Environmental engineers are the technical professionals who identify and design solutions for environmental problems. Environmental engineers provide safe drinking water, treat and properly dispose of wastes, maintain air quality, control water pollution, and remediate sites contaminated due to spills or improper disposal of hazardous substances. They monitor the quality of the air, water, and land. [...]
The Geographic Information Science group is a research unit in the Department of Geography, College of Art and Sciences. Promoting interdisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach, the GIS group has extensive collaboration with other UT units, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and various international, federal, and state agencies. Faculty Members Ralston, Bruce, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Shaw, Shih-Lung, [...]
Purpose and Focus The purpose of The Institute for Environmental Modeling (TIEM) is to do basic research on significant environmental problems that impact the State of Tennessee and have national and international implications. The focus of the Institute is on experimental design, environmental model formulation together with mathematical and statistical analyses of the models, projection of [...]
The Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Mathematics, and Computer Science support a concentration in Mathematical Ecology and Evolution at both the Masters and Doctorate levels. Degrees offered for students in the Mathematical Ecology program are the MS and Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and the MS and Ph.D. in Mathematics. The Mathematical Ecology/Evolution [...]
