Penn State Berks
Recommendation for an Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree at Penn State Berks
By
Kevin Bowes
Undergraduate Electro-Mechanical Engineering Student at Penn State Berks
19 March 2013
Prepared for
Professor Heidi Liebegott
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Purpose 4 Background 4 DISCUSSION 5 What Does an Environmental Engineer Do? 5 Field Growth of Environmental Engineering 5 Why Berks? 6 Benefits for Penn State 9 CONCLUSION 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 10 WORKS CITED 11
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Projected Growth Rate for Environmental Engineers 6 Figure 2: Environmental Study Areas around Berks 7 Table 1: Tuition Comparison of Pennsylvania Universities offering Environmental Engineering 8
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this report is to persuade Penn State board members to explore the idea of starting an environmental engineering bachelor’s degree program which can be started and completed at Penn State Berks. The benefits of this …show more content…
The campus in Wyomissing sits directly next to the Tulpehocken Creek Valley. This could provide an area to study stream and other wildlife ecosystems in environmental engineering courses. This creek is supplied by the larger Schuylkill River, which flows through the medium sized city of Reading. This city could offer a place to study areas with high pollution levels, and introduce students to urban environmental engineering. Yet another benefit of the location of Penn State Berks is its closeness to Blue Marsh Lake, which could provide an area to study land and aquatic wildlife systems, as well as other environmental aspects. All of these possible points of interest are located within ten miles of the Penn State Berks campus. Figure 2 shows a map locating the points of interest discussed with their relation to Penn State
By
Kevin Bowes
Undergraduate Electro-Mechanical Engineering Student at Penn State Berks
19 March 2013
Prepared for
Professor Heidi Liebegott
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Purpose 4 Background 4 DISCUSSION 5 What Does an Environmental Engineer Do? 5 Field Growth of Environmental Engineering 5 Why Berks? 6 Benefits for Penn State 9 CONCLUSION 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 10 WORKS CITED 11
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Projected Growth Rate for Environmental Engineers 6 Figure 2: Environmental Study Areas around Berks 7 Table 1: Tuition Comparison of Pennsylvania Universities offering Environmental Engineering 8
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this report is to persuade Penn State board members to explore the idea of starting an environmental engineering bachelor’s degree program which can be started and completed at Penn State Berks. The benefits of this …show more content…
The campus in Wyomissing sits directly next to the Tulpehocken Creek Valley. This could provide an area to study stream and other wildlife ecosystems in environmental engineering courses. This creek is supplied by the larger Schuylkill River, which flows through the medium sized city of Reading. This city could offer a place to study areas with high pollution levels, and introduce students to urban environmental engineering. Yet another benefit of the location of Penn State Berks is its closeness to Blue Marsh Lake, which could provide an area to study land and aquatic wildlife systems, as well as other environmental aspects. All of these possible points of interest are located within ten miles of the Penn State Berks campus. Figure 2 shows a map locating the points of interest discussed with their relation to Penn State