Environment Engineering Department

INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Pakistan is a developing country and is gifted by Almighty Allah with immense natural resources. In the past agriculture was the main sector contributing to the country's economic development. However, in the past decades, there is considerable expansion and development in the urbanization, industrialization and transportation sectors. The growth in these sectors has caused an abrupt change in the natural environment. When there is a change in the natural environment it results in environmental pollution. As a result, environmental pollution causes affect all valuable environmental components like water, air, soil, fauna and flora.

The effects caused by this environmental deterioration are not limited to local areas but rather may cause impacts on the regional or international level.

To address the matters of the environmental deterioration caused by the transportation, urbanization, andindustrialization sectors, the new department "Environment Engineering" is introduced in Quaid e Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah. The graduate environment engineers will be able to understand, investigate, plan, design and mitigate the factors causing deterioration in the natural environment.

Thedepartment has highly qualified and experienced faculty members to teach environment engineering courses to impart in-depth knowledge in the discipline. The students will be provided with on-hand knowledge about the natural environment and engaged in state-of-the• art laboratories to learn and apply the same in their professional careers.

Facilities Available in the Department

Since Environment Engineering is a newdepartment and is being spilt from the Energy & Environment Engineering Department therefore the majority of laboratory facilities will be utilized from those laboratories already existing in Energy and Environment Engineering Department. The details of these are given as under:

Computer Laboratories

Two fully equipped computer labs are existing to fulfilling the computational requirements of the new department. In these labs more than SO latest personal computers are available and are connected to the internet and digital library. The students can access the internet free of charge. At the same time, the students can access e• books free of charge to these thousands of books through HEC extended facility.

Seminar Library

Thedepartment has its Seminar Library with books on engineering subjects in general and Environmental Engineering in particular. The Library has also enough stock of the latest Journals, research articles, newsletters etc. the interested students and faculty members can have a copy of the same for education and knowledge.

Environment Laboratory

Afully equipped Environment Engineering Lab is available in the department. In this lab majority of pollution measuring latest equipment relating to air, water and wastewater quality parameters are available. Theavailability of the latest equipment trains studying students' state-of-the-art knowledge about monitoring of natural environment scientifically. The experienced and trained lab staff is fully engaged with the students for gaining practical base techniques and methodologies for monitoring the valuable environmental parameters.

Engineering Materials & Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

This lab is available to provide practical knowledge regarding engineering materials and fluid mechanics characteristics. Many types of equipment like Universal Testing Machines (UTM) for testing all kinds of materials (Metals and Non-Metals) including rubber are also available in this lab.

Thermodynamics Laboratory

In this lab variety of equipment are available for carrying out practical experiments. Various important equipment like Internal Combustion Engine (Diesel & Petrol), Vapor Jet Refrigeration Unit, Heat Transfer Unit (Conduction, Radiation and Convection), Flue Gas Analyzer, Fuel Combustion Unit, etc. are available.

Biofuel Laboratory

Thisis a newly established lab in the department to conductpracticals related to biofuels, chemical titrations, treatment of crude oil and oil• related quality parameters.

Quality Policy

The Environment Engineering Department is committed to imparting Quality Education through theoretical deliberations, laboratory base practical experiments, technical field visits and internship activities so that the students can seek enhanced skills and thorough knowledge.

Vision:

To produce professional graduates to caterforthe requirements of the market forthe socio-economic development of the country.

Mission:

The department of Environment Engineering is committed to imparting state-of-the-art quality education to enrolled students through theoretical deliberations, laboratory base practical experiments; technical field visits and internship activities so that the students can seek enhanced skills and thorough knowledge.

Degree Programme:

Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) Master of Engineering (Environmental Engineering