From: chaas@coe.drexel.edu (Chuck Haas)
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Subject: Graduate Study in Environmental Science and Engineering-Drexel U.
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Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees in Environmental
Science and Environmental Engineering

Overview
This document is a general description of the graduate programs offered
by the Drexel University Environmental Studies Institute (ESI).  It is
intended act as an introduction to these programs for prospective
applicants students of the Graduate Programs in Environmental Engineering
and in Environmental Science.

Programs In the Environmental Studies Institute
The M.S. degree may be completed on either a full time or a part time
basis.  Full time students can complete the M.S. program in 5 - 6
quarters (15 - 18 months).   Part time students require 3 - 5 years,
depending upon the number of courses taken per term.  The thesis for the
M.S.degree is optional; 45 credits are required for completion of the
M.S. with thesis or 48 credits for the completion of the M.S. without
thesis.

M.S. in Environmental Engineering
Programs are available with specializations in Air Pollution, Hazardous
and Solid Waste, Water Resources, and Water and Wastewater Treatment. 
Entry into these M.S.E.E. programs requires an undergraduate engineering
degree from an ABET approved institution.  If the student does not have
an ABET accredited undergraduate degree in engineering, he/she may take
additional courses to develop the functional equivalent of such a degree.
 The courses which must be taken (with the equivalent Drexel course
number) are Computer Programming, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra,
Engineering Mechanics, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Fluid
Mechanics, and Thermodynamics, Engineering Economics, and Electrical
Circuits or Electronics.  For specific areas of concentration additional
undergraduate preparation in the following courses may be desireable:
Engineering Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrology, and Transport
Phenomena.

M.S. in Environmental Science
Programs are available with specializations in Air Pollution,
Environmental Assessment, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental
Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, Hazardous and Solid Waste, Water
Resources, and Water and Wastewater Treatment. 

Ph.D.
A Ph.D. can be pursued in the fields of : Air Pollution, Environmental
Assessment, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Chemistry,
Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Microbiology, Hazardous and Solid
Waste, Water Resources, and Water and Wastewater Treatment.  Achievement
of the Ph.D. centers around the completion of a major research project
and publication of the results of this research.  There is a University
90 credit requirement for the Ph.D. degree.  When a post-M.S. student is
admitted, the University accepts 45 credits from the M.S. degree towards
the Ph.D. requirement.  The precise balance of coursework and research
credits will be determined by the studentns research advisor and graduate
committee.  In addition to accruing 90 credits, the Ph.D. student must
assemble (with their research advisor) a thesis advisory committee (or
different committees for each of the different examinations), pass a
qualifying examination, pass a candidacy examination, and defend their
dissertation.  The University has a one-year residency requirement.


Admissions
While Drexel University does not provide a formal program of admissions
counseling for graduate study prospective applicants, the Graduate
Admissions Office will answer all questions about the mechanics of the
admissions process.  Answers to more specific questions about the
graduate Environmental Engineering or Environmental Science programs
should be addressed to the ESI Director, Associate Director or individual
ESI members.

Admissions Requirements
Admission applications are accepted for enrollment at the start of any of
Drexel's four terms (these begin in September [fall quarter], January
[winter quarter], March [spring quarter], and June [summer quarter]. 
Transcripts and letters of recommendation are required.  Persons
interested in applying for assistantships must submit their applications
by the preceding February 1, for the following fall term.  More
information regarding application procedures and deadlines is available
from the Office of Graduate Admissions.

The minimum requirements for admission to the M.S. programs are an
undergraduate degree in either engineering or science with a grade point
average (GPA) of 3.0 (A = 4 scale).  Admission to the doctoral program is
based on a minimum grade point average of 3.5 in graduate courses. 
Prerequisites for admission are: (1) at least a year of calculus, (2) at
least a year of chemistry, (3) a course in physics, and (4) a course in
environmental engineering or environmental science (or equivalent), (5)
computer literacy.  (Courses taken at Drexel University to remedy
undergraduate deficiencies do not count toward the graduate degree.)  For
students entering with undergraduate degrees from outside the United
States, a current TOEFL score of at least 550 is required.  Because space
in the program is limited, applicants who meet these minimum
qualifications are not guaranteed admission into the program.  

Students with a GPA between 2.75 and 3.0 may be considered for admission
on a provisional basis upon presentation of additional evidence of
capability (i.e., strong letters of recommendation, high score on the
Graduate Record Examination [GRE], professional work experience and
accomplishments.  Provisional students who maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0
after passing ESIns required core courses are eligible for full
acceptance into the program.  The GRE is not required but it may be used
as additional supporting evidence as stated above.

