From: chaas@coe.drexel.edu (Chuck Haas)
Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Environmental Engineering and Science, Drexel University
Date: 29 Sep 92 13:31:42 GMT
Organization: Drexel University
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Drexel University offers graduate programs in environmental
engineering and science leading to the degrees of M.S. in Environmental
Engineering, M.S. in Environmental Science, Ph.D. in Environmental
Engineering, Ph.D. in Environmental Science, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in
Civil Engineering (with an area of concentration in environmental
engineering).  Areas of concentration for students in the environmental
science and engineering curricula include: air resources, water
resources, water and wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management,
solid waste management, environmental chemistry, applied ecology,
environment assessment, and occupational and industrial hygiene.

It is possible to complete the M.S. degree on 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 M.S. thesis is optional, with
a thesis degree requiring 45 credits, and a non-thesis degree requiring
48 credits.

For admission to the M.S. program in environmental engineering or civil
engineering, the equivalent of an ABET accredited undergraduate
engineering degree is required.  For the M.S. in environmental science,
students must have an undergraduate degree in the physical or life
sciences, or in engineering, or must be prepared to make up deficiencies
at the commencement of graduate studies.  Students entering any of the
graduate programs are expected to have had at least one academic year of
calculus and may be required to have differential equations depending
upon the program option chosen, at least one year of college chemistry,
one year of physics, and an undergraduate course in computer programming.
 For students entering with undergraduate degrees from outside the United
States, a TOEFL score of at least 550 is required.

Financial aid in the form of assistantships is available to promising
students. Financial aid is not generally awarded to students without
prior U.S. degrees during their first year, nor to part time graduate
students.


RESEARCH FACILITIES

	The Environmental Studies Institute maintains its own research
facilities, including over 22,000 square feet of laboratory space.  Among
the equipment available for student use are two atomic absorption
spectrophotometers with graphite furnace and autosampler; a UV-visible
spectrophotometer; an ion analyzer with autoburette and automatic
titrator; gas chromatographs; liquid chromatographs with UV,
fluorescence, and radiolable detectors; a liquid-scintillation counter; a
total organic carbon analyzer with sludge/sediment sampler; high-speed
centrifuges; an ion chromatograph; ozone generators; and a UV
photochemical reactor.  Additional research facilities are available in
the Departments of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Chemistry, Physics &
Atmospheric Sciences, Civil & Architectural Engineering, Mechanics &
Mechanical Engineering and the Geotextiles Research Institute.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

?	Regular admission to the Graduate School requires a 3.0 grade point
average for the last two years of undergraduate course work.  Applicants
with a GPA no lower than 2.75 may gain provisional admission 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.)  The GRE is not
required but it may be used as additional supporting evidence as stated
above.	

?	Applicants who are not degree candidates may be admitted on a
non-matriculated basis but the requirements for such admission are the
same as for regular admission.

?	The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is required if the
applicant's native language is not English.  A minimum score of 550 must
be achieved to enter either the Master or Doctorate programs.

?	Admission to the doctoral program is based on a minimum grade point
average of 3.5 in graduate courses.

FACULTY 

Core Environmental Science and Engineering Faculty

Nicholas P. Cernansky
Director; Hess Chair Professor of Combustion, Ph.D.,  University of
California (Berkeley)
Combustion processes, air pollution 

Mirat D. Gurol
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. University of North Carolina
(Chapel Hill)
Physical and chemical treatment processes,  chemical oxidation, hazardous
waste treatment

Michael A. Gealt
Associate Director;  Professor of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
Environmental microbiology, genetically altered organisms in
environmental systems 

Charles N. Haas
L.D. Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering, 
Ph.D. University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Water, wastewater and hazardous waste treatment, disinfection, risk
assessment, statistics

Lester Levin
Director, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Program,  Professor
of Industrial Hygiene, M.S. Harvard University
Industrial hygiene and environmental health


Wesley O. Pipes
Professor of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. Northwestern University
Biological treatment processes, environmental microbiology, potable water
quality

I. H. (Mel) Suffet
P. Walton Purdom Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Ph.D. Rutgers
University
Environmental organic and analytical chemistry,  water quality, taste and
odor compounds

Claire Welty
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering,  Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Groundwater hydrology and contaminant transport and control, water
resources, systems analysis



UNIVERSITY AND LOCATION

Drexel University is a private, nonsectarian university founded in 1891. 
It is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, which also
houses the University of Pennsylvania and a number of hospitals and
medical schools.  Drexel has 11,000 students, including approximately
3000 graduate students.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Charles N. Haas
Betz Chair Professor, Environmental Engineering
Drexel University, Philadelphia PA 19104
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