Environmental Processes
The Environmental Processes graduate program focuses on physical, chemical and biological processes that bear on water and waste treatment, water reuse, contaminant fate and transport, water quality and human health. The program covers fundamental engineering topics such as physical and biological treatment and environmental fate and transport, as well as modern topics such as environmental chemistry, biomolecular engineering and ecosystem health.
Admission to the program is nationally and internationally competitive. Financial support through research or teaching assistantships and a variety of fellowships and scholarships is available to qualified students. Students can also apply for graduate support through the Environmental Engineers of the Future program.
Featured Student
Linda Tseng, Second-year Ph.D. Student
Advisors: William Cooper, Ph.D., and Diego Rosso, Ph.D.
"My research interest is in the environmental fate and transfer of endocrine disruptors. I am currently investigating the partitioning of musk and plasticizer compounds in water and the occurrence of these compounds in the environment."
Environmental Processes Faculty
Linda Tseng, Second-year Ph.D. StudentAdvisors: William Cooper, Ph.D., and Diego Rosso, Ph.D.
"My research interest is in the environmental fate and transfer of endocrine disruptors. I am currently investigating the partitioning of musk and plasticizer compounds in water and the occurrence of these compounds in the environment."
William Cooper, Professor (CEE)
Ph.D., University of Miami
Environmental chemistry, advanced oxidation processes, emerging contaminants in the environment, water reuse.
Ph.D., University of Miami
Environmental chemistry, advanced oxidation processes, emerging contaminants in the environment, water reuse.
Russell Detwiler, Assistant Professor (CEE)
Ph.D., University of Colorado
Groundwater hydrology, contaminant transport, coupled processes in porous and fractured media
Ph.D., University of Colorado
Groundwater hydrology, contaminant transport, coupled processes in porous and fractured media
Sunny Jiang, Associate Professor (CEE)
Ph.D., University of South Florida
Microbial water quality, microbial ecology and environmental impact to human health
Ph.D., University of South Florida
Microbial water quality, microbial ecology and environmental impact to human health
Betty H. Olson, Professor (CEE)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Molecular techniques, microbiology of drinking and waste waters
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Molecular techniques, microbiology of drinking and waste waters
Diego Rosso, Assistant Professor (CEE)
Ph.D., UCLA
Environmental process engineering, carbon footprint analysis, wastewater treatment, water and energy nexus, energy efficiency
Ph.D., UCLA
Environmental process engineering, carbon footprint analysis, wastewater treatment, water and energy nexus, energy efficiency
Brett F. Sanders, Associate Professor (CEE)
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Computational hydrodynamics; modeling river, estuarine and coastal waters; coastal water quality, flood control.
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Computational hydrodynamics; modeling river, estuarine and coastal waters; coastal water quality, flood control.
Jan W. Scherfig, Professor Emeritus (CEE)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Waste-water treatment, reclamation, and reuse; water conservation; sewer exfiltration.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Waste-water treatment, reclamation, and reuse; water conservation; sewer exfiltration.
More Information
For further information on the Environmental Processes program, please contact:
Dr. Betty Olson
Professor and Graduate Advisor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175
bholson@uci.edu (E-Mail)
(949) 824-7174 (Phone)
(949) 824-2056 (Fax)
Professor and Graduate Advisor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175
bholson@uci.edu (E-Mail)
(949) 824-7174 (Phone)
(949) 824-2056 (Fax)
For a graduate application and financial aid information, please contact:
April Heath
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175
a.heath@uci.edu (Email)
(949) 824-0584 (Phone)
(949) 824-2117 (Fax)
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175
a.heath@uci.edu (Email)
(949) 824-0584 (Phone)
(949) 824-2117 (Fax)