Applicants may be admitted to Drexel, but not to the Graduate Program in
Environmental Engineering and Science, as non-matriculated students for
the purpose of taking a limited number of courses (four or less). 
Admission as a non-matriculating student is not advised as a method of
avoiding the normal ESI admissions review, for there is no guarantee of
regular admissions upon completion of these courses.  If courses taken as
a non-matriculating student may not be accepted for credit towards the
degree if they are not germane to the studentns eventual specialization
area choice.

An area of specialization within ESI (see below for a list of these
areas) should be indicated on the application form.  This information is
used for the assignment of a supervising advisor within ESI.  

When successful applicants are notified of acceptance by the Drexel
University Graduate Admissions Office, the student will advised to
contact the institute graduate advisor, who is generally the ESI
Associate Director.  The Associate Director will then suggest the names
of ESI faculty with expertise in the studentns area of specialization to
act as a supervising advisor.  It is the studentns responsibility to
contact this faculty member.  The supervising advisor will aid the
student in selection of appropriate courses for completion of their
degree program.  If the student is working on an M.S. with Thesis or
Ph.D., the research supervisor will act as the supervising advisor.

Cost of Study (1992-93)
Tuition for both the master's and Ph.D. programs is $422 per credit hour
for the 1992 93 academic year.  There is also a student activity fee of
$91 per term for full-time students and $49 per term for part-time
students.  Ph.D. candidates are charged the same rate for credit hours
taken in course work, research or thesis preparation.

Financial Aid
Financial aid in the form of assistantships is available to promising
students. Assistantships are generally not awarded to students during
their first year without prior U.S. degrees, nor to part time graduate
students.  Two types of assistantships exist: Teaching Assistantships
(TA) and Research Assistantships (RA).  ESI administers TAns for use in
support of graduate students aiding a faculty member to teach a course;
RAns use funds from  faculty research grants and contracts and,
therefore, are administered by individual faculty for use in aiding their
research efforts.  Information on general need-based loan programs can be
secured from the Financial Aid Office.

Living Costs
For a full calendar year, excluding tuition, living expenses for a
graduate student at Drexel is estimated at approximately $12,000
(1992-93).  The university does not provide on-campus housing for
graduate students but information on off-campus housing is available from
the Residential Living Office.

Course Requirements for the M.S. Degree
The course requirements for the M.S. degree consist of two sets of
courses.  The first are three required core courses which form the basis
for further specialization within the Institute.  These are as follows:

ENVR 501 - Environmental Chemistry
ENVR 506 - Biostatistics
ENVR 511 - Evolutionary Ecology (for Industrial Hygiene students only,
substitute ENVR 521 - Environmental Health)

The second set of courses are those required for each of the areas of
specialization.  These, along with the core courses, define 30-39 credits
of the program of study.  Deviations from these requirements are rarely
approved; however with the concurrence of the studentns advisor and the
Director or Associate Director of ESI, deviations may be permitted.  

Thesis/Non-thesis Options
An ESI student may exercise either a thesis or non-thesis option. 
Students who receive finanacial support must elect the thesis option,
unless approval is granted by their advisor or the ESI Director.  The
overall distinction between the degrees is as follows:

Students who elect to do research and produce a thesis (for 6-9 credits)
will, with the concurrence of their research supervisor, select up to 9
additional credits (depending upon program option) of elective courses
with the advise of their research advisor for a total requirement of 45
credits.  

Students who elect a non-thesis option must select additional course work
beyond the core and required courses, for a total of 48 credits.  Of
these electives, at least 9 credits must form a coherent sequence in a
minor, preferably in a department other than ESI. For example, Civil
Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bioscience and Biotechnology, and
Chemistry would be acceptable.  The specific elective sequences must be
agreed to by the studentns supervising advisor.

Ph.D. Degree
The Ph.D. degree requires a total of 90 credits beyond the baccaulaureate
degree.  In most cases the Ph.D. is preceeded by the achievement of an
M.S. degree (with thesis) and the credits earned with this degree may
apply towards the 90 credit total.  A major component of the Ph.D. degree
program is a research project developed in conjuntion with a faculty
member of ESI.  Other requirements, such as required examinations, are
detailed in other University and ESI documents.  Admission to Drexel
University as a post-M.S. student does not guarantee acceptance into a
research project with an ESI faculty member.  

