r/EnvironmentalEngineer

Title says it all. I have a degree in mechanical engineering but recently got a job as an air pollution control engineer. I have a few weeks until I start, and was wondering if anyone had any advice. Should I read some environmental engineering books to get some baseline knowledge, and if so which ones? It sounds like they will teach a lot and encourage me to get my FE and PE (which I want to do!), but I want to make sure I'm going in with the right mindset and baseline knowledge. Thanks! :)

Hi, so I'm undergraduate environmental engineering student 5th sem and want to do research work. I've done many projects out of which the toughest one was conversion of waste cooking oil into biodiesel (transesterification) and also made sure no waste was left and all is used in every way. If there are any other articles topics which are interesting and workable, doesn't matter the genre, hit me up with some interesting ideas and maybe we might click

mid career here, but doing detailed design for the first time and v excited. I normally do feasibility studies/master planning, bench scale studies and pilot testing so this is all newish to me, but I'm enjoying it.

I'm putting together specs for the first time for a project and want to keep myself hyped up to do it. specs usually get a bad rap, and if I focus on that I'll lose motivation. I also have ADHD, but like my job and the implications enough to make it work, as long as I finesse a way to keep things exciting.

so here are my questions to discuss!!

what is your favorite part of doing spec works?

it feels like a marathon rather than a sprint - is that true and how do you stay on track?

why do specs get such a bad rap - is that accurate or just poorly planned projects??

what are the biggest parts of spec projects to avoid "catastrophes" later on when the deliverable goes in

Compare both approaches in terms of economic viability and environment benefits.
Here I am inclined towards biogas because it's easy to install, low cost. It don't need big companies money to setup. And can be installed near farmer's field.