Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

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Environmental engineers are the technical professionals who identify and design solutions for environmental problems. They seek to shield the environment from the harmful effects of human activity, ...

An environmental engineering master’s degree from Drexel University provides expanded skills that will further careers in research or practice in areas that tackle solutions for controlling, and ...

In the College of Engineering, the first year student experience is similar across undergraduate majors. Your second and third years have distinctive course requirements and electives. Your second and ...

Environmental engineers play a vital role in maintaining the quality of both public health and the natural environment. Our students learn how to assess and develop engineering solutions to ...

Bill Peralta stands wearing an air respirator inside a building site. His job often requires him to analyze site history, perform sampling at sites, and prepare site management plans. (Courtesy of ...

Take the next step in your career with a Master’s in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. CU Boulder is one of the leading environmental engineering programs in the ...

Environmental challenges continue to multiply as the global population expands toward 10 billion people by 2050 and as demands for clean water, food, and energy rise, all in the context of global ...

Our bachelor’s program offers engineering science and design course work in the areas of environmental and related resources with a breadth and combination unparalleled in the United States. Our ...

As an environmental engineer major, you will study the principles of engineering, soil science, biology and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems. The B.S.E. in Environmental ...

In the past, environmental engineering focused primarily on the design and construction of water and wastewater treatment systems and municipal solid waste management. However, because environmental ...