By Justin Spitz, Medical Lab Science Major, Mentor Dr. Heidi Honegger Rogers. Access to clean water is a basic human right. Without access to sustainable quality water infrastructure, rural communities in New Mexico will continue to experience harmful health effects,...
By Carmen Atchley, Civil Engineering Major, Mentors Dr. Anjali Mulchandani and Matt Russell. In the case of natural disasters in rural communities, traditional methods of providing people with water, like municipal water sources or trucking in water, are...
By Dana Awad, Chemical Engineering Major, Mentor Dr. Allyson McGaughey. Lack of clean water is a challenging issue that people worldwide are suffering from. To increase clean water access, many techniques and technologies have been developed to extract clean water...
By Quyen Le, Chemical Engineering Major, Mentor Dr. Allyson McGaughey. Water scarcity remains a significant challenge in various parts of the world. To address the issue of limited water resources, water providers are exploring ways to treat and reuse water from...
By Paris Eisenman, Civil Engineering Major, Mentors Dr. Anjali Mulchandani, Constanza Kremer and Matthew Russell. In our air, different contaminants exist known as particulate matter. These particles can be categorized as organics, inorganics, or pathogens, and can...
By Elena Finnegan Community & Regional Planning Major, Mentor Heather Himmelberger and Dr. Joni M. Palmer. In an increasingly disconnected world, it is vital for us to create systems that integrate various aspects of watershed management, such as wastewater...
By Dorothy Mberile, Computer Engineering Major, Mentor Dr. Ricardo González-Pinzón and Paige Tunby. Wildfires pose a significant challenge in the United States, with far-reaching environmental consequences. Among these repercussions, the effects on local rivers stand...
By Roselynn Padilla, Liberal Arts Major, Mentor Dr. Joni M. Palmer and Sydney Donohue. In 2016, nearly 1.7 million workers were directly involved in designing, constructing, operating, and governing U.S. water infrastructure. Water infrastructure spans many different...
By Tiwalola Anawo, Biological Anthropology Major, Mentor Raphael Oliveira. In 2015, the Gold King Mine Spill caused a release of toxic wastewater into the Animas River watershed, spilling 3 million US gallons of mine water containing heavy metals like zinc, iron,...
By Katherine Leon, Civil Engineering Major, Mentor Prof Anjali Mulchandani I had the opportunity to work with Anjali Mulchandani and learn about her research on Atmospheric Water Harvesting. I began with a goal of learning how atmospheric water harvesting works, how...