• Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Adapt to new situations
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment

• Introduction
• Diagnosis of microbiological pollution
• Immediate approach to bacteriological problems
• Management of microbiological pollution
• Sampling methodologies
• Procedures for estimating the degree of biological pollution
• Continuous control procedures.

• Language: Greek (English for Erasmus)
• Written Final Course Examination (100%).

The course gives the theoretical and objective knowledge related to the determination of basic soil parameters - characteristics for foundation purposes, as well as the design methodologies of technical work foundations. Additionally, combining quality control topics as regards geomaterials for embankments, aggregates and geosynthetics are examined.  

By the end of this course the student will possess cognitive and practical skills and has the ability to:

• Utilization of know - how as regards the quality control of geomaterials (aggregates and embankments) as well as geosynthetics through laboratory and on - site methodologies and simulations (use of appropriate methods, materials and instruments)
• Application of knowledge and creative thinking to solve problems related to safe design of technical works foundations under difficult geological conditions

Also the student in the working environment has the ability to respond:

• With competence in interdisciplinary required by technical works (study - construction)
• With responsibility and reliability in the case of autonomous employment

• Retrieve, analyze and synthesize data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Adapt to new situations
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment 

• The state of stress at soil mass: Stress distribution, geostatic stresses, effective and total stresses
• Shear strength of soils : soil material failure, determination of shear strength parameters - laboratory testing, shear strength of cohesive and cohesionless soils
• Deformation of soils – Consolidation.  Laboratory testing
• Foundation of technical works: bearing capacity of soils, types of foundation, design parameters, allowable bearing capacity, soil settlements
• Soil compaction – construction of embankments
• Aggregates and quality control
• Geosynthetic materials: types, characteristics, quality control, uses and applications
• Laboratory work in: (a) laboratory soil testing (Soil Mechanics) for foundations (b) soil suitability for embankment construction (c) quality control for aggregates, according to ASTM, BS and EN standards

• Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (power point) in teaching.
• Support of Learning Process and Dissemination of educational material through the e_class  platform 

Ι) Laboratory exercise and exams (30%):

(a) Each lab exercise is resolved and delivered the next week after its educational process. After it is corrected, marked and returned to the student.

The average mark of all lab exercises is calculated.

(b) Final written examination on laboratory exercises.

Final Lab Work Grade =(a)*9% + (b)*21%

ΙΙ) Final Written Course Exams (70%):

Textbooks :

• Τεχνική Γεωλογία (2002). Γ. Κούκης, Ν. Σαμπατακάκης Εκδόσεις Παπασωτηρίου, σελ. 514.
• Εφαρμογές της Τεχνικής Γεωλογίας και Γεωτεχνικής στα Τεχνικά Έργα (2015). Ν. Σαμπατακάκης, Γ. Κούκης, Ν. Δεπούντης. Εκδόσεις Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, σελ. 131
• Element of soil mechanics, Ian Smith, 8^th edition
• Geotechnical Engineering Handbook, Braja Das, Ross Publishing

Scientific international Journals:

• Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. Springer
• Engineering Geology. Elsevier.
• Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. Springer

The lecture is a basic introductory lecture on the disposal of solid and liquid wastes in the geological environment.

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

• Understand the concept of pollution and contamination
• Understand the impact of pollutants on the environment in general and on the quality of groundwater in particular.
• Understand the different ways of disposal of urban, industrial and agricultural wastes.
• Assess which of the waste disposal ways have the least impact on the environment.
• To prepare a geological and hydrogeological study of suitability for the construction of landfill (landfill site).

