Teaching
Undergraduate Course
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit |
| BAE 474 | Principles and Applications of Ecological Engineering | 3 |
Graduate Course
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit |
| BAE 590-007 | Biogeochemical Processes for Ecological Engineering | 3 |
| BAE 590-604 | Distance Education - Biogeochemical Processes for Ecological Engineering | 3 |
Teaching Philosoply of Dr. François Birgand
The key to new engineering practices in the real world is to give future engineers the ability to imagine new techniques. I believe this means giving enough in depth theoritical knowledge that can be adapted to different subjects and areas.
Improving surface and groundwater quality calls for enough background in biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, and hydrology among others. My philosophy of teaching is to put these disciplines into one ensemble which I call biogeochemistry and ecological engineering.
Imagining new engineering techniques requires the understanding of the biogeochemical processes at the micro-scale, but also the importance of hydraulic exchanges between the water to be treated and a reactor, usually the sediment for the treatment systems studied.
