Environmental Engineering Program ABET Accreditation

The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering program was designed in accordance with ABET general and Environmental Engineering Program Criteria. The Environmental Engineering Program will be formally evaluated for ABET accreditation in the Fall of 2024. Accreditation would be applicable retroactively to the May 2024 graduates.

Environmental Engineering Program Educational Objectives

The Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) are broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years of graduation. The objectives of the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon are to develop graduates who embody the following characteristics:

• Graduates distinguish themselves within their organizations as individuals able to provide sustainable solutions to a wide range of conventional, cutting-edge, and emerging professional challenges related to one or more of the areas of the built, natural, and information environments.
• Graduates are innovative, proactive, and adaptive professionals, highly engaged in their professional communities; graduates are prepared to take on leadership positions within their organizations and communities.
• Graduates are able to contribute and collaborate on developing sustainable solutions to local and global problems; graduates are able to cross geographic, cultural, and traditional discipline boundaries in developing solutions; graduates are able to develop just and equitable solutions.

Environmental Engineering Program Student Outcomes

By the end of the B.S. program, students should have achieved the following student outcomes:

• an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Environmental Engineering Program Undergraduate Enrollment and Degrees Awarded

*Total undergraduate enrollment includes sophomores, juniors, and seniors.