Environmental Engineering Major

Overview

Environmental engineers are concerned with developing an understanding of the physical processes that shape our environment, and developing tools and strategies to manage these processes to prevent problems arising as the result of development, and to solve problems which may arise. This work includes, but is not limited to, management of water resources including both surface and subsurface flows, management of environmental quality in surface and subsurface water and soil, and management of the near shore coastal environment, and wind engineering, including dispersion and environmental load on structures.

As an environmental engineer you may be part of a design team for both large and small scale infrastructure developments both onshore and offshore, and developing engineering solutions for environmental issues which may arise. You may be involved in the management of water resources, the mitigation of the effects of urban development on the wind climate in cities, and in collaboration with environmental scientists and ecologists, develop practical environmental plans for the utilisation of our resources.

This major is best aligned with the Civil stream.