BFC 32501

Environmental Engineering Laboratory

SEM 1 2023/2024
 BFC 32501
ENV ENG LAB

SAFETY
BRIEFING
General Requirements
1. Be properly prepared to do the
experiment scheduled for that day.
2. There will be no smoking, using CELL
PHONES, drinking, chewing gum, or
eating in the laboratory.
3. Do not touch your face, handle contact
lenses, apply cosmetics or put your
fingers in your mouth.
4. Always wash your hands after handling
viable material.
General Requirements
5. Avoid working alone in the laboratory.
6. Horseplay will not be tolerated. Avoid
distracting others that are working.
7. At the end of each lab session, clean your lab
bench, put away all materials, and wash your
hands thoroughly before leaving the
laboratory.
8. Wastes should be deposited in appropriate
receptacles.
8. Gloves and lab coats are to be removed prior
to leaving the laboratory and may not be worn
in non-laboratory areas.
Accident in laboratory
Research assistant in UCLA, in 2009, died
to the fatal tragedy in laboratory due to
the misconduct of handling the Tert-
Butyllithium, (t-BuLi for short) is what is
known as pyrophoric: it ignites
spontaneously in air. A doctor later testified
she had suffered second- and third-degree
burns to nearly half her body (with organ
failure!!)

The misconducts are due to NOT using

the lab coat, NOT referring to the
product information (bulletin, MSDS),
using inappropriate equipment etc.

This fatal accident could be avoided, but

the irresponsible action from the
laboratory user is always the reason for
any tragedy.
In 2014, workers at the USDA's National
Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, were
potentially exposed to leptospira, a
dangerous bacteria, because they didn't
follow basic safety procedures (didn't
wear appropriate personal protective
equipment (PPE) and was working with the
pathogen on a benchtop instead of inside a
biosafety cabinet).

Leptospira bacteria can be found

worldwide in soil and water.
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that
affects humans and animals. It is caused by
bacteria of the genus Leptospira.

Without treatment, Leptospirosis can lead

to kidney damage, meningitis
(inflammation of the membrane around
the brain and spinal cord), liver failure,
respiratory distress, and even death!
Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE):
Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE):
Best Practice in Laboratory
1. Observe all laboratory signs and chemical labels for
required protective equipment.
2. Safety glasses or chemical splash goggles will be
worn at all times when performing laboratory work.
3. Wearing contact lenses is discouraged.
4. Always wear gloves when handling any chemicals
or microorganisms.
5. You are required to wear laboratory coats while
working to prevent contaminating your clothes.
6. Wear shoes that cover the entire foot; NO sandals
or open shoes.
7. Tie back long hair and confine loose clothing to
keep away from flames and chemicals.
Safety first!!:
1. Unauthorized experiments are prohibited.
Perform the experiments as directed by your
instructor.
2. Never take chemicals, supplies, or
equipment out of the laboratory.
3. Students are not allowed to enter the
Chemical Stockrooms.
4. Know where the Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
are for your chemicals. SDS contain
information that you will need in case there is
an emergency.
5. Never taste or smell a chemical.
Spills and Other Lab Incidents:
1. Learn the locations and operation of emergency equipment.
This includes eyewash, fire extinguishers, etc.
2. Know what to do in case of an emergency.
3. Know how to exit the building in case of an emergency.
4. Report ALL accidents, injuries, and near misses (close-
calls) to your instructor immediately
5. Treat burns immediately by putting the burned area under
cold water for at least 15 minutes.
6. Clean up all spills immediately and notify your instructor.
This includes water. In the event that a chemical is
spilled/splashed on your eyes, skin or body, IMMEDIATELY
rinse the affected area for 15 minutes.
7. If your skin is exposed to a viable material, wash the
affected area with antibacterial soap and hot water.
8. In case of accidental ingestion, notify instructor immediately
and call for emergency medical services (Dial 999).
9. Have the SDS ready for personnel to determine the
necessary course of treatment.
 BFC 32501
ENV ENG LAB APPROACH

OPEN-ENDED
LABORATORY
(OEL)
 An open-ended laboratory is
where students are given the freedom to develop
their own experiments, instead of merely following
the already set guidelines from a lab manual or
elsewhere. It will create the students to think
critically
This andwas
implementation also out of
in agreement withthe box.
both the The Accreditation
Engineering studentsCouncil
[1] and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) [2] engineering
here have to devise accreditationtheir owncriteria
strategies and back
them with explanations, theory and logical
justification.

