[{"id":2061,"date":"2026-04-13T19:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:57:31","slug":"34th-annual-davd-s-snipes-2026-clemson-hydrogeology-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/34th-annual-davd-s-snipes-2026-clemson-hydrogeology-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"34th Annual Davd S. Snipes\/2026 Clemson Hydrogeology Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Environmental Engineering &amp; Earth Sciences hosted another successful Clemson Hydrogeology Symposium on April 2, 2026. Thanks to all the companies that sponsored the recent 34th Annual David S. Snipes\/2026 Clemson Hydrogeology Symposium, HRP Associates Inc., Redox Tech, CCI Environmental Services, SynTerra Corporation and EDR LightBox. The keynote address was titled Groundwater Recharge Regimes are in Flux presented by Dr. Steven P Loheide II, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. &nbsp;The annual conference is the largest gathering of professionals focused on hydrogeology in the Southeast U.S. &nbsp;This year, over 480 were in attendance (in-person and remote). The field trips were held on April 1st &amp; 3rd with a total of 76 attendees.  Thanks all the sponsors, exhibitors, presenters, attendees, faculty and staff who helped make the event a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_472-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_472-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_472-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_472-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_472-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_472-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dr. Steven P Loheide II, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI<\/em>. Keynote Address titled <em>&#8220;Groundwater Recharge Regimes are in Flux&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Platinum Exhibitor:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pace Analytical<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gold Exhibitors:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Easter Solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M&amp;W Drilling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean Harbors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cascade Environmental<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Silver Exhibitors:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parratt Wolff Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HRP Associates Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evonik Corporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hart &amp; Hickman PC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GEO LAB DRILLING<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summit Drilling LLC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FRx Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bronze Exhibitors:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AST Environmental<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total Vapor Solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carus LLC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>REGENIS\/Land Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enviro-Equipment, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eurofins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buckeye Elm Contracting, LLC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tersus Environmental<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SR&amp;R Environmental, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AMS, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EPRO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Betts Drilling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collier Geophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EON Products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ERIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson Screens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the Symposium organizer Scott Brame who has managed the Symposium for over 25 years. \u00a0We are thankful for his leadership in the growth of the Clemson Hydrogeology Symposium.\u00a0Go Tigers!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_002-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_002-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_002-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_002-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Juan Jose Romero Conde. Presentation titled <em>&#8220;Abiotic Degradation 1,4-Dioxane in the Presence of Iron-bearing Minerals&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"887\" data-id=\"2064\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/AMS-Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_333-1024x887.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/AMS-Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_333-1024x887.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/AMS-Hydrogeology-Symposium_040226_JW_333-600x520.jpg 600w, 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Thanks to all the companies that sponsored the recent 34th Annual David S. Snipes\/2026 Clemson Hydrogeology Symposium, HRP Associates Inc., Redox Tech, CCI Environmental Services, SynTerra Corporation and EDR LightBox. The keynote address was titled Groundwater Recharge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6820,29632,8693],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-hydrogeology","category-people"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2057,"date":"2026-04-01T13:16:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:18:39","slug":"eees-student-poster-awarded-first-place-at-2026-south-carolina-environmental-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/eees-student-poster-awarded-first-place-at-2026-south-carolina-environmental-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"EEES Student Poster Awarded First Place at 2026 South Carolina Environmental Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to Janelle Mercer for receiving the first (1st) place award at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scwaters.org\/mpage\/scec\">South Carolina Environmental Conference<\/a> (SCEC) for the student poster session. She will present at the 2026 American Water Works Association ACE Conference (AWWA-ACE) in Washington D.C. in June 2026. Her research focuses on \u201cThe Aggregation of Microplastics by Enhancing Extracellular Polymeric Substance Growth in Pseudoalteromonas&nbsp;sp. NCIMB 2021 to Improve Removal Efficiencies in Environmental Matrices\u201d. Janelle&#8217;s advisor is Dr. Kevin Finneran. Go Tigers!