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Program Information

Graduate study is offered leading to the degrees Master of Engineering, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy in the field of environmental engineering sciences. Our graduate research and education areas are

Air Resources

  • Monitoring of air pollutants: indoor, ambient, industrial, and occupational
  • Monitoring methodology and instrumentation development
  • Formation and fate of air pollutants
  • Air quality modeling
  • Air pollution control: system, process and materials
  • Sustainability of air quality
  • Health effects and environmental impact of air pollutant

Environmental Nanotechnology

  • Manufacturing and tailoring of nanomaterials and nanodevices for application in environmental and human health research
  • Environmental fate and transport of nanomaterials
  • Environmental implications of nanomaterials

Engineering Education Collaborative

  • Student-centered learning and design based apprenticeship
  • Problem solving and critical thinking
  • Diversity and cultures of inclusion
  • Role of informal learning environments
  • Universal design for STEM students with (learning) disabilities

GeoSystem Engineering/Waste Management

  • Bioreactor Landfills
  • Combustion and Thermal Treatment Residuals
  • Contaminated Soil Characterization and Treatment
  • Construction and Demolition Debris
  • Electronic Waste
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Landfill Design and Operations
  • Landfill Gas and Leachate
  • Recycling and Beneficial Use of Wastes
  • Treated Wood
  • Waste Characterization and Leaching
  • Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries

Stormwater, Water Supply and Wastewater

  • Fundamental characterization of aqueous and particulate-phase contaminants including emerging contaminants: representative ambient monitoring, methodology and load quantification.
  • Sourcing and generation of aqueous and particulate phase contaminants, physics and chemistry of contaminant transport and fate.
  • Water contaminant control: systems, unit operation and processes, and materials development, in particular innovative mass transfer materials and low impact development materials.
  • Water reuse as part of the urban water cycle: volumetric and contaminant load impacts
  • Unit operation and process modeling: scalable physical models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
  • Integrated physical, chemical, biological and thermal treatment phenomena for water cycle components.
  • Coupling fundamental monitoring and material balance testing with urban water modeling.
  • Fundamental and applied studies of physical-chemical water treatment processes, such as adsorption, coagulation, ion exchange, and oxidation, for a wide range of water qualities including surface water, groundwater, membrane concentrate, landfill leachate, and human urine.
  • Innovative applications of ion exchange for water treatment.
  • Fundamental studies in aquatic chemistry with a focus on the role of natural organic matter.
  • Fundamental and applied studies of adsorption and photocatalysis, including surface optimization
  • Bottom up integrated urban water system simulation and optimization

Sustainability Science & Engineering

  • Rational design of nanomaterial through acute and full-life-cycle toxicity assessment
  • Life cycle assessment calculations and comparisons of alternative energy and materials options
  • Industrial ecology
  • Corporate water resources sustainability
  • Campus green building codes
  • Green laboratory techniques
  • Operation of buildings to meet green energy requirements

Systems Ecology and Ecological Engineering

  • Ecological Engineering
  • Emergy Analysis and Environmental Economics
  • Wetlands and Watershed Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Community and Conservation Ecology
  • Environmental Policy
  • Microbiology of Natural and Engineered Systems
  • Biological and Chemical Remediation of Contaminated Systems
  • Effects of Climate and Land Use Changes on Biogeochemical Cycles

Water Systems

  • Contaminant transport and fate
  • Decision support systems
  • Ecohydrology and hydrologic restoration
  • Hydrology
  • Stormwater control
  • Water resources planning and management
  • Water conservation
  • Fundamental characterization of aqueous and particulate-phase contaminants including emerging contaminants: representative ambient monitoring, methodology and load quantification.
  • Sourcing and generation of aqueous and particulate phase contaminants, physics and chemistry of contaminant transport and fate.
  • Water contaminant control: systems, unit operation and processes, and materials development, in particular innovative mass transfer materials and low impact development materials.
  • Water reuse as part of the urban water cycle: volumetric and contaminant load impacts
  • Unit operation and process modeling: scalable physical models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
  • Integrated physical, chemical, biological and thermal treatment phenomena for water cycle components.
  • Coupling fundamental monitoring and material balance testing with urban water modeling.
  • Fundamental and applied studies of physical-chemical water treatment processes, such as adsorption, coagulation, ion exchange, and oxidation, for a wide range of water qualities including surface water, groundwater, membrane concentrate, landfill leachate, and human urine.
  • Innovative applications of ion exchange for water treatment.
  • Fundamental studies in aquatic chemistry with a focus on the role of natural organic matter.
  • Fundamental and applied studies of adsorption and photo catalysis, including surface optimization
  • Bottom up integrated urban water system simulation and optimization
  • Aqueous Geochemistry and Water Treatment

Graduate students can also combine one or more of the above areas with specialties in other departments at the University of Florida.

