Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering

The Environmental Engineering graduate program offers courses in Environmental Processes, Soil and Groundwater, Environmental Management, and Environmental Modeling.

The Environmental Processes courses address the treatment of industrial and domestic water and wastewater, and hazardous wastes. Process fundamentals are integrated with a design-based approach to meeting treatment objectives. Students will be prepared for careers in both design and operation of facilities for pollution control. Graduates with courses in this area are best qualified for design and operation work in public and private treatment facilities such as for drinking water, wastewater, and industrial wastes.

The Soil and Groundwater courses emphasize the transport and fate of contaminants in the subsurface environment and on engineering processes to mitigate their adverse environmental impact. Some specific areas of study in this direction are the modeling of contaminant transport in local or regional geohydrologic systems, the impact of contamination in the subsurface environment, the management of municipal and industrial waste disposal, and the remediation of groundwater and soil. Many of our graduates with coursework in this area work in remediation of contaminated properties or of groundwater resources.

Courses in Environmental Management and Modeling areas can be used to complement the above to best apply them in specific desired career directions

Master’s candidates without a previous engineering degree will be allowed to enroll for the Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering if they have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant science discipline. These students may be required to take a bridge program (not for credit towards the degree) designed by their academic advisor to ensure four semesters of college level calculus, two semesters of college level chemistry, and possibly additional engineering courses, depending on their undergraduate background.

Environmental Engineering Requirements:

Core Courses

EN 541Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants

3

EN 570Environmental Chemistry

3

EN 571Physicochemical Processes for Environmental Control

3

Courses in Mathematical Methods

CE 565Numerical Methods for Civil and Environmental Engineering

3

CE 679Regression and Stochastic Methods

3

Courses in Soil and Groundwater

EN 520Soil Behavior and Its Role in Environmental Applications

3

EN 551Environmental Chemistry of Soils and Natural Surfaces

3

EN 553Groundwater Engineering

3

EN 686Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution

3

EN 690Soil and Groundwater Remediation Technologies

3

Courses in Environmental Control Processes

EN 506Air Pollution Principles and Control

3

EN 573Biological Processes for Environmental Control

3

EN 575Environmental Biology

3

EN 637Environmental Control Laboratory

3

EN 751Design of Wastewater Facilities

3

Courses in Environmental Management

EN 510Perspectives in Environmental Management

3

Or

SM 510Perspectives in Environmental Management

3

EN 517Environmental Assessment

3

Or

SM 520Environmental Assessment

3

EN 531

Or

SM 531Sustainable Development

3

EN 586Hazardous Waste Treatment and Management

3

EN 545Environmental Impact Analysis and Planning

3

Courses in Modeling and Tools

EN 580Modeling of Environmental Systems

3

CE 537Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3

Design Intensive Courses (EN 553, EN 690, EN 506, EN 573, EN 751, and EN 586) Notes:

All Masters Environmental Engineering students are required to complete the three courses in Category A and at least one course in Category B.

All Masters Environmental Engineering students are required to take a minimum of two design intensive courses marked by an asterisk in Categories C, D and E.

Students can take the remaining elective courses from the lists B, C, D, E and F, or with permission of their advisor from other relevant programs.

Masters students who are planning to pursue a PhD in Environmental Engineering are encouraged to take both CE 565 and CE 679 courses in Category B and EN 637 – Instrumental Analysis for Environmental Control Processes in Category D.

A thesis is optional and may substitute for a maximum of six credits of course work.