Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering applies engineering and scientific principles to protect and preserve human health and the environment. It embraces broad environmental concerns, including air and water quality, solid and hazardous wastes, groundwater protection and remediation, water resources and management, environmental policy, radiological health, environmental biology and chemistry, systems ecology, water and wastewater treatment and wetlands ecology.

Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Before Graduating Students Must

• Pass assessment by two or more faculty and/or industrial practitioners of student performance on a major design experience.
• Pass assessment in two courses of individual assignments targeted to each particular learning outcome. Assessment will be provided by the instructor of the course according to department standards.
• Complete an exit interview in your final semester.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills Students will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering principles to environmental engineering problems.
2. Design and conduct environmental engineering experiments and analyze and interpret the data collected.
3. Design an environmental engineering system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability constraints.
4. Communicate technical data and design information effectively in writing and in speech to project stakeholders.

Curriculum Map

I = Introduced; R = Reinforced; A = Assessed

Assessment Types

• Assignments
• Reports
• The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
• Exit survey