Exciting Engineering Opportunities at Saint Francis University
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B.S. in Environmental Engineering
One of the newest additions to the quality educational programs at Saint Francis University is a major in Environmental Engineering along with a possible concentration in Renewable Energies. Environmental engineers work to protect and manage our air, water, and energy resources. They measure, quantify and analyze the environmental changes that inevitably result from human endeavors. They design strategies to remediate problems, minimize impacts, and measurably improve environmental quality. Environmental engineers focus on developing devices, techniques and solutions that can effectively address a variety of real-world environmental problems. Environmental engineers achieve their aims by the utilization and conversion of the many energy resources that surround us - the fossil fuels and the renewable energies. There is a growing awareness that the quality of life must be balanced by the conservation of these resources and the protection of the environment. Environmental engineers understand this balance and seek to harness energy resources in an environmentally-friendly manner.
The Environmental Engineering profession is expected to be the fastest growing engineering profession for many years to come. The burgeoning need for energy from traditional (e.g., fossil fuels) as well as non-tradition sources (e.g., renewable energy) will only intesify the need for environmental engineers, particularly those with specialized training in energy conversion, storage, and transmission technologies.
3-2 Dual Degree Engineering program
Saint Francis University has cooperative engineering programs with Clarkson University of New York, the Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Pittsburgh. The programs are designed to prepare a student with a liberal arts background for a prefessional career in a branch of engineering. After successfully completing three years in the pre-engineering program at Saint Francis University, the qualified student transfers to any of the three schools mentioned or to any school offering ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)-accredited B.S. program in engineering to complete the final two years of the program. After successful completion of one full year in an engineering program at another school, the student will receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Engineering from Saint Francis University. The general degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts as specified by Saint Francis University must be satisfied. The degree of Bachelor of Science in the appropriate branch of engineering is conferred by the engineering school upon the fulfillment of all the requirements of the program at the end of the normal five-year period. The branches of engineering available for study are aerospace, agricultural, ceramic, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, engineering science, environmental, industrial, mechanical, metallurgical, mining, petroleum and natural gas, and nuclear.