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Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter: March 2024

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Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter: March 2024

Message From the Chair

This month's issue of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter brings news of some significant research funding and an interesting journal article on respiratory particle emissions. We also look at student projects and activities, as well as recognition for one of our faculty members. Plus, the Society of Women Engineers celebrates more than 50 years at Clarkson! I hope you enjoy reading these stories of how our students and faculty continue to design a better world for future generations.

— Steven Wojtkiewicz, Professor/Chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering

DOD Supports PFAS Treatment

Green and white Clarkson University seal, reading "Clarkson University, Technologia, 1896"

A Clarkson team has been awarded a $1.2 million Department of Defense grant to scale up an integrated treatment system to destroy PFAS in sediments. The system includes mechanochemical ball milling, which destroys PFAS in soils and sediments, followed by soil washing and plasma treatment.
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Phosphate Removal Tech

side-by-side portraits of Silvana Andreescu and Stefan Grimberg

Two Clarkson professors have been awarded $749,000 by the Department of Agriculture to develop a filtration system to capture and recover phosphate from tile drainage and reduce the phosphate burden on watersheds. This sorbent and field-ready system will decrease environmental impact and provide a renewable phosphate supply, improving the sustainability of agricultural practices.
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Children's Respiratory Particle Emissions

Red AAAR logo with acronym "AAAR" in white letters at bottom and graphic of vertical lines above.

An article by a Clarkson research team, recently published in the journal Aerosol Science and Technology, explains their findings that age influences the size and quantity of respiratory particle emissions in humans during activities, with children releasing fewer and smaller particles than adults. Thus, incorporating age demographics into disease transmission models may improve their accuracy.
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Smallest Engineered International Bridge

Group of seven students standing on a timber bridge deck constructed of pressure-treated lumber

Environmental engineering honors student Abby Jeffers ‘27 is a member of the Timber Bridge SPEED Team, which recently completed the construction of the world’s smallest engineered international bridge at the site of a border marker between the United States and Canada.
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Center for Advanced Materials Processing Newsletter: March 2024

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Center for Advanced Materials Processing Newsletter: March 2024

Message From the Director

In this month's Center for Advanced Materials Processing Newsletter, we share news of our next International Symposium on Chemical-Mechanical Planarization. We also look at some significant research support and other recognition of our CAMP-affiliated faculty. Please enjoy reading about our researchers, who combine applied science with innovation and engineering to transfer unique solutions from the lab into practical applications.

— Devon Shipp, Director of CAMP, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

CMP Symposium

CMP Symposium attendees seated at tables taking in a presentation

CAMP will host its 26th annual International Symposium on Chemical-Mechanical Planarization (CMP) from Aug 11-14, 2024. Like last year, the meeting will be held in picturesque Lake Placid. Over the decades, the symposium has garnered an international reputation and heightened enthusiasm, especially given the influence of the CHIPS and Science Act, which has unleashed unprecedented opportunities for Clarkson to help the semiconductor industry.
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DOD Supports PFAS Treatment

Green and white Clarkson University seal, reading "Clarkson University, Technologia, 1896"

A Clarkson team has been awarded a $1.2 million Department of Defense grant to scale up an integrated treatment system to destroy PFAS in sediments. The system includes mechanochemical ball milling, which destroys PFAS in soils and sediments, followed by soil washing and plasma treatment.
Read More About This Grant
 

Phosphate Removal Tech

side-by-side portraits of Silvana Andreescu and Stefan Grimberg

Two Clarkson professors have been awarded $749,000 by the Department of Agriculture to develop a filtration system to capture and recover phosphate from tile drainage and reduce the phosphate burden on watersheds. This sorbent and field-ready system will decrease environmental impact and provide a renewable phosphate supply, improving the sustainability of agricultural practices.
Read More About This Award
 

Solar Cell Advancement

Photo portrait of Brian Helenbrook

Prof. Brian Helenbrook's work to develop new models of solidification kinetics has been awarded a nearly $555,000 grant from the NSF. He'll use the models to optimize the horizontal ribbon growth process – a technique for producing thin wafers of single-crystal silicon for use in solar cells, which could lower production costs by 75 percent.
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Rapid Roommate Roulette

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Rapid Roommate Roulette

Freshmen can meet each other under some guided ice-breakers, snacks, and relaxed conversation to help them find potential roommate matches before the Housing Lottery, to reduce their stress about the process, or even just make some new friends! 

COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER

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COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER

Join us on February 29, 2024 for a united, multi-generational day of prayer for revival and awakening on college campuses in America in Snell 112. 

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