2025
Mohaanavarshini “Varshini” Samanthavada Chandrasekar Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Research Project: Development of Biosensors for Detecting PFAS Contamination in Water
Fatemah “Naz” Ghiasvand Graduate Student, Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech
Research Project: Evaluating the Use of C&D Waste Fines as Soil Amendments for pH Improvement and Airspace Reduction in Landfills
Carolyne Mbogo Graduate Student, Environmental Sciences-Agriculture, Tennessee Tech
Research Project: Optimizing the Mechanochemical Destruction of PFOA and PFOS in Clay Minerals With Reactive Additives
2024
Julia Craven (undergraduate student, Engineering for Sustainability), University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Research Project: Mercury Chronicles: An Exploration of Mercury’s Legacy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Sarah Lewis (undergraduate student, Environmental Science), University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Research Project: Assessment of Microplastics in the Gulf of Cadiz, Spain
Fangfei Liu (Doctoral student, Environmental Engineering), Vanderbilt University
Research Project: Development of Characteristic-based Leaching Methods for Soils Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
2022 (*Inaugural Year)
Chase Morris (undergraduate student, Civil Engineering), Tennessee Technological University
Research Project: Water Remediation Utilizing ISA-TSC and SC Chelating Resins