Environmental Engineering - Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Chair: Lucio Soibelman, PhD

Director, Environmental Engineering: Amy Childress, PhD

Associate Director, Environmental Engineering: Massoud Pirbazari, PhD

Faculty

John and Dorothy Shea Early Career Chair in Civil Engineering: Ketan Savla, PhD

David M. Wilson Early Career Chair: George Ban-Weiss, PhD

Dr. Teh Fu Yen Early Career Chair: Kelly T. Sanders, PhD

Fred Champion Estate Chair in Engineering: Lucio Soibelman, PhD

Gordon S. Marshall Professor of Engineering Technology: Roger Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)

Dean’s Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Burcin Becerik-Gerber, DDes

Professors: Burcin Becerik-Gerber, DDes; Amy Childress, PhD; Roger Ghanem, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Erik A. Johnson, PhD; Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Jiin-Jen Lee, PhD, PE*; Vincent W. Lee, PhD; Patrick Lynett, PhD; Sami F. Masri, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Najmedin Meshkati, PhD, CPE (Industrial and Systems Engineering); Massoud Pirbazari, PhD; Constantinos Sioutas, ScD; Lucio Soibelman, PhD; Costas Synolakis, PhD; Mihailo Trifunac, PhD; L. Carter Wellford, PhD

Associate Professors: Felipe de Barros, PhD; Bora Gencturk, PhD; Ketan Savla, PhD

Assistant Professors: George Ban-Weiss, PhD; Daniel McCurry, PhD; Kelly Sanders, PhD

Professors of Engineering Practice: Gregg E. Brandow Jr., PhD, PE; Geraldine Knatz, PhD (Public Policy); Henry M. Koffman, PE

Associate Professors of Engineering Practice: David J. Gerber, DDes (Architecture); Amy Rechenmacher, PhD

Joint Appointments: Genevieve Giuliano, PhD (Public Policy); James Moffett, PhD (Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences); James Moore, PhD (Industrial and Systems Engineering, Public Policy); Firdaus E. Udwadia, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); John P. Wilson, PhD (Sociology)

Research Associate Professor: Michael Orosz (Information Sciences Institute)

Adjunct Associate Professors: Hanh Dam Le-Griffin, PhD; Navid Nastar, PhD, PE, SE, F.ASCE; Abdel S Niazy, PhD, PE; Shahed Rowshan, PhD, PE; Eric Shen, PE

Adjunct Research Professors: Maria I. Todorovska, PhD; Yan Xiao, PhD, PE

Adjunct Research Assistant Professors: Jose C. Borrero, PhD; John Caffrey, PhD; Mazen Wahbeh, PhD

Emeritus Professors: George V. Chilingar, PhD; Joseph S. Devinny, PhD; Ronald C. Henry, PhD; Geoffrey Martin, PhD

Degree Requirements

Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives

Fulfilling the vision of the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Viterbi School of Engineering and the University of Southern California, our graduates from the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering program or the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering program will:

Be successful in their professional careers, become leaders in industry, academia, government or service, while adapting their technical, collaborative and managerial skills for the benefit of society’s built and natural environments.
Support the advancement of the practice of science and engineering, while maintaining professional standards and moral and legal obligations to society, while being active in professional organizations and obtaining professional licensure when appropriate.
Be prepared to pursue graduate studies in engineering or other disciplines, while continuously broadening their abilities and enhancing their technical skills to maintain their relevance with technological change.

Undergraduate Program Criteria

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering prepares graduates to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based physics, chemistry and at least one additional area of basic science, consistent with the program educational objectives; apply knowledge of four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering; conduct civil engineering experiments and analyze and interpret the resulting data; and design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context. The program also explains basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership; and explains the importance of professional licensure.

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering prepares graduates to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus-based physics, chemistry (including stoichiometry, equilibrium and kinetics), an earth science, a biological science and fluid mechanics. The curriculum prepares graduates to formulate material and energy balances, and analyze the fate and transport of substances in and between air, water, and soil phases; conduct laboratory experiments, and analyze and interpret the resulting data in more than one major environmental engineering focus area, e.g., air, water, land, environmental health; design environmental engineering systems that include considerations of risk, uncertainty, sustainability, life-cycle principles and environmental impacts; and apply advanced principles and practice relevant to the program objectives. The curriculum prepares graduates to understand concepts of professional practice, project management, and the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and private organizations pertaining to environmental policy and regulations.

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Emphasis in Environmental Engineering

See Civil Engineering .

Engineer in Environmental Engineering

Requirements for the Engineer in Environmental Engineering are the same as set forth in the general requirements. See General Requirements for the Engineer Degree.