The department participates in the hydrologic sciences interdisciplinary concentration that is offered through 9 departments in 3 colleges. This concentration is described under Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies.

Direct admission into the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy programs requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or in a basic science such as chemistry, geology, physics, biology, or mathematics. Persons with a degree in a nontechnical field may also be admitted into this program after completing appropriate technical courses. Direct admission into the Master of Engineering program requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.

Requirements for a master’s degree normally take 12 to 24 months to complete. The length of time required for the Doctor of Philosophy degree depends partly on the research topic, and may be completed in 3 years, but often takes longer, depending on prior academic experience.

Combined degree program: The department offers a combined bachelor’s/master’s degree program. This program allows qualified students to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, with a savings of 12 credits.

Joint program: The Environmental Engineering Sciences Department, in partnership with the Levin College of Law, offers a joint program leading to the M.S. or M.E. degree in environmental engineering sciences and the Juris Doctor degree. Twelve credits of appropriate course work are counted toward both degrees.

For more information, please see our website: http://www.essie.ufl.edu.

Degrees Offered with a Major in Environmental Engineering Sciences

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    • without a concentration
    • concentration in Geographic Information Systems
    • concentration in Hydrologic Sciences
    • concentration in Wetland Sciences
  • Master of Engineering
    • without a concentration
    • concentration in Geographic Information Systems
    • concentration in Hydrologic Sciences
    • concentration in Wetland Sciences
  • Master of Science
    • without a concentration
    • concentration in Geographic Information Systems
    • concentration in Hydrologic Sciences
    • concentration in Wetland Sciences

Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

Environmental Engineering Sciences Program Courses

Course List
Code Title Credits
CWR 6115Surface Hydrology3
CWR 6116Advanced Surface Hydrology3
CWR 6252Environmental Biochemistry of Trace Metals3
CWR 6536Stochastic Subsurface Hydrology3
CWR 6537Contaminant Subsurface Hydrology3
EES 5105Advanced Wastewater Microbiology3
EES 5245Water Quality Analysis3
EES 5305CEcological and General Systems3
EES 5306Energy Analysis3
EES 6307Advanced Ecological Engineering3
EES 5415Environmental Health3
EES 6007Advanced Energy and Environment3
EES 6051Advanced Environmental Planning and Design3
EES 6107CAdvanced Ecological Engineering3
EES 6208Principles of Water Chemistry I3
EES 6225Atmospheric Chemistry3
EES 6308CWetland Ecology3
EES 6309Wetland Design and Restoration3
EES 6318Principles of Industrial Ecology3
EES 6335Springs Ecosystems3
EES 6405Environmental Toxicology3
EES 6425Environmental Nanotechnology3
EES 6932Modeling the Fate of Air Pollutants3
ENV 6439Activated Carbon: Environmental Design and Application3
ENV 5075Environmental Policy3
ENV 5105Foundations of Air Pollution3
ENV 5306Municipal Refuse Disposal3
ENV 5518Field Methods in Environmental Hydrology3
ENV 5565Hydraulic Systems Design3
ENV 6052Immiscible Fluids in Porous Media3
ENV 6126Air Pollution Control Design3
ENV 6130Aerosol Mechanics3
ENV 6301Advanced Solid Waste Containment Design3
ENV 6435Advanced Water Treatment Process Design3
ENV 6435LWater Treatment Process Design Laboratory1
ENV 6437Advanced Wastewater System Design3
ENV 6438Advanced Potable Water Systems Design3
ENV 6441Water Resources Planning and Management3
ENV 6416Advanced Stormwater Control Systems3
ENV 6508Wetland Hydrology3
ENV 6511Biological Wastewater Treatment3
ENV 6556Advanced Waste Treatment Operations3
ENV 6617Principles of Green Engineering Design and Sustainability3
ENV 6905Individual Work1-4
ENV 6910Supervised Research1-5
ENV 6916Nonthesis Project1-3
ENV 6932Special Problems in Environmental Engineering1-4
ENV 6935Graduate Environmental Engineering Seminar1
ENV 6971Research for Master's Thesis1-15
ENV 7979Advanced Research1-12
ENV 7980Research for Doctoral Dissertation1-15

Hydrology / Water Resources Shared Courses

Course List
Code Title Credits
CGN 6905Special Problems in Civil Engineering1-6
CWR 5125Groundwater Flow I3
CWR 5127Evaluation of Groundwater Quality3
CWR 5235Open Channel Hydraulics3
CWR 6115Surface Hydrology3
CWR 6126Variable-Density Groundwater Flow3
CWR 6525Groundwater Flow II3
CWR 6537Contaminant Subsurface Hydrology3
EGM 5816Intermediate Fluid Dynamics3
ENV 5518Field Methods in Environmental Hydrology3
ENV 5565Hydraulic Systems Design3
ENV 6052Immiscible Fluids in Porous Media3
ENV 6441Water Resources Planning and Management3
ENV 6508Wetland Hydrology3
ENV 6932Special Problems in Environmental Engineering1-4

