2012–2013 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

The student must demonstrate originality and a significant, unique
and meaningful contribution to the field of systems engineering.
The research must be accurately and completely documented,
explained and thoroughly supported in the dissertation and must
be defended successfully to the committee as part of the degree
requirement.
DeParTmeNT oF mariNe aND eNviroNmeNTaL
sysTems
George A. Maul, Ph.D., Head
Associate Head
John G. Windsor Jr., Ph.D.
Degree Programs
Earth Remote Sensing, M.S.
Environmental Resource Management, M.S.
Environmental Science, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Meteorology, B.S., M.S.
Ocean Engineering, B.S.
Ocean Engineering, M.S.
Areas of Specialization:
Aquaculture Engineering
Coastal Engineering and Processes
Hydrographic Engineering
Materials and Structures
Naval Architecture
Ocean Energy
Ocean Instrumentation
Ocean Systems/Underwater Technology
Ocean Engineering, Ph.D.
Oceanography, B.S.
Oceanography
Biological Oceanography, M.S.
Chemical Oceanography, M.S.
Coastal Zone Management, M.S.
Geological Oceanography, M.S.
Physical Oceanography, M.S.
Oceanography, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Minor Programs
Environmental Science
Meteorology
Oceanography
Professors
Thomas V. Belanger, Ph.D., environmental planning, freshwater ecology,
chemistry and biology of natural waters, wastewater treatment, water
resources.
George A. Maul, Ph.D., marine meteorology, climate and sea level change,
maritime natural hazards, physical oceanography, remote sensing.
Geoffrey W.J. Swain, Ph.D., materials, corrosion, biofouling, offshore
technology, ship operations.
John H. Trefry, Ph.D., trace metal geochemistry and pollution, geochemistry
of rivers, global chemical cycles.
John G. Windsor Jr., Ph.D., environmental chemistry, pollution, trace
organic analysis of air, water, soil, sediment and tissue, gas chromatography,
mass spectrometry, environmental education.
Gary A. Zarillo, Ph.D., sediment transport technology, coastal and estuarine
sedimentation, barrier island and tidal inlet processes.
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Associate Professors
Charles R. Bostater Jr., Ph.D., environmental modeling, remote sensing,
estuarine particle dynamics, water quality instrumentation, environmental
optics, environmental geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography.
Kevin B. Johnson, Ph.D., water column ecology, planktonic grazing and
distributions, predator-prey interactions.
Steven M. Lazarus, Ph.D., analysis of planetary boundary layer, development
and testing of life cycle models, parameterization of thin mid-level stratiform
clouds, atmospheric radiation measurement.
Prasanta K. Sahoo, Ph.D., naval architecture, numerical modeling, wave
resistance.
Stephen L. Wood, Ph.D., P.E., underwater robotics, underwater vehicles,
advanced navigation, control systems and ocean energy systems.
Assistant Professor
Steven M. Jachec, Ph.D., P.E., environmental fluid mechanics, coastal
processes and engineering, numerical simulations of environmental flows,
turbulence modeling.
Robert J. Weaver, Ph.D., coastal flooding and transport, water quality, 2D/3D
circulation modeling, littoral processes.
Adjunct Faculty
C.L. Combs, M.S.; R.P. Reichard, Ph.D.; G.C. Rybicki, Ph.D.;
E.D. Thosteson, Ph.D., P.E.
Professors Emeriti
Iver W. Duedall, Ph.D.; Dean R. Norris, Ph.D.; John C. Sainsbury, Ph.D.;
Andrew Zborowski, Ph.D.
mission statement
The mission of the department of marine and environmental
systems is to integrate oceanography, ocean engineering, environmental
science, meteorology, earth remote sensing and related
academic concentrations into interdisciplinary knowledge-based
optimal solutions to vital contemporary issues through education,
research and service.
Directions in the department tend to mirror the interdisciplinary
nature of the interests and expertise of a closely related multidisciplinary
faculty in oceanography, meteorology, earth remote sensing,
ocean engineering and environmental sciences, with each program
offering bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
The spectrum of research in marine and environmental systems
ranges from using the scientific method to understand particular
phenomena to a more applied approach developing solutions to
specific problems. The understanding of problems and a vision of
alternative solutions are manifested in research and engineering
design of systems or components with direct benefit to human
quality of life.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Environmental Science, B.S. ___________________
major Code: 7222 Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science
age restriction: N admission status: undergraduate
Delivery mode/s: classroom only Location/s: main campus
Program Chair
John G. Windsor Jr., Ph.D.
The environmental sciences are those areas of applied science
concerned with the relationship between human activities and the
supporting environment; they provide the scientific framework for
rational environmental decisions.