Environmental Science And Engineering
Integrating science & engineering to achieve sustainable development and stewardship of the environment
The Environmental Science and Engineering Division (ESE) is a degree-granting academic program at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), a top-ranked public university located in Golden, Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountains. CSM is a world-class institution with a focus on engineering and applied science related to earth, energy, materials and environment. The current enrollment of 4,200 students includes those seeking B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
The ESE Program is nationally ranked for its character and quality. The programs of study are interdisciplinary in scope and designed to prepare students to investigate and analyze environmental systems as well as evaluate and design natural and engineered solutions to protect, preserve, and benefit from the earth's resources.
ESE faculty and staff are diverse in their backgrounds and expertise, spanning civil and environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, soil science, hydrology, ecology, microbiology, toxicology, and environmental law. Students in ESE also have varied backgrounds in the physical and life sciences and most engineering disciplines; they come to ESE from across the U.S. and abroad. ESE prides itself in the diversity within the Program and the strong interactions encompassing both intellectual and social aspects of the university educational experience.
NEWS
A note from the Mines Provost Dr Steve Castillo - I am very pleased to announce that effective May 17th, 2010, Prof. John McCray will commence his duties as the new Division Director of the Environmental Science and Engineering Division. John has an exemplary record of success in both the classroom and the research laboratory. He has also provided strong leadership of the Hydrologic Science and Engineering interdisciplinary degree program at Mines. Please join me in welcoming John to the leadership team at Mines. I also want to thank Prof. Bob Siegrist for the outstanding job he has done in leading the Environment Science and Engineering Division since 2001. His efforts have resulted in a vibrant division with strong teaching and research from outstanding faculty.
WRGP Program Expanded to include applicants from California in the Fall of 2010 -The Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) makes high-quality, distinctive graduate programs available to students of the West at the resident tuition rate. Through WRGP, residents of Alaska, Arizona, California (effective for fall 2010 enrollment) Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming are eligible to enroll in available programs outside of their home state at resident tuition rates. Students need not demonstrate financial need. The Environmental Science and Engineering graduate program at CSM is a WRGP approved program. More information
Bridge to the Doctorate Program – Colorado School of Mines has been awarded a $987,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit and support underrepresented minority students interested in pursuing doctorate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Funding for the “Bridge to the Doctorate” program will help Mines attract and support 12 talented students for two years in cutting-edge graduate research programs focused on STEM disciplines beginning fall semester 2010. “With shortages of science and engineering talent facing our nation, it is critical to draw from the many population groups that have not been well-represented to help ensure the future technological and economic leadership of the United States,” said Steve Castillo, Colorado School of Mines provost. The award is a supplement to the Colorado Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program, housed at Colorado State University, which promotes minority participation in STEM disciplines at the undergraduate level at a number of higher education institutions in Colorado. The principals for the proposal are Linda Figueroa and Junko Munakata Marr, both associate professors of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Jahi Simbai, director of graduate recruiting and admissions at Mines.
Nathan Hancock is the recipient of the prestigious AWWA 2010 Abel Wolman Doctoral Fellowship. The Abel Wolman Fellowship is designed to support promising doctoral students in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico pursuing advanced training and research in the field of water supply and treatment. To accomplish this objective, the doctoral fellowship provides up to two years of support and is awarded annually to the most outstanding student. The Abel Wolman Fellowship will be formally presented to Nathan at the Water Industry Luncheon, during the AWWA Annual Conference in Chicago on June 22nd, 2010.
Dr. Robert Siegrist has been invited to the Danish Technical University in May 2010 where he will serve as external examiner for a doctoral defense and also deliver the 10th Lecture in the L.A. Colding Lecture Series in Environmental Science and Technology. He will also travel to Norway where he will deliver a series of lectures at the University of Life Sciences as part of a summer course focused on Sustainable Sanitation - Decentralized, Natural and Ecological Wastewater Treatment.
Calendar Year 2009 was an exemplary year of activity and accomplishment for ESE as reflected by the following highlights:
Degrees awarded = 1 Ph.D., 33 M.S., 16 B.S.
Research expenditures = $4.1M
Proposals submitted = 58
Journal papers in print = 33
Abstracts associated with presentations = 116
Full conference papers published = 42
Invited talks across the U.S. and abroad = 50
Editorships held = 8