Areas of Specialization
A student must complete the courses in one of the following specialized
areas unless a special program has been approved and is on file with the
Associate Director of ESI.  Special programs require approval of a
faculty Supervising Advisor and the ESI Associate Director.  The written
rationale for the special program, with reasons for any substitutions for
the required courses within an Area of Specialization, must be submitted
by the student and Supervising Advisor before the Plan of Study will be
approved by the Associate Director.  The faculty which act as Supervising
Advisors for each area are indicated in parentheses.  These faculty
should be contacted in order to develop and submit a Plan of Study for
approval.

Air Pollution (Friend, Cernansky, Grossmann, Kreitzberg)
ENVR 541	Air Pollution Meteorology
ENVR 605	Atmospheric Chemistry
ENVR 608	Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
ENVR 641	Community Air Pollution I
ENVR 642	Design of Air and Gas Cleaning Equipment and Systems
ENVR 741	Toxic and Hazardous Air Pollutants
ENVR 742	Small Particle Technology

Environmental Assessment (Friend, Kilham, Spotila)
	ENVR 516	Sanitary Microbiology
	ENVR 541	Air Pollution Meteorology
	ENVR 608	Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
	ENVR 611	Aquatic Ecology
	ENVR 616	Environmental Microbiology
	ENVR 711	Aquatic Toxicology
	ENVR 726	Environmental Assessment
	ENVR 727	Risk Assessment

Environmental Biotechnology (Gealt)
	BIO 500	Biochemistry I
	BIO 501	Biochemistry I Laboratory
	BIO 530	Techniques in Microbial Genetics
	BIO 610	Biochemistry II
	ENVR 516	Sanitary Microbiology
	ENVR 608	Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
	ENVR 616	Environmental Microbiology
	ENVR 726	Environmental Assessment
	ENVR 865	Bioremediation

Environmental Chemistry (Friend, Gurol, Haas)
	ENVR 601	Advanced Environmental Chemistry
	ENVR 602	Water Quality Control Laboratory
	ENVR 605	Atmospheric Chemistry
	ENVR 608	Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
	ENVR 611	Aquatic Ecology
	ENVR 660	Chemical Kinetics, Mass Transfer and Reactor Design in
Environmental Engineering
	ENVR 661	Unit Operations a Chemical and Physical
	ENVR 702	Advanced Environmental Instrumentation

Industrial Hygiene (Levin, Grossmann, Tulp)
	ENVR 522	Environmental Health Law
	ENVR 531	Industrial Hygiene I
	ENVR 532	Industrial Hygiene II
	ENVR 535	Industrial Safety
	ENVR 621	Epidemiology
	ENVR 636	Toxicology and Human Physiology
	ENVR 727	Risk Assessment
	ENVR 736	Toxicology

Hazardous and Solid Wastes (Pipes, Gurol, Haas)
	ENVR 603	Hazardous Waste Analysis Laboratory
	ENVR 608	Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
	ENVR 636	Toxicology and Human Physiology
	ENVR 661	Unit Operations a Chemical and Physical
	ENVR 727	Risk Assessment
	ENVR 741	Toxic and Hazardous Air Pollutants
	ENVR 865	Biological Hazardous Waste Treatment
	ENVR 865	Hazardous Waste and Groundwater Treatment
	ENVR 865	Leachate and Landfill Design

Water Resources (Baehr, Welty)
	CIVE 561	Introduction to Hydrology
	CIVE 760	Water Resources Planning and Devleopment I
	CIVE 761	Water Resources Planning and Development II
	EGEOL 701	Hydrology a Groundwater
	EGEOL 750	Hydrology a Stream Flow
	ENVR 751	Stream Analysis and Pollution Control

Water and Wastewater Treatment (Haas, Pipes, Gurol, Gealt)
	ENVR 516	Sanitary Microbiology
	ENVR 602	Water Quality Control Laboratory
	ENVR 608	Fate of Pollutants in the Air and Water Environment
	ENVR 611	Aquatic Ecology
	ENVR 660	Chemical Kinetics, Mass Transfer and Reactor Design in
Environmental Engineering
	ENVR 661	Unit Operations a Chemical and Physical
	ENVR 662	Unit Operations a Biological
	ENVR 711	Aquatic Toxicology
	ENVR 751	Stream Analysis and Pollution Control

FACULTY

Cernansky, Nicholas P.Interim Director; Hess Chair Professor of
Combustion (Ph.D., Univ. California, Berkeley)	Abbotts 301
Main 151-B	Mechanical Engineering	Combustion processes and air pollution

