The mission of the ERE program is to prepare engineers to solve complex environmental resources problems. The program strives to educate leaders who will sustain, restore and protect our natural resources and the environment.
Program Educational Objectives
The ERE program has six objectives. Program objectives describe what an ERE graduate should be able to do in the years following graduation from the ERE program.
- ERE graduates will effectively apply engineering analysis and design to solve environmental resource problems and to restore and sustain the global environment.
- ERE graduates will practice engineering according to the highest professional standards, demonstrating respect for social, ethical, cultural, environmental, economic, and regulatory concerns.
- ERE graduates will work successfully on interdisciplinary teams.
- ERE graduates will communicate effectively in written, spoken, and visual formats with technical, professional, and broader communities.
- ERE graduates will pursue life long learning opportunities including continued education, challenging professional experiences and active participation in professional organizations.
- ERE graduates will be prepared to pursue professional licensure.
Program Educational Outcomes
The ERE program has twelve outcomes. Program outcomes describe what an ERE graduating senior should be able to do upon graduation. Program outcomes foster attainment of the program educational objectives.
- ERE graduates will be able to apply the tools and concepts of mathematics, basic sciences, and engineering science in engineering practice.
- ERE graduates will be prepared and understand the need to continue their life-long education in mathematics, basic sciences, and engineering science, design, and practice.
- ERE graduates will have developed an understanding and an appreciation for contemporary issues and the historical, social and political context of the environmental resources problems that will engage them in their careers
- ERE graduates will be able to effectively and professionally communicate ideas and technical information to the public and to fellow and other professionals in written and oral reports.
- ERE graduates have the ability to design systems, components, processes and procedures to meet specified objectives, with an emphasis on designs for managing environmental resources.
- ERE graduates will have the opportunity to test their talents and expand their understanding and appreciation for literature, the visual and performing arts, history and foreign languages in and of themselves and how they relate to being effective as an engineer.
- ERE graduates will be able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams and, when necessary, to proactively resolve problems with team dynamics.
- ERE graduates will be prepared for graduate school based upon their experience with independent research, technical writing, statistical analysis, and computational methods.
- ERE graduates will be prepared to assume a leadership role in the profession based upon their engineering science and design experience with traditional and nontraditional solutions to environmental problems.
- ERE graduates will have a professional attitude and ethical responsibility to their client and their community in terms of the legal, economic, technical, and the environmental aspects of their role.
- ERE graduates will be literate in the range of laboratory, field and computational tools that are in common use in environmental engineering practice.
- ERE graduates will have the ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.