Finding solutions to the world’s pervasive and global problems! With rapid population growth, urbanization, and climate change impacts, our world is facing new challenges to ensure that both environmental and human systems can thrive. Environmental engineers work at the nexus of environmental and public health to provide clean drinking water, ensure safe sanitation, improve air quality, and remediate polluted sites.
Environmental engineers learn about how contaminants move through different ecosystems, how to design sustainably, and the importance of life cycle assessment. Environmental engineers gain expertise in how to design water and wastewater treatment systems, how to reduce air pollution, and how to remediate sites impacted by hazardous materials.