Environmental Engineering
Master of Engineering - Environmental Engineering
The Environmental Engineering graduate program is divided into three areas of concentration: Environmental Processes, Groundwater and Soil Pollution Control, and Inland and Coastal Environmental Hydrodynamics.

• The Environmental Processes concentration addresses the treatment of industrial and domestic water and wastewater and hazardous wastes. Process fundamentals are integrated with a design approach to meeting treatment objectives. Students will be prepared for careers in both design and operation of facilities for pollution control.
  
• The Groundwater and Soil Pollution Control concentration emphasizes 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 option 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.
  
• The Inland and Coastal Environmental Hydrodynamics concentration addresses the circulation and mixing processes in surface waters and the effect of such processes on the fate and transport of contaminants. Deterministic, stochastic and experimental techniques are emphasized.

Major areas of current faculty research include groundwater hydrology and pollution, water and wastewater treatment processes, design of waste disposal management, and environmental processes in coastal and estuarine waters. Master's candidates without a previous engineering degree may, on a case-by-case basis, 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 must also take CE 503, CE 504, and EN 505, or their equivalent, not for credit towards a degree. All applicants must have at least two years of calculus and one year of chemistry.

Core Courses
CE 565 Mathematical Methods for Civil and Environmental Engineering
EN 541 Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants
EN 570 Environmental Chemistry
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONCENTRATIONS

Environmental Processes
EN 575 Environmental Biology
EN 637 Environmental Control Laboratory
EN 571 Physiochemical Processes for Environmental Control
EN 573 Biological Processes for Environmental Control
EN 751 Design of Wastewater Facilities

Groundwater and Soil Pollution Control
EN 520 Soil Behavior and its Role in Environmental Applications
EN 551 Environmental Chemistry of Soils
EN 553 Groundwater Engineering
EN 654 Environmental Geotechnology
EN 690 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Technologies
EN 686 Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution

Inland and Coastal Environmental Hydrodynamics
OE 501 Oceanography
CE 525 Engineering Hydrology
OE 616 Sediment Transport
EN 683 Coastal Oceanography for Environmental Engineers
The remaining courses are electives, which are selected in consultation with the academic advisor.

Graduate Certificates
Atmospheric and Environmental Science and Engineering (Interdisciplinary)
PEP 575 Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation and Climate
CE 691 Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology
ME 532/EN 506 Air Pollution Principles and Control
EN 550 Environmental Chemistry of Atmospheric Processes

Environmental Compatibility in Engineering
EN 505 Environmental Engineering
EN 541 Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants
EN 545 Environmental Impact Analysis and Planning
EN 547 Project Life Cycle Management
EN 548 Environmental Compatibility in Design & Manufacturing

Environmental Processes
EN 541 Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants
EN 570 Environmental Chemistry
EN 571 Physicochemical Processes for Environmental Control
EN 573 Biological Processes for Environmental Control

Inland and Coastal Environmental Hydrodynamics
OE 501 Oceanography
EN 541 Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants
CE 684 Mixing Processes in Inland and Coastal Waters
EN 683 Coastal Oceanography for Environmental Engineers

Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control
EN 520 Soil Behavior and its Role in Environmental Applications
EN 553 Groundwater Engineering
EN 686 Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution
EN 690 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Technologies

Water Quality Control
EN 571 Physiochemical Processes for Environmental Control
EN 573 Biological Processes for Environmental Control
EN 686 Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution
EN 751 Design of Wastewater Facilities