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Jennifer Adler, a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Ecology, and researchers with David Kaplan’s Watershed Ecology Lab at the University of Florida were featured in National Geographic with their mesmerizing photos of the Florida Aquifer using non-toxic rhodamine WT fluorescent dye as a tracer. After the dye is released, scientists measure its concentration downstream with devices […]

Congratulations to Stephanie Ishii who has been awarded the 2015 Thomas O. Hunter Leadership Scholarship! Stephanie is a PhD student within Environmental Engineering, specializing in the area of water treatment. She is one of 4 students within the College of Engineering who was nominated by Department Chairs/Graduate Coordinators for this award, chosen out of over […]

A team of faculty led by Dr. David Kaplan was awarded the 2015 Water Institute Graduate Fellows (WIGF) Program. The WIGF program, which is awarded to an interdisciplinary group of UF faculty every two years, aims to promote interdisciplinary faculty-graduate fellow research in an emerging area of water science. The ADN team’s proposal, “Hydrologic transformation […]

During the past seven years, the Conserve Florida Water Clearinghouse research team, headed by Professor Jim Heaney of the EES Department, has developed a variety of innovative simulation and optimization techniques to promote improvements in urban water use efficiency. These methodologies are being incorporated into internet based software called EZ Guide to assist Florida water […]

Dr. Mark Brown was named Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of the Environment, Beijing Normal University, June, 2014. Congratulations!

Dr. Mark Brown has been invited to give a plenary lecture titled “Emergy and a Post-Carbon Society: Insights on de-growth, austerity and well-being” at the International Symposium on Transitions to Post-Carbon Societies, organized by the University of Valencia, Spain Post Carbon Project. It will take place on October 6, 7 and 8, 2014.

Congratulations to Dr. Treavor Boyer, who has been chosen to receive the 2014 New Faculty Research Award of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section! This award recognizes a faculty member who has less than six years of teaching/research experience and who has demonstrated excellence in both teaching and research. Dr. Boyer’s achievement will […]

The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) will award Dr. James Heaney with the prestigious Warren A. Hall Medal for 2013. The Warren A. Hall Medal is a memorial established by friends and family to recognize the distinctive scholarly accomplishments of an individual in the water resources field. The Medal will be awarded at UCOWR’s […]

Dr. Dickenson was awarded First Place for UCOWR 2012 Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award. Please join us in congratulating Joshua Dickenson, a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Florida Environmental Engineering Sciences Department. Joshua has received national recognition and been awarded First Place for the 2012 UCOWR (Universities Council on Water Resources) Best Dissertation Award, for […]

WRRC affiliate faculty member Dr. Treavor Boyer was awarded an NSF CAREER award which focuses on his vision for water treatment through innovative techniques of wastewater management and water recycling strategies.