EAES News

Junkui Cui, working with Dr. Yang Deng, was awarded the Tracey G. Liberi Drinking Water Careers Scholarship for his work with ferrate(VI).

Dr. Yang Deng, Earth and Environmental Studies, received the honor from the Association of Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES).

A team of students led by Dr. Yang Deng, Earth and Environmental Studies, received the funding for their project: Toward Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management with New, Green, Low-Cost Sorbent-Coated Wood Mulch.

Christina Verhagen, BS-EAES 2017, and current PhD student at Rutgers University is one of 2000 students nationwide to win a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF).

Garrett Nieddu successfully defended his thesis for his PhD in Environmental Management.

The American Geophysical Union held it’s conference in New Orleans Louisiana where multiple faculty and students attended and presented.

Students create new RISE Innovation Lab to support sustainable concepts and ideas

An interdisciplinary team led by Dr. Dirk Vanderklein (Biology) and funded by the National Science Foundation’s Education Dept. seek to help first generation students succeed in STEM majors. Others on the project include Nina Goodey (Chemistry), Joshua Galster (EAES) and Julie Dalley (Research Academy for University Learning)

Dr. Michael Kruge, EAES and Dr. Kevin Olsen, Chemistry, studied sediment samples collected by the EPA from the Hackensack River that indicate the riverbed is laced for 22 miles with a toxic cocktail made up of dozens of contaminants, from its mouth in Newark Bay up to the Oradell Reservoir. Wochit

Award is nation’s top honor for scientists and engineers in early stages of their research careers

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Student Experiences Aboard Ships

In collaboration with the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection