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| Annual Report 2004 |
In addition to its nine departments, the College of Engineering has six degree-granting programs with strong emphasis on interdisciplinary studies:
Participating UW-Madison faculty members are based in the following schools and colleges: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Letters and Science, Medical School, School of Business, School of Education, School of Nursing, and School of Pharmacy. |
Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program
This interdepartmental graduate program offers an MS and PhD. Participating departments include civil and environmental engineering (primary department), chemical and biological engineering, chemistry, soil science, and geology and geophysics. Program activities are centered in the Water Science and Engineering Lab on Lake Mendota, where researchers examine the applications of chemistry to problems in environmental and engineering systems. The program has four areas of specialization: aquatic chemistry, which studies the chemical processes in lakes, rivers and watersheds and organic chemicals, trace metals and nutrient elements; environmental technology, which studies the application of chemistry and biotechnology to development of technologies for water and air treatment, sensors and energy storage devices; air pollution chemistry, which studies sources, characterization, reactions and fate of air pollutants as well as air-water interactions; and terrestrial chemistry which studies chemical and biogeochemical processes in soils and sediments and their influences on land-water and air-water interactions. Graduates are prepared for a variety of careers, including teaching, research and pollution control and resource management.
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