By the end of this course the student will, furthermore, have developed the following skills (general abilities):

1. Ability to exhibit knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, theories and applications which are related to disposal of solid and liquid wastes.
2. Ability to apply this knowledge and understanding to the solution of problems related to groundwater pollution coming from the disposal of wastes.
3. Searching, analysis and synthesis of facts and information, as well as using the necessary technologies
4. Adaptation to new situations
5. Decision making
6. Autonomous (Independent) work
7. Group work
8. Exercise of criticism and self-criticism
9. Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
10. Respect to natural environment
11. Work design and management

• The concepts of pollution and contamination
• Pollutants and their physicochemical properties
• Sources of pollution of groundwater and surface water
• Waste categories - Legislation for the management of wastes
• Urban pollution
• Solid wastes, hazardous, non-hazardous, hospital wastes
• Alternative ways of managing solid waste. Recycling, Burning, Bio-stabilization
• Sanitary Landfill Sites
• Geological-Hydrogeological Study of suitability for finding a region for the construction of landfills
• Sewage - Biological Treatment - Artificial Wetlands
• Agricultural Pollution
• Industrial Pollution
• Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
• Microbial pollution

1. Written examination during the examination period and
2. 2. Examination of the presentation and the report of the final team project.

Suggested bibliography:

1. Zagana, E., 2015. Disposal of solid wastes and sewage in the geological environment, University of Patras

Related academic journals:

1. Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer Publishers
2. Water Resources Management, Springer Publishers
3. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,  Springer Publishers

At the end of this course the student should be able to

• Identify the basic characteristics of the atmospheric environment and the principal laws that apply to it.
• Apply these laws of physics in order to explain common weather and climatic phenomena and up-to-date issues in atmospheric physics, meteorology and climatology.

At the end of the course the student will have further developed the following skills/competences:

• to know and understand the basic theories and principles that are related with the atmosphere, its components and the phenomena that take place into it
• to apply this knowledge for the quantitative and qualitative solutions of problems related with the contents of this course
• to acquire the needed knowledge and experience to follow relevant courses that deal in depth with atmospheric physics, meteorology, climatology and atmospheric pollution
• to acquire basic experimental skills related to the measurement of basic meteorological parameters (instrumentation – measurement procedures)
• to interact with others on atmospheric physics and on inter or multidisciplinary problems

1 Earth’s atmosphere

• General notions
• Magnitude of the atmosphere
• Composition of lower atmosphere
• Atmospheric temperature
• Vertical temperature profile
• Atmospheric pressure
• Geopotential
• Simple atmospheric models
• Water vapor in the atmosphere

2 Atmospheric Thermodynamics

• State equation
• Laws of thermodynamics
• Thermodynamic processes in the atmosphere
• Atmospheric Stability
• Ctiteria of instability (Vertical temperature gradient, potential temperature, energy)

3 Cloud Physics

• Water vapor condensation
• Cloud classification
• Rain formation theory

4 Atmospheric Dynamics

• Forces defining the air motion
• Equations of motion
• Synoptic scale winds
• Air motion in the atmospheric boundary layer
• Thermal circulation
• General atmospheric circulation
• Planetary winds
• Troposhperic winds – Ηadley cells
• Tropospheric long (Rossby) waves

5 Air Masses

• Characteristics of air masses
• Fronts – Front types
• Permanent fronts
• Low pressure centers
• High pressure centers

6 Climate Dynamics

• Climate Classification
• Climate Variability
• Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity and Feedbacks
• Climate Change 

• Language: Greek (English for Erasmus)
• Written examination on the theoretical part (100% of the final mark). The weekly short-answer tests of 10 questions reconcile the final grade by up to 20%.

1. Courses of Meteorology and Climatology, Α. Α. Flocas, Ziti Editions, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1994.
2. Courses in General Meteorology, Τ. Ι. Makrogiannis, C. S. Sahsamanoglou, Charis Editions, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004.
3. General Meteorology, C. S. Sahsamanoglou, Τ. Ι. Makrogiannis, Ziti Editions, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1998.
4. Introduction to Atmospheric Physics and Climate Change, P. Katsafados, E. Mavromatidis, Kallipos Editions, 2015.
5. Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey, J.M. Wallace, P.V. Hobbs, Academic Press, London, 2006.
6. Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers, R. Stull, University of British Columbia, 2011.