The Environmental Specialty will focus on the environmental and public health needs of civil engineering and its importance in improving the quality of life for people and providing reliable infrastructure for societal benefits. It will explore research and technological advances concerning innovative approaches, assessment, and sustainable management/remediation of environmental impacts to water, air, and soil and the unique challenges faced in addressing the effects of climate change on infrastructure.

 

Water, Wastewater

• Water quality and management

• Municipal, industrial, and rural wastewater treatment

• Small and Northern Systems

• Environmental hydraulics and contaminant transport

• Sustainable urban stormwater management

• Emerging Pollutants: occurrence, transport, impacts, and removal

• Toxic material control and hazardous waste management

• Climate change: impacts, mitigation, and adaptation strategies

Air

• Air quality, emissions, and pollution control

• Long Range Transport Modeling

• Modeling for Regulatory Requirements and Policy Development

• Climate change: impacts, mitigation, and adaptation strategies

• Governance, legislation, and policy for sustainability

Ground Impacts and Energy Systems

• Solid waste generation, collection, disposal, and recycling

• Geo-environmental engineering

• Land management and planning

• Contaminated site assessment, remediation and reclamation

• Environmental impacts of transportation systems

• Energy systems management and security

Environmental Stewardship

• Environmental issues related to mining, gas and oil sectors

• Environmental policy and economy during the public health emergency

• Environmental engineering education and community engagement

• Carbon emission assessment and reduction