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Environmental Engineering job growth leading professional careers

According to Fortune magazine [March 21, 2005], one of the hottest career paths for the next ten years is expected to be in environmental engineering. As part of this increase, the U.S. will begin exporting environmental expertise to overseas markets to sustain this job growth. Environmental engineers will be called upon to develop creative solutions to balance economic growth and ecosystem preservation as coastal and inland development accelerates. The article entitled, "hot Careers for the Next 10 years" puts the growth rate of demand for environmental engineers (at 54%) even higher than that of information systems managers, software engineers, and systems analysts. Environmental engineers will be expected to prevent problems and introduce new technologies that promote sustainable development as global expansion takes off in the Pacific Rim and elsewhere.

Additionally, graduate degrees in this discipline will be needed to provide the necessary interdisciplinary education and training needed to develop these innovative technologies through research and field scale implementation.