Environmental Engineering

ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY

Specialized equipment name	Application of Equipment
BOD  Analyser	Determination of BOD in various wastewater and other water sources.
Digital Micro-Weigh Balance	Measure the chemicals in micro grams.
UV-VIS Spectrophotometer	Analysis of parameters at different wavelength.
High Performance Liquid Chromatography	Pesticide forensics  – Organic compounds, Phenolic compounds
Inductively Coupled Plasma emission spectrometer	Detection of heavy metals  in water samples
Vernier Mini Gas chromatograph	Forensic analyses of organic compound and gaseous samples.
Ion Analyzer	Analysis of ions in water and wastewater.
Automatic titrator	Titration without adding any buffer solution and indicators.
Tintometer Calorimeter	To measure the color of water and wastewater.
Distillation unit	Distilled water for analysis of different parameters.
Hot air oven	Total Solids in  water and wastewater, moisture content in sludge/soil/solid waste

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS LABORATORY

Specialized equipment name	Application of Equipment
Turbidity meter	Turbidity measurements in water and wastewater
Conductivity meter	Measurement of conductivity in surface and ground water, wastewater, etc.
pH meter	Determine the pH of water and wastewater
Flame photometer	Determination of Na & K
TKN Unit	Measurement of TKN in wastewaters
Portable Spectrometer	Analysis of absorbance of NO3, PO4, Fe, SO4 etc. at different wavelengths.
Reverse Osmosis Unit	Removal of ions, molecules & pollutant from water.
Digital Weigh Balance	Measure the quantity of various chemicals
Distillation unit	Distilled water for preparation of lab reagents.
Sample preservator	To preserve the samples
BOD incubator	To maintain favorable temperature for the microbial growth.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS LAB

Specialized equipment name	Application of Equipment
Jar test apparatus	Optimum Coagulant dosage
COD Digester	Oxygen demand in water and wastewater
Muffle furnace	Volatile solids and ash, metal recovery
Bacteriological incubator	To maintain favorable temperature for the microbes to multiply.
Hot air oven	Total Solids in  water and wastewater, moisture content in sludge/soil/solid waste
Desiccators	To reduce the sample temperature to room temperature
Water bath shaker	Development of microbial culture, agitation, tertiary treatment.
pH meter	Determine the pH of water and wastewater

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) LABORATORY

Specialized equipment name	Application of Equipment
Computers	Excel plots, C Programmes and environmental design and model softwares
Printers	To get the Print out of C programmes.
Softwares	Water supply distribution, Pumping main, water and wastewater treatment plants design, air, river and subsurface modeling, GIS and image processing, etc.

MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

Specialized equipment name	Application of Equipment
Bacteriological Incubator	Incubation of microbiological samples
Microscopes	Identifying  microscopic organisms
Autoclave	Sterilization of glass wares, media and other accessories
Cooling Centrifuge	Solids separation from slurry
Temperature controlled water bath shaker	Adsorption studies for tertiary treatment, microbial culture.
Bioreactor/Fermenter	Parameter control
Laminar Flow Cabinet	Preventing air entrainment into the inoculation cabinet
Membrane Filter Unit	Filterability potential
Colony Counter	Counting Microbial Colonies
Distillation unit	Distilled water required for analysis of different parameters.
Hot air oven	Total Solids in  water and wastewater, moisture content in sludge/soil/solid waste

ATMOSPHERIC ENGINEERING LABORATORY

Specialized equipment name	Application of Equipment
Lux meter	Intensity of light
Noise dosimeter	Levels of noise
Gastec pump	Air analysis
High volume air samplers with cyclone	Analysis of SPM, SOx and NOx
High volume air samplers  RSPM	Analysis of PM2.5 and PM10
Gas Air Sampler	Sampling of Air.
VOC Analyser	To detect VOC in indoor and outdoor air
Peristaltic pump	Pumping of water and wastewater for lab scale studies
Microbial  Air Sampler	Microbial  sampling of indoor and outdoor air
Vehicle Exhaust Analyser	Emission test of vehicles- CO, HC, CO2, & O2
Stack monitoring kit	Stack exhaust  gas analyser

