Environmental Engineering

The environmental specialization is concerned with the control and improvement of natural surroundings using scientific and engineering principles.

A student major in environmental engineeringor simply choose to emphasize environmental engineering within the civil engineering major.In either case, the student with environmental interests may select from courses in water and wastewater treatment, water resources engineering, and air pollution engineering. Areas of application include conceiving and designing systems for water supply; wastewater disposal; air pollution control; solid and hazardous waste disposal; and design of dams and hydroelectic power plants.