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An Introduction to The University of South Florida and some of its water research activities A presentation to UNESCO-IHE April 20, 2007 By Daniel H. Yeh Civil & Environmental Engineering Presentation Outline About USF Patel
A presentation to UNESCO-IHE April 20, 2007 By Daniel H. Yeh Civil & Environmental Engineering
About USF Patel Center for Global Solutions Environmental & Water Resources Engineering
(EWRE)
Sustainable Healthy Communities: Water Initiative Opportunities with IHE
Main campus located in located in Tampa Tampa
3 regional campuses in campuses in St. St. Petersburg Petersburg, , Sarasota/Manatee Sarasota/Manatee and and Lakeland Lakeland
…home to over 2.5 million residents
Founded in 1956
State-
supported university
9th largest university in the U.S.
44,038 students (as of Fall 2006) 34,077 undergraduate 34,077 undergraduate 7,676 graduate 7,676 graduate 477 Doc. Medicine 477 Doc. Medicine 1,808 Non 1,808 Non-
degree seeking
President President
Provost and Senior Vice President Provost and Senior Vice President
A vibrant metropolitan campus… A vibrant metropolitan campus…
Schools
doctoral programs (33), including the doctor of medicine
graduate students
130 countries (many Fulbright/USAID/Ford Foundation)
Architecture & Community Design Architecture & Community Design Arts & Sciences Arts & Sciences Business Administration Business Administration Education Education Engineering Engineering Honors (undergraduate) Honors (undergraduate) Marine Sciences Marine Sciences Medicine Medicine Nursing Nursing Public Health Public Health Visual and Performing Arts Visual and Performing Arts
Psychology Psychology Education Education Public Health Public Health Business Business
Communication and Communication and Information Sciences Information Sciences
Engineering Engineering
Technologically enhanced instruction
iTunes University!
Computer labs and the Information Commons
Wireless internet access across campus
Interactive Classroom Performance System
Student discounts on computers from Dell, Apple and others
Free to all students:
Webmail
Web space
MyUSF Portal Portal -
Blackboard Learning System
Antivirus software
Campus Housing Campus Housing Golf Course Golf Course Library Library
Athletic Training Athletic Training Center Center
Sun Dome Sun Dome
Student Union and Student Union and Bookstore Bookstore
Your Advocate at USF Your Advocate at USF
Expert advising on immigration/visa, academic, immigration/visa, academic, social, and acculturation issues social, and acculturation issues
Workshops on employment, cultural adjustment, reentry, cultural adjustment, reentry, and career planning and career planning
Hosts monthly thematic parties and numerous other special and numerous other special events events – – bringing our student bringing our student body together body together
Classified as a “Research 1 University” (one of sixty in the U.S.) Rated as one of America’s two fastest growing research
universities
Classified in the top tier of American research universities by the
Carnegie Foundation, along with Berkeley, Duke, Harvard, Michigan, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Texas at Austin & UCLA
Ranked in the top tier of Carnegie’s classification for Community
Engagement
$1.6 Billion USD annual budget $310 Million USD in annual research contracts & grants (2006)
First-place proposal among all of Florida’s universities; Collaboration among medicine, chemistry, biology and engineering
Established May 2005 with
$34.5M gift from Dr. Patel (with state matching funds)
Executive Director: Betty Castor Academic Director: Mark Amen www.patelcenter.org
Vision State me nt:
T he Pate l Ce nte r will be known for its suppor t of distinguishe d r e se ar c h and e duc ational pr
ams that pr
sustainable , he althy c ommunitie s in a globalizing wor ld.
Mission State me nt:
T he Pate l Ce nte r pr
ts: nonpar tisan, inde pe nde nt applie d r e se ar c h that le ads to the disc ove r y, disse mination, and applic ation of ne w knowle dge about the sour c e s of and solutions to pr
n; and e duc ational pr
ams for tr aining futur e le ade r s and for e xpanding public awar e ne ss about global c onc e r ns.
Mission imple me nte d thr
– applie d r
e se ar c h that le ads to the disc ove r y, disse mination, and applic ation of ne w knowle dge
– the de ve lopme nt of e duc ational pr
ams at all le ve ls
– e xpanding awar
e ne ss of global c onc e r ns by hosting c onfe r e nc e s, for ums, wor kshops, symposia, and spe ake r s
– e ngaging polic y make r
s and othe r par tne r s and tr anslating r e se ar c h into polic y.
5 year str ategic plan foc us ar eas:
egional T r ade
banization & Migr ation
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Water Quality Engineering Air Quality Engineering Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Environment Solid and Hazardous Waste Management and Engineering Surface Water Hydrology and Hydraulics Groundwater Hydrology Sustainable Design and Ecological Engineering Environmental Biotechnology and Nanotechnology
Optimization of water reuse systems for removal of pathogens,
endocrine disruptors and other pharmaceutically active compounds
Development of molecular biology based methods to measure
the specific growth rates of distinct microbial populations.
