Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE) is an option in the Environmental Systems Graduate Program at Humboldt State University. Students in this option earn a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Environmental Systems with an emphasis in Environmental Resources Engineering.
The Environmental Resources Engineering option of the Environmental Systems graduate emphasizes the application of engineering skills to planning, design, and management problems involving environmental resources. Four general areas of research activity are available in the program, Water Quality, Water Resources, Renewable Energy Resources, and Indoor Air Quality.
Within these general areas, field, laboratory and computational modeling project topics include constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, wetland restoration, groundwater modeling, optimal reservoir operations, watershed rehabilitation and restoration, modification of instream structures to facilitate the passage of fish, hydrogen fuel cell design. Special research facilities include the Shatz Hydrogen Fuel Cell Lab, the Arcata March and Wildlife Sanctuary, the CNRS Sediment Transport Flume, the Telonicher Marine Laboratory, and surrounding forest and streams.