Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century: Addressing Grand Challenges

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/25121

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Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century

Addressing Grand Challenges

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Environmental engineers support the well-being of people and the planet in areas where the two intersect. Over the decades the field has improved countless lives through innovative systems for delivering water, treating waste, and preventing and remediating pollution in air, water, and soil. These achievements are a testament to the multidisciplinary, pragmatic, systems-oriented approach that characterizes environmental engineering.

Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century: Addressing Grand Challenges outlines the crucial role for environmental engineers in this period of dramatic growth and change. The report identifies five pressing challenges of the 21st century that environmental engineers are uniquely poised to help advance: sustainably supply food, water, and energy; curb climate change and adapt to its impacts; design a future without pollution and waste; create efficient, healthy, resilient cities; and foster informed decisions and actions.

Contributor(s): National Academy of Engineering; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology; Board on Energy and Environmental Systems; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Board on Life Sciences; NAE Office of Programs; Ocean Studies Board; Water Science and Technology Board; Committee on the Grand Challenges and Opportunites in Environmental Engineering for the Twenty-First Century

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124 pages | 7.5 x 11 | Ebook
ISBN: 978-0-309-47655-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25121

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xii
Introduction	1-7
Grand Challenge 1: Sustainably Supply Food, Water, and Energy	8-25
Grand Challenge 2: Curb Climate Change and Adapt to Its Impacts	26-43
Grand Challenge 3: Design a Future Without Pollution or Waste	44-53
Grand Challenge 4: Create Efficient, Healthy, Resilient Cities	54-65
Grand Challenge 5: Foster Informed Decisions and Actions	66-77
The Ultimate Challenge for Environmental Engineering: Preparing the Field to Address a New Future	78-89
Endnotes	90-99
Figure Sources	100-100
Appendix A: Statement of Task	101-101
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	102-108

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Presentations from:• Dr. Domenico Grass, University of Michigan, Dearborn• Dr. Kimberly Jones, Howard University• Mr. Robert Perciasepe, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions• Dr. Julie Zimmerman, Yale University• Dr. Dan Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute • GC 5: Stephen Polasky, University of Minnesota • Brought to you by the Water Science and Technology Board at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The webinar is for informational purposes only and does not consititute an official statement of the NASEM. The statements and slides are those of the two webinar speakers and not an official statement or endorsement of the NASEM.

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