The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) is made up of professors in academic programs throughout the world who provide education in the sciences and technologies of environmental protection. Some of the programs represented in AEESP include:
- water and wastewater treatment
- air pollution control
- water and air resource management
- industrial and hazardous waste management
- solid waste management
- contaminated site investigation and remediation
- waste repositories
- pollution prevention
- environmental chemistry
- aquatic ecology
- environmental toxicology
- public health engineering
- environmental policy management
Founded in 1963 as a private nonprofit organization, AEESP has grown to more than 700 members in universities throughout the world. The Association assists its members in improving education and research programs, encourages graduate education, and serves the profession by providing information to government agencies and the public, and provides direct benefits to its members.