Editing Environmental engineering (section)

==Education==
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Many universities offer environmental engineering programs through either the department of [[civil engineering]] or [[chemical engineering]] and also including electronic projects to develop and balance the environmental
conditions.  Environmental engineers in a civil engineering program often focus on [[hydrology]], water resources management, [[bioremediation]], and water and wastewater treatment plant design. Environmental engineers in a chemical engineering program tend to focus on environmental chemistry, advanced air and water treatment technologies, and separation processes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-04 |title=What is Environmental Engineering? |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/civil-environmental-engineering/environmental-engineering/what-environmental-engineering |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Civil and Environmental Engineering |language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2014}} Some subdivisions of environmental engineering include [[natural resources engineering]] and [[agricultural engineering]].

Courses for students fall into a few broad classes:
* ''[[Mechanical engineering]]'' courses oriented towards designing machines and mechanical systems for environmental use such as [[Water treatment|water]] and [[wastewater treatment]] facilities, pumping stations, garbage segregation plants, and other mechanical facilities.
* ''Environmental engineering'' or ''environmental systems'' courses oriented towards a civil engineering approach in which structures and the landscape are constructed to blend with or protect the environment.
* ''[[Environmental chemistry]]'', ''sustainable chemistry'' or ''environmental chemical engineering'' courses oriented towards understanding the effects of chemicals in the environment, including any mining processes, pollutants, and also biochemical processes.
* ''[[Environmental technology]]'' courses oriented towards producing electronic or electrical graduates capable of developing devices and artifacts able to monitor, measure, model and control environmental impact, including monitoring and managing energy generation from [[Renewable energy|renewable sources]].

=== Curriculum ===
The following topics make up a typical curriculum in environmental engineering:<ref name="Masters 2008 p.">{{cite book|title=Introduction to environmental engineering and science|last=Masters|first=Gilbert|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=2008|isbn=978-0-13-148193-0|location=Upper Saddle River, N.J}}</ref>

# [[Mass transfer|Mass]] and [[Energy transfer]]
# [[Environmental chemistry]]
## [[Inorganic chemistry]]
## [[Organic Chemistry]]
## [[Nuclear Chemistry]]
# [[Population dynamics|Growth model]]s
## [[Resource consumption]]
## [[Population growth]]
## [[Economic growth]]
# [[Risk assessment]]
## [[Hazard identification]]
## [[Dose-response]] Assessment
## [[Exposure assessment]]
## Risk characterization
## Comparative [[risk analysis]]
# [[Water pollution]]
## [[Water resources]] and [[pollutant]]s
## [[Biochemical oxygen demand|Oxygen demand]]
## Pollutant [[Hydrological transport model|transport]]
## [[water treatment|Water]] and [[waste water treatment]]
# [[Air pollution]]
## Industry, [[Environmental impact of transport|transportation]], commercial and residential emissions
## Criteria and toxic [[air pollutant]]s
## Pollution modelling (e.g. [[Atmospheric dispersion modeling]])
## [[Pollution control]]
## Air pollution and [[meteorology]]
# [[Global change]]
## [[Greenhouse effect]] and [[global temperature]]
## [[Carbon cycle|Carbon]], [[Nitrogen cycle|nitrogen]], and [[oxygen cycle]]
## [[IPCC]] [[Special Report on Emissions Scenarios|emissions scenarios]]
## Oceanic changes ([[ocean acidification]], other [[effects of global warming on oceans]]) and changes in the [[stratosphere]] (see [[Physical impacts of climate change]])
# [[Solid waste management]] and [[resource recovery]]
## [[Life cycle assessment]]
## [[Source reduction]]
## [[Waste collection|Collection]] and [[Transfer station (waste management)|transfer]] operations
## [[Recycling]]
## [[Waste-to-energy]] conversion
## [[Landfill]]