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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.
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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.
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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.