International evaluation of current and future requirements for environmental engineering education

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Morgenroth ◽  
G.T. Daigger ◽  
A. Ledin ◽  
J. Keller
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Fundamental Education ◽  
Environmental Requirements

The field of environmental engineering is developing as a result of changing environmental requirements. In response, environmental engineering education (E3) needs to ensure that it provides students with the necessary tools to address these challenges. In this paper the current status and future development of E3 is evaluated based on a questionnaire sent to universities and potential employers of E3 graduates. With increasing demands on environmental quality, the complexity of environmental engineering problems to be solved can be expected to increase. To find solutions environmental engineers will need to work in interdisciplinary teams. Based on the questionnaire there was a broad agreement that the best way to prepare students for these future challenges is to provide them with a fundamental education in basic sciences and related engineering fields. Many exciting developments in the environmental engineering profession will be located at the interface between engineering, science, and society. Aspects of all three areas need to be included in E3 and the student needs to be exposed to the tensions associated with linking the three.

Development of Environmental Engineering Education in Developing Countries

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 401-407
Author(s):  
Shamin Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Know How ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
And Training

Environmental engineering education should include appropriate curricula, courses and subject materials relevant to the needs of the society. Emphasis on environmental engineering should be laid at the undergraduate level, but to develop local capabilities both for the present and the future it is essential to develop post-graduate education and training for young engineers and a continuing education programme for senior engineers. Research work should be encouraged and financed so as to develop local expertise and know-how for solving environmental engineering problems. Students should be exposed to the concept of appropriate technologies, however simple these may appear. Many of the concepts developed in advanced countries in connection with environmental protection need modification before application. These may not be directly applicable to the conditions found in the region in which many of the developing countries are located. Necessary incentives, rewards, security of job and opportunities for professional development should be provided to attract engineers to the environmental engineering profession.

scholarly journals Environmental technology education in Portugal: analysis and perspectives

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Brito ◽  
L.F. Melo ◽  
F. Santana
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Environmental Technology

The scope of the present communication is the current status of environmental engineering in Portugal. The different approaches concerning the environmental engineering courses available at undergraduate levels as well as some post-graduation studies are described. Furthermore, an analysis based on strengths, weakness, opportunities and trend issues regarding the environmental engineering profession in Portugal is presented.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EIA IN GERMANY: OUR CHILD HAS GROWN UP

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 1250023 ◽  
Author(s):  
WOLFGANG WENDE ◽  
FRANK SCHOLLES ◽  
JOACHIM HARTLIK
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Area Of Application ◽  
The Eu

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been formally applied in Germany since 1990, and has over time developed a methodological and technical routine in environmental planning practice. It can now be considered an established instrument; nonetheless, substantial challenges to the further development of the EIA, and to even stronger implementation of environmental requirements in planning and decision-making practice in Germany, still exist. This paper reports briefly on the application and the main achievements of the EIA in Germany, and, in the second section, primarily provides a perspective for addressing remaining and new challenges involving this instrument. The paper also includes specific proposals for the further optimization of the EIA at the EU level, as well as for Germany. The current status and future challenges facing the EIA, which are described herein, range from screening and scoping through public participation and monitoring to the area of application.

Environmental engineering education at Ghent University, Flanders (Belgium)

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 117-124
Author(s):  
K. Demeestere ◽  
J. Dewulf ◽  
C. Janssen ◽  
H. Van Langenhove
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Environmental Technology ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Current Implementation ◽  
Main Components

Since the 1980s, environmental engineering education has been a rapidly growing discipline in many universities. This paper discusses the history, the current status and the near future of environmental engineering education at Ghent University. This university, with about 50% of the Flemish university environmental engineering students, can be considered as representative for the situation in Flanders, Belgium. In contrast to many other universities, environmental engineering education at Ghent University does not have its historical roots in civil engineering, but has been developed from the curricula organized by the former Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. As part of a reorganisation of the education and research activities at this faculty, a curriculum leading to the degree of “bio-engineer in environmental technology” was established in 1991. This curriculum covers a 5-year study and is constructed around 8 main components. Exchange of students with other European universities, e.g. within the Socrates framework, has become a prominent aspect of student life and education. This paper also briefly describes the employment opportunities of graduated bio-engineers in environmental technology. Finally, the current implementation of the bachelor's-master's structure, leading to a “master of science in environmental technology” degree is summarized.

EEE in changing times: new B/M study programs, increasing specialization and interdisciplinarity for fewer students

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 125-132
Author(s):  
T.G. Schmitt
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Changing Times

Scope and organisational aspects of environmental engineering education in Germany as part of civil engineering are described. The structure of conventional diploma courses is compared with study programs structured in bachelor and master's courses. The current discussion and first steps of reorganisation in Germany are outlined. Intensifying interdisciplinarity and internationalisation, limited resources and increasing specialisation of research work together with a decreasing number of students are identified as future challenges to be met by innovative study programs. Cooperation in education between EE programs and networking of universities - together with enhanced student mobility - seem to be promising and necessary to achieve high quality and efficient EE education.

Environmental engineering education in conjunction with or as Part of social sciences curricula

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.H. Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
The University ◽  
Engineering Programme ◽  
Environmental Infrastructure

Traditionally in Germany environmental engineering education took place within the context of a civil engineering programme. There were reasons for this: the beginning of much of what we understand today to be environmental works fell within the parameters of city engineering. There were and are advantages mostly in view of the necessary planning, construction and operation of environmental infrastructure. There are also disadvantages which become more and more pronounced as the field of environmental protection expands: the civil engineer frequently lacks basic training in disciplines such as biology and chemistry and carries a large and sometimes burdensome knowledge of other less relevant subjects. Thus, educators begin to look for alternatives. This paper deals with an alternative that was developed some ten years ago and therefore has proven viable and successful: at the University of Karlsruhe students may choose to major in environmental engineering within the context or on the basis of an economics and business administration curriculum. The basic question here is as to what extent the student masters the field of environmental engineering if he or she has predominantly a solid background in social sciences and very little in natural sciences. The paper will describe the curriculum in structure and intensity and evaluate the accumulated knowledge and suitability of these students in terms of actual environmental problems. This will be done in terms of examination performance parallel and/or relative to traditionally trained civil environmental engineers as well as in terms of topics successfully treated in Masters' theses. In conclusion, it is argued that such combination of curricula should not be confined to economic sciences and environmental engineering but also be planned for legal sciences and environmental engineering.

scholarly journals Crisis and Water Services: How a 2007 Public Health Emergency in Finland Helped Shape Its Response to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Tapio S. Katko ◽  
Jarmo J. Hukka
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Sound Management

This paper aims at shedding light on the significance of water epidemics and their potential positive impacts on improving preparedness in water and sanitation services. We explore the water epidemic of Nokia in 2007 and preparedness-related reactions since then. The corona case confirms the fundamental role of clean water for well-being in communities, the need for sound management of water services to proactively promote public health, as well as the need for expanding conventional water and environmental engineering education and research to offer more holistic views.

scholarly journals Technologies for Water Reuse: Current Status and Future Challenges

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 832
Author(s):  
Mauro Capocelli ◽  
Vincenzo Piemonte
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Future Challenges

Water is fundamental for the quality of both ecosystems and society, and plays a key role for energy and food production, a prerequisite for the sustainable development [...]

Nonisolated Electric Vehicle Chargers: Their Current Status and Future Challenges.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Jin Wang ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Mohamed Elshaer ◽  
William Perdikakis ◽  
Chengcheng Yao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Challenges
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