After the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday, experts are trying to make sense of the catastrophe. Several media outlets have referred to the expertise of Professor Hussam Mahmoud in comparing the safety measures and deficiencies of other major U.S. bridges with those of the Key bridge. Bridges are often…Read more

We will host Dr. Beth Parker on Tuesday, April 2 as part of the Dr. Arthur T. Corey Distinguished Lecture Series.

Chávez gives keynote address at Irrigation International Symposium in Uruguay Earlier this month, Professor José L. Chávez delivered a keynote address at an International Irrigation Management Symposium in Colonia, Uruguay. The symposium was a gathering of experts in irrigation and agriculture sharing innovations for improving irrigation water management in Latin America and the Caribbean. Chávez spoke…Read more

This week, the American Chemical Society selected Associate Professor Tiezheng Tong for a Super Reviewer Award for Environmental Science & Technology. Of 7,350 total reviewers worldwide, only eight were given the Super Reviewer Award. In addition to his exceptional service as a peer reviewer, Tong is also a prolific researcher. Tong is the leading author…Read more

In July, PhD student Yiqun Yao attended the International Water Association’s 10th Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in St. Louis, Missouri. Advised by Associate Professor Tiezheng Tong, Yao’s research focuses on developing novel electrodialysis desalination technology for brine treatment and the design of antiscalants for membrane desalination. Yao…Read more

Associate Professor Peter Nelson co-authored two papers in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface on the role of bedrock riverbed roughness in the formation of sediment patches. Nelson provides a model for riverbeds with both bedrock and alluvial segments to determine how the texture of the riverbed and the presence or absence of sediment…Read more

Mahmoud describes the impact of climate change on the lifespan of U.S. bridges in new Yale Climate Connections radio piece.

In a new WIRED article entitled “The city of tomorrow will run on your toilet water,” Professor Sybil Sharvelle describes uses for recycled wastewater and the fatty acids generated by the microbes in wastewater.

Associate Professor Tiezheng Tong will receive the James J. Morgan Early Career Award honorable mention from the American Chemical Society next month at the Spring National Meeting in New Orleans. The award recognizes “imaginative early career colleagues who are making waves in environmental science and technology.” Tong is involved in ground-breaking research on achieving zero-liquid…Read more

This January, CEE graduate research assistant Prashanna Mishra and Professor John van de Lindt participated in the second phase of the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Converging Design project. This phase tested the structural integrity of a full-scale six-story timber building using a shake-table to simulate earthquake level force at the University of…Read more