Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering
The Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering is a coursework-based graduate degree program oriented toward students who wish to develop more knowledge in multiple areas of environmental engineering. The program provides students with opportunities to gain experience in a variety of environmental engineering domains, including water and wastewater treatment, water resources engineering, indoor and outdoor air quality, hazardous waste management, environmental health and safety and industrial hygiene, and environmental sustainability.
The program is intended for preparation for advanced engineering practice rooted in the principles of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics to develop and analyze solutions to environmental problems, including air and water pollution control, water and wastewater treatment systems design, climate change, resource depletion, and more.
Students with a variety of academic backgrounds are eligible to apply for the program, including those with undergraduate degrees in engineering disciplines (e.g., civil, chemical, or mechanical engineering) and also non-engineering but related disciplines (e.g., environmental science, biology, chemistry, geology, or others). All admitted students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework or equivalent in chemistry, physics, mathematics through differential equations, and fluid mechanics. If students have not completed these courses, they may be required to take proficiency courses in their first year of study or in the summer before their first year of study. Each applicant will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis during the application review process to determine any proficiency course requirements.
Up to 12 credit hours of 400-level undergraduate coursework may be included in the program with adviser approval.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | (12) | |
| Select minimum of 12 credit hours from the list below: | 12 | |
| Water and Wastewater Engineering | 3 | |
| Introduction to Air Pollution Control | 3 | |
| Environmental Chemistry | 3 | |
| Chemodynamics | 3 | |
| Biotechnological Processes in Environmental Engineering | 3 | |
| Modeling of Environmental Systems | 3 | |
| Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering | 3 | |
| Statistics/Data Analysis Requirement | (3) | |
| CAE 523 | Statistical Analysis of Engineering Data | 3 |
| or MATH 474 | Probability and Statistics | |
| or MATH 564 | Applied Statistics | |
| or MMAE 500 | Data Driven Modeling | |
| or BME 533 | Biostatistics | |
| Major Electives | (9) | |
| Select minimum of 9 credit hours of major electives from the list below: | 9 | |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 | |
| Introduction to Water Resources Engineering | 3 | |
| Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Design | 3 | |
| Industrial Ecology | 3 | |
| Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety | 3 | |
| Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage | 3 | |
| Industrial Waste Treatment | 3 | |
| Design of Environmental Engineering Processes | 3 | |
| Air Pollution Meteorology | 3 | |
| Indoor Air Pollution | 3 | |
| Design of Air Pollution Control Devices | 3 | |
| Physical and Chemical Processes for Industrial Gas Cleaning | 3 | |
| Hazardous Waste Engineering | 3 | |
| General Electives | (6) | |
| Select up to 6 credit hours of general electives 1 | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
1 General electives can be taken in CAE, CHE, CHEM, EG, EMS, ENVE, MMAE or other disciplines with advisor approval
Up to 12 credit hours of 400-level courses can be applied to the degree program
