological treatment, thermal treatment, landfill and materials recycling. It discusses the current environmental and health problems caused by inadequate solid waste management, along with the strategies and approaches to resolve these problems. This will include systems approach and quantitative tools such as life cycle inventory to measure performance. Case studies are employed to emphasize the applications of such knowledge of the theories and skills in evaluating solid waste management systems.
ENE501M Environmental Engineering The course will include discussions on different environmental issues pertaining to water pollution, air pollution and solid waste, and hazardous waste management. Governmental legislations related to waste management and environmental management systems are included. This course introduces a broad spectrum of end-of-pipe treatment technologies for liquid effluents, air emissions, solid wastes and other emerging environmental pollutants.
ENE609M Sustainable Development This course discusses the concept of sustainable development as well as some issues that relates the conflicting aspects in sustainable development. This course also involves learning of tools such as geographic information system (GIS) and geospatial processing to aid in development of policies related to sustainable development. Other tools that may be considered for this course are the following: life cycle analysis (LCA), multi-objective optimization (MOO), and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA).
ENE610M Environmental System Modeling Introduces the life-cycle concept with respect to the design, selection and optimization of environmental systems. Topics include life cycle analysis, substance flow analysis and net energy/exergy balances.
ENE611M Environmental Economics Covers Principles and Techniques for the Economic Valuation of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality includes Management Techniques Based on Economic Incentives, such as Subsides, Pollution Tax and Emissions Trading.
ENE614M Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production The course will cover the different aspects of pollution prevention and cleaner production as practiced in various industries. This will include the identification of waste streams in certain industrial production processes, the emissions to air, water, land and their impacts to environment and health, and the techniques and practices to minimize and/or prevent the pollution brought about by these processes. Special focus will be given to best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) as applied to selected industries to promote cleaner production and pollution prevention. Students will be assigned a particular industry to analyses its processes and identify areas where to apply pollution prevention. To an extent possible, analysis should include the economics of pollution prevention activities as applied to a specific industry such as the investment cost, cost-benefit analysis, and the period of return of investment.

