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RPI’s Role in the Academic Genesis of Environmental Engineering

RPI’s Role in the Academic Genesis of Environmental Engineering. Jim Alleman Professor of Civil Engineering School of Civil Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Bruce Hunt Project Manager Woodard & Curran, Portland, Maine. 29 March 2005. Slide Rule Wall-of-Fame.

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RPI’s Role in the Academic Genesis of Environmental Engineering

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  1. RPI’s Role in the Academic Genesis of Environmental Engineering Jim Alleman Professor of Civil Engineering School of Civil Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Bruce Hunt Project Manager Woodard & Curran, Portland, Maine 29 March 2005

  2. Slide Rule Wall-of-Fame

  3. Jim Howland CH2M-HILL

  4. John Maniotis Last slide-rule patent - 1970

  5. Edwin Chadwick – 1820s1840s Public HealthSanitation Medicine

  6. Biology Biology Thomas Huxley – 1860s Edwin Chadwick – 1820s1840s Public HealthSanitation Medicine

  7. Biology Biology/Chemistry Thomas Huxley – 1860s Edward Frankland – 1870s Edwin Chadwick – 1820s1840s Public HealthSanitation Medicine

  8. Biology Biology/Chemistry Thomas Huxley – 1860s Edward Frankland – 1870s Early 1900's William Thompson Sedgwick – 1900s Edwin Chadwick – 1820s1840s Public HealthSanitation Medicine

  9. Engineering Biology Sanitary Engineering Biology Chemistry William Thompson Sedgwick – 1900s Early 1900's Public HealthSanitation Medicine

  10. State 'Water' Regs

  11. State 'Water' Regs #1 ?

  12. State Federal

  13. Progressive push for Federal laws !!! Federal State

  14. 1st National ‘Water Pollution’ Act - 1948 Federal State

  15. 1st National ‘Water Pollution’ Act - 1948 Federal State

  16. US Public Health Service 1st National ‘Water Pollution’ Act - 1948 Federal State

  17. 19202 – 1950s Traditional Academic Emphasis on Sanitary Engineering US Public Health Service 1st National ‘Water Pollution’ Act - 1948 Federal State

  18. Water treatment • Wastewater treatment • Air pollution treatment • Solid waste treatment Engineering Sanitary Engineering Biology Biology Chemistry 1920's - 1950's Public Health Sanitation Medicine

  19. Academic Shift to Environmental Engineering 19202 – 1950s Traditional Academic Emphasis on Sanitary Engineering US Public Health Service 1st National ‘Water Pollution’ Act - 1948 Federal State

  20. Joe Touhill 2004 RPI Professor E.J. Kilcawley Civil Engineering BSEnvironmental Engineering BSCivil Engineering (‘Sanitary Engrg’ minor) MSSanitary Engineering PhDSanitary Engineering

  21. Civil Rights Movement Occupational Safety Movement RPI Professor E.J. Kilcawley Civil Engineering Anti War Movement Environmental Movement BSEnvironmental Engineering BSCivil Engineering (‘Sanitary Engrg’ minor) MSSanitary Engineering PhDSanitary Engineering BSCivil Engineering (Environmental Engrg minor) MSEnvironmental Engineering PhDEnvironmental Engineering

  22. Civil Rights Movement Occupational Safety Movement RPI Professor E.J. Kilcawley Civil Engineering Anti War Movement Environmental Movement AEEP creation! BSEnvironmental Engineering BSCivil Engineering (‘Sanitary Engrg’ minor) MSSanitary Engineering PhDSanitary Engineering BSCivil Engineering (Environmental Engrg minor) MSEnvironmental Engineering PhDEnvironmental Engineering

  23. Michigan Tech Stanford Clemson Florida UNC-Chapel Hill Etc, etc, etc! Federal State

  24. “The 1960s: The Dawn of Environmental Awareness” Water Environment & Technology, 15, 5, 54-57, May 2003. Bruce Hunt Project Manager Woodard & Curran (Portland, Maine)

  25. Environmental Engineering (RPI)

  26. Environmental Engineering (RPI) Environmental Engineering Sciences (Florida)

  27. Environmental Engineering (RPI) Environmental Engineering Sciences (Florida) Environmental Engineering and Science (Clemson)

  28. Environmental Engineering (RPI) Environmental Engineering Sciences (Florida) Environmental Engineering and Science (Clemson) Environmental Science and Engineering (Cal-Tech)

  29. Environmental Engineering (RPI) Environmental Engineering Sciences (Florida) Environmental Engineering and Science (Clemson) Environmental Science and Engineering (Cal-Tech) Environmental Sciences and Engineering (UNC - Chapel Hill)

  30. Environmental Engineering (RPI) Environmental Engineering Sciences (Florida) Environmental Engineering and Science (Clemson) Environmental Science and Engineering (Cal-Tech) Environmental Sciences and Engineering (UNC - Chapel Hill)Geography and Environmental Engineering (The Johns Hopkins)

  31. …and we’re still evolving!

  32. Purdue ? Environmental and Ecological Engineering

  33. Purdue ? Environmental and Ecological Engineering Sustainable Environmental Engineering ?

  34. Purdue ? Environmental and Ecological Engineering Sustainable Environmental Engineering Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Engineering ? ?

  35. Purdue ? Environmental and Ecological Engineering Sustainable Environmental Engineering Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Engineering …stay tuned! ? ? ?

  36. Sedgwick Kilcawley

  37. Engineering Biology Environmental Engineering Biology Chemistry RPI Leadership via Prof E.J. Kilcawley! Early 21st Century Public HealthSanitation Medicine

  38. RPI’s Role in the Academic Genesis of Environmental Engineering Jim Alleman Professor of Civil Engineering Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) Thanks! Bruce Hunt Project Manager Woodard & Curran (Portland, Maine) 29 March 2005

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