UndergradUate degree Programare you interested in environmental engineering?

Well, if you’ve been paying attention to the international news recently, you’ve probably noticed that the environment has become a global concern. there are no easy solutions to what has become an increasingly complex, intertwined, and ambiguous set of social and scientific issues.

The world needs people who have united a sense of purpose with a first-class education and are prepared to tackle modern environmental issues. Whether assessing the threat of pollutants to an ecosystem, or the treatment needed to ensure a safe water supply, environmental engineers are playing crucial roles. And that’s where Cornell’s College of Engineering comes in. We’ll provide you with an education that will allow you to be a voice of reason and take a leading role as the next generation of environmental issues emerges and is ultimately resolved.

Environmental engineers seek ways to mitigate impact on the environment and to protect public health. They analyze land-, water-, and air-pollution; design pollution- and hazardous-waste–control facilities; and oversee the construction and operation of these facilities. They play important roles in city planning, developing water-resource systems, and designing and operating other systems fundamental to preserving our quality of life and the quality of the environment. They are also involved in the development and management of renewable energy sources. Environmental engineers design systems that can turn waste into electricity. Environmental engineers design solutions to problems associated with land, water, and air quality with long-term sustainability and global change in mind.

At Cornell your education will revolve around current problems, so you’ll have the opportunity to act on issues that professional engineers face every day. You’ll work closely with faculty members–established leaders in the field–who are addressing cutting-edge issues in their research and consulting.

In addition to studying chemistry and physics, as an environmental engineering student you’ll study microbiology. You’ll learn to synthesize biological, chemical, and engineering principles to model the effects of human activities on water quality, or to help you design water- and wastewater-treatment systems. In laboratories you’ll examine current environmental problems, many of them the focus of faculty research; you’ll also take a course in environmental systems.The Environmental Engineering major is jointly offered by faculty members in Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE) and in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE).

environmental engineeringdepartment of Biological and environmental engineering and School of Civil and environmental engineering

Core CoUrSeSBEE 2510 Engineering for a

Sustainable Society

CEE 3510 Environmental Quality Engineering

CEE 4510 Microbiology for Environmental Engineering

CEE 3310 Fluid Mechanics

CEE 3040 Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering

BEE 4270 Water Sampling and Measurement

CEE 4530 Laboratory Research in Environmental Engineering

or CEE 4370 Experimenetal Methods in

Fluid Dynamics

BEE 4750 Environmental Systems Analysis

BEE 4890 Entrepreneurial Management for Engineers

orCEE 3230 Engineering Economics

and Management

BIOG 1101/1102 Biology Courses1103/1104 1105/1106 1107/1108 1110

CEE 3200 Engineering Computationor ENGRD 2210 Thermodynamics

EAS 2200, Earth Science2650, 3030, or 3650

ENGRD 2020 Mechanics of Solids

Some Areas of Faculty Researchaquatic chemistryatmospheric chemistry and climate modellingcontaminant remediationenvironmental systemsfluid mechanics and hydrologyrenewable energy systemssustainable resource managementwaste conversion to bioenergywater-resource systems

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CoUrSe SamPlerBEE 4730 Watershed Engineering

BEE 4760 Solid Waste Engineering

BEE 3710 Physical Hydrology for Ecosystems

BEE 4010 Renewable Energy Systems

BEE 4710 Introduction to Groundwater

BEE 4800 Our Changing Atmosphere: Global Change and Atmospheric Chemistry

BEE 4870 Sustainable Energy Systems

CEE 2550/4550 Agua Clara: Sustainable Water Supply Project

CEE 3320 Hydraulic Engineering

CEE 4110 Remote Sensing: Resource Inventory Methods

CEE 4320 Hydrology

CEE 4350 Coastal Engineering

CEE 4360 Case Studies in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

CEE 4440 Environmental Site and Remediation Engineering

CEE 4520 Water Supply Engineering

CEE 4540 Sustainable Small-Scale Water Supplies

CEE 4920 Engineers for a Sustainable World: Engineering in International Development

CEE 5970 Risk Analysis and Management

master of engineering degree ProgramThe one-year Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree will prepare you to hit the ground running and stand out in the career of your choice.

Students wishing to pursue an M.Eng. in Environmental Engineeering can solve problems that are closely related to either Civil Engineering or Biological Engineering. On the Civil Engineer-ing side—clean air and water, efficient transportation systems, urban renewal, rural development—civil and environ-mental engineers strive for harmony and balance between the constructed human environment and the natural world. Every aspect—including design,

development, creation, operation, and renewal—is directed at optimization of the human expe-rience while preserving the health of the natural environment.

On the Biological Engineering side, the rapidly growing field is where engineering practice meets quantitative biology, where engineers work toward practical, sustainable solutions to a wide variety of human health and environmental challenges. Whether you study biofuels develop-ment, environmental agriculture, soil and water systems, or applied molecular bioengineering, as an M.Eng. graduate, you’ll be highly sought after by employers, in both the public and private sectors.

Students can apply either through the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering or the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Check out www.engineering.cornell.edu/meng