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Message from the Chair
We are pleased to share with you our Fall 2020 electronic newsletter. >>>
Kirk Hatfield, Ph.D.
Director,
Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment
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Doctoral Student Named Margaret A. Davidson Fellow
Sydney Williams, an environmental engineering sciences doctoral student, was accepted to the Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship Program and received funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal Management to research the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve’s (SINERR) water quality changes over the years and provide recommendations. SINERR knows that it…
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UF Researchers Find Viable Viruses in Aerosols that Cause COVID-19
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research from the University of Florida provides strong evidence that aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be possible. Prior to these findings, which are in pre-print and have not undergone peer review, the virus had been detected in aerosols, but there was a lack of direct evidence…
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Deliz Receives EPA Grant to Build Community Resilience Against PFAS Exposure Due to Flooding
Katherine Deliz Quiñones, Ph.D., a lecturer in environmental engineering sciences in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, received support from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program to help build resilience in vulnerable communities. As lead principal investigator, Dr. Deliz will…
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Measuring the New Normal Post COVID-19
The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic forced the world to shut down for months. Homes turned into classrooms, work places and restaurants. Now, as America continues to reopen, people are adjusting to a new normal when entering public places and interacting with others. Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure…
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Their Father’s Footsteps
Immigrant. Reluctant rebel. Widower with young children. Sergio Galeano’s life intersected with harsh chapters of history and with heartache. But his determination to “move forward,” always, would shape his family and an industry. by David Finnerty Just after midnight on April 17, 1961, Sergio Galeano and 1,400 other CIA-trained Cuban exiles slipped into the island…