Wastewater treatment models in teaching and training: The mismatch between education and requirements for jobs

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 745-753

  Hug, Thomas ^a   Benedetti, Lorenzo ^b   Hall, Eric R ^a   Johnson, Bruce R ^c   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^d   Nopens, Ingmar ^b   Rieger, Leiv ^e   Shaw, Andrew ^f   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^e Département de Génie Civil   (Canada)

^f BLACK AND VEATCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Environmental engineering; Mathematical modeling; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONSULTING COMPANIES; EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT MODELS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; TEACHING; TRAINING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62949227737     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.595     Document Type: Article

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