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The mission of EES is to provide quality undergraduate and graduate educational programs in environmental engineering sciences, to conduct an internationally recognized environmental research program that will substantially contribute to the benefit of the earth, and to provide authoritative guidance to individuals and organizations charged with preventing and solving local, state, national and global environmental problems. EES serves as a leader in multi-department programs aimed at solving environmental problems and as a major on-campus crucible for conceptualization and solution of environmental problems.

News & Events

1/17/2012 Dr. Kirk Hatfield named Director of the Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment! Dr. Cammy Abernathy, Dean of the College of Engineering, announced that on July 1, 2011 Dr. Kirk Hatfield (pictured on left) will become the first director of the first school formed within the College of Engineering. The Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) will house the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering(CCE) and the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences (EES). Also, each department has been assigned a new Department Head. For CCE, Dr. Robert Thieke will take the role and for EES, Dr. Paul Chadik has been named as Department Head. Faculty, staff and students from both Departments are excited about the restructuring and for the variety of new opportunities that it brings to the College and each of the Departments. For details visit: http://www.essie.ufl.edu/

1/25/2012 Congratulations to Dr. Heaney for Receiving the ASCE Julian Hinds Award Dr. James Heaney has been awarded with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Julian Hinds Award for 2012. The Julian Hinds Award recognizes achievements that advance engineering in the field of planning, development, and management of water resources. Specifically, Dr. Heaney was honored "For a career distinguished by innovative and groundbreaking applications of systems analysis and optimization methods to management of urban stormwater, urban water use, natural waters, and sustainable urban infrastructure systems, as well as mentorship of students and professionals." Congratulations to Dr. Heaney on this achievement and recognition.

1/17/2012 Congratulations to Dr. Boyer for Winning NSF Career Award Dr. Treavor Boyer has received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award for his proposal, "CAREER: Sustainable Urine Processes through Integration of Education and Research (SUPER)." Dr. Boyer's vision is to develop robust engineering approaches to the treatment of water at various stages in its 'lifecycle' so as to maximize water conservation, recover valuable materials, sequester harmful contaminants, minimize the production of waste byproducts, and advance the water-energy nexus . His project will focus on one aspect of the water lifecycle - urine source separation and treatment. This topic was chosen both for its intrinsic importance for wastewater management, but also because it encapsulates the key technical issues for a number of different water recycling strategies. As such, the insights developed from the proposed work will lead to exciting new ideas for treatment and beneficial uses of water at various stages in its lifecycle. It is anticipated that these insights will catalyze new research directions which will be of significant interest to EPA in the context of innovative drinking water treatment technologies in small systems, DoD in the context of sustainable wastewater treatment processes for forward operating bases, and DOE in the context of fundamental understanding of subsurface biogeochemical processes. Congratulations to Dr. Boyer on this major achievement.

12/2/2011 Congratulations to AWWA Winners The UF student chapter of the American Water Works Association had another great year at the Florida Section AWWA Annual Fall Conference in December 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Stephanie Ishii, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Treavor Boyer, took 1st place in the "Fresh Ideas" Poster Competition, and the team of Gabe Maul, Alessandra Reed and Mallory Peterson took home the first place trophy in the Water Bowl, a Jeopardy-style competition among Florida universities. Pictured with the Water Bowl team is the Chair of the FSAWWA Young Professionals Committee and Water Bowl MC, Tyler Tedcastle. Congratulations to these winners!