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Janelle-Mercer-2026-AWWA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Janelle-Mercer-2026-AWWA.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Janelle-Mercer-2026-AWWA-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Janelle Mercer<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Janelle Mercer for receiving the first (1st) place award at the South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC) for the student poster session. She will present at the 2026 American Water Works Association ACE Conference (AWWA-ACE) in Washington D.C. in June 2026. Her research focuses on \u201cThe Aggregation of Microplastics by Enhancing Extracellular Polymeric Substance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[903],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-awards"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2055,"date":"2026-04-01T13:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:18:09","slug":"national-association-of-geoscience-teachers-nagt-outstanding-ta-awarded-to-eees-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/national-association-of-geoscience-teachers-nagt-outstanding-ta-awarded-to-eees-student\/","title":{"rendered":"National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Outstanding TA Awarded to EEES Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to Annelee Chiaviello for being selected as a recipient of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nagt.org\/index.html\">National Association of Geoscience Teachers<\/a> (NAGT) Outstanding TA Award. &nbsp;This award honors undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated excellence as Teaching Assistants. She was nominated by Dr. Alan Coulson.&nbsp;We appreciate the work that you have done in teaching and serving students, in addition to your studies and research. The National Association of Geoscience Teachers is committed to improving geoscience teaching and student learning. Effective teaching assistants are an important part of that equation. Go Tigers!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Annalee-Chiaviello_NAGT-Award-2026-684x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Annalee-Chiaviello_NAGT-Award-2026-684x1024.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Annalee-Chiaviello_NAGT-Award-2026-401x600.jpeg 401w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Annalee-Chiaviello_NAGT-Award-2026-768x1150.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Annalee-Chiaviello_NAGT-Award-2026-1026x1536.jpeg 1026w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Annalee-Chiaviello_NAGT-Award-2026-1367x2048.jpeg 1367w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Annalee-Chiaviello_NAGT-Award-2026-scaled.jpeg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Annelee Chiaviello<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Annelee Chiaviello for being selected as a recipient of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Outstanding TA Award. &nbsp;This award honors undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated excellence as Teaching Assistants. She was nominated by Dr. Alan Coulson.&nbsp;We appreciate the work that you have done in teaching and serving students, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[903],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-awards"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2051,"date":"2026-04-01T13:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:08:43","slug":"nuclear-minors-awarded-2026-goldwater-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/nuclear-minors-awarded-2026-goldwater-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Minors Awarded 2026 Goldwater Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to the 2026 Goldwater Scholars. &nbsp;Two-(2) of which are Nuclear minors in the Department of Environmental Engineering &amp; Earth Scieces. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrew \u201cDrew\u201d Hodges <\/strong>is a junior majoring in physics with a minor in nuclear engineering and radiological science. His faculty mentors include Stephen Kaeppler, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Timothy DeVol, Toshiba Professor of Nuclear Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meridee Ritzer <\/strong>is a sophomore National Scholar majoring in chemistry with minors in geology and nuclear engineering. Her Clemson faculty mentors include William Pennington, an alumni distinguished professor of Chemistry and special assistant to the Dean; Colin McMillen, a principal lecturer in chemistry; and Michael Cowen, a lecturer in mathematical and statistical sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These students are among the 454 new Goldwater Scholars selected from 1,485 national nominees (each university may nominate four students, as well as one transfer and one student veteran.) With these new Scholars, Clemson has had 69 Goldwater Scholars selected since the program\u2019s inception in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more about their achievement <a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/clemson-students-earn-prestigious-2026-goldwater-scholarships\/?utm_campaign=our-clemson&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=emma&amp;utm_term=2026\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. &nbsp;Go Tigers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"321\" data-id=\"2053\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Andrew-Hodges-Goldwater-Scholar-2026-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2053\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew &#8220;Drew&#8221; Hodges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"321\" data-id=\"2054\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/04\/Meridee-Ritzer-Goldwater-Scholar-2026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2054\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meridee Ritzer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the 2026 Goldwater Scholars. &nbsp;Two-(2) of which are Nuclear minors in the Department of Environmental Engineering &amp; Earth Scieces. &nbsp; Andrew \u201cDrew\u201d Hodges is a junior majoring in physics with a minor in nuclear engineering and radiological science. His faculty mentors include Stephen Kaeppler, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Timothy DeVol, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[903],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-awards"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2024,"date":"2026-02-09T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:54:10","slug":"the-cigarette-surfboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/the-cigarette-surfboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cigarette Surfboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What an incredible story revealed in The Cigarette Surfboard. \u00a0The documentary film screening was held last week Friday, February 6, 2026.  