{"id":1528,"date":"2025-02-18T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/futureengineers\/?page_id=1528"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:56:21","slug":"environmental-and-natural-recourses-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/futureengineers\/environmental-and-natural-recourses-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental and Natural Recourses Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-teritary-hero \">\n            <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/futureengineers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cherkauer00_20_45_00.Still001.jpg\"\/>\n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"section has-image-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large \">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-teritary-hero__header\">Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering<\/h1>\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-teritary-hero__content\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#3 Undergraduate Program in the U.S.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. News and World Report 2024<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                            <ul  class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                    <li class=\"\">\n                            <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--black\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ABE\/academics\/undergraduate\/enre.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                VISIT WEBSITE                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                                                    <li class=\"\">\n                            <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--white\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.purdue.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=18&amp;poid=32100&amp;hl=%22environmental%22&amp;returnto=search\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                EXPLORE PLAN OF STUDY                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                                                    <li class=\"\">\n                            <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/Engr\/Academics\/Undergraduate\/Majors\/2024-25\/majors\/En-Nat_curriculum_map\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                view DEGREE MAP                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"purdue-color-hero has-gold-background \">\n    <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-color-hero--body\">\n                            <p class=\"purdue-home-hero__subheader tagged-header purdue-color-hero--subheader\">\n                     STUDENTS success                <\/p>\n                                <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-color-hero--header\">outcomes <\/h1>\n                                <p class=\"purdue-color-hero--subtext\"><strong><em>LOCATION: WEST LAFAYETTE<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong>Environmental and Natural Resources Engineers (ENRE) learn about ecosystem processes (the water cycle, nutrient transformation processes and biological systems), how human activities such as agriculture affect these complex systems, and how to design sustainable solutions. You will also gain the background in chemistry and biology necessary to understand the influences of contaminants on the environment.<br><br>Basic engineering principles, as well as some of the newest technological approaches including geographical information systems, finite element analysis, sensor design, hydrologic modeling, and soil and water remediation are applied to solve challenges related to soil and plant environments, surface and ground water quality, air quality, animal environments and food safety.<br><br>Contact Info:<br><a href=\"mailto:aaeugrad@purdue.edu\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:taylordc@purdue.edu\">taylordc@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n                                <div class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                <div class=\"\">\n                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--black\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ABE\/academics\/prospectivegraduatestudents\/ResearchAreas\/natural\" target=\"_self\">\n                        MORE about environmental and Natural Recourses engineering                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                         <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"has-black-background purdue-color-hero--stats\">\n                <div class=\"purdue-color-hero--stats-heading\">\n                    <strong>2024 GRADUATE DATA<\/strong>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"purdue-color-hero--stats-wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"purdue-color-hero--stats-wrapper--box\">\n                                            <span class=\"purdue-color-hero--stats-wrapper--box--stat has-text-gold\">\n                            $80,597                        <\/span>\n                                                                        <span class=\"purdue-color-hero--stats-wrapper--box--description has-text-white\">\n                            Average Starting Salary                        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has-text-white\">\n                                in industry or graduate school                             <\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>   \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"section has-black-background  page-layout-wide page-layout-two-column\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"tagged-header-container tagged-header-container--content-block tagged-header-container-gold\">\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">concentrations in Envirionmental and natural recourses engineering<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main has-large-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 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