MSEEM Major Courses

Course Code Course Title Brief Description
ENE504M Total Quality and Environmental Management The course provides an overview of different technological solutions to problems pertaining to energy and environmental issues. In addition, develops skills in cost-effective management of total resources (man, machine, method, materials, energy, and water) and in managing industrial (primary, secondary, and tertiary) development within tight environmental constraints. Modules also have economic, management, science, and engineering backgrounds.
ENE505M Envirometrics This graduate course provides an overview of quantitative methods in the environmental engineering and management. It provides essential statistical and operation research tools for understanding, predicting, and managing the impacts of agents, both man-made and natural, which affect the environment. Basic and applied research in this area covers a broad range of topics. But beyond measurement and mathematics, “envirometrics” has become a meeting ground for the ecologist, the natural and social scientist, the engineer and statistician, and ultimately the political scientist. These approaches include multi-variate analysis and multi-criteria analysis that can be used for risk management and environmental decision-making. Case studies are employed to emphasize the applications of such knowledge of the theories and skills in analyzing and understanding environmental issues, problems and solutions.
ENE506M Product and Process Design for Environmental Engineering This course is an introductory course of Design for Environment (DfE) as applied to the assessment of product or process alternatives. Design for Environment is undertaken using Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and other sustainability concepts (e.g., P2/CP or pollution prevention/cleaner production) that are illustrated through the case studies, software demos, and product dissection projects. An integrated, problem-based approach is employed and students are expected to make use of available LCA programs for the analysis of real or realistic case studies.
ENE601M Environmental Catalysis The course deals with the study of the basic and fundamental theories and concepts of catalysis. Also cover topics on catalysis applied to environmental protection and other fields. Application of catalysis shall cover automobile exhaust treatment, boiler flue gas treatment, wastewater treatment, clean technology, waste minimization, industrial process and biotechnology.
ENE604M Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management This course covers the entirety of managing industrial wastes that are hazardous in nature. Topics cover the laws related to hazardous waste management, hazardous waste handling, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal. Risk assessment associated to various hazardous wastes is also taken up. Industrial safety and health management is also part of the course. Case studies are discussed.
ENE605M Environmental Impact Assessment Focuses on the principles and tools employed in environmental management solutions (EMS). Topics include environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental audit (EA) and the ISO 14000 standards.
ENE606M Risk Assessment and Management This graduate course provides an overview of risk assessment in environmental management. It focuses on qualitative and quantitative techniques employed in assessing risk associated with industrial and other man-made systems. This includes the discussion of important tools and methodologies that can be used particularly in process safety and managing chemical contamination problems. Methodologies for performing human health and ecological risk assessments, as well as methods for the safety evaluation of chemical containment systems will be presented in the course. The main emphasis of the course is on the use of human health risk assessment principles to support risk management and corrective action decisions relevant to addressing environmental contamination problems. Principal elements of risk assessments are introduced. Case studies are employed to emphasize decision support tools and concepts relevant to the design of effective risk management programs for potential environmental contamination or loss of containment.
ENE615M Seminar in Energy and Environment This course consists of a series of different seminars of diverse topic in energy and the environment. It aims to develop the familiarity of the student to different fields in energy engineering and environmental research. Topics may cover from the nature of energy and environment research to specialized methods in these fields such as process integration tools, input-output modelling, decision analysis, life cycle analysis, etc.
ENE617M Bioprocess Engineering & Microbial Biotechnology This subject deals with the analysis of microbial structure and ecology, reaction kinetics and experimental techniques in the biofilms systems. It also deals with the basic concepts and introductions to biological methods for treatment of wastewaters, biodiversity and microbial interactions, microbial population dynamics, molecular techniques for determining microbial community, modeling of biofilm systems, respirometry, applied genetic engineering, bioreactor theory and practical considerations for the design of biofilm systems. This subject also presents some introductions to genetic engineering and plant and animal cell culture.
ENE618M Green Process Engineering: Progress and Development This course aims to update the techniques and unit operations on chemical and process engineering to improve the sustainability of process design and engineering, as well as to appreciate why it is needed. Here, new and embellish concepts and unit operations that can be applied to a range of industries will be presented and how these can be applied to specific industries thereafter will be shown.
ENE619M Special Topics in Environmental Engineering This course will incorporate the timely topics in Environmental Engineering. Starting from this code all the succeeding codes will be considered as special topics.

Other Courses

Course Code Course Title Brief Description
COE5000 Engineering Orientation The course includes topics on the DLSU history, mission statement, organizational structure, key officers/offices; the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the life and writings of St. John Baptist de la Salle; Lasallian core values and professional ethics.
COE5200 Methods of Research A study of the fundamentals of research designs, analysis and interpretations of data, project feasibility studies, and qualitative research technique.
COE571M Techpreneurship This course takes the participant through entrepreneurship in technology ventures, which is about commercializing technology ideas into viable enterprises. It is about training techies, scientists and researchers in the skills and attitudes of entrepreneurs, about empowering them to realize the opportunities and commercial values arising from their ideas, technologies, technology applications or products. The course examines the development of ideas and how these are translated into opportunities and eventually businesses; it challenges the students to go through the process of writing a business plan, which will be their final output in this course.

Math Courses

Course Code Course Title Brief Description
COE5310 Advanced Mathematical Methods Review of linear algebra and linear differential equation, existence and uniqueness, autonomous systems, phase portraits, nonlinear system, linearization, stability, perturbation, chaos and bifurcation.
COE5320 Numerical Methods with Computer Programming and Application Matrix computations, roots of linear and non-linear system, interpolation, numerical integration and differentiation, predictor connector, and Runge Kutta Methods, finite difference methods and introduction to finite element methods.
COE5100 Statistical Analysis and Design Basic Research Methods; analysis of variance and covariance; Experimental Design; Advanced Regression Analysis; Non-Parametric Test.