RESEARCH FACILITIES

Name of the laboratory	Specialized equipment name	Application of Equipment
Advanced Biological treatment lab	Auto-controlled bio-reactors for monitoring specialized water quality parameters. UASB reactors for treatment of medium and high strength wastewaters. Pesticide transport through 3D sub soil.	Treatment of industrial wastewater using aerobic microbiological processes.
Electro-chemical R & D laboratory for industrial wastewater treatment funded by UGC, NRB, MoEF, TEQIP-I	DC Power supply units, Hot air oven, Muffle furnace, Digital balance, ECRs, Magnetic stirrers, DRB 200, Water quality kits, COD Digester, Adsorption columns, filter units, etc	Treatment of contaminated waters and industrial wastewaters and electrochemical remediation of contaminated soils and metal recovery
Research laboratory funded by VTU, MoEF & DST.	SBR units, electro-chemical units (procurement process in progress), COD digestor, Ion analyzer, UV-VIS spectrophotometer	Water & wastewater analysis, Biological treatment, Electro-chemical treatment of contaminated waters & industrial wastewaters.
Advanced instrumentation Lab	BOD Analyser	Determination of BOD in various wastewater and other water sources.
	Digital Micro-Weigh Balance	Measure the quantity of various chemicals
	UV-VIS Spectrophotometer	Analysis of various parameters at different wavelength.
	High Performance Liquid Chromatography	Pesticide forensics- Organic compounds, Phenolic compounds
	Inductively Coupled Plasma emission spectrometer	Detection of heavy metals in water samples.
	Venturi  Mini Gas chromatograph	Forensic analyses of organic compound and gaseous samples.
	Ion Analyzer	Analysis of ions in water and wastewater.
	Automatic titrator	Titration without adding any buffer solution and indicators.
	Tintometer Calorimeter Model	To measure the color of water and wastewater.

To produce knowledgeable, skilled and committed Environmental Engineers with adequate input from humanities, science, engineering and technology to effectively tackle the challenging Environmental problems of the contemporary world and to be the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Engineering Education, Research and Consultancy

• To provide quality education through dynamic and up-dated curriculum, and conducive teaching – learning environment for students to excel in their career
• To impart both soft and hard skills through state of the art infrastructural facilities
• To create a pool of competent members of the faculty with commitment  to involve in teaching, applied and inter disciplinary research, and consultancy
• To establish a fair and transparent mechanism of assessment and evaluation to develop confidence amongst the stake holders.
• To build industry – institute symbiosis and to establish good rapport with alumni

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

• PEO1: To produce well informed, efficient and globally acceptable Environmental Engineers with a societal commitment, passion to achieve leadership in their professional career and contribute their services for creating an environmentally sustainable society.
• PEO2: To use the advanced laboratory facilities to impart practical exposure, inculcate research and innovative culture amongst the young Engineers and prepare them to effectively solve pollutionrelated issues through economically viable and technically feasible eco friendly approaches.
• PEO3: To establish a healthy and continued relationship with the Alumni, industry and premier organizations forthe overall progressive development of the department in particular, and the Institution in general

Programme Specific Outcome (PSOs)

• PSO1: Graduates gain the knowledge of understanding and applying principles of environmental science and engineering to address contemporary environmental issues.
•  PSO2: Graduates conceptualize, analyze, plan, design, and prepare drawing and estimates of  pollution control and treatment processes/systems, apply statistical tools for data analysis, develop, calibrate and validate pollutants’ prediction models.
• PSO3: Graduates effectively contribute the knowledge of research, technical, practical and managerial skills with professional ethics to achieve sustainable environment for the societal benefit.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES (POs)

1. Understand and appreciate the basic concepts of science, mathematics, humanities and engineering
2. A clear understanding of pollution, sources, pollutants and their impacts on environmental compartments such as water, air, soil and ecosystems
3. Appreciate symbiotic and synergic relationships in different ecosystems
4. Know and describe various processes and mechanisms influencing the fate and transport of pollutants in environmental compartments
5. Gain the knowledge of conceptualizing, designing, estimating and implementing various pollution control processes and mechanisms
6. Build – up skill of assessing impacts of developmental activities and to suggest an appropriate planningand management protocol
7. Apply scientific tools for reviewing, developing and validating mathematical, statistical, dynamic and physical models for pollutant dispersion and prediction
8. Develop problem solving, data interpretation and application skills for environmental pollution control
9. Have the understanding of computer aided application areas for devising appropriate and optimised solutions for a given environmental problem
10. Imbibe individual and team work culture, team spirit, research orientation through laboratory and project work
11. Refine technical report writing skill, communication skill, presentation and managerial skilland professional ethics through curricular and extra – curricular activities
12. Capacity building for resource conservation, waste minimization, pollution prevention and management considering financial implications.

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2016- 17

• Finishing School on Environmental Auditing and Environment, Health & Safety organized by department of Environmental Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru, Karnataka, January-April, 2016.
• Two week course on Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Environment organised by Department of Environmental Engineering, SJCE Mysuru under Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), from 13^th to 25^th June, 2016.
• Two week course on Spatial Technology and Modeling for Drought Management organised by Department of Environmental Engineering, SJCE Mysuru under Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), from 11^th to 22^nd July, 2016.
• 3-day Indo-US workshop on “Hazardous Material Management”, organized by department of Environmental Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru, Karnataka, India from 25^th to 27^th October, 2016.

