Duration
19h Th, 19h Pr, 19h AUTR
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Gilles Colinet, Aurore Degré, Jeroen Meersmans, Youri Rothfuss
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will deal with practical aspects of water and soil management. It will include numerous contributions from external speakers and some field visits.
Through an integrative field approach in terms of practical management of soil and water resources, the students will collaborate with professional actors on concrete study cases and by defining the scientific approach with academic mentors.
The lessons involved:
- invited conferences by external actors
- field visit
- defininition of the problematic framework and methodologies
- field/lab/computer work
- Project presentation: results and discussion about the studied problematic
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course contributes to the development of following skills
- optimise and manage flows between water, soil, living world and atmosphere
- conceive and put into practice remediation solutions in soil water plant systems
- Conceive management and conservation projects in ecosystems at different scales
Furthermore, it certifies the students capability to
- adapt existing models to particular solutions in order to establish prediction, interpret results and draw conclusions
- evaluation the sustainability of and environmental management system using existing data
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
general hydrology, edaphology, soils hydrodynamic, water transfer modelling through soils, soil science, pedogenesis
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
conferences
practical on computers and lab work
filed visits
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
face to face and group work
Recommended or required readings
The evaluation will be realised on the basis of
- written reports related to field trip and the practical work
- private individual defense front of academic mentors
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
mandatory attendance
Contacts
Aurore Degré
Gilles Colinet
Jeroen Meersmans