Catalytic process for the remediation of soil contaminants. Biogeochemical control of landfill leachate collection systems
Landfill leachate treatment
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Treatment of leachate containing arsenic from CCA treated wood
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Biogeochemistry in leachate collection system (clogging phenomenon)
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Membrane bioreactor treatment of leachate for removal of xenobiotics (hormones) Anaerobic digestion of wastes
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Novel low-cost digestion process for diverse solid wastes
Photos courtesy of Charlotte County, FL
Developing solutions for environmental issues in developing
nations (e.g., Caribbean, Latin America, Asia)
Control of RO membrane fouling in seawater desalination Membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment and water
reuse
Membrane processes for arsenic removal Modeling fate of bioweapons agent released from terrorism
activities
Advanced stormwater management and urban hydrology Integrated surface-ground water modeling Monitoring hydrological fluxes in the ground water-vadose
zone-atmosphere continuum
Modeling of atmospheric nitrogen deposition into Tampa Bay Evapotranspiration from heterogenous landscapes Influence of land use change on water quality
Environmental Engineering
Water Resources
Environmental & Occupational Health
Graduate Institutions
Stanford Univ. MIT
Georgia Tech
Auburn Univ. Northwestern Univ.
Virginia Tech UC Davis Colorado State Univ. Clemson Univ.
Columbia University
Eight (8) Registered Professional Engineers
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering Stanford University M.S. Civil Engineering Stanford University B.S. Chemical Engineering Rice University Research Interests:
Contaminant fate and transport in the (aqueous) environment Physical, chemical, and biological processes for water treatment
and water quality control
Water resources and water re-use Contaminant behavior in groundwater Groundwater remediation
EWRE EWRE -
Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering University of Cincinnati M.S. Environmental Engineering University of Illinois B.S. General Engineering University of Illinois Research Interests:
Development of novel anaerobic digestion
processes for the treatment of diverse solid wastes
Development of a new high-rate nitrification process for
domestic and industrial wastewater
Use of molecular biology tools to investigate the growth
responses of specific microbial populations in bioreactors
EWRE EWRE -
Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering Stanford University M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering Stanford University B.S. Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Areas of Expertise:
Application of chemical
principles to the study and manipulation of pollutant behavior (e.g. arsenic) in natural aquatic systems and in engineered processes.
EWRE EWRE -
Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology M.S. Environmental Engineering University of Michigan B.S. Civil Engineering and Natural Resources University of Michigan Research Interests:
Membrane and biological processes for wastewater reclamation
and reuse, water purification, industrial waste minimization and waste-to-energy conversion
Remediation of contaminated soils and sediments Sustainable energy sources and processes; Water
sanitation for developing nations; Ecological engineering
EWRE EWRE -
Environmental Engineering
Specializing in membrane-separation systems, the
National Center at the University of South Florida consists
The pilot-plant facility includes a mobile pilot plant, two stationary pilot plants, and a seawater pilot plant.
The Center also has both a laboratory trailer and a trailer
that operates reverse osmosis seawater systems. The seawater systems can treat brackish water and wastewater.
