September 12, 2018
EEES faculty member Dr. Ezra Cates is developing a novel water treatment process to address one of the most difficult to degrade “emerging contaminants,” perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Cates and his students recently published an article in one of the top journals for Environmental Engineering (Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00395) describing the use […]
January 24, 2018
The Industrial Assessment Center, directed by Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale, was recently featured in the Clemson newsstand. Read more at the article listed below. http://newsstand.clemson.edu/free-service-helps-south-carolina-manufacturers-save-money-by-going-green-2/
November 17, 2017
A team of Clemson researchers led by Dr. Brian Powell was recently featured in the news section for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Powell is the Principal Investigator on a $5.25M project that has developed a deeper understanding of how waste radionuclides behave when released to the environment. This project is further highlighted […]
September 18, 2017
Dr. Caye Drapcho’s oyster reef restoration Creative Inquiry course is featured in the Summer/Fall 2017 Clemson World magazine. Read the full article.
August 14, 2017
Dawn Montgomery, PhD student in Environmental Engineering and Science, was awarded a first place prize in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards sponsored by the US Department of Energy for her publication in the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity entitled, “The Influence of Citrate and Oxalate on 99TcVII, Cs, NpV and UVI Sorption to a […]
July 21, 2017
Congratulations to students Stephanie Hibberts (Geology) and Jillian Laird (Chemical Engineering) who were awarded research grants from the Geological Society of America to support their undergraduate research. Both students are mentored by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kelly Lazar. Stephanie Hibberts’ proposal, “Extending the hurricane record of the Lesser Antilles: Sedimentological and foraminiferal evidence of past hurricane […]
June 30, 2017
Habibullah Uzun, post-doctoral fellow in Tanju Karanfil’s research group, recently had an article featured in the journal American Water Works Association (AWWA). This article was the only one in the June 2017 issue selected to be printed in full text, with the other articles being made available online. The comprehensive study, The Removal of […]
May 25, 2017
A video on Dr. Stephen Moysey‘s Virtual Reality Field Experiences (VRFE) project is featured on the National Science Foundation’s 2017 STEM for ALL Video Showcase. View the video here: http://stemforall2017.videohall.com/presentations/966
April 4, 2017
Over 20 faculty and students in the department attended the annual South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC) from March 12-15, 2017, in Myrtle Beach, SC. The conference, with the theme “For Our Water,” allows for networking with other water researchers in the state by offering presentations, exhibits, awards, and social events. The SCEC is one of […]
January 18, 2017
Dr. Nicole Martinez, Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, was recently awarded a grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for her proposal entitled Discriminatory Transcriptional Response of Environmental Microorganisms and Microbial Communities to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation. The three-year award was made through DTRA’s program in Basic Research for Combating Weapons of […]