International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2018, 8(4): 173-178

 Differences between approaches

This implementation was in agreement with both the Engineering Accreditation

Council [1] and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) [2]
engineering accreditation criteria requirements.
This implementation was in agreement with both the Engineering Accreditation Council
In
[1]the
andopen-ended style,
Accreditation the for
Board problem may have
Engineering andmultiple solutions
Technology and[2]there
(ABET) is no best
engineering
way of solving the problem, soaccreditation
students have to work theoretically and practically
criteria
[3,4]. Hence, this makes the laboratory class more explorative in the sense that
students use their own initiative and creativity to design their own experiments [5-6].

Zaiton Haron et al. / Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 102 ( 2013 ) 548 – 559
INSTRUCTION
 In this lab sheet, it has ONE (1) open
ended laboratory instructions to be
performed. Students must plan and
organize for solutions by integrating the
fundamental knowledge of Environmental
Engineering and technical skill with
appropriate laboratory testing equipment
and methodology to fulfill the requirement
of each open ended instruction. Students
must consult/present and get approval
against the equipment operational
procedure and type of data collection
before conducting any testing. Students
are reminded to emphasize safety and
good ethic when handling the equipment
and other facilities in Environmental
Engineering Laboratory. All findings must
be verified, prepared and fulfilled the
requirement of report criteria and others
from respective laboratory instructions
 TIME PLANNING
FIRST HALF SECOND HALF TASK
( W1 – W7 ) ( W8 – W14)

W1 W8 Briefing on
i.Safety
ii. OEL Approach

W2-W3 W9-W10 OEL Proposal Presentation/

OEL Proposal resubmission
OEL Proposal Acceptance

W4-W6 W11-W13 Laboratory works with

assistance of the lecturer

W7 W14 OEL Report submission to

the lecturer
TEST / WEEK

SET TESTS REMARK

A COD 2 DAYS BEFORE LAB

BOD WORK , CONSULT
DO ASSISTANT ENGINEER
PH OF ENV ENG LAB FOR
THE LABORATORY
APPARATUS AND
B TSS EQUIPMENT
AN PREPARATION
INSTRUCTION FOR OEL PROPOSAL
• REFER TO RUBRIC OF PROPOSAL AND PROPOSAL
PRESENTATION PREPARE THE PROPOSAL THAT
CONTAINS THE INTRODUCTION (FUNDAMENTAL
THEORY) AND METHODOLOGY

• PREPARE THE PROPOSAL BY USING THE WRITING

FORMAT AS SHOWN IN UTHM THESIS WRITING
GUIDELINE

• AFTER FRONT PAGE , PLACE THE RUBRICS

( PROPOSAL AND PROPOSAL PRESENTATION)

• SUBMIT THE PROPOSAL (IN PDF) TO THE LECTURER

AND SET THE DATE FOR THE PRESENTATION
INSTRUCTION FOR OEL PROPOSAL
• THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE
LECTURER, EACH MEMBER SHOULD PARTICIPATE FOR
THE PRESENTATION

• THE LABORATORY WORK CAN BE CONDUCTED IF

ONLY THE LECTURER APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE
PROPOSAL

• MARKING SCHEME AS SHOWN IN RUBRIC FOR

PROPOSAL AND PROPOSAL PRESENTATION
Lab Topic : __________________________________
Group Member (Name / Matric
Number) : Mark for Q/A