The event was sponsored by the Clemson Environmental Institute, The Department of Environmental Engineering &amp; Earth Sciences, and the Sustainability and Environmental Organization Coalition. \u00a0The cigarette surfboard is made from 10,000 littered cigarette butts on a journey to raise awareness about marine pollution and microplastics. \u00a0Attendees were able to see and learn how art and activism can drive environmental change. \u00a0The film director, Ben Judkins hosted a Q&amp;A after the documentary. Go Tigers!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2026\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2891-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2891-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2891-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2891-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2891-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2891-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. David Freedman &amp; Ben Judkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2025\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2889-660x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2889-660x1024.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2889-387x600.jpeg 387w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2889-768x1191.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2889-990x1536.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2889-1320x2048.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2889-scaled.jpeg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Cigarette Surfboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2027\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2887-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2887-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2887-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2887-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2887-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2887-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students Meet &amp; Greet with Film Director, Ben Judkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an incredible story revealed in The Cigarette Surfboard. \u00a0The documentary film screening was held last week Friday, February 6, 2026. The event was sponsored by the Clemson Environmental Institute, The Department of Environmental Engineering &amp; Earth Sciences, and the Sustainability and Environmental Organization Coalition. \u00a0The cigarette surfboard is made from 10,000 littered cigarette butts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6820,8693],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-people"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2018,"date":"2026-01-28T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:38:06","slug":"dr-sudeep-popat-appointed-as-an-editor-for-journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering-jece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/dr-sudeep-popat-appointed-as-an-editor-for-journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering-jece\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sudeep Popat Appointed As An Editor for Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (JECE)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join us in congratulating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/cecas\/departments\/eees\/people\/facultydirectory\/popat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr.Sudeep Popat<\/a> for his appointment as an editor for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering-jece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (JECE)<\/a>. We are proud of his accomplishment and wish him the very best in his new role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering &#8211; JECE provides a forum for the publication of original and innovative research on the development of advanced, safer, green and sustainable environmental technologies towards a carbon-neutral circular and self-sufficient bio-based economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"989\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Sudeep-Popat-989x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Sudeep-Popat-989x1024.jpg 989w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Sudeep-Popat-580x600.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Sudeep-Popat-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Sudeep-Popat.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in congratulating Dr.Sudeep Popat for his appointment as an editor for Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (JECE). We are proud of his accomplishment and wish him the very best in his new role. The Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering &#8211; JECE provides a forum for the publication of original and innovative research on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8693],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2015,"date":"2026-01-28T20:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:11:02","slug":"scawwa-weasc-scholarship-awarded-to-eees-graduate-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/scawwa-weasc-scholarship-awarded-to-eees-graduate-student\/","title":{"rendered":"SCAWWA\/WEASC Scholarship Awarded to EEES Graduate Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eman Zuhair Alhamdan has been awarded the <strong>Legacy of Learning Scholarships <\/strong>by the Water Environment Association of South Carolina (WEASC)\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scwaters.org%2Fgeneral%2Fcustom.asp%3Fpage%3DScholarships&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccarmiet%40clemson.edu%7Cea4e9c096d184a2b268508de4d5e7797%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C639033265387908749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ozNZPFAPpTWQwKNkXluETWn%2B5gzxm8j4WH9dZlg2qfA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scholarships &#8211; SCAWWA\/WEASC<\/a>). This honor is a testament to her exceptional achievements and dedication. The scholarship supports students committed to advancing the water profession and reflects their achievements as future leaders in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eman\u2019s research centers on the application of vacuum ultraviolet radiation (VUV) to water treatment, with a particular emphasis on the degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This work addresses a critical environmental challenge, as PFAS contamination has emerged as a significant concern, while the use of VUV technology in water treatment remains relatively unexplored compared to conventional UV approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to this recognition, Eman\u2019s work has gained international attention. She has presented her research at the International Ultraviolet Association conferences, and in 2025, she was awarded a highly competitive travel award by the association. Eman&#8217;s advisor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/cecas\/departments\/eees\/people\/facultydirectory\/cates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Ezra Cates<\/a> and they continue to collaborate in her research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman-Z.