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About this Program
- Partnered with industries
- ABET accreditation
- Engineers for Water Sustainability
- Alumni Homecoming Studio
- Resources and Faculty Support
- Industry Sponsors on Senior Design Projects
- Ease of licensure
- Enhanced career mobility
- Opportunities for federal funding
- New EVE teaching lab
- Field Trips to NREL, A1 Organics, Metro Water Recovery, Denver Water
- Internships and Collaboration with Industry and DOE
Mission
The mission of the Environmental Engineering program at MSU Denver is to provide comprehensive undergraduate education, through multidisciplinary collaboration, that prepares students to incorporate environmentally sustainable designs into natural and artificial environments.
As a graduate of MSU Denver’s new Environmental Engineering (EVE) bachelor’s degree program you will be prepared for a career planning and designing eco-friendly environmental processes as well as applying environmentally based engineering solutions that maximize quality of life by minimizing the impact of human activity on the environment.
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Academic ProgramsEngineers for Water Sustainability (MSU-RMWEA/AWWA)
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023 Occupational Outlook Handbook lists $100,090 as the median annual salary for environmental engineers, with an expected 6 percent job-growth rate. At just over $111,490, Colorado is among the 13 states with the highest annual mean wage in 2023 for Environmental Engineers.
Among the industries that employ Environmental Engineers are:
- Federal, state and local governments
- Environmental consultants
- Water and wastewater engineer
- Environmental compliance specialist
- Environmental health and safety director
- Green building engineer
EVE Courses include:
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Water and Wastewater Engineering
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Analytical Methods of Water and Wastewater
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Fate/Transport of Contaminants in the Environment
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Environmental Risk Assessment
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Water Resources Engineering
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering
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Geotechnical Engineering
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Environmental Nanotechnology
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Environmental Assessment of Plastic Particles
Facilities & Resources
- Located in the Aerospace and Engineering Sciences Building (AES)
- Access to 3D printers and engraving machines
- Access to computer labs and software programs including AutoCAD
- The AES building have enterprise floors available for student collaboration
Benefits
- Cooperative education and internships with local engineering firms through the Classroom to Career Hub (C2Hub) and partnerships
- Employment opportunities; such as water resource engineers, wastewater treatment engineers, consultants, and field engineers in industry and government agencies
Program Accreditation
The Environmental Engineering program at MSU Denver is accredited by the EAC Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and Program Criteria for Environmental Engineering and Similarly Named Programs.
Environmental Engineering (EVE) Program
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