Program Overview

Environmental Engineering Program

The Environmental Engineering program at Missouri S&T is designed to prepare students for a career in the global, interdisciplinary field of environmental engineering. The program's fundamental base in biological and earth sciences, combined with the development of specific engineering application skills, prepares graduates to approach unique, atypical problems with a true problem-solving approach.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Environmental Engineering program is to prepare students for a career in the global, interdisciplinary field of environmental engineering and for life-long development in the profession. The program aims to develop graduates who can approach complex environmental problems with a strong background in the earth sciences and a desire to maintain a high level of learning in this rapidly evolving field.

Environmental Engineering Bachelor of Science

The Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering requires a minimum of 129 credit hours. The program includes coursework in areas such as:

• Drinking water and wastewater treatment
• Air pollution and control
• Environmental chemistry and processes
• Environmental laws and regulation
• Environmental microbiology and processes

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Environmental Engineering Bachelor of Science degree includes:

Freshman Year

• First Semester:
  • FR ENG 11002 (1 credit)
  • CHEM 1310 & CHEM 1319 (5 credits)
  • MATH 1214 or MATH 1211 (4 credits)
  • ENGLISH 1120 (3 credits)
  • General Education Elective (3 credits)
• Second Semester:
  • MECH ENG 1720 (3 credits)
  • MATH 1215 (4 credits)
  • PHYSICS 1135 (4 credits)
  • General Education Elective (3 credits)
  • HISTORY 1200, 1300, or 1310 (3 credits)

Sophomore Year

• First Semester:
  • CIV ENG 2200 (3 credits)
  • MATH 2222 (4 credits)
  • ENV ENG 26013 (3 credits)
  • CHEM 1320 or GEOLOGY 3410 (3 credits)
  • BIO SCI 1113 (3 credits)
• Second Semester:
  • CIV ENG 2210 (3 credits)
  • CIV ENG 2211 (1 credit)
  • MECH ENG 2350 (2 credits)
  • CHEM ENG 2100 (4 credits)
  • ENV ENG 2602 (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG 3603 (3 credits)

Junior Year

• First Semester:
  • ENV ENG 36153 (3 credits)
  • CIV ENG 33302 (3 credits)
  • MATH 3304 (3 credits)
  • GEO ENG 1150 (3 credits)
  • PHYSICS 2135 (4 credits)
• Second Semester:
  • ENV ENG 5619 (3 credits)
  • STAT 3113 (3 credits)
  • CHEM ENG 2110 (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG Technical Elective (3 credits)
  • English 1160, 3560, or SpMS 1185 (3 credits)

Senior Year

• First Semester:
  • CIV ENG 4448 (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG 40103 (1 credit)
  • CIV ENG 3334 (4 credits)
  • ENV ENG Air Pollution Elective (3 credits)
  • HISTORY 2510 or 3530 (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG Depth Elective (3 credits)
• Second Semester:
  • ENV ENG 40973 (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG Depth Elective (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG Depth Elective (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG Technical Elective (3 credits)
  • ENV ENG 4609 (1 credit)
  • General Education Elective (3 credits)

Environmental Engineering Depth Electives

The following courses may be used to fulfill the three depth elective courses required for the B.S. in Environmental Engineering:

• ENV ENG 5640: Environmental Law And Regulations (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5630: Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater And Soil (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5650: Public Health Engineering (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5670: Solid Waste Management (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5605: Environmental Systems Modeling (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5642: Sustainability, Population, Energy, Water, and Materials (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5665: Indoor Air Pollution (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5660: Introduction To Air Pollution (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5662: Air Pollution Control Methods (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5331: Subsurface Hydrology (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5360: Water Resources And Wastewater Engineering (3 credits)
• ENV ENG 5635: Phytoremediation and Natural Treatment Systems: Science and Design (3 credits)

Environmental Engineering Technical Electives

The following courses may be used to fulfill the two technical elective courses required for the B.S. in Environmental Engineering:

• CIV ENG 5331: Hydraulics Of Open Channels (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5335: Water Infrastructure Engineering (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5446: Management Of Construction Costs (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5360: Water Resources And Wastewater Engineering (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5448: Green Engineering: Analysis of Constructed Facilities (3 credits)
• CHEM ENG 3101: Fundamentals of Transport in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (4 credits)
• CIV ENG 5744: Geosynthetics in Engineering (3 credits)
• CHEM ENG 5340: Principles of Environmental Monitoring (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 3148: Fundamentals Of Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 3175: Geomorphology And Terrain Analysis (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5233: Risk Assessment In Environmental Studies (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5235: Environmental Geological Engineering (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5239: Groundwater Remediation (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 4276: Environmental Aspects Of Mining (3 credits)
• GEOLOGY 3410: Introduction To Geochemistry (3 credits)
• PET ENG 4210: Drilling and Well Integrity (3 credits)
• GEOLOGY 4451: Aqueous Geochemistry (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5662/ENV ENG 5662: Air Pollution Control Methods (3 credits)
• GEOLOGY 3811: Fundamentals Of Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• CHEM 5510: Introduction to Chemical Analysis (4 credits)
• CHEM 4510: Instrumental Methods Of Chemical Analysis (4 credits)
• CHEM ENG 3120: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II (3 credits)
• CHEM ENG 5130: Risk Assessment and Reduction (3 credits)
• CHEM 2210: Organic Chemistry I (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 2263: Ecology (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 5313: Pathogenic Microbiology (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 4323: Molecular Biology (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5237: Geological Aspects Of Hazardous Waste Management (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5276: Environmental Aspects of Mining (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5320: Groundwater Modeling (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5331: Subsurface Hydrology (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5332: Fundamentals of Groundwater Hydrology (3 credits)
• GEO ENG 5381: Intermediate Subsurface Hydrology And Contaminant Transport Mechs (3 credits)
• MIN ENG 5742: Environmental Aspects of Mining (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 3313: Microbiology (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 4313: Introduction to Environmental Microbiology (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 4363: Freshwater Ecology (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 4316: Introduction to Geomicrobiology (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 4563: Global Ecology (3 credits)
• BIO SCI 4329: Molecular Genetics Laboratory (2 credits)
• BIO SCI 4383: Toxicology (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5330: Unsteady Flow Hydraulics (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5332: Transport Processes in Environmental Flows (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5333: Intermediate Hydraulic Engineering (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5337: River Mechanics And Sediment Transport (3 credits)
• CIV ENG 5338: Hydrologic Engineering (3 credits)

Faculty

The Environmental Engineering program is led by a team of experienced faculty members, including:

• Joel G Burken, Curators Distinguished Professor
• Mahelet Fikru, Associate Professor
• Mark W Fitch, Emeritus
• Shelley Minteer, Professor
• Melanie R Mormile, Professor
• Daniel B Oerther, Professor
• Hunter Schroer, Assistant Professor
• BongChul Seo, Assistant Professor
• Sanjay Tewari, Associate Teaching Professor
• Jianmin Wang, Professor

1. Registered Professional Engineer
2. Registered Geologist
3. Certified Health Physicist
4. Registered Architect
5. Board Certified, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
6. LEED AP Certified