D. program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science.
Microbial processes provide powerful tools for environmental restoration.
Although engineered bioremediation must be designed at a field scale, the processes responsible for biodegradation occur at a microscopic level. Mathematical models and associated research in computational science are essential tools to help bridge the scales to provide scientific understanding and engineering design tools. The structure allows students to have an interdisciplinary program with depth in major and minor fields. Students will have one course on teaching and possibly will take other courses to complete their background in biology, chemistry, mathematics and quantitative methods. The graduate fields listed next to the Professors' names below indicate all the fields in which each professor has been granted permission to supervise Ph.D. students.