May 16, 2018
A group of more than 20 students and faculty members from EEES attended the annual South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC) in Myrtle Beach, SC, in March. The conference, with this year’s theme of “Water Life,” is an excellent venue for networking with water researchers and practitioners in the state. SCEC is organized by the South […]
April 19, 2018
Congratulations to Riley Blais for receiving a scholarship from the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME). Winners of this award, entitled the, “2018 SME Scholarship for Students Seeking Geoscience Degrees in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina,” receive a scholarship and are invited to attend the SME Carolinas and Georgia Section Joint Meeting and […]
April 18, 2018
The Biosystems Engineering (BE) Club won the “Most Outstanding Student Branch of the Southeastern Chapter of ASABE” award at the recent ASABE Rally meeting at the University of Kentucky. The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is a professional society that provides networking opportunities, professional development training, and access to technical resources for […]
April 17, 2018
Dawn Montgomery, a PhD student in Environmental Engineering and Science, recently received two prestigious awards. The International Union of Radioecology (IUR) Young Investigators Award (€1500, Sept 2017), awarded by the IUR at the 4th International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity (ICRER), Berlin, Germany for her paper, “Uptake and dosimetric modeling of Tc-99, Cs-137, Np-237 and U-238 […]
April 6, 2018
A Fulbright scholar from Argentina, Victoria Guerrero was the recipient of one of two Best Student Paper awards at the 2018 Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition. Her paper was titled “Effects of Dissolved CO2 on Organic and Inorganic Fouling and Cleaning of RO Membranes.” Victoria is a member of David Ladner‘s research group in the […]
March 12, 2018
Natasha Bell, a doctoral student in Biosystems Engineering, has been awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), a program within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). AFRI is America’s flagship competitive grants program that provides funding for […]
February 20, 2018
Aylissa Damsen, a junior majoring in Environmental Engineering, was recently awarded the W.W. “Witty” Adkins scholarship from the South Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association. This scholarship is named for the former General Manager of the Greenville Water System. Mr. Adkins made significant contributions to the science and practice of water supply in […]
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 […]
April 17, 2017
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Faugerstrom, who was recently awarded the Neptune Technology Group Scholarship from the American Water Works Association (AWWA). Kaitlyn is a junior majoring in Environmental Engineering. The AWWA scholarship sponsors students who are interested in the water industry. Kaitlyn received letters of recommendation from Drs. David Ladner, David Freedman, and Sudeep Popat. Kaitlyn started […]
