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EAES News

Category: Department Research

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Professor receives 2019 AAEES Superior Achievement Award

Dr. Yang Deng received the award for his project studying emergency water treatment with ferrate(VI) in response to natural disasters.

Environmental Management PhD student Junkui Cui

PhD student receives prestigious award from the American Water Works Association

Junkui Cui, working with Dr. Yang Deng, was awarded the Tracey G. Liberi Drinking Water Careers Scholarship for his work with ferrate(VI).

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Professor Receives CAPEES/Nanova Frontier Research Award

Dr. Yang Deng, Earth and Environmental Studies, received the honor from the Association of Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES).

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EPA Awards $75,000 Grant to Montclair State University for Innovative Stormwater Management Project

A team of students led by Dr. Yang Deng, Earth and Environmental Studies, received the funding for their project: Toward Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management with New, Green, Low-Cost Sorbent-Coated Wood Mulch.

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Earth and Environmental Science alum wins National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Christina Verhagen, BS-EAES 2017, and current PhD student at Rutgers University is one of 2000 students nationwide to win a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF).

Garrett Nieddu and graph of data from research

Outbreak and Extinction Dynamics in Stochastic Populations

Garrett Nieddu successfully defended his thesis for his PhD in Environmental Management.

MSU Group at AGU Conference

EAES department well represented at annual AGU conference

The American Geophysical Union held it’s conference in New Orleans Louisiana where multiple faculty and students attended and presented.

Renewable & Innovative Sustainability Entrepreneurs

Renewable & Innovative Sustainability Entrepreneurs

Students create new RISE Innovation Lab to support sustainable concepts and ideas

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Helping STEM Pioneers Succeed

An interdisciplinary team led by Dr. Dirk Vanderklein (Biology) and funded by the National Science Foundation’s Education Dept. seek to help first generation students succeed in STEM majors. Others on the project include Nina Goodey (Chemistry), Joshua Galster (EAES) and Julie Dalley (Research Academy for University Learning)

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CSAM Faculty Validate EPA’s Hackensack River Contamination

Dr. Michael Kruge, EAES and Dr. Kevin Olsen, Chemistry, studied sediment samples collected by the EPA from the Hackensack River that indicate the riverbed is laced for 22 miles with a toxic cocktail made up of dozens of contaminants, from its mouth in Newark Bay up to the Oradell Reservoir. Wochit

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Professor Receives Prestigious Presidential Award

Award is nation’s top honor for scientists and engineers in early stages of their research careers

STEM-SEAS

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Student Experiences Aboard Ships