Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

Ecological engineering combines the fields of ecology, natural sciences, civil infrastructure systems, and environmental engineering to predict, develop, and restore ecosystems with a focus on ...

Suggested Citation: "Grand Challenge 3: Design a Future Without Pollution or Waste." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century: ...

Historically, the discipline of environmental engineering has centered around public health and sanitation, and its practitioners’ primary objectives have been to provide clean water and properly ...