Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Research opportunities including biological and chemical aspects of water quality and remediation; water resources engineering including surface and groundwater hydrology, hydroclimatology and adaptive environmental management; and coastal engineering, river and estuarine mixing and transport processes.
Faculty:
- Aria Amirbahman – Professor, PE
- Onur G Apul– Assistant Professor
- Kimberly Huguenard – Assistant Professor
- Shaleen Jain – Associate Professor, PE, and Graduate Coordinator
- Jean D. MacRae – Associate Professor
- Lauren Ross – Assistant Professor
Current Projects:
- “The development of a titania-based photocatalyst to enhance the degradation of taste and odor compounds in drinking water”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aria Amirbahman
- PhD Student: Sudheera Yaparatne
- “Isolating residual flow drivers in a macrotidal estuary”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lauren Ross
- PhD student: Sohaib Alahmed
- “Seasonal changes in the lateral variability of subtidal flows”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lauren Ross
- MS student: Rachel Chambers
- “Quantifying the effects of wind on wave and turbulence mechanics”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lauren Ross
- MS student: Taylor Bailey
- “Sensing storm surge: A Maine citizen science effort”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kim Huguenard
- MS student: Preston Spicer
- “Numerical and analytical approaches to modeling wave attenuation with kelp farms”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kim Huguenard
- PhD student: Longhuan Zhu
- “Experimentation of rapidly deployable, modular floating breakwater systems”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kim Huguenard & Dr. Lauren Ross
- MS student: Rick Perry
- “Hydrodynamic impacts of expanding aquaculture”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kim Huguenard
- MS student: Zhilong Liu
- “Mixing of river water into the coastal ocean and the role and structure of the outer edge of the discharge”
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kim Huguenard & Dr. Kelly Cole (Oceanography)
- PhD Student: Preston Spicer
- “The Emergent Risks of Food Waste Recovery: Characterizing the Contaminants in MSW Organics from Different Sources”
- Faculty Advisors: Dr. Jean MacRae, Dr. Balu Nayak (Food & Agriculture) , Dr. Cindy Isenhour (Anthropology & Envir. Policy) , Dr. Travis Blackmer (Economics), Dr.Linda Silka (Sustainability)
- MS students: Usha Humagain & Astha Thakali
- BS student: Peter Larson
- “Making Maine’s Local Food System Sustainable: Opportunities to Address Hunger and Reduce Waste”
- Faculty Advisors: Deborah Saber (Nursing) , Dr. Jean MacRae, Dr. Balu Nayak (Food & Agriculture) , Dr. Cindy Isenhour (Anthropology & Envir. Policy) , Dr. Travis Blackmer (Economics), Dr.Linda Silka (Sustainability)
- MS student: Andrew Flynn
Recent Publications:
See faculty links above for Publications