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#3 Forecast workforce demand (for the next five years) based upon your technical application’s impact to the marketplace. Greeley and Hansen offers "challenging opportunities for engineers who have earned Bachelor of Science, Master of Science or Doctorate degrees with an emphasis on civil, sanitary, and environmental engineering." Our technical application will impact the workforce demands in the areas of Structural and Environmental Engineering. Some job positions will have an impact in the Waste Water Management field. These can include: Civil Engineers, Wastewater Plant Operators, Utility Instrument Technicians, Wastewater Plant Managers, Production & Operating Workers, Construction Workers, and Maintenance Workers. The Florida Water and Pollution Control Operators Association offers job openings in the waste water management industry. The following is a description and requirements for certain positions that are currently available.
The following chart shows the 1998 national occupational employment and wage estimates related to plant and system occupations. In the future these salaries will reflect the increasing demand for the above occupations. This table illustrates the range of salaries for employees working in the fields listed above. The majority of the salaries for the employees in this field are above $29,660, a tenth of those who are employed in this field receive annual totals of $44,710 or more.
With the current rate of population growth, the reduction in fossil fuels, and the sophistication/expertise required to understand complex biological systems and energy recovery technologies, the educational background for workers in the WWM field will only increase. As the employment requirements increase, so will the salaries. Give two examples
of an undergraduate or graduate degree program in science or engineering that a student
could pursue to become involved in research directly related to the team’s NCT
technical application. Be sure to include the URL address of the institution, the
department where the program is located and a brief description of the program of study.
We chose to highlight the University of Central Florida's 5-year Undergraduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Their courses primarily deal with structures, geo-techniques, transportation, water resources, solid waste, potable and wastewater, and prepare students to understand the function of sewage treatment plants as well as the way to build and manage such complex structures. The following courses are offered in this undergraduate program:
The Georgia Institute of Technology has a department of Civil and Environmental Engineering which offers both undergraduate and graduate studies. We chose to highlight their graduate program as an example of a curriculum that educates students about the inner behavior as well as the outer structure of a sewage management plant. The following courses are offered in their graduate program:
At Georgia Tech, students can focus on programs of study such as construction engineering and management, environmental engineering, environmental fluid mechanics and water resources, geo-systems engineering, structural engineering mechanics and material, transportation systems to prepare them for numerous other professional disciplines. Qualified students for a Master of Science Degree have to fulfill certain requirements. These may include: number of credit hours, grades, writing a thesis and more. Once those specific requests are completed by the student they can earn one of the following degrees:
Give a title and 100-word description for a new science and/or engineering degree program which might emerge given the advancements in scientific knowledge that the team identified. Municipal Waste Structure Design Our graduate degree in Municipal Waste Structure Design will provide a student with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue careers in the wastewater treatment industry. It is recommended that students entering our proposed program have an undergraduate degree in Structural Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering. During the freshman and sophomore years of college, students should gain a solid background in biology, chemistry, physics and environmental science. In the junior and senior years they should focus on architecture/drafting, fluid mechanics, material science, and beginning systems engineering. Through the following courses, students will learn to design, operate and manage progressive wastewater treatment plants.
Florida
Engineering Education Delivery System In addition to the courses listed above, students will be required to complete a practicum entitled Municipal Waste Structure Design Project. (which is modeled along the lines of the University of Florida's "Waste Digester Project"). |
