Projects

Assessment and evaluation

IRT1: Technologies to remediate commerce-related environmental pollution

Hydrocyclonic separations for water treatment

Membrane coatings for mitigation of membrane fouling and improved rejection of oil

Novel nanocomposite membrane materials

Photocatalytic membranes for ballast water treatment

IRT2: Methods for monitoring and diagnosis of environmental pollution

Assessing microbial water quality in ballast water around the world

Ballast water metagomes

Characterization of radioactive material in wastewaters generated during hydraulic fracturing

Detecting emerging viral pathogens in ballast water around the world

Environmental impacts of coal ash waste disposal

Membrane-based sample concentration technology for rapid detection of virus in ballast water

Monitoring the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their antibiotic resistant genes in ballast water around the world

IRT3: Life cycle and sustainability analysis of transport and production scenarios

International commerce

Life cycle analysis of environmentally friendly materials and products

Life cycle analysis of particular contaminants: modeling of particle uptake by plants

Policy aspects of the water-energy nexus

Transition metals