We want to help you be successful in developing your ideas and personal statements. Our Environmental Engineering group will be offering an opportunity to have faculty and current PhD students with NSF GFRP help you conceive and draft your application. The NSF funds over a 1000 PhD 4-year fellowships every year. We will hold a…

PhD student Juliana Levi wins first place in the Spring 2022 AZ Water’s student poster contest. Fantastic presentation, representation of NEWT research and a cash prize of $250.

The Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center will support 15 students for ten weeks (May 31, 2022 – August 5, 2022) through a multi-institutional Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Students will work on independent research projects within the Center under the mentorship of STEPS Scholars and faculty. Considering the long-term nature of the “25-in-25” vision, at…

I’m looking for 1 or 2 new PhD students to join my group in summer/fall 2022 to work on environmental chemistry analytics as applied to nanotechnology and/or organic phosphorus as part of multiple Centers my group is part of: NSF / ERC for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), NSF/ STC Science and TEchnologies for Phosphorus…

Each year, Clarivate™ identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In 2021, fewer than 6,700, or about 0.1%, of the world’s researchers, in 21 research fields and across multiple fields, have earned this exclusive distinction. Westerhoff among this elite…

Read more about our Center: https://steps-center.org/ Follow us: @STEPS_STC ASU experts address efficiency, sustainability of agricultural fertilizer Food production depends on phosphorus. It’s an essential nutrient for crops of every kind. And as commercial agriculture has expanded during the past 70 years to feed a growing global population, so has the mining of phosphate rock…

Evanescent waves modulate energy efficiency of photocatalysis within TiO2 coated optical fibers illuminated using LEDs Coupling photocatalyst-coated optical fibers (P-OFs) with LEDs shows potential in environmental applications. Here the authors report a strategy to maximize P-OF light usage and simultaneously establish a new platform to quantify photocatalytic performance. Paper is available with Open Access

Chemicals in Skittles and Starburst No Longer Considered Safe? Watch the EWG lead discussion on YouTube Over 150 guests were watching live and asking questions.

NanoTube – The National Nanotechnology Initiative1.47K subscribersSUBSCRIBEMarch 23, 2021 NNI nanoEHS webinar on What we know about nanoEHS: Human exposure

GALILEO GROUP MAY 14, 2021ASU RESEARCHERS TEST INVENTORS’ CORONAVIRUS-KILLING SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY as part of a NEWT collaboration. With research from Dr. Absar Alum and Zhe Zhao in the School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment, Professors Morteza Abbaszadegan and Paul Westerhoff collaborated with the Galileo Group, a leading remote sensing services tech company, to design,…