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Civil Engineering-Coastal Hydraulics University of Florida M.S. Civil Engineering-Water Resources University of South Florida B.S. Civil Engineering-Water Resources University of South Florida Research Interests:
Surface and groundwater interactions Hydrologic, hydraulic and water quality modeling GIS & remote sensing applications Lake and estuary water quality management Estuary & tidal inlet sediment dynamics
EWRE EWRE – – Water Resources Engineering Water Resources Engineering
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Civil Engineering Colorado State University M.S. Engineering Auburn University B.S. Civil Engineering American University of Beirut Research Interests:
Vadose zone and ecosystem hydrology Stochastic applications in hydrology Stream-aquifer interaction and conjunctive use of surface/ground
water systems
Flow in porous media and contaminant fate and transport
EWRE EWRE – – Water Resources Engineering Water Resources Engineering
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Mechanics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S. Mathematics Courant Institute, New York University M.S. Engineering Mechanics B.S. Civil Engineering B.A. Applied Mathematics Columbia University
Research Interests:
Numerical Simulations of microscopic oceanic turbulence Novel large-eddy simulations (LES) Methodologies for turbulent flows Subgrid-scale modeling for LES Finite element methods for fluids
EWRE EWRE – – Water Resources Engineering Water Resources Engineering
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Civil Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University M.S.E. Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin B.A. Management University of Maryland Specialization:
Environmental Chemistry Ambient Air Quality Measurement of Air Pollutants
EWRE EWRE – – Environmental & Environmental & Occupational Health Occupational Health
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering Stanford University M.S. Civil Engineering Stanford University B.S. Chemical Engineering Stanford University Areas of Expertise
Air Pollution Atmospheric Chemistry Environmental Computational Modeling Emergency Releases and Terrorism Response
EWRE EWRE – – Environmental & Environmental & Occupational Health Occupational Health
Water resources research on
urbanizing coastal plain, shallow water table and sub- tropical systems
Approaching $1 million annual
research
10 faculty, including 2 full time
research associates, several USF colleges
Supports EWRE field and
computational aspects
Laboratory Experimentation Field Experimentation Computational Modeling USF - CMHAS
Hydrology of mined phosphate lands, waste
clay settling areas
Runoff, recharge and ET distribution in vadose
zone, shallow water table systems (field and theoretical study)
Integrated surface and groundwater modeling
Wetland hydro-period prediction & eco-
hydrology
Real time storm surge modeling Storm water management in coupled SW/GW
systems (hydraulics and water quality)
Legend 2 Ft Drawdown 3 Ft Drawdown ET Inches 23.7 - 27.0 27.1 - 30.0 30.1 - 33.0 33.1 - 36.0 36.1 - 39.0 39.1 - 44.8 20 40 10 Miles±
National Science Foundation US Department of Agriculture US Geological Survey US Department of Energy Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Southwest Florida Water Management District American Waterworks Research Foundation Water Environment Research Foundation
Analytical instrumentation lab Wet chemistry labs Pilot labs (at USF and at W/WW utilities) Teaching lab Field lab Computer lab USF Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Center
MS (9 month, non-thesis) MS (thesis) PhD A variety of courses are offered on the principles and
applications of EWRE; additional related courses are available in areas such as public health, environmental science & policy, chemistry, biology, geology, geography.
In a Fortune Magazine (March 21, 2005) ranking of
the hottest professions for the coming decade, Environmental Engineering ranked #1 of all professions in terms of anticipated growth (54%)
The USF EWRE program is poised to meet this
demand by preparing our graduates with the unique skills to address environmental challenges of today and tomorrow.
College of Arts and Sciences
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Biology, Environmental Science and Policy, Geography, Geology, Chemistry
School of Public Health
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Environmental and Occupational Health
College of Engineering
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Civil, Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering
College of Marine Sciences Patel Center for Global Solutions
Mark Rains Ph.D., Eco-Hydrology Mark Stewart Ph.D., Hydrogeology Ping Wang Ph.D., Coastal Hydraulics, Sediment
Transport and Geomorphology
H.L. Vacher Ph.D., Hydrogeology Thomas Pichler Ph.D., Geochemistry, arsenic
chemistry
Tom Crisman, Ph.D., Patel Senior Fellow,
Ecosystems, wetland ecoloby
Valerie J. Harwood, Ph.D., Microbiology, molecular
biology, pathogens in drinking and reclaimed water
Daniel Lim, Ph.D., Molecular biology, Biosensors,
bioterrorism, co-director of FCoE-BITT
…many others
1) Integrating global capabilities into STEM education: Critical technologies and strategies for meeting the UN’s Millennium Development Goals on water and sanitation Daniel Yeh (Civil Environ Eng), Ricardo Izurieta (Global Health), Linda Whiteford (Anthropology), and Norma Alcantar (Chem Eng) 2) Towards Sustainable Healthy communities: communicating Science and Risks of Emerging Micropollutants in Reclaimed Water Jeffrey Cunningham (Civil Environ Eng), Foday Jaward (Env. Occu. Health), Derina Holtzhausen (Mass Communications), and Daniel Yeh (Civil Environ Eng)
sanitation challenges
bioreactors for recovery of water, energy and fertilizers
purification with cactus mucilage
through solar latrines
training
education Yeh, Whiteford, Alcantar and Izurieta (l-r)
3) Automatic detection of red tides and water quality anomaly events: Application of computer intelligence to marine science Frank E. Muller-Karger (Marine Sci), Chuanmin Hu (Marin Sci), Lawrence O. Hall (Comp Sci Eng), and Dmitry Goldgof (Comp Sci Eng) 4) Understanding and promoting sustainability related to mercury exposures through integrated research, graduate education, and community involvement Amy L. Stuart (Env. Occu Health), Maya Trotz (Civil Environ Eng), and Fenda A. Akiwumi (Geography)
programmes, short courses, field experiences, credit transfer
From R. Meganck presentation at USF
Ease of access to LAC and myriad partners offers many
field research opportunities
Students from LAC receive FL in-state tuition
infrastrcture)
desalination)
restoration - Ecohydrology
Research Example