-Alhamdan-Photo-December-2025-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eman Zuhair Alhamdan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"940\" data-id=\"2017\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman_Alhamdan_IUVA-Winners_2025-1024x940.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman_Alhamdan_IUVA-Winners_2025-1024x940.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman_Alhamdan_IUVA-Winners_2025-600x551.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman_Alhamdan_IUVA-Winners_2025-768x705.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman_Alhamdan_IUVA-Winners_2025-1536x1409.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Eman_Alhamdan_IUVA-Winners_2025-2048x1879.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eman Zuhair Alhamdan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eman Zuhair Alhamdan has been awarded the Legacy of Learning Scholarships by the Water Environment Association of South Carolina (WEASC)\u00a0(Scholarships &#8211; SCAWWA\/WEASC). This honor is a testament to her exceptional achievements and dedication. The scholarship supports students committed to advancing the water profession and reflects their achievements as future leaders in the field. Eman\u2019s research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[903],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-awards"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2006,"date":"2026-01-27T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:00:51","slug":"weasc-awwa-scholarship-awarded-to-eees-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/weasc-awwa-scholarship-awarded-to-eees-students\/","title":{"rendered":"WEASC\/AWWA Scholarship Awarded to EEES Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The WEASC\/AWWA Legacy of Learning Scholarship aims to encourage and support students who are pursuing a career in the environmental field. Makenzie Evans chose to pursue this career path by majoring in Environmental Engineering and intends to minor in Environmental Science &amp; Policy. She chose this major because of her skills in math and science, combined with her interest in serving both her environment and the community. Her in-class and out-of-class experiences \u2014 including internships and research have led her to pursue a career in design related to water management and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiersten Miller is a junior Environmental Engineering major who also plans on pursuing a minor in Environmental Science and Policy and she is from Charleston, SC! She chose this major because of her passion for protecting the environment around us and her desire to make positive impacts on her community. She also has been awarded the Water Environment Association of South Carolina&#8217;s (WEASC) Legacy of Learning Scholarship which is aimed towards helping students earning a degree in environmental studies. This scholarship will help support her in her goals as a young engineer to pursue a master&#8217;s in Environmental Engineering and to continue expanding her skills when she starts to work in industry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"951\" data-id=\"2012\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Makenzie-Evans_WEASC-Scholarship-2-1024x951.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Makenzie-Evans_WEASC-Scholarship-2-1024x951.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Makenzie-Evans_WEASC-Scholarship-2-600x557.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Makenzie-Evans_WEASC-Scholarship-2-768x713.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Makenzie-Evans_WEASC-Scholarship-2-1536x1426.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Makenzie-Evans_WEASC-Scholarship-2-2048x1901.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Makenzie Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"928\" data-id=\"2011\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Kiersten-Miller_WEASC-Scholarship-2-1024x928.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Kiersten-Miller_WEASC-Scholarship-2-1024x928.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Kiersten-Miller_WEASC-Scholarship-2-600x544.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Kiersten-Miller_WEASC-Scholarship-2-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Kiersten-Miller_WEASC-Scholarship-2-1536x1392.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2026\/01\/Kiersten-Miller_WEASC-Scholarship-2-2048x1856.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kiersten Miller<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WEASC\/AWWA Legacy of Learning Scholarship aims to encourage and support students who are pursuing a career in the environmental field. Makenzie Evans chose to pursue this career path by majoring in Environmental Engineering and intends to minor in Environmental Science &amp; Policy. She chose this major because of her skills in math and science, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8693,903],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-2006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-student-awards"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1978,"date":"2025-12-17T14:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:23:05","slug":"the-north-pole-keeps-moving-heres-how-that-affects-santas-holiday-travel-and-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/the-north-pole-keeps-moving-heres-how-that-affects-santas-holiday-travel-and-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"The North Pole keeps moving \u2013 here\u2019s how that affects Santa\u2019s holiday travel and\u00a0yours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just in time for the holidays is an article written by EEES Research Assistant Professor, Scott Brame, titled &#8220;The North Pole keeps moving \u2013 here\u2019s how that affects Santa\u2019s holiday travel and&nbsp;yours.