Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering (EnvE) at Georgia Tech provides comprehensive educational and research opportunities in air, land and water science & engineering. The principal focus areas include: environmental biotechnology; water quality and treatment; wastewater reclamation and reuse; hazardous and solid waste engineering; ground water modeling and treatment; air quality monitoring, pollution control and modeling; environmental sciences; and industrial ecology. Because of the multidisciplinary credentials of its faculty, the excellence of its research facilities, and extensive collaboration with other engineering and science faculty, the program attracts high-caliber students from a variety of engineering and science disciplines. Environmental Engineering (EnvE) is also a key component in the campus initiatives on Biological Engineering, Bioscience & Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Materials Science & Technology, Sustainable Technology & Development, Environmental Science & Technology and Energy Systems.

Course offerings in EnvE emphasize basic engineering and scientific principles, system design, applications of environmental engineering operations and processes and regional and global atmospheric and hydrological systems. Programs at the MS and Ph.D. levels are specifically designed for individual students and matched with faculty expertise and professional goals for students.