NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 環境復育與自然衰減(6762)
(Eng.) Environmental Remediation and Natural Attenuation
Offering Dept Department of Environmental Engineering
Course Type Elective Credits 3 Teacher CHANG, SHU-CHI
Department Department of Environmental Engineering/Graduate Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description 1. Preparing students to be independent remediation engineers.
2. Equipping the students with the knowledge in investigation, assessment, and remediation design of contaminated soil, groundwater, or sediment.
3. Introducing the newest development in green sustainable remediation, environmental technology certification (ISO 14034), and application of metagenomics and artificial intelligence to bioremediation.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1. Acquire the basic knowledge of environmental restoration and how to evaluate the feasibility of natural decay schemes.
2. Understand the policy and technical background of natural attenuation and environmental restoration.
3. Acquire the planning and design ability of environmental regeneration and natural decay.
1.Expertise in environmental engineering.
2.Ability to plan and execute research on environmental engineering topics.
4.Innovative thinking and independent problem-solving skills.
5.Ability to coordinate and integrate with people from different fields.
7.Ability to lead, manage and plan.
8.Ability to grow through lifelong self-learning.
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Lecturing
Discussion
Exercises
Assignment
Oral Presentation
Attendance
Written Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Course overview and introduction to remediation
Week 2 Overview of Natural attenuation and attenuation of source zone and plume
Week 3 Abiotic processes of NA
Week 4 Groundwater microbiology / Soil microbiology
Week 5 Intrinsic bioremediation of PHCs
Week 6 Intrinsic bioremediation of chlorinated compounds (1)
Week 7 (National Holiday. No class.)
Week 8 Evaluating NA
Week 9 Midterm exam
Week 10 Modeling NA
Week 11 Sampling and analysis
Week 12 Soil and Sediment remediation
Week 13 Statistics (basic statistics and numerical ecology)
Week 14 Metagenomics and Metagenomic data analysis (in class practice)
Week 15 Data interpretation on metagenomic results
Week 16 Oral presentation
Week 17 (National Holiday. No class.)
Week 18 Final exam
Evaluation
Grading policy:
1. All lectures, assignments and exams will be given in English. However, questions, term paper, and homework are allowed to be addressed or finished in either Chinese or English.
2. Homework will be handed out every other week and a term paper will be assigned to each group of students, usually 2 students in a group.
3. Composition of final score
3.1. Homework assignments: 15%. Zero score for late submission.
3.2. Term paper (Case study write-up): 25%, 7 pages min and 10 pages max, not including references. Font in size 12 and double spaced. References should be no less than 10 citations. Preferably in English.
3.3. Midterm: 30%
3.4. Final: 30%
Textbook & other References
Textbook:
1. Wiedemeier, T.H., et al., 1999. Natural attenuation of fuels and chlorinated solvents in the subsurface. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. (available online in e-book collection of NCHU library)
2. Alvarez, P.J.J. and Illman, W.A. 2006. Bioremediation and natural attenuation. Process fundamentals and mathematical models. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.

References:
Maulin P. Shah (editor). 2020. Microbial Bioremediation & Biodegradation. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Please refer to i-Learning 3.0.
Office Hours
By appointment.
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
06.Clean Water and Sanitation   15.Life On Landinclude experience courses：N
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