Grand efforts to organize the recent three-day Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Research and Education Conference at Arizona State University by a team Engineering faculty is covered in FSE’s news site FULL CIRCLE and ASU NOW. Approximately 700 attendees from more than 100 institutions across the world were at the May 14-16 event hosted and organized… Continue reading AEESP hosted by ASU Engineering Department (and many BSCEB members)
Year: 2019
Persist and Conquer
I have had my master’s degree in chemistry for quite a while. However, as soon as we had financial footing and Summer’s medical issues were in the clear, I applied and was accepted to go back to school and finish up my PhD. So, I am here now, as a PhD candidate, writing up my… Continue reading Persist and Conquer
Rittmann is keynote speaker at Biennial Conference of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
Bruce Rittmann was invited to present the keynote address in May of 2019 at the biennial conference of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, hosted by ASU. The title of his presentation was Exploring the Built Environment Dimension of Cities in 4-D: Capturing Value from What We Now Call Waste. Abstract: While wastewater… Continue reading Rittmann is keynote speaker at Biennial Conference of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
The Economist features Krajmalnik-Brown autism research
The Economist features novel autism research, led by Dr. Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown at Arizona State University, which restores missing gut microorganisms in patients with autism spectrum disorder and reduces symptoms. Read article HERE.
Anca Delgado finds good in a book about evil in her reading recommendation to light the future
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty and staff members recommend essential reading in the May 7, 2019 edition of ASU Now. Our own Anca Delgado makes an fascinating recommendation…find out what it is here!
Dr. Rittmann comments on study examining beneficial microbial communities in global wastewater sludges.
“This unprecedented global sampling effort yielded new insight into the microbiology of activated sludge,” said Bruce Rittmann, director, Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University. “Despite giant geographic differences, the microbial communities of activated sludge have a core of about 28 bacterial strains, which reflects the powerful and unique ecological selection of the… Continue reading Dr. Rittmann comments on study examining beneficial microbial communities in global wastewater sludges.
Dr. Rosy Invited to Speak by Princeton Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rittmann Lab Partners with City of Mesa for Food to Energy Feasibility Study
Postdoctoral Scientist Michelle Young, Masters Researcher Rick Kupferer, and Undergraduates Riley Tesman, Veronica Ayala Bojorquez, Aamena Mookadam, and Sam Utley are all part of a project that hopes to divert food waste from landfills into anaerobic sludge digesters that contain microbes that can transform it into a renewable energy source, biogas. Biogas can be cleaned… Continue reading Rittmann Lab Partners with City of Mesa for Food to Energy Feasibility Study