Environmental Engineering Department

The Department of Environmental Engineering was established at the Technical University of Crete (Presidential Decree no 232/1995, Official Gazette no 134/22-6-1995 volume A). Its mission is to provide education and conduct research in the field of environmental science and engineering and to train engineers who will have the skills to contribute to the measurement, observation, evaluation and solution of problems that are created by human intervention to the environment.

The study programme encompasses subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels; as a result, a unique undergraduate and postgraduate scientific centre has been established in Greece in the field of environmental engineering, which is in constant cooperation with respective university centres and research institutes in North America and the European Union. The taught subjects cover the following scientific areas: design, construction and operation of effluent polishing units, gaseous emissions, urban waste, waste from agricultural industries and food industries, toxic and hazardous waste, atmospheric pollution management, surface and underground water, systems for the measurement of air, water and soil pollution, soil sanitization and underground water rehabilitation, environmental impact and risk studies, noise and radiation control, studies of environmentally friendly thermodynamic cycles.

Head of Department

Professor Georgios Karatzas

Deputy Head of Department

Professor Nikolaos Nikolaidis

Secretary

Gina Poniridou

Contact

Website: http://www.enveng.tuc.gr

Secretariat

Tel: +30 2821037781

Fax: +30 2821037858

e-mail: gina<at>enveng.tuc.gr