Association of Environmental
Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Foundation
Preparing our future scientists and engineers to advance sustainability at the food-energy-water nexus
ABOUT
With the ongoing rapid expansion of human population, safe food, sustainable energy and clean water are urgently needed. At the same time, conventional agricultural production is plagued with low efficiency of waste and wastewater treatment, high demand for energy and large consumption of fresh water. Therefore, innovative technologies and strategies must be developed to implement sustainable development at the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus.
The SAFE-Water Project introduces state-of-the-art applications in Environmental Engineering and Science to K-12 students (especially female and underrepresented minority students) and motivate their interest in pursuing higher education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). At the same time, STEM major undergraduate students from the joint College of Engineering of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) and Florida State University (FSU) assist the learning and serve as role models for our K-12 participants. A supportive committee consisting of personnel from academia, industry and government agencies is also part of this project to provide career advice.
People
Simeng Li is the PI of this project. At FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, he has been the instructor of CWR 3200L Environmental and Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory since Fall 2016. He recently defended his Ph.D. dissertation and will start his new career as an assistant professor at California State Polytechnic University Pomona in August. He has worked on two USDA projects and several FDEP projects. As a scholar, he has broad research interests in diverse areas of water-energy-food nexus.
Lindsey Furrow is a third-year Environmental Engineering student at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering while working for Environmental Health and Safety as a chemical safety technician. Prior to earning a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2016, she worked in analytical and physical chemistry teaching labs at Florida State University.
Pranav Muthuraman Geetha is a Civil Engineering student at Florida State University. He is passionate for new knowledge, particularly structural design. He was born in India and raised in New Jersey. Outside of school, he is a head soccer coach with Florida Elite Soccer Academy and is affiliated with the South Asian Student Association and American Society of Civil Engineers. He has worked with Simeng Li on a research project synthesizing biochar-hydrogel composites for wastewater treatment.
Kyle Long is a junior Environmental Engineering student at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His studies focus on water resource management and environmental remediation. He has research experience relating to soil remediation and is co-authoring a research paper with Simeng Li that is pending publication.
Advisory Committee
Dr. Gang Chen is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida State University. His principal research interest is in the area of watershed management, land use change and climate change, water flow and physicochemical reactions in the porous media, nutrient cycling, and landfill leachate management. His research is focused on watershed modeling, hydrologic and water flow modeling, and fate and transport of non-point source agricultural pollutants.
Dr. Johnny Grace is a general engineer at the Florida A & M University - USDA Forest Service. His work helps improve the current understanding of the influence of forest operations and management (forest biomass, harvesting, thinning, site preparation, and road operations) on forest soil and water quality.
Dr. Liang Li is an Environmental Consultant at Florida Department of Environmental Protection. She is mainly responsible for watershed assessment, section projects, trend analysis evaluations, and Study List assessments.
Mr. Cale Madden is an engineer at Mott MacDonald, one of the biggest engineering company in the world. He has years of real-world design experiences.
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