Congrats to Josh Benjamin for publishing the first paper of his dissertation! First of many more to come! See the publication tab for a link to the article.
Michelle passed her PhD proposal defense!
Congratulations to Michelle Platz on successfully impressing all her committee members during her proposal defense. Michelle’s dissertation working title is Characterization of net community metabolism among restored coral communities in the Florida Keys.
New project funded by the Bureau of Reclamation!
Our project “Effective energy recovery in desalination and water reclamation utilities through pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO)” was one of the 30 selected for funding through the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. Fun times to come for PhD candidate Josh on building and experimenting with a bench-scale PRO system!
More info on the Bureau’s website: https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=66943
End of Spring Accomplishments
It was a good end of the academic year for our group. First, Josh Benjamin was accepted to PhD candidancy after defending his proposal “Desalination Energy Recovery through Pressure Retarded Osmosis: A Techno-Economic Assessment”. Second, undergrad researcher Carlee Chaffin won the CEE Department’s Outstanding Graduation Award during the Induction of the Engineer Ceremony. Congrats to both Josh and Carlee!!
Charlotte awarded PhD Fellowhip!
Charlotte was just awarded the USF Signature Fellowship for the remaining two years of her PhD. Way to go Charlotte!
New Mekong paper published
What do you do when you are stuck in Phnom Penh without field work permits? Here is an review article just published in Current Opinions in Environmental Sustainability: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.01.002
Charlotte accepted to PhD Candidancy
Congratulations to Charlotte Haberstroh for successfully defending her PhD proposal "Plastic Pollution in Coastal Urban Rivers: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Plastic Release and Transport". Soon after her defense, Charlotte also accepted the Florida Stormwater Association Scholarship (https://www.florida-stormwater.org/scholarship), and presented her research at AUG in Washington DC. Way to wrap up the year!
Mohit's MS defense
Congratulations Mohit Kaura for succesfully defending his MS thesis "The Role of Forests in Securing Hydropower Needs of Cambodia"! Best wishes to Mohit on his next adventures.
Michelle is back from monitoring metabolism of restored coral in the Keys
Please see the coral restoration monitoring project website for a detail description of this project and for some cool photos of Michelle in action.
WaSus at Ecological Engineering Meeting in Houston
We had a great turn out at the American Ecological Engineering Society Meeting in Houston, where Charlotte, Awet, Josh, and Mauricio gave presentations. Looking forward for next year in NC!