Environmental Engineering Sciences Departmental Courses

Course List by Depts
Code Title Credits
CWR 6116Advanced Surface Hydrology3
CWR 6252Environmental Biochemistry of Trace Metals3
CWR 6536Stochastic Subsurface Hydrology3
CWR 6537Contaminant Subsurface Hydrology3
EES 5105Advanced Wastewater Microbiology3
EES 5207Environment Chemistry3
EES 5245Water Quality Analysis3
EES 5305CEcological and General Systems3
EES 5306Energy Analysis3
EES 5415Environmental Health3
EES 6007Advanced Energy and Environment3
EES 6051Advanced Environmental Planning and Design3
EES 6107CAdvanced Ecological Engineering3
EES 6140Biology of Exotic Species3
EES 6208Principles of Water Chemistry I3
EES 6225Atmospheric Chemistry3
EES 6246Advanced Water Analysis3
EES 6307Advanced Ecological Engineering3
EES 6308CWetland Ecology3
EES 6309Wetland Design and Restoration3
EES 6318Principles of Industrial Ecology3
EES 6335Springs Ecosystems3
EES 6405Environmental Toxicology3
EES 6425Environmental Nanotechnology3
EES 6932Modeling the Fate of Air Pollutants3
EGN 5949Practicum/Internship/Cooperative Work Experience1-6
EGN 6640Entrepreneurship for Engineers3
EGN 6913Engineering Graduate Research0-3
ENV 5075Environmental Policy3
ENV 5105Foundations of Air Pollution3
ENV 5306Municipal Refuse Disposal3
ENV 5518Field Methods in Environmental Hydrology3
ENV 5565Hydraulic Systems Design3
ENV 5619Principles of Sustainable Engineering Design3
ENV 6043Life Cycle Assessment3
ENV 6052Immiscible Fluids in Porous Media3
ENV 6126Air Pollution Control Design3
ENV 6130Aerosol Mechanics3
ENV 6301Advanced Solid Waste Containment Design3
ENV 6416Advanced Stormwater Control Systems3
ENV 6435Advanced Water Treatment Process Design3
ENV 6435LWater Treatment Process Design Laboratory1
ENV 6437Advanced Wastewater System Design3
ENV 6438Advanced Potable Water Systems Design3
ENV 6439Activated Carbon: Environmental Design and Application3
ENV 6441Water Resources Planning and Management3
ENV 6455Microbiology of Environmental Engineering Systems3
ENV 6508Wetland Hydrology3
ENV 6511Biological Wastewater Treatment3
ENV 6556Advanced Waste Treatment Operations3
ENV 6617Principles of Green Engineering Design and Sustainability3
ENV 6905Individual Work1-4
ENV 6910Supervised Research1-5
ENV 6916Nonthesis Project1-3
ENV 6932Special Problems in Environmental Engineering1-4
ENV 6935Graduate Environmental Engineering Seminar1
ENV 6971Research for Master's Thesis1-15
ENV 7979Advanced Research1-12
ENV 7980Research for Doctoral Dissertation1-15
LAW 6472Natural Resources Law3-4

College of Engineering Courses

Course List
Code Title Credits
EEE 5354LSemiconductor Device Fabrication Laboratory3
EGN 5010LNRF Training Lab1
EGN 5949Practicum/Internship/Cooperative Work Experience1-6
EGN 6640Entrepreneurship for Engineers3
EGN 6642Engineering Innovation3
EGN 6913Engineering Graduate Research0-3
EGN 6933Special Topics1-3
EGN 6937Engineering Fellowship Preparation0-1
EGS 6039Engineering Leadership3
EGS 6101Divergent Thinking3
EGS 6626Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management3
EGS 6628Applied Engineering Project Management3
EGS 6681Advanced Engineering Leadership3
EMA 6581Polymeric Biomaterials3
ESI 6900Principles of Engineering Practice1-4

environmental engineering sciences (PHD)

SLO 1     Knowledge        
Knowledge an ability to identify, formulate, and solve environmental problems using scientific and engineering methods and tools

SLO 2     Skills     
An ability to critically read and evaluate engineering or science literature.
An ability to use the techniques, methods, and appropriate professional tools necessary for professional practice at an advanced level
An ability to communicate effectively

SLO 3     Professional Behavior   
An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

Environmental Engineering Sciences (ME & MS)

SLO 1     Knowledge        
An ability to identify, formulate, and solve environmental problems using scientific and engineering methods and tools

SLO 2     Skills     
An ability to critically read and evaluate engineering or science literature     
An ability to use the techniques, methods, and appropriate professional tools necessary for professional practice at an advanced level
An ability to communicate effectively

SLO 3     Professional Behavior   
An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

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