The Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Virginia is designed to instill fundamental knowledge of environmental engineering and water resources in a manner that leverages the unique combination of expertise of the faculty. Courses offerings support timely issues in environmental engineering research and practice, emphasizing academic and research programs in environmental chemistry, environmental hydraulics and hydrology, geoenvironmental engineering, industrial ecology, and water quality modeling and management. Current faculty research areas include the following:
• Watershed management
• Stormwater management planning and design
• Estuarine modeling of eutrophication and toxic substances
• Numerical Modeling of Subsurface Contaminant Transport
• Lake acidification and eutrophication modeling
• Optimal Design of Groundwater Remediation Systems
• Industrial Ecology
• Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Sequestration
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants
• Enzyme-catalyzed Water Treatment
• Rational Protein Design
• Fluvial Geomorphology
• Sediment Transport Dynamics
• Dam Removal
• Sustainable point-of-use water treatment technologies for developing global communities
• Innovative technologies for ground-water remediation
• Equilibrium and kinetic sorption of organic pollutants and pesticides to natural soil
• Engineering properties of organoclays for earthen liners and slurry walls
• Phytoremediation
• Organic vapor transport in the unsaturated zone
• Modeling natural water systems.
• Estuarine modeling of eutrophication and toxic substances
• The study of unsteady and intermittent turbulent flows and the behavior of deep-water offshore structures
Graduate Degree Programs
The program of study for each student is formulated through consultation with a faculty advisor in the area of the student's major interest.
All graduate students are required to take CEE 600 (Forefronts of Civil Engineering) and CEE 605 (Computational Methods in Civil Engineering) in their first year. All graduate students are required to attend the Environmental Engineering seminar each spring semester. Students should consult with their advisors to determine if they should take the one-credit (CE 696) or zero-credit (CE 700) version of this seminar.
Master of Science (MS) students in EWRE are required to take 8 courses plus 6 hours of thesis research for a total of 30 required credits and successfully complete a thesis defense. Of the 8 courses, two must be CEE 600 (Forefronts of Civil Engineering) and CEE 605 (Computational Methods in Civil Engineering) as required for all CEE graduate students. In addition to the two required CEE courses, each student must also take 4 courses from the following list of EWRE offerings. Not all courses will be taught every year. The remaining two courses may be selected by the student from the University at large subject to the approval of his or her faculty advisor and MS committee. Elective courses within or outside Civil and Environmental Engineering enable further specialization in an area of the student's interest.
CEE 626 Environmental Microbiology for Engineers
CEE 627 Hydraulics of Rivers, Streams, and Channels
CEE 634 Geographic Information Systems
CEE 641 Fate & Transport Modeling of Ecosystems
CEE 644 Water Chemistry for Environmental Engineers
CEE 647 Green Engineering
CEE 655 Groundwater Hydrology
CEE 656 Environmental Systems Management
CEE 6XX Experimental Analyses in Environmental Engineering
CEE 6XX Environmental Turbulence
CEE 742 Environmental Hydraulics Modeling
CEE 743 Theory of Groundwater Flow and Contaminants
CEE 746 Groundwater Modeling
Master of Engineering (ME) students in EWRE are required to complete a minimum of 30 credits of graduate coursework beyond their undergraduate degree. The required courses, CEE 600 and CEE 605, are counted toward these credits.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students are required to complete a minimum of 36 credits of coursework beyond their undergraduate degree (and approved by their advisory committee), a passing grade on the comprehensive examination, and successful completion of their dissertation proposal and dissertation defense. The student’s advisory committee must approve all coursework that is credited toward the degree requirements.
Students without an engineering background but having had physics, chemistry, and math will be required to take two of the following three courses: CE 315 Fluid Mechanics, CE 336 Water Resources Engineering, and CE 430 Environmental Engineering. Those with liberal arts background will need to have their programs of course study specially designed.
MS and PhD students usually take some combination of coursework credit, graduate teaching assistant credit, and research credit to bring their credit total to 12 credits per academic-year semester. For example, if a student is taking 9 credits of coursework and is also a graduate teaching assistant (GTA), they should register for their courses plus 3 credits of CE 897 Graduate Teaching Instruction (for MS students) or CE 997 Graduate Teaching Instruction (for PhD students). If they are a GTA for a specific course, they should register for CE 897 or CE 997 using the instructor number for the instructor of that specific course (not necessarily their advisor). If a student is taking 9 credits of coursework and also conducting research towards their thesis or dissertation, they should register for the courses and 3 credits of CE 898 Masters Thesis Research (for MS students) or CE 999 Dissertation Research (for PhD students). When registering for CE 898 or CE 999, the student should use the instructor number of the research advisor. During the summer session, MS and PhD students should register for 6 credits of CE 898 or CE 999.
In planning course schedules, it is the responsibility of the student to meet with their advisor and obtain approval for their schedule. All students are required to have a Program of Studies approved by their advisory committee by the completion of their first year of graduate studies. Students may obtain a Program of Studies from:
http://www.seas.virginia.edu/advising/allforms.php
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