Environmental Processes focuses on the phenomena, concepts and technology essential for maintaining the quality of the air-land-water environment. Specialization in Environmental Processes requires an understanding of the biological, chemical and physical phenomena that affect the planning, design and operation of the engineering facilities needed to protect public health and the environment. Specializations include contaminant fate in the environment, water and wastewater treatment, the disposal of treated effluents in water and on land, the treatment of solids residuals generated by these processes, bioremediation of contaminated soils and groundwater systems, mechanisms of pollutant transformation in nature, and development of new sustainable technologies to help bring safe drinking water and effective practices for wastewater treatment to the billions of people who lack these basic necessities and who live in countries lacking the technology needed to support conventional approaches to water and wastewater treatment.
AguaClara is an award winning, multi-year international engineering project in CEE that makes it possible for M.Eng. students to contribute to the research, design, and implementation of Sustainable Municipal Water Treatment Plants in the Global South. The AguaClara project includes opportunities for a 2 week educational trip to project sites in Honduras during the January intersession and for 3 month to 2 year international internships as AguaClara Engineers
Additional possible projects in the Environmental Processes area are:
For additional information, see:
Master of Engineering (CEE) Handbook
