GERE0029-1 : Ground remediation

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GERE0029-1

Ground remediation

Duration :

8h Th, 8h Pr, 8h AUTR

Number of credits :

Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)		2
Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)		2

Lecturer :

Gilles Colinet

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Soil contaminations by metallic trace elements: a real case sudy.

Learning outcomes of the course :

- To know about methodologies for risk assesment linked to contaminated sites ;
- To know the fundamentals of soil remediation solutions ;
- To be able to do a bibliographical synthesis dedicated to identify solutions for soil remediation ;
- To design an appropriate experimental scheme for risk assesment or remediation monitoring

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

- Presentation of the issues linked to soil remediation by university teachers and professionnals.
- Site visits
- Bibliographic research related to soil contamination and remediation techniques applied in Wallonia

- Design and implementation of an experiment dedicated to the study of specific topics linked to the risk assesment of contaminated sites and soil remediation
- Seminar organisation by the students

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face learning +
Distance-learning +
Self organization