The Environmental Systems Engineering undergraduate program provides
education in the prevention of pollution, and in the monitoring, control, and
remediation of pollution sources on the Earth. These include aspects of land
reclamation, of groundwater protection and remediation, and of the control of
atmospheric pollutants. The standard of living we currently experience, and the
quality of life we enjoy, owe much to our skillful attention to environmental
protection.
EnvSE addresses critical environmental problems of the basic industries,
especially those involved in the extraction, conversion and utilization of
mineral resources and fuels.
The program is complementary to the more general environmental science
programs that emphasize the identification and evaluation of environmental
problems, and to the classical environmental engineering programs offered by
civil engineers, whose traditional emphasis is on public-sector concerns of
water supply, municipal waste water (sewage) treatment, and solid waste (trash)
management and disposal.
In response to the needs and requests of the many companies that hire our
graduates, we are changing and improving the Industrial Health and Safety degree
program in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering.
Our intention is that beginning the Spring 2009 semester, the current
Industrial Health and Safety program will become an option within the
Environmental Systems Engineering degree program, accredited by the Engineering
Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD
21202-4012 - telephone: (410) 347-7700. The option will be called Environmental Health and Safety Engineering. Graduates of
this new option/program will be getting extensive safety and health training as
well as environmental systems engineering training.
Penn State University
Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Hosler Building
University Park, PA 16802-5000
814-865-4700
http://www.eme.psu.edu
Joel Haight, Ph.D., P.E., CSP, CIH
Assistant Professor of Energy & Mineral Engineering
814-863-4491 phone
814-865-3248 fax
jmh44@psu.edu
