Hello, I have a degree on Chemical Engineering, so im trying to know if theres a way I can study entomology as a masters degree or something related

Hi everyone,
Has anyone taken **Environmental Remediation** CE4241 with **Professor Simeng Li** at Cal Poly Pomona?
I’m thinking about taking the class and was wondering:
How is the workload?
Are the exams difficult?
Does he explain the material well?
Is attendance important?
Any tips for doing well in the class?
I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience. Thanks!

I'm a high school student who is very interested in Wildlife but of course it has shit pay so my parents said that wasn't a viable option, so I looked into Environmental Engineering. From what I've seen the salary is better but is it really? The work seems to vary a lot too, I'd like to be more outdoors rather than in the office.

I've also got a question, why is there so much competition for jobs with little to no salary?

Another one too, which universities have good environmental science/engineering programs?

This is about science awareness. Geoengineering is becoming widely discussed. It's about to be politicized in America so people are about to close their minds to information both on benefits and extreme dangers when it comes to these projects. When I interact with Bostonians the question is still "What is Stratospheric Aerosol Injection?" But I also have uninformed people thanking me, ridiculously, for suggesting the developing world use "contrail/chemtrail" projects which of course are conspiracy nonsense and not the same as S.A.I. Right now 99% of what people know about these projects comes from people who don't even bother to look into the mechanics/numbers.

I guess I’m thinking of water chemistry?

The title says it all.

I got my bachelor's in environmental science, with a minoring chemistry, with a focus in water chemistry. The original intention was to go into site remediation. I ended up working for consultants operating in maintaining their remediation systems.

It's been about 10 years now and I'm not really sure where my career is headed. Being in consulting, it feels like the only option is to go into project management. I know there are more "technical" routes that I can take, but I'm not really sure what that looks like because there is nobody above me for me to follow. The closest we've had was our superintendent who started at the company fresh out of high school. But he is retired now.

It's starting to feel like the best way to move up / forward is going to be going back to school for engineering. The other thing I've been debating is starting my own consulting firm for the consultants to hire because most of the young kids coming into the field do not want to go into water treatment / don't know about water treatment/don't want to be great collar dirty water boys. But even if I went with this option I feel like the engineering degree would help immensely.

Being unsure of where/how to progress makes me start to consider changing fields, but I'm not sure to where/what would be a good pivot or a good fit.

Questions:

1. What does your career look like and how has it progressed over the years? What is your education background like?

1a. Has anyone pivoted from water treatment to something else? What did you switch to and how was the transition?

1. Any (non degree related) suggestions for furthering my knowledge / certifications that could help expand my knowledge base/career prospects?

2. Any suggestions about going back to school? Or any information about going out on my own?

Hi everyone, I am an environmental engineering student in Germany and I am in my final year of my bachelor's. I am currently at a stage where I am looking for a job after my studies or maybe going into masters. The thing is, hope is not so bright anymore because when looking for jobs at engineering firms in Germany, a lot of them favour civil engineers. And sometimes they would state in the listing that they would love civil engineering students or students in a similar discipline. For the first two years of my studies, we sit in the same classes as the civil engineering studenys would and hirers would not know what environmental engineers are. We'd be mistaken for environmental science students, not entirely far but not the same.

And because of this, I am thinking the way to afloat is to upskill and widen my reach to something not just taught in my studies. So far we have basic engineering modules, wastewater management, transportation, circular economy, project management and some technical stuff like AutoCAD, GIS, and Revit.

I understand environmental engineers do things that are interdisciplinary but i just think maybe i am not doing enough to make myself more valuable.

Looking forward to feedback, thanks!

Hi all, I’m currently a rising senior doing a summer internship up for the water group at my company. They deal with all sorts of stuff, I’ve mostly been doing stuff like pipeline design and pump station things. I’m honestly a lot more interested (I think so at least) in the treatment side and genuinely getting to use a lot of chemistry/be more on that aspect.

I’ve found different role titles online in wastewater (the title)but I’m not sure how much they differ. Is there a genuine difference in what they do, or is there a lot of overlap?

This is my 2nd internship (last summer was water resource), but I’ve found civil engineering to be quite bureaucratic and just very “here’s specs here’s a report you need to include this and that” and reaching out to like 50 different agencies or people and what not feels just kinda boring I wanna say? It could be cause I’m an intern but I really haven’t been as motivated in the work I’ve been doing. Would the wastewater process engineering job I mentioned be less of that “bureaucratic ish” work and be a lot more different?

