May 2025 News
- Kurt Pennell, Uriel Garza, Sonia Vohra, Craig Klevan, and Pengfei Yan attended the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 2025 meeting at Duke University, May 20-22. https://aeesp2025.duke.edu/ . Kurt chaired the Environmental Engineering Program Leaders Workshop, Craig gave a platform presentation on “Evaluation of Co-Foaming Agents for Removal of Long and Short-Chain PFAS by Foam Fractionation” and Uriel gave a platform presentation on “Modeling PFAS Contamination at Biosolids Application Sites”
- Katelyn Anderson received her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree for her research on “Abiotic Processes Contributing to the Monitored Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents in Heterogeneous Porous Media”.
- Caroline Rocchio received her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree for her research on “Computational Investigation of the Thermal Degradation Kinetics of Poly-and Perfluoroalkyl Substances”.
- Kelly Mukai graduated received her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering.
- Published “Sorption-desorption processes contributing to the natural attenuation of cis-1, 2-dichloroethene in porous media” by Katelyn A. Anderson, Uriel Garza-Rubalcava, Mark A. Widdowson, Eric J. Suchomel, Natalie L. Cápiro, and Kurt D. Pennell, in the Journal of Hazardous Materials (doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138500)
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Published “Evaluation of co-foaming agents for enhanced removal of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by foam fractionation” by Craig Klevan, Oren Van Allen, Shana Xia, Kelly Mukai, Andre Gomes, Seth Caines, Matthew J. Woodcock, and Kurt D. Pennell, in the Journal of Hazardous Materials (doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138423)