Faced with increased eutrophication of earth’s waterways and variability in renewable freshwater resources, there is an unprecedented need to reduce our impact on the aquatic environment. Assistant Professor Ian Bradley focuses on sustainable ways to treat our water and wastewater using natural microbial organisms like microalgae. Bradley’s laboratory looks at how we can use these organisms to recover nutrients from waste streams, and generate resources such as fertilizer and bioenergy. By using sustainable biological processes, this work could transform resource consuming technologies into resource producers that generate materials and energy while keeping our waterways clean.
CSEE AT A GLANCE
Chair: Joseph Atkinson
Full-time Faculty: 33
41 Nations represented
Degrees Offered:
• Bachelor's of Science
• Joint BS (Civil)/MBA
• Master's of Science
• Doctor of Philosophy
Student Body:
• 689 Undergraduate
• 168 Graduate
Research Overview:
• 59,688 square feet of teaching and research labs across two buildings
• $5.5 million in annual research expenditures
Research areas in:
• bridge engineering
• computational engineering mechanics
• geomechanics, geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
• environmental and water resources engineering
• structural and earthquake engineering
• transportation systems engineering