Department Head : Mark Widdowson
Graduate Program Director : William Knocke (Associate Department Head)
Emeriti Faculty:
Gregory Boardman;
William Cox;
David Kibler;
John Novak;
Clifford Randall;
Dusan Teodorovic
Professors:
Andrea Dietrich;
Marc Edwards;
Daniel Gallagher;
Stanley Grant (Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory);
Jennifer Irish;
William Knocke;
John Little;
Linsey Marr;
Amy Pruden-Bagchi;
Peter Vikesland;
Mark Widdowson
Associate Professors:
Erich Hester;
Nina Stark;
Kyle Strom
Assistant Professors:
Hosein Foroutan;
Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz;
Landon Marston;
Megan Rippy (Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory);
Zhiwu Wang (Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory)
University Distinguished Professor:
Marc Edwards
Research Associate Professors:
Adil Godrej (Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory)
Charles E. Via Jr. Professor:
John Little
Charles P. Lundsford Professor:
Linsey Marr
W. Thomas Rice Professor:
Amy Pruden-Bagchi
Nick Prillaman Professor:
Peter Vikesland
Assistant Professor of Practice:
Robert Scardina;
Claire White;
Kevin Young
Research Assistant Professors:
Siddharth Saksena
Environmental Sciences and Engineering Introduction
The Environmental Science and Engineering (ESEN) program is designed to prepare undergraduates with a science background to work with engineers in various fields including, water supply, wastewater management, public health, watershed management, stream protection, groundwater remediation and air resource management. Appropriate disciplines include, but are not limited to biology, chemistry, geology, agronomy, soil science and environmental science. A wide range of courses can be taken to fulfill the degree requirements, depending on the background and interests of the student.
The purpose of the core curricula is to develop an understanding of the applicable chemical, physical, biological, and mathematical modeling fundamentals and then teach students how to apply these principles, along with their previous scientific training, to the solution of environmental problems. Appropriate employment is with consulting firms, regulatory agencies, municipalities and industry.
The program administratively is under the direction of the Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (http://www.cee.vt.edu/) and the program direction is by a faculty committee from Departments in the College of Engineering, Agriculture and Science.
Special Requirements
The master's programs have no foreign language requirement.