Francis J. Hopcroft & Gergely Sirokman 
Environmental Engineering Dictionary of Technical Terms and Phrases 
English to Hungarian and Hungarian to English

This reference manual provides a list of approximately 300 technical terms and phrases common to environmental and civil engineering which non-English speakers often find difficult to understand in English. The manual provides the terms and phrases in alphabetical order, followed by a concise English definition, then a translation of the term in Hungarian and, finally, an interpretation or translation of the term or phrase in Hungarian. Following the Hungarian translations section, the columns are reversed and reordered alphabetically in Hungarian with the English term and translation following the Hungarian term or phrase. The objective is to provide a technical term reference manual for non-English speaking students and engineers who are familiar with Hungarian, but uncomfortable with English and to provide a similar reference for English speaking students and engineers working in an area of the world where the Hungarian language predominates.

About the author

Gergely (Greg) Sirokman, born in Szeged, Hungary, is an associate professor of chemistry in the Department of Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology, focusing on education of engineering students. He earned a BS in chemistry from Brandeis University and a Ph D in inorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has personally mentored students in Wentworth’s Environmental Science program and has several publications with ASEE on using games to teach at the college level. Dr. Sirokman’s scholarly activities are focused on renewable energy applications and biodiesel production.