1
2
PROPOSAL AND PROPOSAL
3 PRESENTATION *
OPEN-ENDED LABORATORY
4 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

5 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Section :
______________________ FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

* fill in during the presentation or meeting

Mark Mark Total weighted

Element Reference Criteria Item Scale 1st last Weight Weighted Mark mark
Good expalanation on WQI 1-5 1
Cognitive Fundamental Theory (20) Good expalanation on Subindex 1-5 1 1st / 20
1
(Rubric form) Included the related formula 1-5 1 Last / 20
References 1-5 1
Location ( including GPS Point) is shown cleary 1-2 1
Good explanation on sampling plan (volume,
1-5 1
equipment, , method,holding time etc)
1st / 20
Cognitive Analytical methods ( procedures with method
2 Methodology (20) 1-5 1 Last / 20
(Rubric form) number, SDS (for each chemical to be used)
The analytical methods are possible to be
conducted in FKAAB 1-3 1

References 1-5 1
Proposal is written neatly and easy to
1-5 2
understand
Proposal is easy to understand ( include the
1-5 2
Physomotor related materials)
3 Proposal presentation (40) / 40
(Rubric form) Each member able to describe the proposal and
answer the question related to the proposal
1-5 4
• each member will get different mark

Insert mark for element 1, 2 and 3 to the associated rubric form. Eement 1 and 2 will be reassess during the proposal resubmission

Comments:
INSTRUCTION FOR FINAL REPORT
• AFTER FRONT PAGE , PLACE THE RUBRICS
(COGNITIVE, PHYCOMOTOR AND AFFECTIVE)

• REPORT SHALL CONTAIN:

- Fundamental theory
Revised edition
- Methodology
- Result and analysis
- Conclusion
- References
- Minutes of Meeting
- Appendix – laboratory procedures, SDS, 1 page
showing the lab work ( 1 page for each parameter)
INSTRUCTION FOR FINAL REPORT
• MARKING SCHEMES ARE AS SHOWN IN
RUBRICS (COGNITIVE, PSYCHOMOTOR AND
AFFECTTIVE)
• PREPARE THE PROPOSAL BY USING THE
WRITING FORMAT AS SHOWN IN UTHM THESIS
WRITING GUIDELINE
• SUBMIT ONE (1) REPORT TO THE LECTURER IN
PDF WITH ARRANGEMENT OF
- FINAL REPORT
- PROPOSAL REPORT
• SUBMISSION IS THROUGH AUTHOR
Lab Topic : __________________________________
Group Member (Name / Matric Number) :
1
2

3 OPEN-ENDED LABORATORY ASSESSMENT RUBRIC (COGNITIVE)

4 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
5 FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Section : ______________________

CRITERIA Reference item Very Poor = 1 Poor = 2 Moderate = 3 Good = 4 Very Good = 5 Mark Scale W Marks

The fundamental The fundamental The fundamental

The fundamental
The fundamental theory of lab topic theory of lab topic theory of lab topic
Fundamental Theory theory of lab topic
theory of lab topic are partially are presented and are presented and
(20) Proposal are partially 4 0
are not presented presented and discussed discussed that
presented and
and discussed moderately accordingly, relates to real case,
poorly discussed
discussed references provided references provided

Methodology are Methodology are

Methodology are
Methodology are not moderately described with
Methodology described with
Methodology are not correctly described, described without proper experimental
(20) Proposal proper experimental 4 0
described wrong experimental proper experimental & analysis
& analysis
procedure and analysis procedure according
procedure
procedure to specific standard

Good in data Very good in data

Result, Data Analysis & Some mistakes in
Incorrect data Many mistakes in analysis with reliable analysis with strong
Discussions data analysis with
Report analysis without data analysis with justifications for justifications for 8 0
(40) moderate
discussions poor justifications complex engineeringcomplex engineering
justifications
problem problem

