Research
Research in the PhD program can be broadly classified into the following clusters:
- Environmental Quality and Remediation
- Environmental and Urban Ecology
- Earth Systems and Climate Change
- Environmental Modeling and Visualization
- Geodynamics
- Environmental Forensics
- Environmental Policy, Social and Management Impacts
Each cluster is meant to oversee a series of interlinked projects addressing various components of the larger questions; but no cluster operates in isolation: continued information exchange, discussions, and joint efforts are catalyzed through regular research forums (e.g., weekly Sustainability Seminar Series), sharing of lab equipment placed in strategic locations within the core-labs space and between established research cluster labs, and proximity of all research laboratories. In addition to MSU faculty and research adjuncts, the clusters are adequately supported by industry professionals who play a vital role in training the PhD students. Every dissertation committee is required to include at least one external industry professional in the broad area of environmental management to provide a "window to the world out there" to the doctoral trainees.
In order to administratively coordinate these and future research activities in the area of Environmental Management, several Centers of Excellence and a School have been created in the College of Science and Mathematics. They include the following:
- Passaic River Institute (PRI)
- PSE&G Institute of Sustainability Studies (ISS)
- New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC)
- Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL)
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