&#8221; in it he explains that the difference in the two north poles.  The geographic and the magnetic north poles.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it\u2019s snowing so hard that the reindeer can\u2019t see the way.  He could use a compass, but then he has a challenge: He has to be able to find the right North Pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/Santa-Reindeer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/Santa-Reindeer.png 723w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/Santa-Reindeer-600x338.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>Could this be the next Blitzen? Feeding a reindeer in Lapland, Finland, north of the Arctic Circle.<\/em><\/em>              <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/santa-claus-feeding-reindeer-in-the-snowy-forest-royalty-free-image\/977817570\">Roberto Moiola\/Sysaworld\/Moment via Getty Images<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are actually&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/magnetic-north-vs-geographic-true-pole\/\">two North Poles<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 the geographic North Pole you see on maps and the magnetic North Pole that the compass relies on. They aren\u2019t the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-two-north-poles\">The two North Poles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.org\/resource\/north-pole\/\">geographic North Pole<\/a>, also called true north, is the point at one end of the Earth\u2019s axis of rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try taking a tennis ball in your right hand, putting your thumb on the bottom and your middle finger on the top, and rotating the ball with the fingers of your left hand. The place where the thumb and middle finger of your right hand contact the tennis ball as it spins define the axis of rotation. The axis extends from the south pole to the north pole as it passes through the center of the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/Compass.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Compasses use a magnetized needle to align with Earth\u2019s magnetic field. To <\/em><br><em>find true north, a compass must be adjusted for the declination of its location, <\/em><br><em>meaning the angle difference between true north and magnetic north for that spot<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kompass_(24490421539).jpg\">Tim Reckmann\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earth\u2019s magnetic North Pole is different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 1,000 years ago, explorers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.org\/resource\/compass\/\">began using compasses<\/a>, typically made with a floating cork or piece of wood with a magnetized needle in it, to find their way. The Earth has a magnetic field that acts like a giant magnet, and the compass needle aligns with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The magnetic North Pole is used by devices such as smartphones for navigation \u2013 and that pole moves around over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-the-magnetic-north-pole-moves-around\">Why the magnetic north pole moves around<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The movement of the magnetic North Pole is the result of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.org\/resource\/core\/\">Earth having an active core<\/a>. The inner core, starting about 3,200 miles below your feet, is solid and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/explore-science\/from-core-to-crust-defining-earths-layers\">under such immense pressure<\/a>&nbsp;that it cannot melt. But the outer core is molten, consisting of melted iron and nickel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heat from the inner core makes the molten iron and nickel in the outer core move around, much like soup in a pot on a hot stove. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/magnetic\/reve-drives.html\">movement of the iron-rich liquid induces a magnetic field<\/a>&nbsp;that covers the entire Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the molten iron in the outer core moves around, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdate.org\/episodes\/the-wandering-pole\">magnetic North Pole wanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/globe.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/globe.png 574w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/globe-412x600.png 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The magnetic North Pole has wandered since the late 1500s, picking up <\/em><br><em>speed in the recent century. The dates reflect observations from expeditions. <\/em><br><em>The others are based on models, with data from NOAA. The map shows northern <\/em><br><em>Canada\u2019s islands. The edge of Greenland is visible to the far right side.\u00a0<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/74\/Magnetic_North_Pole_Positions_2015.svg\/1370px-Magnetic_North_Pole_Positions_2015.svg.png\">Cavit\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For most of the past 600 years, the pole has been wandering around over northern Canada. It was moving relatively slowly, around 6 to 9 miles per year, until around 1990,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/21\/science\/magnetic-north-pole-new-position\">when its speed increased dramatically<\/a>, up to 34 miles per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It started moving in the general direction of the geographic North Pole about a century ago. Earth scientists cannot say exactly why other than that it reflects a change in flow within the outer core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-getting-santa-home\">Getting Santa home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if Santa\u2019s home is the geographic North Pole \u2013 which, incidentally, is in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanpolar.org\/arctic-exploration-timeline\/\">ice-covered middle of the Arctic Ocean<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 how does he correct his compass bearing if the two North Poles are in different locations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what device he might be using \u2013 compass or smartphone \u2013 both rely on magnetic north as a reference to determine the direction he needs to move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While modern GPS systems can tell you precisely where you are as you make your way to grandma\u2019s house, they cannot accurately tell which direction to go without your device knowing the direction of magnetic north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/snow-and-people.