30-Hour Online Masters Degree with Specialization in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Engineering

Program Description
The Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Engineering program includes courses on biological and physicochemical processes for water, wastewater and stormwater treatment, industrial ecology, water resources management, and environmental health. A master's degree with this specialization can be earned by successfully completing 30 credits of online courses as described below. Credits earned on-campus may also be used in fulfilling graduation requirements.

Requirements for the Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Engineering Program
Coursework must total 30 credits or more and should satisfy the distribution indicated below.

Required Courses

Electives
Choose six from the list below. Other courses may be accepted with approval of a program advisor.

Additional information about the program can be obtained from Dr. John Sansalone (jsansal@ufl.edu) or Dr. Ben Koopman (bkoop@ufl.edu). General information about graduate programs in Environmental Engineering Sciences can be obtained from Dr. David Mazyck (dmazyck@ufl.edu).

Criteria for Admission
Students having a bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering discipline are eligible for enrollment providing they meet requirements for admission to the Graduate School (http://www.ufl.edu/students/) and satisfy the departmental foundation course guidelines for graduate study (http://www.ees.ufl.edu/prospective/graduate/requirements.asp). Admission requirements include a minimum GPA of 3.0 for all upper division undergraduate work and a score of 1,100 or more on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). A passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam may be substituted for the GRE requirement.  Consideration for conditional admission includes criteria such as years of experience, professional status, and evidence of increasing responsibility.   Weight is also given to relevant master’s degrees earned at UF or other institutions.  An outline of the admission process is given at http://www.ees.ufl.edu/prospective/graduate/apply.asp. Contact the Environmental Engineering Sciences academic office at352-392-0842 or StudentServices@ees.ufl.edu for more information.

How to Apply

1. Contact either Dr. John Sansalone (jsansal@ufl.edu) or Dr. Ben Koopman (bkoop@ufl.edu).

2. Complete the Application Process for UF and the EES Department.

3. Schedule the GRE (http://www.gre.org) or ask your state board of engineering to send certification of your passing FE score to the admissions office.

Descriptions of New Courses in the Program
Descriptions are given below for new courses that do not yet appear in the graduate catalog. More information about any course in the program can be obtained by emailing the instructor.

ENV 6932—Activated Carbon (3 cr) Theory and application of manufacturing activated carbon, its use in water treatment/remediation (i.e., design of activated carbon systems), and thermal reactivation.

ENV 6932—Advanced Environmental Resources Management (3 cr) Theory and application of engineering economics and systems analysis to the design of environmental management systems. Systems analysis techniques include classical and evolutionary optimization techniques and risk analysis and risk optimization for engineering design.

ENV 6932—Advanced Physicochemical Processes in Soils (3 cr) The course will cover analysis of the effect of compositional and environmental factors on conduction, transport and diffusion phenomena, volume and phase change behavior, deformation, strength stress-strain-time behavior in soils; soil composition, mineralogy, soil-water electrolyte systems and identification of influencing variables.

ENV 6932—Advanced Water Treatment Process Design (3 cr) Prereq: CHM 2046, EES 4201 or 6208, ENV 4514C or consent of instructor. Design of water treatment processes including air stripping disinfection, activated carbon adsorption, ion exchange, membrane processes, and ozonation.

ENV 6932—The Global Environment Policies and Institutions (3 cr) A study of global environmental policies, laws, and institutions. Issues of coordinating environmental policies among international governing bodies, nations, and state and local governments. Links between global environmental policy and sustainable development.

ENV 6932—Hydraulic Systems Design (3cr)  Hydraulic design of water distribution systems, wastewater collection and disposal systems, and water and wastewater treatment plants.

ENV 6932—Stormwater Monitoring and Analytical Methods (3cr)  Urban interfaces generate interactions between the physical, chemical, biological, thermal and hydrologic processes of the water cycle.  This course introduces and quantifies these coupled and dynamic interactions.  The course examines requirements for representative monitoring, field sampling and analysis of water chemistry and particulate matter and the interaction between the solid, aqueous and gaseous phases at the urban interface. These interactions will primary focus on rainfall-runoff but also consider the role for "reuse" of runoff and wastewater within the urban water cycle.  The topics of loads (TMDLs), temperature modification and toxicity will be introduced.

ENV 6932— Stormwater Systems Design (3 cr) This course will develop the chemical, physical and hydrologic aspects of rainfall-runoff; and how these aspects relate to quantity/quality through unit operations and process (UOP) concepts for control, treatment and/or reuse.

ENV 6932—Unit Operations and Processes of Wastewater Treatment (3cr)  Understanding of the physical and chemical operations and processes commonly utilized in environmental engineering.  This understanding is developed through a presentation of theoretical concepts and operational behavior for wastewater and stormwater treatment.  Required for students whose educational or professional background does not include unit operation and process engineering.