The conclusions are

The conclusions are The conclusions are
The conclusions are well written and
Conclusions moderately written, reflected to objective
Report No conclusions not reflected to reflected to all 2 0
(10) some points are and provide overall
objective objectives, provide
reflected to objective summary
overall summary
The answer are
Answer to Open-Ended The answer are not The answer are The answer are
moderately
Questions critically explained, explained and critically explained
The answer are not explained, some
(10) Report no relation to real relates to real with high order 2 0
clearly explained points relates to real
*Conduct the water case/problem in case/problem in thinking relates to
case/problem in
quality competition eng. eng. real case/problem
eng.
Total Marks 0
Laboratory Topic : __________________________________
Group Member (Name / Matric Number) :
1
2

3 OPEN-ENDED LABORATORY ASSESSMENT RUBRIC (PSYCHOMOTOR)

4 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

5 FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Section : ______________________

CRITERIA Reference item Very Poor = 1 Poor = 2 Moderate = 3 Good = 4 Very Good = 5 Mark Scale W Marks

Moderate Ability to show very

Unable to show the Less leaderships Ability to show good
Demonstrate leaderships skills, good leaderships
leadership skills, skills, there is no leaderships skills
leadership skills Minutes of meeting but students are able skills with structured 4 0
there is no task (lab task (lab work) with good task (lab
(20) to distribute their task (lab work)
work) distribution distribution work) distribution
task (lab work) distribution

Ability to show very

Unable to apply the Moderate technical
Less technical skill Ability to show good good technical skill
Skill of Work basic technical skill skill using laboratory
Laboratory conduct using laboratory technical skill using and competency 4 0
(20) using laboratory tools, but still
tools laboratory tools using laboratory
tools acceptable
tools

Unable to deliver Able to deliver Able to deliver good Able to deliver

Able to deliver
Delivering Idea creativity in solving creativity in solving ideas and creativity original ideas and
Proposal presentation creativity in solving 8 0
(40) basic and complex complex problem in solving complex creativity in solving
basic problem
problem moderately problem complex problem

Able to perform Able to perform good Able to perform very

Able to perform
Unable to perform moderate calculation calculation and good calculation
Accuracy calculation and
Report accurate calculation and measurement, measurement, procedure and 4 0
(20) measurement, but
and measurement the accuracy is complete and measurement, very
not accurate
acceptable accurate high accuracy

Total Marks 0
Laboratory Topic : __________________________________

Student Name :

Matric Number:

Section:

OPEN-ENDED LABORATORY INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT RUBRIC (AFFECTIVE)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CRITERIA Reference item Very Poor = 1 Poor = 2 Moderate = 3 Good = 4 Very Good = 5 Mark Scale W Marks

Unable to show Very good

the teamwork Moderate Good participation commitment and
Less participation
Teamwork spirit (no participation in in group during lab participation as
Laboratory conduct in group during 8 0
(40) participation) in group during lab work, shows the well as helpful in
lab work
group during lab work commitment group during lab
work work
Ability to show
very good
Unable to show Moderate Ability to show good awareness on
Less awareness
Safety awareness on awareness on awareness on safety during lab
Laboratory conduct on safety during 4 0
(20) safety during lab safety during lab safety during lab work, always
lab work
work work work remind other
group members
on safety
Very good
attitude and
Very poor attitude Poor attitude and Moderate attitude Good attitude and
wearing suitable
Disipline Laboratory conduct and not wearing not wearing but wearing wearing suitable
attire during lab 6 0
(30) and presentation suitable attire suitable attire suitable attire attire during lab
work, always
during lab work during lab work during lab work work
shows high
motivation

X is how many times student attend the lab session Please insert the value of X =
Attendance
10 0
(10)
Y is the total lab session that students must attend Please insert the value of Y =
LABORATORY CONDUCT

• YOU WILL BE ASSESSED TOO 

• REFER TO RUBRIC PHYSOMOTOR AND

AFFECTIVE
GOOD LUCK !!!

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