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Alumni profile: Meeta Gupta, Ph.D. ’09

May 29, 2018

Environmental Science & Engineering - DEGREE OPTIONS

Students interested in Environmental Science & Engineering have the option to pursue:

Cross-cultural engineering projects empower communities abroad

February 27, 2013

Harvard student chapter of Engineers Without Borders works with villages in the Dominican Republic to find clean water

Rolling out the green carpet at SEAS

April 27, 2010

Staff member Kate Zirpolo-Flynn and undergraduate Henry Xie '11 recognized with Individual Awards at first annual Green Carpet Awards

Harvard SEAS students with an instructor at Alewife Brook Reservation

Getting their hands dirty

November 20, 2024

Environmental engineering students do field work at Alewife Brook Reservation

Environmental Science & Engineering - Concentration Requirements

The requirements for these concentrations can be found in the Harvard College Handbook for Students.

Alumni profile: Laila Kasuri, A.B. ’13

July 25, 2017

Preparing Harvard for the effects of climate change

May 24, 2016

Class project identifies campus resilience strategies

image of a highly entangled hydrogel and a regular hydrogel

Elastic polymer that is both stiff and tough, resolves long-standing quandary

October 7, 2021

More sustainable, long-lasting polymer materials could decrease consumption of plastics 

Alumni profile: Jackie Stenson, S.B. ’08

February 22, 2016

New ideas for global warming solutions win $1M in funding

April 29, 2021

SEAS projects among those awarded Climate Change Solutions Fund

Alumni profile: Alexander Epstein, S.M. ’09, Ph.D. ’12

April 16, 2018

Using technology to make city streets safer Boston experienced five horrific bicycle fatalities in the summer and fall of 2012, raising awareness of the dangers involved when cyclists and trucks and buses navigate the city’s narrow streets.

Fast charging over 10,000 cycles: For future electric vehicles, Harvard engineers’ solid-state battery technology points to a leap in performance and reliability

September 1, 2022

Startup Adden Energy granted technology license from Harvard to scale innovative lithium-metal battery technology for commercial deployment

Reversible, programmable mechanical metamaterials

June 9, 2021

Research could be used for mechanical computing, encryption and more

Beekeepers with a box hive of melipona bees

A buzzworthy solution

March 31, 2021

Student startup fights Amazon deforestation by boosting beekeepers

Cytokine-containing backpacks macrophage cell

“Backpacks” boost immune cells’ ability to kill cancer

April 29, 2020

Disc-shaped particles control macrophage behavior to slow tumor growth and metastasis in mice

Robotics - Robotics Research Groups, Centers, Initiatives

We are closely linked with multidisciplinary and innovative education and research groups and initiatives.Computational Robotics LabThe Computational Robotics Lab, directd by Professor Heng (Hank) Yang, studies the algorithmic foundations of robot perception, action, and learning. We are broadly int...

Q&A with Martha Heitzmann '97 (Ph.D.)

June 6, 2011

A self-described “hybrid,” Heitzmann straddles cultures and disciplines to address the world’s energy crisis

China may be on track to meet its CO2 emissions goals early

August 13, 2019

Study finds that as cities become wealthier, per capita emissions drop