Science in COVID19 times

It’s been a weird 1.5 years. All over the world, we have all been impacted by the COVID19 pandemic. Some have lost loved ones, struggled with mental health challenges related to the stress associated with the pandemic and lack of ability to see social networks...

Congrats to Liyan on his MS defense!

Congratulations to Liyan Fan on his summer 2021 defense of his MS thesis in Environmental Engineering! His research focused on water quality assessment of the urban Walnut Run stream and constructed floodplain wetland in State College Borough.

New grant from Chesapeake Bay Trust

We are super excited to start a new project supported by Chesapeake Bay Trust on “Impacts of salt loading on nutrient and metal processing in stormwater bioretention”. The project will combine greenhouse experiments on Penn State campus and field data...

New NSF grant on duckweed treatment of agricultural wastewater

Though we’ve been mostly focusing on hydrology and water quality challenges in the urban built environment, many ecological engineering solutions and BMPs used in urban settings to manage nutrients are also used in agricultural systems. Lauren is excited to be a...