Environmental Engineering
Overview
The water resources and environmental engineering group performs multidisciplinary research in the areas of surface and groundwater hydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, hydrometeorology, contaminant transport and remediation in aquatic and soil environments, watershed biogeochemistry, solar and microbial fuel cell energy production. The faculty interacts with a broader group of faculty members that are affiliated with the Environmental Engineering Program and also works closely with the Center for Environmental Science and Engineering.
Degree Offered
- B.S. Degree in Environmental Engineering
- M.S. Degree in Environmental Engineering
- Ph.D. Degree in Environmental Engineering
Faculty
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| Nelly M. Abboud Associate Professor (203)236-9861 nelly.abboud@uconn.eduCake filtration |
Alexander G. Agrios Associate Professor (860)486-1350 agrios@uconn.eduEnergy and environmental applications of nanotechnology |
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou Professor (860)486-6806 emmanouil.anagnostou@uconn.eduSatellite and radar remote sensing of precipitation |
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| Marina Astitha Assistant Professor (860)486-3941 marina.astitha@uconn.eduAerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in regional and global scale |
Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou Professor (860)486-4017 amvrossios.bagtzoglou@uconn.eduHydrologic modeling |
Nefeli Bompoti Assistant Research Professor (860)486-0611 nefeli.bompoti@uconn.eduEnvironmental remediation, surface engineering |
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| Maria Chrysochoou Associate Professor (860)486-3594 maria.chrysochoou@uconn.eduEnvironmental geochemistry, brownfield redevelopment |
Amine Dahmani Associate Professor in Residence (860)942-2881 amine.dahmani@uconn.eduEnvironmental remediation |
Zoi Dokou Assistant Research Professor (860)486-5023 zoi.dokou@uconn.eduGroundwater modeling, groundwater remediation |
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| Christine J. Kirchhoff Assistant Professor (860)486-2771 christine.kirchhoff@uconn.eduWater resources management and policy |
Baikun Li Professor (860)486-2339 baikun.li@uconn.eduBiological wastewater treatment |
Lanbo Liu Professor (860)486-1388 lanbo.liu@uconn.eduEngineering site characterization |
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| Jonathan E. Mellor Assistant Professor (860)486-0548 jonathan.mellor@uconn.eduCoupled human/engineered/environmental systems |
Efthymios I. Nikolopoulos Assistant Research Professor (860)486-8913 efthymios.nikolopoulos@uconn.eduRemote sensing of precipitation |
Malaquias Peña Associate Professor (860)486-2450 mpena@uconn.eduPredictability and ensemble modeling |
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| Xinyi Shen Assistant Research Professor (860)486-8913 xinyi.shen@uconn.eduHydrological modelling |
Tim Vadas Assistant Professor (860)486-5552 timothy.vadas@uconn.eduContaminant fate and transport |
Guiling Wang Professor (860)486-5648 guiling.wang@uconn.eduLand-atmosphere interactions |
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| David W. Wanik Assistant Professor in Residencedave.wanik@uconn.eduPredictive analytics |
Infrastructure
1. Hydraulics Lab
The Hydraulics Laboratory is located in room 114 of the F.L. Castleman building. The lab facilities are complete with a 4.5 m long hydraulics flume used in conjunction with a 12,000 gallon water storage tank, flow weir, Venturi apparatus, and an acoustic Doppler velocity sensor (ADV) and a rotometer. The hydraulics flume may be used for stream channel flow or engineered channels studies, as well as investigating flow through a simulated piping network.
2. Environmental Engineering Lab
The faculty members share a common space in Castleman 215 that houses major equipment, such as HPLC, GC/MS, AA/GF, IC, UV/VIS spectrophotometer, fluorescent microscope and others. Additionally, each faculty member has a variety of equipment in their own research space, such as ICP/MS, XRF, TOC analyzer and many others.
Research Sponsors
The Water Resources and Environmental Engineering group conducts research with the support of various federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency. The faculty also works closely together with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and local authorities to address the environmental challenges facing the state. Finally, the faculty pursues close collaborations with industrial partners for technology development, such as the collaboration of Dr. Li with Fuss O’ Neil in the field of microbial fuel cells.l cells.