<p>I've just accepted my favorite offer from Rice university and my intended major is environmental engineering. Since the official website only tell me limited information about this major, I hope to know this unfamiliar field in detail. Any seniors from this major can give me some advice( course structure, rigor, internship opportunities, research...).</p>
<p>Furthermore, as I'm equally interested in social science, will it possible if I want to choose a second degree in managerial studies? Will it be too hard to learn an engineering course and a social science course simultaneously?</p>
<p>No response? Then I hope someone can tell me something about environmental engineering…</p>
<p>I can tell you my Uncle earned a PhD in environmental engineering from Rice.</p>
<p>“Today, 05:54 AM”</p>
<p>Y’know, you did post this at a rather odd hour (for people in Rice’s time zone, that is). Just be patient. Someone will be by to reply.</p>
<p>I have an engineering degree from Rice, but it is not in environmental engineering, so I don’t feel qualified to comment on that particular program. What I can tell you is that there are some truly outstanding professors in the ENVE dept. at Rice.</p>
<p>Sorry abt that as I forgot to count in the time difference… I’ll be waiting patiently now. Actually I haven’t decided yet which engi program to choose, so any engi graduate from rice can give me ur opinion~</p>
<p>Son did civil engineering with focus in environmental engineering. Really liked a professor named Rob, can’t remember his last name, but he’s great and does air quality work.</p>
<p>One of my best friends majored in Environmental Engineering - she’s going to GWU for grad school because they gave her money, but she also got into UPenn and Yale. She enjoyed the program and also had time to have fun and branch out. Internship opportunities aplenty both with professors for research and in the medical center (check out Dr. Winifred Hamilton - she runs the environmental health department at Baylor, but also lectures at Rice). With only 37 hours required for the major (5 core courses + 7 electives), double majoring is entirely possible. The sustainability minor is also getting up and running - check out the RESET organization.</p>
<p>Anxiousmom, that prof is Rob Griffith! He’s Hanszen’s master and he’s great - super friendly guy with interesting research (went on some extended trip to Greenland that involved drilling for ice samples, all I remember is that they had a professional chef go with them for some reason). Puts up with me when I stop by his office to chat even though I’m not in his major and only coadvised at Hanszen.</p>
<p>It’s Griffin. Rob Griffin. Nice guy. Not really my kind of dude, though.</p>
<p>Also, anyone who’s really serious about environmental anything these days heads west. GWU? UPenn? Pfft…</p>
<p>Thanks all for ur helpful responses！(^-^)/. I also want to know that whether environmental engineering is more inclined towards humanities like geography as compared to other major engineering like CE and bioE?</p>