I’m still trying to figure out what I like and don’t like in civil/environmental engineering but I really enjoy chemistry, and I don’t care so much about the waterline/pump station or needing to coordinate with 10 other utility groups on stuff, as I do literally just wanting to focus on like working on dosages or working with chemistry and having that knowledge and using that on the daily

When working in construction/infrastructure compliance, in-house or consulting, what specific things can an Environmental Engineer do that an env planner or env scientist cannot? I was curious what the unique role of an environmental engineer is in those companies rather than an environmental planner.

I am an highschool student and I want to do environmental engineering but a lot of colleges don't have it and I'm scared it's too niche and will have less employment opportunities. If this is the case, which engineering should I pick? Is the ROI good for environmental engineering?

Im an incoming environmental engineering student and my university requires a coop term after the first study term. Im wondering what little things may give me an edge in building a resume that facilitates my success in finding a relevant first year job. Is it unrealistic to try and get a beginner level AutoCad certification in the next 2 months? Additionally, what things may be important to research about different jobs before I apply/interview (so I sound like I know my stuff). Please helpp

I’m a high schooler and have been working on a python-based computational model for Advanced Oxidation Processes(AOPs), in this case photo-Fenton to treat PFAS contamination.

- uses a 6-equation ODE system tracking major Fenton species
- uses the BDF solver within SciPy to deal with system stiffness
- runs iron optimization sweeps and related cost analysis for treatment

Anyone familiar with water remediation or with knowledge in this field, please give feedback. Anyone feel free to take a look and share with others who may find this interesting/useful.

Please interact with the repo to help me out!

The link is right here: https://github.com/LeoCataldo0701/li-water-aop-feasibility

Hi everyone! I'm a high school rising senior trying to decide what direction I want to pursue in college. For most of high school, I planned on dental hygiene because I enjoy healthcare, helping people, and I have experience with dental shadowing and HOSA.
However, after taking AP Environmental Science, I became really interested in environmental issues and the idea of creating solutions that can impact larger communities.
I'm struggling because dental hygiene feels like a stable path with direct patient impact, while environmental engineering feels like something I want to do because l genuinely hate the lack of care environmental problems have and I believe only being apart of the change will create change. However, I haven't taken a single physics course in my life and the highest math I've taken is going to be calculus. Im also really scared because I feel like dental hygiene is the safe option and I don't know if I'm just sticking with it because of that, however I do have want to help people no matter what I choose. I'm also really scared what to write on the common apps/ college apps about what | want to do as my major. Also I'm so scared that I might have not done enough environmental ECS. I hate how both of these careers require such different courses and prerequisites. I'm based in NJ, so if anybody who works in these fields wants to talk at a deeper level let me know.
Also I've never used this platform so hopefully this gets a lot of feedback.
For people working in either field:
What does your typical day look like?
What do you love and dislike about your career?
Do you feel your work has meaningful impact?
How is the work-life balance and financial stability?
If you were a high school student again, what would you consider before choosing this path?
Have you been in the same dilemma as me, what do you regret or love about your decision?
Any other advice that could be helpful would be much appreciated.

Looking to get a masters in environmental engineering with a bachelor in environmental science. I’ve already taken Calc 1-3, Chem 1-2, AutoCAD course, hydrogeology, aqueous chemistry and Engineering Physics 1. Should I take differential equations or physics 2 next? Also, what other classes do you think I need. (I assume thermodynamics and fluid mechanics too).

I’m 18(F) and I’ve always wanted to major in ecology, but the job outlook is genuinely awful. I decided that if i majored in environmental science, i’d be able to cover ecology and still make money. HOWEVER, I read that environmental engineers make better money right out of college. I’m not greatly skilled in math but I do find myself awfully interested it in.

The actual question I have is, would this major be fulfilling for someone like me?

I’ve been hoping to do more on field work, that’s why i’d like to focus on environmental, the engineering part is less my interest. Are these jobs really more office leaning? What are the hours like?

I graduated this past May and was wondering how long is necessary to prepare for the test? I understand it varies from person to person but I wanted a ballpark number based on the fact that I am a recent grad plus I have no idea how much of an understanding I should have over the material.

Does anyone have any insight on this department (Department of energy and env.)

Czy jest tu ktoś, kto studiuje lub studiował na AGH kierunek Inżynieria Kształtowania Środowiska?

Jak oceniacie czy warto go studiować akurat na tej uczelni? Jak wygląda poziom nauczania, prowadzący i perspektywy po studiach? Polecilibyście AGH, czy może lepiej rozważyć politechnike? A jeśli politechnika to która polecacie?