Environmental Engineering (EnvE)

Overview

Environmental Engineers manage our environment for the benefit of humanity and nature. They provide engineering solutions to problems with our land, air, and water resources. In may respects, an environmental engineer is similar to a traditional Civil Engineer, but with more emphasis on chemistry and environmental processes and less emphasis in areas such as structures and transportation.

In both public and private practice, Environmental Engineers work in interdisciplinary teams to manage environmental problems through the application of scientific, engineering, and social skills. These challenges might include work involving air pollution and control, water supply and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, solid and hazardous substances, pollution in surface and ground waters, public health, and the ecological health of our environment. MECOP interns in this discipline can build a variety of skills, including general engineering, design, analysis, research and writing.

Internship History

Active Company Participants

The following participating companies have taken EnvE students in the recent past (within the last 5 years):

• AECOM
• Boeing Company
• City of Eugene
• City of Portland
• Genentech
• Intel Corporation
• OECO
• Tektronix
• Washington County/Clean Water Services

Student Participation

Participating Universities

MECOP currently accepts Environmental Engineering students from the following universities:

• Oregon State University
• Portland State University

Internship Timeframes

The following timeframes have been laid out by our participating universities for when an internship should be offered. These timeframes have been structured to allow students to participate in the program and not fall behind on their upper-division coursework schedule beyond the terms that internships overlap.

Coursework Requirements

Each participating university discipline has a set of required courses that must be taken to stay on schedule for program participation. These requirements are optimized to provide the necessary skills to participate in MECOP's internships while minimizing the amount of time added to receiving a degree. If you are a student and want to discuss your current academic qualifications and to plan out your curriculum for participation, please see our directory of advisors.

MECOP Affiliated Advisors For This Discipline