In May, we celebrated the graduations of Teddy, Xinran, and Yining (December)’s Masters graduations and Evan, Olivia, Celtica, and Jenna (December)’s undergraduate graduations! Congrats to our graduates (and we’re glad many of you are staying for your next steps)! Read more

Congratulations to our 3 SURE students on their poster presentations for the SURE student symposium on July 31! Congrats to Tushaar Kapoor, and our visiting students from Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM), Edna Zumaya Flores and Mónica Paola Balboa Villarreal! Read more

On May 8th, Dr. Dianna Kitt successfully defended her dissertation, “Advancing Anaerobic Biotechnologies for Medium Chain Carboxylic Acid Production from Organic Waste”. On May 13th, Dr. Pedro Puente successfully defended his dissertation, “Advancing Full-Scale Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Organic Waste Streams: Integrating Modeling and Assessment Methods”. Congrats to our two new PhD graduates! Read more

Soojung and Cemre attended the Water Disinfection, Byproducts, and Health GRS (Gordon Research Seminar) and GRC (Gordon Research Conference) from July 26 to August 1. Soojung presented “Impact of Routine Full-Scale Flushing in Drinking Water Distribution Systems on Microbial Communities and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria” at the GRS. Soojung (“Impact of Full-Scale Drinking Water Distribution System Flushing Read more

In mid-January, the IBET (Integrated biochemical and electrochemical technologies) project began the integration process of connecting University of Michigan’s two-phase reactors with Argonne National Lab’s ERCHD reactor and Northwestern’s GAME reactor. The Department of Energy came to visit and witness some of the progress of the integration process. Read more

On February 19, PhD candidate Renata Starostka presented her research and personal background for the Go Blue Rising Stars in U-M Engineering Seminar Series – Presented by Tau Beta Pi Michigan Gamma (TBP MI-G) & ADGPE! Read more