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GW Engineering Team Scores First Department of Energy Award for Green Lithium Extraction
December 7, 2023
Ellexco, a research team led by assistant professor Xitong Liu and doctoral student Lingchen Kong, extracts lithium from geothermal brines without detrimental impact on the environment.
Ensuring Safe Drinking Water Through Research on Opportunistic Pathogens and Disinfection Byproducts
November 16, 2023
CEE Assistant Professor Yun Shen is working to develop a deeper understanding of Opportunistic Pathogens (OPs) and Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water distribution systems in a $2M project supported by the EPA.
Professor Manzari Shares Latest Achievements of Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects
October 19, 2023
CEE Professor & Department Chair Majid Manzari was invited to deliver a keynote lecture at the International Conference on Seismic and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering where he discussed some of LEAP’s major achievements.