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/snow-and-people.png 646w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/snow-and-people-600x359.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Scientists work at a temporary research station near the Geographic North Pole in 1990.\u00a0<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ficheiro:North_Pole,_Arctic_Ocean,_sea_ice_08.jpg\">Lorenz.King@geogr.uni-giessen.de\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If Santa is using an old-fashioned compass, he\u2019ll need to adjust it for the difference between true north and magnetic north. To do that, he needs to know the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/products\/magnetic-declination\">declination<\/a>&nbsp;at his location \u2013 the angle between true north and magnetic north \u2013 and make the correction to his compass. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/geomag\/calculators\/magcalc.shtml\">online calculator<\/a>&nbsp;that can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using a smartphone,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctia.org\/news\/how-does-your-phone-know-which-way-is-north-an-explainer\">your phone has a built-in magnetometer<\/a>&nbsp;that does the work for you. It measures the Earth\u2019s magnetic field at your location and then uses the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/products\/world-magnetic-model\">World Magnetic Model<\/a>&nbsp;to correct for precise navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever method Santa uses, he may be relying on magnetic north to find his way to your house and back home again. Or maybe the reindeer just know the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/scott-brame-2542164\">Scott Brame<\/a>, Research Assistant Professor of Earth Science,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/institutions\/clemson-university-1819\">Clemson University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is republished from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/\">The Conversation<\/a>&nbsp;under a Creative Commons license. Read the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-north-pole-keeps-moving-heres-how-that-affects-santas-holiday-travel-and-yours-271488\">original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the holidays is an article written by EEES Research Assistant Professor, Scott Brame, titled &#8220;The North Pole keeps moving \u2013 here\u2019s how that affects Santa\u2019s holiday travel and&nbsp;yours.&#8221; in it he explains that the difference in the two north poles. The geographic and the magnetic north poles. When Santa is done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29632,8693],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-1978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hydrogeology","category-people"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":1975,"date":"2025-12-15T13:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:29:32","slug":"thompson-presents-at-nationally-broadcast-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/thompson-presents-at-nationally-broadcast-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Thompson Presents at Nationally Broadcast Webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ms. Margaret Thompson presented a nationally broadcast webinar on December 10, 2025, sponsored by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers &amp; Scientists (AAEES).&nbsp; The title of her presentation was &#8220;<em>Why Is It So Hard To Protect the Environment?&nbsp; A Long-View Approach in a Short-Sighted Era<\/em>.&#8221;&nbsp; Ms. Thompson is an expert in the aspects of administrative law that pertain to environmental protection.&nbsp; As a retired attorney and former faculty in the Department of Environmental Engineering &amp; Earth Sciences (EEES), she is well versed in teaching non-lawyers on how to understand environmental law.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Thompson\u2019s seminar highlighted milestone events, from nineteenth-century set-asides of lands for &#8220;wilderness&#8221; value through twentieth-century development of natural resources and pollution management to today&#8217;s politically fraught policy reversals playing out in the administrative and judicial branches of the federal government.\u00a0 Her webinar included a discussion of the recent oral arguments in a U.S. Supreme Court case where the question concerns the President\u2019s executive authority to fire federal administrators, and how this impacts environmental regulations.\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Thompson retired from teaching last spring, after joining EEES in 1999.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you, Margaret, for \u201ccarrying the torch\u201d for EEES on the national stage. &nbsp;A summary of her webinar may be found <a href=\"https:\/\/aaees.memberclicks.net\/index.php?option=com_jevents&amp;task=icalrepeat.detail&amp;evid=4281&amp;Itemid=115&amp;year=2025&amp;month=12&amp;day=10&amp;title=why-is-it-so-hard-to-protect-the-environment-a-long-view-approach-in-a-short-sighted-era&amp;uid=9feab24bedce799b322879afe3017a32&amp;catids=23&amp;_gl=1*1e2r5y9*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NjU4MDY2MTkuQ2owS0NRaUFnUF9KQmhELUFSSXNBTnBFTXh4SmhDMWJqTVJDd2pUSlpic2lOLUtLZ2NCWTlkT3VCckN2d3JLOFYyWmJ1Y05hR2pTVzBEZ2FBZ05lRUFMd193Y0I.*_ga*MTI3MDYzMjAyNS4xNzY1ODA2NTk2*_ga_2TDYJQHRLE*czE3NjU4MDY1OTUkbzEkZzEkdDE3NjU4MDY2MjMkajMyJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/Margaret.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/Margaret.jpg 556w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/files\/2025\/12\/Margaret-428x600.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Margaret Thompson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Margaret Thompson presented a nationally broadcast webinar on December 10, 2025, sponsored by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers &amp; Scientists (AAEES).&nbsp; The title of her presentation was &#8220;Why Is It So Hard To Protect the Environment?&nbsp; A Long-View Approach in a Short-Sighted Era.&#8221;&nbsp; Ms. Thompson is an expert in the aspects of administrative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[888,8693],"tags":[],"coauthors":[44521],"class_list":["post-1975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outreach","category-people"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/environmental-engineering-and-earth-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]