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Major: Environmental Engineering Description of Major: Engineers are problem-solving people who invent new products and make things work better, more efficiently, quicker and less expensively. Engineers have a variety of career possibilities from which to choose and may specialize in research, consulting, planning, design, manufacturing, construction, management, teaching, writing, or sales. Engineering graduates have excellent prospects for finding employment in private industry, government, military service, or academia. Engineers receive rigorous training in the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering disciplines.. While pursuing their undergraduate degrees, students also have opportunities to participate in undergraduate research with the faculty or to gain work. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers its undergraduates the option of earning the degree of Bachelor of Environmental Engineering.. Environmental engineers work to protect the environment from the urban and industrial waste products of our civilization. They are trained to understand the chemical, physical, and biological processes underlying pollutant transport and control so that they can improve and maintain the quality of the earth's atmosphere, land areas, and water resources. (http://www.udel.edu/CSC/ce.html) Related Career Titles: Structural Engineer Local, State and Federal Government Related Links: American Academy of Environmental Engineers American Association of Engineering Societies American Society of Civil Engineering National Society of Black Engineers Society of Women Engineers |
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