BAE 495R: Applications of Ecological Engineering












Spring 2009: Tentative Lecture  Schedule 
Week
     Date Instructor Topic
1
1/9/09
Burchell/Jennings
Course overview
Ecological Engineering Principles
Homework 1
2
1/16/09
Birgand
Concepts of Stream Ecology
Homework 2
3
1/23/09
Jennings
Stream restoration
Homework 3
4
1/30/09
Jennings/Birgand
Stream restoration Field trip - Rocky Branch
Reading Assignment -
Watershed Restoration
5
2/6/09
Burchell/Birgand
Riparian buffers

Reading Assignments -

Soil Facts Agricultural Riparian Buffers
Riparian Buffers and Controlled Drainage to Reduce AG NPS Pollution  

6
2/13/09
Hunt
Stormwater BMPs
7
2/20/09
Hunt Stormwater BMPs

Reading Assignment -
Wetland Ecosystem Services
Homework 4
8
2/27/09
Hunt
Stormwater BMPs  - Field Trip
Test 1 Review
9
3/6/09
NO CLASS - Spring Break

10
3/13/09
Burchell
TEST 1
11
3/20/09
Burchell
Wetlands - Why do we care?
Homework 5
12
3/2709
Birgand
Concepts of Wetland Ecology (Wk12 and 13 lecture)
13
4/3/09
Birgand/Burchell
Concepts of Wetland Ecology -  continued
Engineered Wetlands
Homework 6
14
4/10/09
NO CLASS

15
4/17/09
Burchell Engineered wetlands - continued
Wetland restoration implementation and impacts
Reading Assignment -
Progress in wetland resotration ecology (Zedler)
Homework 7
16
4/24/09
Burchell
Final Exam Review
Ecological Engineering graduate student seminars
17
5/1/09
Burchell
FINAL EXAM (1:00-4:00 pm)