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Professor Hamdar Supports D.C. in Evaluating Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
January 11, 2024
Through his continued research and new advisory roles, CEE Professor Samer Hamdar is supporting the D.C. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration in the evaluation and monitoring of connected and autonomous vehicles.
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.