Answers to Most M.Eng. Program Questions
What are the concentrations?
We offer M.Eng. degrees with a range of concentrations, with the goal of matching research areas that interest prospective students with the core competencies of our faculty. The 30-credit M.Eng. program is intended to extend and broaden this background to develop competence in a defined number of subject categories. Students typically take between three to four courses a semester, with the remaining credit hours involving their research project. The following concentration areas cover many of the focus areas explored by our students, but we have the flexibility to accommodate other concentrations within the earth and atmospheric sciences as well.
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Remote Sensing
Remote sensing involves utilization of satellite- and airborne-based remote sensing approaches for time series analysis, land-use change, and understanding of subsurface phenomena.
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Mineral and Energy Resources
Interdisciplinary approach focused on the geological nature, origin and distribution of resources, mineral deportment, geochemistry, exploration geophysics, waste and tailings, process engineering, economic and climate impacts.
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Geohydrology
Porous media flow, geology, geochemistry, and numerical modeling.
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Hazards
Interaction between society and natural and anthropogenic hazards, observations and modeling of the systems that generate these hazards, assessment of risk.
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Applied and Environmental Geophysics
Geophysics, geology, porous media flow, and computer methods.
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Atmospheric Science
Meteorology, applied climatology, air quality, aerosols, and climate change.