Doheny, Edward L.Director, Engineering Geology Program and Professor of
Civil Engineering (Ph.D. Indiana Univ.)	Main 270-A	Civil Engineering
Engineering geology

Friend, James P.Robert S. Hanson Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
(Ph.D., Columbia Univ.)	Stratton 410
	Chemistry	Atmospheric chemistry
Gealt, Michael A.Associate Director, Professor of Bioscience and
Biotechnology (Ph.D., Rutgers Univ.)	Stratton 218
Abbotts 310	Bioscience and Biotechnology	Microbial Ecology; Biodegradation

Grossmann, Elihu D.Professor of Chemical Engineering (Ph.D. Univ.
Pennsylvania)	CAT 480	Chemical Engineering	Industrial safety

Gurol, Mirat D.Professor of Chemical Engineering (Ph.D., Univ. North
Carolina, Chapel Hill)	Abbotts 306	Chemical Engineering	Hazardous waste,
water and wastewater treatment; Chemical oxidation
Haas, Charles N.
L.D. Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering (Ph.D., Univ. of
Illinois, Urbana/Champaign)	Abbotts 312	Civil Engineering	Water,
wastewater and hazardous waste treatment; Disinfection; Risk assessment;
Statistics
Hamel, Bernard B.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D., Princeton)	CAT 27A	Mechanical
Engineering	Solid waste management
Handel, A. Philip
Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Science (Ph.D., Univ. of
Massachusetts)	Nesbitt 605	Nutrition and Food Science	Food science,
especially lipid chemistry.  Food composition and functionality. 
Evaluation and analysis of frying fats and fried foods
Kay, Jack G.
Professor of Chemistry (Ph.D., Univ. of Kansas)	Disque 416A	Chemistry
Chemical effects of nuclear transformation; radon and radon daughters in
the atmosphere
Kilham, Susan
Associate Professor of Bioscience and Biotechnology (Ph.D., Duke Univ.)
Stratton 235	Bioscience and Biotechnology	Algal ecology; Limnology
Koerner, Robert M.
Bowman Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Duke Univ.)	Geosynthetic
Textile Institute	Civil Engineering	Geotextiles; Landfill liner
characteristics
Kreitzberg, CarlProfessor of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences (Ph.D.,
Univ. Washington)	Disque 909	Physics and Atmospheric Science
	Air pollution meterology; Atmospheric sciences
Laessig, Robert E.
Associate Dean and Professor of Business and Administration (Ph.D.,
Cornell Univ.)	Matheson 106		Cost benefit analysis; Mathematical
statistics
Levin, Lester
Director, Industrail Hygiene and Environmental Health Program, Professor
of Industrial Hygiene (M.S., Harvard Univ.)	CAT 485
	Chemical Engineering	Industrial hygiene, Occupational health

Meyer, Steve
Lecturer and Assistant Department Head, Chemical Engineering
(M.S. Clemson Univ.)	CAT 3xx	Chemical Engineering	Simulation and process
modeling
Martin, Joseph P.
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Colorado State Univ.)
	Main 270H	Civil Engineering	Geotechnical aspects of environmental
engineering; Hazardous waste solidification; Land disposal of wastes
Miller, David L.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D., Louisiana State
Univ.)	Main 170E	Mechanical Engineering	Combustion and incineration
Pipes, Wesley O.
Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Northwestern Univ.)	Abbotts 302
Civil Engineering	Biological treatment processes; Environmental
microbiology
Sagik, Bernard P.
Obold Professor of Biological Sciences (Ph.D., Univ. Illinois,
Urbana/Champaign)	Stratton 227	Bioscience and Biotechnology
	Environmental virology
Spotila, James R.
L. D. Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science (Ph.D., Univ. Dayton)
	Stratton 238	Bioscience and Biotechnology
	Thermal ecology; Applied and physiological ecology
Tulp, Orien L.
Professor of Nutrition and Food Science (Ph.D., Univ. of Vermont)	Nesbitt
606	Nutrition and Food Science
	Toxicology; Nutrition
Weggel, Richard
Professor (Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign	Main 270N	Civil
Engineering
	Ocean and coastal engineering;.Surface water hydrology
Welty, Claire
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (Ph.D., Massachusetts Inst.
Technology)	Abbotts 304	Civil Engineering
	Groundwater hydrology and contaminant transport and control; Water
resources; Systems analysis
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