Graduate Faculty
701-231-7244
Achintya N. Bezbaruah, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), 2002
Research Interests:
Environmental sensors, Recalcitrant and micro pollutants, Contaminant fate and transport, Small community water and wastewater treatment, Environmental management
Eakalak Khan, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1997
Research Interests:
Water and Wastewater Quality, Water and Wastewater Treatment, and Storm Water and Non-point Source Pollution
Wei Lin, Ph.D.
SUNY at Buffalo, 1992
Research Interests:
Water and Wastewater Treatment, Hazardous Waste Management
G. Padmanabhan, Ph.D.
Purdue University, 1980
Research Interests:
Stochastic Hydrology, Water Resource Systems, and Hydrologic Modeling
Robert Zimmerman, Ph.D. (adjunct)
North Dakota State University, 1991
Research Interests: Water and Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste
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Program Description
The Department of Civil Engineering offers a graduate program leading to a Master of
Science degree in environmental engineering. The M.S. degree in
environmental engineering is offered through a program designed
to advance the technical knowledge, competence, and interdisciplinary
understanding of the students and to prepare them for entering
or advancing within the environmental engineering profession.
The graduate curriculum in environmental engineering offers courses
designed to prepare the student with engineering fundamentals
as applied to the environment. To complement the major area of
study, additional courses are often selected from other disciplines.
Students without a B.S. degree in civil engineering will take
remedial undergraduate courses to gain an appropriate background
in civil engineering.
Admissions Requirements
To be admitted to the graduate Master
of Science program in environmental engineering, the applicant
must
- Hold a baccalaureate degree from
an educational institution of recognized standing.
- Have adequate preparation in engineering
or a basic science area, and show potential to undertake advanced
study and research as evidenced by academic performance and
experience.
- At the baccalaureate level, have
earned a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0
or equivalent.
Preferably, applications should be
submitted directly to the Graduate School before January 5th for
fall semester and May 20th for spring semester..
Official transcripts of all previous undergraduate and graduate
records must be received by the Graduate School before the application
is complete. When a transcript is submitted in advance of completion
of undergraduate or graduate studies, an updated transcript showing
all course credits and grades must be provided prior to initial
registration at North Dakota State University.
Three letters of recommendation are required before action is
taken on any application. Personal reference report forms are
available from the Graduate School.
The TOEFL scores are required
of international applicants. A minimum TOEFL score of 525 (paper
test) or 193 (computer test) is required for admission.
Financial Assistance
Research and/or teaching assistantships
may be available. Applicants are considered on the basis of scholarship,
potential to undertake advanced study and research, and financial
need. To be considered for an assistantship, a completed Graduate
School application, official transcripts, and three letters of
reference (and TOEFL results for international applicants)
must be submitted to The Graduate School. Additional eligibility requirements for teaching assistantships can be found on the Graduate School website.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science degree thesis a scholarly
document prepared by the student which is based on research performed.
The research topic is chosen by the student in consultation with
his or her adviser. The student and adviser together prepare a
plan of study to meet the needs of the individual student. The
program contains a minimum of 30 credits of graduate-level material,
of which the thesis can count 6 to 10 credits. An overall GPA
of 3.0 or better must be maintained. An oral defense of the research-based
thesis and comprehensive academic subject matter is required.
A student entering the environmental engineering Master of Science
degree program without an undergraduate engineering degree will
be required to satisfy the undergraduate requirements for mathematics,
basic science, and engineering sciences in addition to the Master
of Science requirements.
Courses Offered
- 610 Water and Wastewater Engineering
3
- Water quality principles included in
treatment, disposal, reuse, and recycling of municipal water
supplies and waste waters. Theories and design procedures of
water and wastewater treatment unit processes. 3 one-hour lectures.
Prereq: CE 309, 370, 371.
621 Open Channel Flow 3- Geometric and hydraulic properties of
open channels, and momentum and energy principles; design of
channels for uniform flow, gradually varied and rapidly varied
flow. 3 one-hour lectures. Prereq. CE 309
671 Water and Wastewater Laboratory 2- Emphasis on recent developments in and
standard methods of water and wastewater analysis. Studies of
efficiency, operation, and evaluation of water and wastewater
treatment. 1 one-hour lecture and 2 three-hour laboratory. Prereq.
CE 370, 408.
672 Solid Waste Management 3- Basic study of solid waste materials,
current collection methods, available disposal techniques, recycling
and resource conservation, and economics of solid waste collection
and disposal. 3 one-hour lectures. Prereq. CE 370, 408.
673 Air Pollution 3- Fundamentals of air pollution and its
control technology. Types and sources of air pollutants; meteorology;
effects on plants, animals, people, and property. Design of
control equipment. 3 one-hour lectures and 1 three-hour laboratory.
Prereq. CE 370.
677 Applied Hydrology 3- Scope of hydrology, probabilistic concepts
in water resources, regional frequency analysis, application
of risk concepts to hydrologic design, hydrologic data generation
for ungauged watersheds, hydrologic modeling. 3 one-hour lectures.
Prereq. CE 408.
678 Water Quality Management 3- Physical, chemical, biological, hydrological
characteristics and hydrodynamic elements of receiving waters.
Characterizations, measurement, and modeling methods of rivers/streams,
lakes/reservoirs, wetlands, and groundwater systems. 3 one-hour
lectures. Prereq. CE 370, 371, 408.
679 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment 3- Principles of treatment, application,
and disposal of water and wastewater sludge; theory and design
of biological and physico-chemical unit processes for advanced
water and wastewater treatment. 2 one-and-a-half hour lectures.
Prereq: CE 370, 371, 410.
- 686 Fundamentals of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials 3
- Principles of nanotechnology and nanomaterials, tools of nanotechnology, nanoscale materials characterization, nanoscale physics, processing, current trends in nanotechnology. Prereq: Graduate standing in science or engineering.
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722 Theory of Models 2- Physical, analog, mathematical, and
computer models; application of dimensional analysis to physical
hydraulic model studies, scaling ratios, and distorted models.
2 one-hour lectures. Prereq. CE 309.
- 768 Advanced Water and Wastewater Laboratory 3
- Studies on selected processes, efficiency and evaluation of water and wastewater treatment. Selected methods of water and wastewater analyses. 2 one-hour lectures and 1 three-hour laboratory. Prereq: CE 370, 371, or instructor's permission.
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770 Hazardous Waste Management 3- Characterization of hazardous waste, legislation related to hazardous waste, brief toxicology, environmental audits, pollution prevention, hazardous water treatment/remediation technologies and disposal. 3 one-hour lectures. Prereq: CE 370, 408
776 Groundwater and Seepage 3- Characterization of hazardous waster,
legislations related to hazardous waster, brief toxicology environmental
audits, pollution prevention, hazardous waster treatment/remediation
technologies and disposal. Prereq. CE 408.
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- 790 Graduate Seminar 1-3
793 Individual Study/Tutorial 1-5
796 Special Topics 1-5
797 Master's Paper 1-3
798 Master's Thesis 1-10
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