2011-2012 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

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Earth and Environmental Engineering
Henry Krumb School of Mines
918 S. W. Mudd, MC 4711
Phone: 212-854-2905
www.eee.columbia.edu
OUR MISSION
Earth and Environmental Engineering at the Henry Krumb School of
Mines fosters excellence in education and research for the development
and application of science and technology to maximize the quality of
life for all, through the sustainable use and responsible management of
Earth’s resources.
Chair
Klaus Lackner
Vice Chair
Tuncel M. Yegulalp
Departmental
Administrator
Dawn Delvalle
Administrative
Assistant
Gary S. Hill
Professors
Paul F. Duby
Klaus Lackner
Upmanu Lall
Ismail C.Noyan
Peter Schlosser
Ponisseril
Somasundaran
Nickolas J. Themelis
Nicholas J. Turro
Tuncel M. Yegulalp
Associate
Professors
Kartik Chandran
Xi Chen
Assistant
Professors
Marco J. Castaldi
Pierre Gentine
Ah-Hyung (Alissa) Park
Adjunct
Professors
William Becker
Robert Farrauto
Yuri Gorokhovich
Ian Morrison
Adjunct Associate
Professor
Lei Zhang
Adjunct Assistant
Professors
Michael Bell
Pietro Ceccato
Scott Kaufman
Sri Rangarajan
Instructor
Chris Gazze
Doherty Research
Scientist
Wade McGillis
Senior Research
Scientist
Vasilis Fthenakis
Associate
Research
Scientists
Irina Chernyshova
S. Murthy Khondrika
Hyung Chul Kim
Adjunct Senior
Research Scientist
Ray Farinato
Earth Resources and the
Environment
The Earth and Environmental
Engineering program fosters education
and research in the development
and application of technology for the
sustainable development, use, and
integrated management of Earth’s
resources. Resources are identified
as minerals, energy, water, air,
and land, as well as the physical,
chemical, and biological components
of the environment. There is close
collaboration with other engineering
disciplines, the Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory, the International Research
Institute for Climate Prediction, the
Center for Environmental Research and
Conservation, and other Columbia Earth
Institute units.
The Henry Krumb School
of Mines at Columbia
University
The School of Mines of Columbia
University was established in 1864 and
was the first mining and metallurgy
department in the U.S. It became the
foundation for Columbia’s School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences and
has been a pioneer in many areas of
mining and metallurgy, including the first
mining (Peele) and mineral processing
(Taggart) handbooks, flotation, chemical
thermodynamics and kinetics, surface
and colloid chemistry, and materials
science.
Nearly 100 years after its formation,
the School of Mines was renamed
Henry Krumb School of Mines (HKSM)
in honor of the generous Columbia
benefactor of the same name. The
Henry Krumb School of Mines supports
three components:
• The Department of Earth and
Environmental Engineering
(www.eee.columbia.edu) (EEE),
one of Columbia Engineering’s nine
departments.
• Columbia’s interdepartmental
program in Materials Science and
Engineering (www.seas.columbia.
edu/matsci) (MSE). This program,
administered by the Department
of Applied Physics and Applied
Mathematics, is described in another
section of this bulletin.
• The Earth Engineering Center
(www.seas.columbia.edu/earth). The
current research areas include energy,
materials, and water resources.
Earth and Environmental
Engineering (EEE)
Starting in 1996, the educational
programs of Columbia University in
mining and mineral engineering were
transformed into the present program
in Earth and Environmental Engineering
(EEE). This program is concerned with
the environmentally sound extraction
and processing of primary materials
(minerals, fuels, water), the management
and development of land and water
resources, and the recycling or disposal
of used materials. EEE offers the
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Earth and
Environmental Engineering, the Master
of Science (M.S.) in Earth Resources
Engineering, the professional degrees
of Engineer of Mines and Metallurgical
engineering 2011–2012