Environmental Engineering Design Project

A capstone design project applying environmental engineering principles to real-world problems in water, waste, energy, and fluid systems.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jeff Starke

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.80 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Use teamwork and leadership skills needed to plan and design solutions to open ended problems in environmental engineering

  • Perform problem formulation and analysis of an environmental engineering problem

  • Use modern engineering tools to analyze and solve an environmental engineering problem

  • Use knowledge and experience gained during the course and in prior coursework to analyze and solve an environmental engineering problem

  • Use written and verbal communication skills necessary to gain technical and public input to the analysis and understanding of the recommended solution

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Civil and Environmental Engineering MS, Environmental Chemistry and Technology MS, or Civil and Environmental Engineering: Environmental Engineering ME

    • Declared in Civil and Environmental Engineering MS
    • Environmental Chemistry and Technology MS
    • Civil and Environmental Engineering: Environmental Engineering ME
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CIVENGR 823

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  • Any of
    • Declared in Civil and Environmental Engineering MS
    • Environmental Chemistry and Technology MS
    • Civil and Environmental Engineering: Environmental Engineering ME

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JEFF STARKE is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 003Online Only0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.80 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Environmental chemistry and quality assessment.
  • Physical-chemical and biological treatment processes.
  • Waste engineering, energy systems, and resource recovery.
  • Economic analysis, hydrology, and applied fluid mechanics.

Skills

  • Teamwork and leadership for planning and designing solutions to open-ended problems.
  • Problem formulation and analysis of environmental engineering challenges.
  • Application of modern engineering tools for analysis and solution.
  • Written and verbal communication for technical and public engagement.

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CIVENGR 823 · Spring 2027

Environmental Engineering Design Project

Recorded 2026-10-14
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