The course aims to provide basic knowledge on generic microbiology and advanced knowledge on its environmental engineering applications, particularly within waste science and technology.

The goal of the course is that participants:

Should be able to apply:

- Basic natural science on the environmental engineering applications.

Should be able to perform:

- Simple microbiological investigations.

- Structure and content of a technical report, including formal correctness.

- Information retrieval from scientific databases.

- Basic environmental engineering calculations.

- Active team work, both as a member and leader.

- Critically review, design and develop unit processes for environmental engineering applications of microbiology.

Be able to describe and reflect on :

- How microorganisms affect and are affected by their environment.

- Microecological processes

- The function of application processes and the interdependence of substrates, microflora, process conditions and the process output.

Know about:

- Generic microbiological concepts.

- Important microbiological processes in nature.

- Important environmental engineering applications of microbiology.

- Security rules of laboratory work.

The teaching consists of lectures, laboratory work, seminars, study visits and project assignment in group. The dominating part of the course is a problem oriented project assignment including laboratory work, individual specialization studies, oral and written presentation with opposition. The course starts with a lecture series that presents basic microbiology and environmental engineering microbiology applications. Students may be supplemented with more specialized information on demand as a support to the project work