about The
Environmental and Water Studies Program in the Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School
of Engineering at Stanford
University specializes in studies of environmental chemistry
and microbiology, water pollution control, groundwater pollution,
water resources engineering, hydrology, environmental fluid
mechanics, environmental and water resources planning, indoor
and outdoor urban air pollution, global air pollution, weather,
and climate.
The program consists of 14 faculty and approximately 100 graduate
students. The program offers a healthy balance between research
and practical application. Three graduate degrees are offered:
Master of Science (M.S.), Engineer (Eng.), and Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.). The M.S. degree is oriented toward professional practice,
whereas at the post-M.S. level (Eng. and Ph.D.) activities are
more heavily weighted toward research. Classroom teaching aims
to build an understanding of fundamental physical, chemical,
and biological processes, employing mathematics and computational
tools where relevant. Our research strives for appropriate balance
between theory, computation, and experimental observation, including
both laboratory and field-scale experiments. Multidisciplinary
cooperation is a major feature of our approaches in teaching
as well as in research..