Environmental Engineering

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Fluid Dynamics
Goes to the Movies

An engineering professor is melding his work in environmental fluid dynamics with advanced software to produce a three-dimensional model of Lake Michigan, which can be used to more accurately predict how pollution moves within water.

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Dixy Lee Ray Award Winner Thad W. Allen

Dixy Lee Ray Award Winner Thad W. Allen

Retired admiral Thad W. Allen is being honored by the ASME with the Dixy Lee Ray Award for a lifetime of high-impact and distinguished accomplishments in environmental protection, including outstanding management of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The Environmentally <br>Friendly Garbage Can

The Environmentally
Friendly Garbage Can

A machine for cheaper and cleaner disposal of medical waste is on the market, after living in post-patent limbo for years. Afraid to make the initial outlay, hospitals have, until now, continued using incinerators, or having a disposal company deal with their waste. The Ecolotec, with its “knife hammers” that rotate at 1500 rpm, can reduce hospital waste by 80 percent, turning it into a sterilized, safe to handle pulp, ready for the landfill.

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Groups

Basic Engineering Technical Group (BETG)

Comprised of six Divisions concerned with the application of basic engineering principles

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Applied Mechanics Division (AMD)

Energy and Technology Management Group (ETMG)

Committee on Power Boilers

Environmental Engineering

helps make the air, waters, and land better and safer for humans. Work includes designing, building, and operating systems to manage wastewater, cut air pollution, improve solid-waste disposal, and make recycling more cost-effective. Engineers also find ways to reduce emissions from vehicles and power plants, and clean up toxic-waste sites. Efforts are guided by environmental law, regulators, and public health concerns, spelled out in environmental-impact statements.