The Environmental Science and Engineering Division (ESE) is a degree-granting academic program at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), a top-ranked public university located in Golden, Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountains. CSM is a world-class institution with a focus on engineering and applied science related to earth, energy, materials and environment. The current enrollment of 4,200 students includes those seeking B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
The ESE Program is nationally ranked for its character and quality. The programs of study are interdisciplinary in scope and designed to prepare students to investigate and analyze environmental systems as well as evaluate and design natural and engineered solutions to protect, preserve, and benefit from the earth's resources.
ESE faculty and staff are diverse in their backgrounds and expertise, spanning civil and environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, soil science, hydrology, ecology, microbiology, toxicology, and environmental law. Students in ESE also have varied backgrounds in the physical and life sciences and most engineering disciplines; they come to ESE from across the U.S. and abroad. ESE prides itself in the diversity within the Program and the strong interactions encompassing both intellectual and social aspects of the university educational experience.
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ESE 2008-2009 Seminar Schedule
Dr. Jörg Drewes was appointed to serve on the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council to Assess Water Reuse as a Means of Meeting Future Water Supply Needs. Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this study will look at the potential for water reclamation and reuse of municipal wastewater to expand and enhance our nation's water supply alternatives. It will assess the technology, risks, costs, research needs, and barriers to implementation. A report is expected in mid-2010. Committee members include: (Chair) Rhodes Trussell (Trussell Technologies), Edmund Archuleta (El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board), James Crook (Monterey Regional WPCA and independent Consultant), Jorg Drewes (Colorado School of Mines), Denise Fort (University of New Mexico), Charles Haas (Drexel University), Brent Haddad (University of California, Santa Cruz), Duane Huggett (University of North Texas), Sunny Jiang (University of California at Irvine), David Sedlak (University of California, Berkeley), Shane Snyder (Southern Nevada Water Authority), and Dale Whittington (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
Dr. John McCray, ESE Professor and Director of the CSM Hydrologic Science and Engineering program, was recently elected to serve as Chair of the ASCE National Ground Water Quality Committee.
A paper by Drs. Mengistu Geza and John McCray is listed among the Top 25 hottest articles for the Journal of Environmental Management. The paper titled Effects of soil data resolution on SWAT model stream flow and water quality predictions is currently listed as # 21. See this link for more information.
Dr Tissa Illangasekare was elected to the Board of Directors of CUASHI (Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science) in an election held last December. The CUASHI website can be found at http://www.cuahsi.org/.
Two new tenure line ESE Faculty, Drs Christopher Higgins and Jonathan Sharp will be joining the ESE faculty in January 2009 as assistant professors. For more information on their backgrounds and research interests please see ESE New Faculty 2009.pdf.
Calendar Year 2007 was an exemplary year of activity and accomplishment for ESE as reflected by the following highlights:
Research awards = $5.8M
Research expenditures = $3.1M
Journal papers in print = 40; in press = 13
Abstracts associated with presentations = 82
Full conference papers published = 50
Invited talks across the U.S. and abroad = 50
Editorships = 9
Courses delivered = 38
GAANN Program Fellowships
Environmental Science and Engineering Faculty at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) have been awarded a three year grant from the Department of Education’s Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program. The grant will provide PhD fellowships in Environmentally Sustainable Nuclear Power (ESNP) beginning in the 2007/2008 academic year. Dr. Linda Figueroa is the program director and Drs. Honeyman and Ranville (of the CSM Chemistry and Geochemistry Dept.) are co-directors. Other program team members involved in the ESNP program are Drs. John McCray and John Spear.
Additional information on the GAANN PhD fellowships (pdf)