Research

The Florida State University High Performance Materials Institute and supporting FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is pleased to announce that application to our two concurrent summer Research Experience for Undergraduates programs for students pursuing STEM related degrees is now open: D iversity in R esearch and E ngineering of A dvanced...

"The rate of groundwater contamination due to natural gas leakage from oil and gas wells has remained largely unchanged in northeastern Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin since 2001, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study based on public records and historical data. The results also suggest that microbially-generated methane, rather...

Congratulations P. Leigh Gilmore Terry on winning first place poster at the ACE16AWWA! Award: 1st place poster Time: June 21, 2016 Place: Chicago, Illinois Conference: ACE 2016 - American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition Abstract for the conference: Understanding the Performance of Extended EBCT Biofilters Based on Biomass...

Check out below what EVEN Professors are up to during their sabbaticals: Professor Karl Linden is currently on sabbatical for the calendar year 2016. His sabbatical covers travel to four different regions of the world to collaborate on research in the areas of public health protection and novel technologies for...

Global warming will likely exacerbate epidemics of chronic kidney disease seen recently in hot, rural regions of the world, according to a new assessment by an international team of researchers, including two from the University of Colorado Boulder. Chronic kidney disease caused by heat stress and dehydration appears to be...

Alia Khan, a graduate researcher from our CEAE department, just had a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters on the dissolved black carbon concentrations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys lakes. Diane McKnight, EVEN Professors is a co-author of the study. Congratulations! The perpetually ice-covered lakes in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys...

Shelly Miller discusses the major factors in our indoor air quality, and how small changes can help indoor air quality in our homes. Air quality expert Shelly Miller says small changes can foster healthy indoor environments. WRITTEN BY ERIC FEEZELL | PHOTO BY GLENN ASAKAWA DURING HIGH SCHOOL, SHELLY MILLER...

Environmental Engineering Professor Fernando Rosario-Ortiz had an article published in Science magazine: "How do you like tap water?." Listen to the Science Magazine postcast Please find below other mentions of this work in the international press: http://www.medicaldaily.com/drinking-water-disinfectant-water-pipes-375198 http://www.wateronline.com/doc/are-residual-disinfectants-really-crucial-to-clean-water-0001 http://www.examiner.com/article/infrastructure-study-sheds-light-on-water-purity http://www.elespanol.com/ciencia/20160225/104989818_0.html https://theconversation.com/can-drinking-water-be-delivered-without-disinfectants-like-chlorine-and-still-be-safe-55476

Prof. Rosario was recently awarded a new NSF grant to study the impact of wildfires on the formation and mobilization of disinfection byproduct precursors. The 3-year grant, which also includes Dr. Julie Korak, a CU alumni now at the Bureau of Reclamation, and Drs. Thomas Borch and Robert Young from...

Environmental Engineering student Jack Greene (BS/MS) was just notified that he was awarded Third Place in the graduate student division of the EWRI Student Technical Paper Competition. It is especially impressive because he is still completing his undergrad requirements, and he placed in the Graduate Division. The title of his...