The Civil Engineering senior class accompanied by Prof. Todd Brown and Dr. Dave Pines on Fri., Sept. 1.
On Friday, September 1, 42 members
of the civil engineering senior class attended a tour of the Springfield
Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in Agawam, MA. The tour was part of
their CE 420 Water Quality Engineering I class.
Mickey Nowak, the facility manager
for Suez NA, hosted the tour which began with a presentation and discussion of
the importance of wastewater treatment and the processes used at the Springfield
Plant. Mr. Nowak led the group on a tour of the facility so that students
could see, smell and discuss each process in the plant, getting a sense of the
processes that they will be learning how to design in class. Students gained a
good sense of the true scale of the treatment plant, as well as how many
engineering disciplines contribute to the design and successful operation of
the facility.
Professor Todd Brown and Professor
Dave Pines accompanied the group of students on the tour. Professor Brown
scheduled the tour for the first week of classes to ensure the students would
have a common frame of reference as they begin to design the various components
within the wastewater treatment plant.
UNOTEs submission - 9/6/17
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