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
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Swette Center Good News Updates, January – April 2019
Krajmalnik-Brown Featured in Ask A Biologist Podcast In April, Dr. Rosy was featured in the Microbes Living Inside Us podcast. Podcast Notes: On this program we talk a lot about cells. In particular plant, animal, and microbial cells. But did you know there is a world of microbes that make their home inside and on… Continue reading Swette Center Good News Updates, January – April 2019
The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance has announced that Kathleen Merrigan and Bruce Rittmann will be the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019, scheduled for April 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
On November 21, 2018, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability announced that Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology Director and Stockholm Water Prize co-Recipient Bruce Rittmann will be one of the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019. The Phosphorus Forum is an annual conference organized by the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, a nonprofit membership organization addressing… Continue reading The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance has announced that Kathleen Merrigan and Bruce Rittmann will be the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019, scheduled for April 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
Diffuse Phosphorus Video Abstract Posted by Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance
Dr. Brooke Mayer of Marquette University discusses her Environmental Science & Technology paper, entitled “Managing Diffuse Phosphorus at the Source versus at the Sink”, with Dr. Matt Scholz of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance on YouTube. Listen here. Co-authors include Dr. Katrina Macintosh of Queen’s University of Belfast, Prof. Rich McDowell of AgResearch and Lincoln University,… Continue reading Diffuse Phosphorus Video Abstract Posted by Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance
Bon Voyage, Melanie Hekeu!
Here’s to the most dedicated visiting scholar I’ve ever encountered! Melanie Hekeu has her last day today, and I’ve been incredibly lucky to have worked with someone who demonstrated so much sincere scientific curiosity and obvious joy in the process of research — even when her mentor was “burning the midnight oil”. Melanie: although you… Continue reading Bon Voyage, Melanie Hekeu!
Future H2O newsletter features Daniella Saetta’s Participation in World Water Week and Dr. Rittmann’s Stockholm Water Prize
A delegation from Arizona State University – including John Sabo, Dragan Boscovic, Vesna Boscovic, Li Huang, Obiageli Sneed, Leah Jones, Treavor Boyer, LaDawn Haglund and Netra Chhetri (pictured above) – participated in the Stockholm World Water Week and attended the Stockholm Water Prize award ceremony. Read the Future H2O newsletter for details and testimonials from students Daniella… Continue reading Future H2O newsletter features Daniella Saetta’s Participation in World Water Week and Dr. Rittmann’s Stockholm Water Prize
Future H2O Sponsors PhD Student Daniella Saetta to attend World Water Week
When I found out that Bruce Rittmann had won the Stockholm Water Prize, I had no idea that I would be joining a group of ASU professors and researchers in Stockholm to support Bruce during World Water Week. Stockholm’s calm streets welcomed us with open arms. The conference was organized and hosted by the Stockholm… Continue reading Future H2O Sponsors PhD Student Daniella Saetta to attend World Water Week
Drs. Rittmann, Zhou, and Zheng Celebrate Reactivation of MBfR-Based Well
On Thursday, July 26, 2018, the Crescenta Valley Water District, in California, reactivated a well that deploys a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) to extract nitrate contamination from groundwater. Read the full article, written by Mary O’Keefe, in the Cresenta Valley Weekly, the Foothills Community Newspaper. Drs. Chen Zhou and Xiong Zheng attended the ceremony… Continue reading Drs. Rittmann, Zhou, and Zheng Celebrate Reactivation of MBfR-Based Well