CEIE 451/551 Air Pollution Formation and Control

Last updated on Jul 10, 2026

CEIE 451/551 Air Pollution Formation and Control instructs students in analysis of air pollutants through the study of radical combustion processes, chemical reaction pathways, and removal of particles and gaseous pollutants from exhaust gas streams.

Course objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Describe air pollution and why it is regulated
Describe the physical and chemical processes that lead to air pollution emissions and methods for controlling these emissions
Perform quantitative chemical and mathematical calculations related to air pollution formation and control

Course syllabus

The Fall 2025 syllabus is available here.

Course tools

An online tool for visualizing Gaussian Plume Model output is available here.

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