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

Historically, the discipline of environmental engineering has centered around public health and sanitation, and its practitioners’ primary objectives have been to provide clean water and properly ...

The engineering profession is now in the position to make a substantial contribution to the ''greening'' of the planet through ideas such as ecological engineering. In this retrospective period of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The graduate programs in environmental engineering from Drexel Engineering engages students in learning and research at the forefront of environmental engineering. Students graduate prepared for ...

Tufts' School of Engineering is an objectively male-dominated space. According to data from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website, while 54 percent of undergraduate students at the School of ...