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EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Henry Krumb School of Mines
918 S. W. Mudd, MC 4711, 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
Peter Rennée
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 PROFESSOR
Xi Chen
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Marco Castaldi
Kartik Chandran
Gavin Gong
Ah-Hyung (Alissa) Park
LECTURER
Chris Gazze
ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
William Becker
Raymond S. Farinato
Robert Farrauto
Yuri Gorokhovich
D. R. Nagaraj
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT
PROFESSORS
Scott Kaufman
Sri Rangarajan
Greg Yetman
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH
SCIENTISTS
Irina Chernyshova
S. Murthy Khandrika
Hyung Chul Kim
DOHERTY RESEARCH
SCIENTIST
Wade McGillis
SENIOR RESEARCH
SCIENTIST
Vasilis Fthenakis
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 one hundred 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
(SEAS) supports three components:
• The Department of Earth and
Environmental Engineering (EEE),
one of the nine departments of SEAS.
• Columbia’s interdepartmental program
in Materials Science and Engineering
(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. 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
Engineer, and the doctorate degrees
(Ph.D., Eng.Sc.D.) in EEE.
SEAS 2009–2010