Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Bill Peralta stands wearing an air respirator inside a building site. His job often requires him to analyze site history, perform sampling at sites, and prepare site management plans. (Courtesy of ...

With a century dedicated to research and teaching in the field, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is ranked among the top departments in the nation. Our award-winning faculty ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Engineers Week 2025, an annual special section that showcases a variety of ...

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Kansans on and around the water at Tuttle Creek Lake will get to see an innovative engineering solution in action this month that aims to save the reservoir from a muddy problem. The Kansas City ...

WORCESTER — For the past 10 years, a program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has provided the chance for students to work directly with municipalities addressing water-resource issues, while also ...

TriMedia, which was founded in December 1995, has a contract to work on the proposed and much-disputed tunnel that ...

Cleaner water. Alternative sources of energy. Carbon-neutral fossil fuels. What if you could use your engineering mind to make the wor1d a cleaner, healthier place? Integrating engineering principles ...

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering participates in the Graduate Master's Co-op Option in Engineering. For detailed information about the Co-op Program and curriculum requirements, ...