Environmental Engineering Science: Taking on Today’s Environmental Grand Challenges

Environmental engineering is a dynamic and growing field that addresses some of the most important work in science and engineering—protecting the Earth’s resources, ensuring the safety of water and air, and devising strategies for humans to thrive in the face of a changing climate. Publications in this field have shifted from concerns of polluted cities and hazardous wastes in the mid-20th century to today’s challenges of provision of water supplies across the globe, innovation in sustainable energy, urban resilience to heat and storms, and informed strategies for environmental policy. Through excellence in teaching and research, members of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) are addressing these grand challenges. The official journal of AEESP is Environmental Engineering Science, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. It is an important venue for the publication of cutting-edge research, state-of-the-art educational approaches, workshop outcomes, and prevailing views about the environment in a societal and policy context. This year marks 28 years of the journal in its current configuration, since Dr. Domenico Grasso became the Editor-in-Chief. This year also marks a transition of the Editor-in-Chief from Dr. Catherine Peters to Dr. Ramana Gadhamshetty. Through a review of selected publications that highlight member contributions, this article contains Dr. Peters’ perspective on the journal’s trajectory, commitment to publication excellence, and service to the AEESP community.