Environmental engineering concerns the proper management of the environment, including remediation of existing environmental contaminants, prevention of future contamination and sustainable management of environmental resources.

Lehigh's graduate program in this field has research areas in environmental biotechnology, including source tracking of waterborne pathogens, fate and transport of microorganisms through surface and groundwater systems, and bioremediation of environmental contaminants; environmental nanotechnology, including development of engineered nano-scale particles to remediate recalcitrant contaminants in the environment and understanding impacts of nano-materials on environmental processes; environmental separation processes, including development of novel membranes and exchange resins for selectively removing contaminants from water; and technologies for monitoring and remediation of contaminated sites, such as sensor technologies for monitoring environmental contaminants in real-time.  Research may be strengthened by choosing elective courses in hydraulics, biology, chemistry, computer-aided design, chemical engineering, mathematics and process control.

Faculty
Derick G. Brown
Kristen Jellison
Gerard Lennon
Sibel Pamukcu
Arup Sengupta
Robert Sorensen
Tae Sup Yun
Richard Weisman
Weixian Zhang 

Contacts
Ms. Prisca Vidanage
Graduate Coordinator
Fritz Laboratory
13 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: (610) 758-3530
Email: pmv1@lehigh.edu

Admission
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