Environmental Engineering

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Program Description: Environmental Engineers protect human populations from environmental contaminants, protect the environment from the potential deleterious effects of human populations, and improve environmental quality through design. Some examples of topics covered in environmental engineering include: the treatment of surface water, groundwater, wastewater, soil, and air; the management of wetlands and watersheds; the treatment and disposal of solid & hazardous wastes; the production of renewable energy; and the design of “green” products. The Penn State Environmental Engineering (EnvE) program is oriented around solving environmental problems, with strengths in biological processes for energy production, bioremediation of hazardous contaminants, physical/chemical processes for contaminant removal, conventional water and wastewater treatment, green product design, and environmental law. Please refer to the EnvE Faculty pages for more information on specific research projects within the department.

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