Base Knowledge
Nothing to remark.
Teaching Methodologies
The teaching and learning process is based on:
– classes of presentation and discussion of contents by teachers and students;
– exercises and analysis of practical cases in the classroom and on the ESAC campus.
Learning Results
Acquire the technical basis related to living building materials (plants, piles and seeds), their biotechnical characteristics, dead materials and their uses in Bioengineering projects.
Plan Bioengineering projects on slopes, rivers and dune systems.
Execute and monitor Bioengineering projects.
Monitor Bioengineering projects.
Program
Definition and concepts of Bioengineering.
Construction materials.
Erosion protection of slopes. Stabilization of slopes. The contribution of plants in slope stabilization. Slope Consolidation.
Currents and transport in Wetlands. Bioengineering works in Wetlands.
Technical Green.
Bioengineering applied to dune systems.
Bioengineering applied to burned areas.
Bioengineering Project.
Monitoring and Maintenance.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
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