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Environmental engineering applies scientific principles and engineering tools to improve the natural environment, address pollution problems, and ensure environmental sustainability. Environmental engineers provide safe drinking water, treat and dispose of hazardous wastes, clean up contaminated soil and groundwater, and maintain the quality of air, water, and land resources.
Air pollution: Environmental engineers design chemical and mechanical means of preventing pollutants from being discharged into the atmosphere.
Hazardous waste: From chemical neutralization to genetically engineered “waste-eating” bacteria, environmental engineers devise better ways to clean up hazardous wastes.
Industrial hygiene: Engineers specializing in industrial hygiene help design efficient industrial and manufacturing processes that minimize waste and hazardous by-products.
Water resources: Measuring and modeling stream flow, designing systems to collect and treat stormwater, and predicting the impact of increased rainfall intensity on water conveyance systems are activities that ensure the quality of municipal water supplies and natural water systems.
Solid waste management: Environmental engineers lead the way in solid waste management, from designing landfills that won’t contaminate soil or groundwater, to reducing the amount of trash through better recycling processes, to understanding how various materials biodegrade.
Wastewater: Treating sewage and other wastewater is vitally important, not only for aquatic habitats but for human health as well. Engineers design facilities and processes to minimize the environmental impact of wastewater treatment.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Environmental processes
- Biological processes
- Chemical processes
- Environmental facilities design and construction
- Water resources
- Water quality
CAREER OPTIONS
- Environmental engineer
- Environmental compliance
- Water resources engineer
- Water quality engineer
- Air quality engineer
- Soil remediation
- Civil design engineer
- Project manager
- Project engineer
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- Civil engineering
- Environmental engineering
- Engineering management
- Public policy/administration
- MBA
What’s special about this program?
We offer a strong core curriculum, providing our students with rigorous training in the causes, control, and prevention of environmental contamination and the flexibility to secure their future in an environmental profession. The curriculum provides a broad foundation in mathematics and the fundamentals of physical, chemical, and biological processes. It also builds understanding of the fate of environmental contaminants, analysis and design of solutions to real-world environmental problems, and the application of modeling and simulation methods to assess risk and estimate cost.
Active research ensures that the content of the curriculum is constantly renewed and maintained at a technically challenging level and that discovery learning is integrated into the program. Opportunities abound for environmental engineering undergraduates to work with faculty and graduate students in our world-class research program. Roughly two-thirds of our students work as research assistants.
Get Involved
Alpha Omega Epsilon
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Highway Engineers
Chi Epsilon
Deep Roots Outreach Program
Engineers Without Borders
Environmental Engineering Student Association
Institute of Transportation Engineers
National Society of Black Engineers
Sigma Phi Delta
Society for the Advancement of Materials and Processing Engineering
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
Tau Beta Pi
Sample curriculum
CHEM103/133
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General Chemistry Lecture/Lab |
CHEM104/134 | General Chemistry Lecture/Lab
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CIEG133 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering
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CISC106 | General Computer Science for Engineers
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EGGG101
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Introduction to Engineering (FYE) |
ENGL110
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Seminar in Composition |
MATH241
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Analytic Geometry & Calculus A
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MATH242
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Analytic Geometry & Calculus B |
Breadth Requirement Electives
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BISC207
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Introductory Biology I |
CIEG211 | Statics
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CIEG 233 | Environmental Engineering Processes
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CIEG315 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers
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CIEG333 | Thermodynamics for Environmental Engineering
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MATH243 | Analytic Geometry & Calculus C
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MATH351
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Engineering Mathematics I |
PHYS207/227 | Fundamentals of Physics I Lecture/Lab
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Breadth Requirement Elective
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Computer Elective |
CHEM321 | Organic Chemistry I
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CIEG305 | Fluid Mechanics
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CIEG306 | Fluid Mechanics Lab
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CIEG 436 | Processing, Recycling, Management of Solid Wastes
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CIEG437 | Water and Wastewater Quality
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CIEG438 | Water and Wastewater Engineering
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CIEG440 | Water Resources Engineering
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CIEG444 | Microbiology of Engineered Systems
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ENGL410 | Technical Writing
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Breadth Requirement Electives
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Professional Breadth Requirement Elective
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CIEG337 | Environmental Engineering Lab
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CIEG461 | Senior Design Project (DLE & Capstone)
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Air Pollution Course
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Groundwater Course
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Surface Water Course
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Technical Elective Courses
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