
Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences Ph.D.
Our complex world faces many challenges, including contaminated water supplies, hazardous wastes, an increasing population and limited resources. The Ph.D. program in Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences provides interdisciplinary study, consisting of coursework in areas of basic, applied, and engineering sciences. This results in a more thorough understanding of the earth and environment to develop better solutions for the critical problems now and in the future. Graduates will utilize principles of biology, chemistry, physics, geology, mathematics and engineering.
Career Pathways
- improve and protect air, water and soil quality,
- ensure public safety and health,
- evaluate and design products and processes for a more sustainable future,
- develop sustainable approaches to energy and resource management, and
- better understand the natural processes and human influences that shape our planet.