2017- 18

• Two week course on Solid Waste Management – Feasibility of Technology Transfer organised by Department of Environmental Engineering, SJCE Mysuru under Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), from 10^th – 20^th February, 2017.

2016:

• Udayanshankara, T. H. (2016). Impact of climate change on rainfall pattern and reservoir level. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 3, 473-493.
• Madhukar, M., Murthy, S., & Udayashankara, T. H. (2016). Sources of Arsenic in Groundwater and its Health Significance-A Review. Nature Environment & Pollution Technology, 15(3).
• Namratha, N., Harshini, P., Hamsalekha, S., Sindhu, M. S., & Udayashankara, T. H. (2016). A review on removal of phosphate and nitrate from kitchen wastewater by constructed wetlands.  J. Mod. Trends Eng. Res, 3(03), 273-276.
• Pallavi, C. K., & Udayashankara, T. H. A Review on Microbial fuel Cells Employing Wastewaters as Substrates for Sustainable Energy Recovery and Wastewater Treatment. IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2319-2402.
• KM, D. S., & Mahadevaswamy, M. Feasibility Study of Vermi-filtration for the Treatment of Dairy Wastewater.
• Poojashri, R. N., Thanushree, M. S., & Manojkumar, B. (2016). Studies on Nutrient removal using Polyurethane Foam (PUF) in Moving Bed Bio reactor (MBBR).

2017:

• Shambhavi, R. S., Udayashankara, T. H., & Pallavi, C. K. Bioelectricity Production in a Double Dual Chambered Microbial Fuel Cell through Anaerobic Treatment of Distillery Wastewater.
• Sahana, M. S., & Manjunath, N. T. (2018). Feasibility Studies on Electricity Generation from Dairy Wastewater using Microbial Fuel Cell.
• Karuna, M. S., & Upadhyay, O. P. Dinesh Kumar Saxe coefficient and pollution potential studies over Bareilly city. Uttar Key words: Ambient air quality, Assimilative Capacity, Ventilation Coefficient, Pollution Potential, Air Quality Index.
• Karuna, M. S., Upadhyay, O. P., & Dinesh Kumar Saxena, M. S. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring And Prediction of Air Pollutants Using ISCST3 And CALINE4 Dispersion Models For Vehicular Emissions At Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Prakash, B. M., Majumder, S., Swamy, M. M., & Mahesh, S. (2017). Assimilative Capacity and Air Quality Index Studies of the Atmosphere in Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysuru. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 6, 20651-20662.
• Prakash, B. M., Majumder, S., Swamy, M. M., & Mahesh, S. (2017). Prediction of Air Pollutant Dispersion from Point and Line Sources and Validation of ISCST3 and CALINE4 Model Data with Observed Values in the Industrial Area of Mysuru. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 6, 18333-18350.
• Priyanka, A. M., & Murthy, S. A Review on Bio-Gas Generation from Anaerobic Digestion of Paper Sludge and Factors Affecting the Bio-Gas Generation.
• Revathi, H. U., & Murthy, S. Treatment of Domestic Wastewater Using Geotextile as a Filter Media.
• Kavya, S. BM Sadashiva Murthy. Greywater treatment and reuse: A technological review.
• Pushpalatha, M., & Krishna, B. M. (2017). Electro-Fenton Process for Wastewater Treatment–A Review. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 3(1).
• Yadhushree, B. J., & D’Souza, K. (2017). Qualitative Risk Assessment and HAZOP Study of a Glass Manufacturing Industry.

 2018:

• Sahana, M., Srikantha, H., Mahesh, S., & Mahadeva Swamy, M. (2018). Coffee processing industrial wastewater treatment using batch electrochemical coagulation with stainless steel and Fe electrodes and their combinations, and recovery and reuse of sludge. Water Science and Technology, 78(2), 279-289.
• Srikantha, H., Mahesh, S., & Sahana, M. (2018). CuO Coated Electrochemically Generated Textile Wastewater Sludge and CuO Coated GAC as Potential Nano-Adsorbents for Color Removal from Real Textile Wastewater. Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 34(4), 2144-2151.
• Singh, S., Mahesh, S., Sahana, M., & Puneeth, K. M. (2018). Treatment of healthcare facility wastewaters by two dimensional (2D) electrochemical coagulation (ECC), settling and filterability aspects. Journal of water process engineering, 26, 200-220.
• Yashas, S. R., Shivakumara, B. P., Udayashankara, T. H., & Krishna, B. M. (2018). Laccase Biosensor: Green Technique for Quantification of Phenols in Wastewater (A Review). Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 34(2), 631-637.
• Yashodha, M. C., Kumar, B. M., & Niranjan, P. T. (2018). Performance Evaluation and Treatment Optimization of ETP and STP-Review.
• Yashodha, M. C., Kumar, B. M., & Niranjan, P. T. (2018). Performance Evaluation and Treatment Optimization of ETP and STP-Review.