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The Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydrology Program concentrates on studying surface and groundwater movement. It examines environmental and economic considerations crucial for water resource planning. Courses in environmental fluid mechanics cover topics like fluid/sediment transport, mixing processes, turbulence modeling, stratified flow dynamics, and natural flows in coastal areas, estuaries, lakes, and channels, along with atmospheric flows and experimental techniques. Hydrology coursework explores stochastic approaches to surface and subsurface water systems, watershed analysis and modeling, and porous media transport. Planning courses emphasize sustainable water resource management, both domestically and internationally. Students can customize degree paths by blending environmental fluid mechanics and hydrology courses with complementary offerings from programs like Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Petroleum Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Statistics.