November, 2003

Awards/Honors/Recognition/Service

Dr. Nancy Love, associate professor of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department has been named to serve on the project leadership team of the $3.5-million institutional transformation grant from the national Science Foundation's (NSF) ADVANCE program.  The overall goal of the NSF ADVANCE program is to get more women involved in the scientific and engineering workforce by increasing the representation of women in academic science and engineering careers at all levels, particularly in leadership roles.

October, 2003

Recruitment Weekend

The Environmental Engineering recruitment/open house for prospective graduate students is officially scheduled for the weekend of February 27 and 28, 2004.  More details will be forthcoming as the weekend draws near.

September, 2003

Awards/Honors/Recognition/Service

Peter Vikesland, an assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was invited by the National Academy of Engineers (NAE) to participate in the 2003 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Irvine, CA.  Vikesland is among 83 of the nation's top young engineers invited to attend the event, and is one of the fewer than 40 chosen from academia. 

August, 2003

Awards/Honors/Recognition/Service

In August 2003, the National Science Foundation made a $1,638,000 dollar research award to Andrea Dietrich, Marc Edwards, and GV Loganathan of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and their collaborators Sharon Dwyer of the Institute for Community Health;  Susan Duncan from Food, Science and Technology;  Darrell Bosch from Agricultural and Applied Economics; Tamim Younos of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center;  and Anne Camper from the Montana State University
Center for Biofilm Engineering / Civil and Environmental Engineering. 

This interdisciplinary team will perform research on materials used for home plumbing.  Aspects of the research include fundamental investigations of corrosion, aesthetic (taste and odor) changes to drinking water from corrosion, economic impacts from corroded water pipes, and consumer issues associated with home plumbing.  The team will conduct laboratory experiments as well as interviews of home owners who are coping with corrosion-related problems.  Corrosion is a multi billion dollar problem, and the research team expects to provide answers to society on how to minimize both corrosion and its negative impacts to the public