Environmental Engineering

The Environmental Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Environmental Engineering and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

Criterion 2: Program Educational Objectives (PEOs):

The Environmental Engineering undergraduate program educational objectives are to impart our alumni/ae with the knowledge and skills needed to:

  • actively contribute to the practice and profession of environmental engineering, including management, administration, and leadership in the public, private, or academic sectors;
  • attain licensure as professional engineers and/or earn graduate degrees in engineering and other disciplines;
  • keep up to date with the evolving demands of the engineering profession, including meeting the needs of diverse communities with sustainability, equity, and justice in mind.

Criterion 3: Student Outcomes:

  1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
  5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
  6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Program Criteria:

The curriculum must include:

  1. Mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus-based physics, chemistry (including stoichiometry, equilibrium, and kinetics), earth science, biological science, and fluid mechanics.
  2. Material and energy balances, fate and transport of substances in and between air, water, and soil phases; and advanced principles and practices relevant to the program objectives.
  3. Hands-on laboratory experiments, and analysis and interpretation of the resulting data in more than one major environmental engineering focus area, e.g., air, water, land, environmental health.
  4. Design of environmental engineering systems that includes considerations of risk, uncertainty, sustainability, life-cycle principles, and environmental impacts.
  5. Concepts of professional practice and project management, and the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and private organizations pertaining to environmental policy and regulations.

 

Environmental Engineering
Fall 2024 Enrollment
Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY23-4
Undergraduate
First-time Freshmen 29 7 22 11 0 B.S.
Other First Year 1 0 1 1 0 Minors
Sophomores 23 10 13 11 0
Juniors 31 14 17 12 0
Seniors 36 18 18 7 2
Total 120 49 71 42 2
Graduate
M.S. 5 2 3 1 0 M.S.
Ph.D. 35 18 17 1 28 Ph.D.
               
  Fall 2023 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY22-23
Undergraduate              
First-time Freshmen 28 10 18 11 1 B.S. 20
Other First Year 1 1 0 0 0 Minors 8
Sophomores 24 10 14 11 0    
Juniors 29 14 15 6 1    
Seniors 34 19 15 10 0    
Total 116 54 62 38 2    
Graduate              
M.S. 8 5 3 1 3 M.S. 1
Ph.D. 35 16 19 1 29 Ph.D. 8
               
               
  Fall 2022 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AAY21-22
Undergraduate              
First-time Freshmen 26 11 15 12 0 B.S. 32
Other First Year 2 1 1 1 0 Minors 5
Sophomores 25 11 14 8 0    
Juniors 19 8 11 7 1    
Seniors 39 24 15 12 0    
Total 111 55 56 40 1    
Graduate              
M.S. 6 2 4 3 0 M.S. 3
Ph.D. 35 16 19 1 30 Ph.D. 6
               
               
  Fall 2021 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY20-21
Undergraduate              
First-time Freshmen 26 12 14 5 0 B.S. 33
Other First Year 1 0 1 1 0 Minors 9
Sophomores 21 8 13 9 0    
Juniors 19 16 3 6 0    
Seniors 46 18 28 12 0    
Total 113 54 59 33 0    
Graduate              
M.S. 3 0 3 1 0 M.S. 4
Ph.D. 44 22 22 4 35 Ph.D. 3
               
               
  Fall 2020 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY19-20
Undergraduate              
First-time Freshmen 17 7 10 5 0 B.S. 30
Other First Year 0 0 0 0 0 Minors 7
Sophomores 13 10 3 4 0    
Juniors 32 17 15 9 0    
Seniors 53 20 33 15 0    
Total 115 54 61 33 0    
Graduate              
M.S. 6 2 4 2 1 M.S. 2
Ph.D. 39 18 21 3 30 Ph.D. 3
               
               
  Fall 2019 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY18-19
Undergraduate              
First-time Freshmen 23 14 9 5 0 B.S. 22
Other First Year 1 1 0 0 0 Minors 9
Sophomores 23 12 11 6 0    
Juniors 30 11 19 8 0    
Seniors 47 25 22 15 4    
Total 124 63 61 34 4    
Graduate              
M.S. 7 4 3 2 2 M.S. 7
Ph.D. 40 19 21 3 29 Ph.D. 7
               
               
  Fall 2018 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY17-18
Undergraduate              
First-time Freshmen 22 10 12 10 0 B.S. 20
Other First Year 1 1 0 0 0 Minors 10
Sophomores 17 5 12 5 0    
Juniors 32 16 16 8 3    
Seniors 36 23 13 11 2    
Total 108 55 53 34 5    
Graduate              
M.S. 6 5 1 1 3 M.S. 9
Ph.D. 38 19 19 3 27 Ph.D. 2
               
               
  Fall 2017 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY16-17
Undergraduate              
First-time Freshmen 20 8 12 5 0 B.S. 28
Other First Year 2 2 0 0 1 Minors 11
Sophomores 24 11 13 6 1    
Juniors 24 15 9 6 2    
Seniors 31 13 18 10 0    
Total 101 49 52 27 4    
Graduate              
M.S. 8 5 3 2 5 M.S. 3
Ph.D. 36 18 18 3 25 Ph.D. 5
               
               
  Fall 2016 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY15-16
Undergraduate              
Freshmen 21 10 11 2 0 B.S. 18
Other First Year 1 1 0 0 0 Minors 8
Sophomores 19 11 8 4 4    
Juniors 18 7 11 5 0    
Seniors 38 17 21 13 2    
Total 97 46 51 24 6    
Graduate              
M.S. 11 6 5 4 4 M.S. 4
Ph.D. 28 15 13 2 20 Ph.D. 3
               
               
  Fall 2015 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY14-15
Undergraduate              
Freshmen 16 8 8 4 1 B.S. 17
Other First Year 0 0 0 0 0 Minors 12
Sophomores 20 6 14 6 0    
Juniors 25 10 15 3 2    
Seniors 30 20 10 9 3    
Total 91 44 47 22 6    
Graduate              
M.S. 12 6 6 3 7 M.S. 8
Ph.D. 21 12 9 2 16 Ph.D. 4
               
               
  Fall 2014 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY13-14
Undergraduate              
Freshmen 27 8 19 8 0 B.S. 15
Other First Year 1 0 1 0 0 Minors 4
Sophomores 19 10 9 2 2    
Juniors 21 13 8 3 3    
Seniors 25 13 12 6 0    
Total 93 44 49 19 5    
Graduate              
M.S. 14 10 4 4 6 M.S. 6
Ph.D. 23 13 10 2 14 Ph.D. 6
               
               
  Fall 2013 Enrollment    
  Headcount Male Female U.S. Minority Int. Degrees Awarded AY12-13
Undergraduate              
Freshmen 20 8 12 5 1 B.S. 18
Other First Year 2 2 0 0 2 Minors 15
Sophomores 22 13 9 2 3    
Juniors 21 11 10 3 1    
Seniors 25 16 9 6 0    
Total 90 50 40 16 7    
Graduate              
M.S. 10 7 3 3 3 M.S. 9
Ph.D. 25 18 7 2 17 Ph.D. 3