Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Martinez, Cates, and Carbajales-Dale Receive Promotions

For three EEES faculty members, 2020 will be a memorable year, and not just because of a global pandemic.  Drs. Nicole Martinez, Ezra Cates, and Mik Carbajales-Dale were promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. 

Martinez Wins Science as Art Competition

Dr. Nicole Martinez received the first place award in Clemson University’s 2020 competition known as “Science as Art.”  Martinez submitted a four panel collage that was created by using a uranium glass sherbet dish.  Science as Art was started in 2006 “. . . to share the powerful and inspiring visual images produced in laboratories, […]

Ronald W. Falta, Jr. recognized by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Ron Falta, Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences is receiving the 2020 Honor Award for University Research, given by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Read the Clemson Newsstand article here: https://newsstand.clemson.edu/ronald-w-falta-jr-recognized-by-the-american-academy-of-environmental-engineers-and-scientists/  

EEES Welcomes 3 New Faculty in the Fall Semester

We are delighted to announce that we hired three faculty during the spring semester who will join EEES during the fall. Dr. Diana Vanegas is our newest hire for the Biosystems Engineering program.  She earned her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from the University of Florida.  Most recently, she served as an Assistant Professor […]

DeVol Selected as Fellow of the Health Physics Society

Dr. Timothy DeVol was selected as a 2019 Fellow of the Health Physics Society (HPS). Selection of HPS Fellows is made on the basis of significant administrative, educational, and/or scientific contributions to the profession of health physics.  Formed in 1956, HPS is a scientific organization of professionals who specialize in radiation safety. Its mission is […]

Popat’s research could help astronauts turn waste into hydrogen peroxide

Dr. Sudeep Popat recently received $750,000 from NASA to fund his research project focused on developing a way of making hydrogen peroxide for use on long-term space missions. Read the full newsstand article here. Dr. Popat’s research was also featured on several news stations. News clips from some of the stations can be found below: […]

Cates Receives Patent to Improve Water Treatment

Dr. Ezra Cates, an Assistant Professor in EEES, was recently awarded a patent entitled Materials and Methods for Reducing Biofouling in Water Treatment Membrane Systems.  Cates was one of five faculty members from The College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences who received a patent in 2018.  Patent holders were honored at a ceremony on […]

Cates Receives EPA Grant to Study Treatment of PFAS

You cannot taste or smell them in your tap water, but most municipalities in the United States now have drinking water supplies that are contaminated with trace levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  These chemicals were widely used in the production of products such as Teflon because of their remarkable properties.  Disposal of these […]

Martinez Receives Elda E. Anderson Award

Dr. Nicole Martinez was chosen by the Health Physics Society (HPS) to receive the 2019 Elda E. Anderson Award.  This award is presented to a young member of the Health Physics Society to recognize excellence in (1) research or development, (2) discovery or invention, (3) devotion to health physics, and/or (4) significant contributions to the […]

Shuller-Nickles Takes a Deep Dive on the USS Hampton (SSN 767)

Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles recently had a truly unique experience as a guest on the USS Hampton (SSN 767).  She was invited to tour the submarine and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier as part of an Educators’ Tour with the Navy to learn more about their Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate (NUPOC) program.  The submarine, as […]