Read here about doctoral candidate Xiangyu Bi’s recent award Each year the ERC presents the award to a promising young researcher in environmentally sustainable manufacturing from its more than 12 participating universities.  This is the 15th year that Anna Karecki, Simon’s mother, has traveled from New York to Tucson to personally present the award. “This was…

ACS News Service Weekly PressPac: March 30, 2016 (CLICK HERE) The impact of anti-odor clothing on the environment “Potential Environmental Impacts and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Silver- and Nanosilver-Containing Textiles” Environmental Science & Technology Anti-odor athletic clothes containing silver nanoparticles have gained a foothold among exercise buffs, but questions have arisen over how safe and effective they…

By Levi Sharpe  April 08, 2016 | 2:44 PM  Read full story here We’ve all been told not to waste our money, but it turns out that every year millions of dollars are literally gone to waste. Millions of dollars worth of valuable metals get flushed into our sewage every year, according to a 2015 study published in Environmental…

Harvesting water from the atmosphere? It’s possible, says ASU engineer Paul Westerhoff. And it could be a viable option if drought and climate change threaten to dry up our supply. Westerhoff was interviewed on the topic on KJZZ radio’s news program “The Show.” Click here to listen of see the story on Facebook

Announcement coincides with the White House Water Summit and World Water Day Click here for link to website Click here to our Nanosystems ERC on NanoEnabled Water Treatment Systems (March 23, 2016) As a part of the White House Water Summit held yesterday on World Water Day, the Federal agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) announced…

DON’T FLUSH! By Nicole Lou Posted March 7, 2016     CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY When bacteria feed on excrement and other waste, what’s left is sludge. And that sludge is “a secret goldmine,” says Paul Westerhoff, an environmental engineer at Arizona State University. He means it literally: Westerhoff estimates that large quantities of gold, silver,…

Kiril Hristovski and Paul Westerhoff have won the Journal of Environmental Quality Best Paper Award for 2015. It recognizes their research paper, “The Release of Nanosilver from Consumer Products Used in the Home,” as one of the most outstanding published in the journal in the past five years.  Read full story here Read the full…

From SCIENCE NEWS – read full story FEATURE CHEMISTRY, NUTRITION Nanoparticles in foods raise safety questions These microadditives enhance color, flavor and freshness. But what do they do in the body? BY SUSAN GAIDOS 1:28PM, OCTOBER 16, 2015 NOSHING ON NANO  Nanoparticles can make foods like jawbreaker candies brighter and creamier and keep them fresh longer….

  The Center for Nano Science and Technology at the University of Notre Dame today announced the finalists for the fifth annual NDConnect undergraduate nanotechnology research competition. The 14 finalists are:…. Joana Sipe, a senior in chemical engineering at Arizona State University. Joana is advised by Prof. Paul Westerhoff and Prof. Pierre Herckes. The title…

Making a valuable, unexpected discovery while exploring an unrelated hypothesis is a classic theme in the history of science. But literally striking gold? And in sewage, of all places? That’s what actually happened to Paul Westerhoff, a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment at Arizona State University (ASU). Westerhoff heads…