Research Projects

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Title: RAPID: Short- and mid-term dynamics of microplastic transport in urban drainage systems after Hurricane Debby 

Amount: $200,000 (2024-2025)

Sponsor: Brown and Caldwell

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Title: Project Title: Rapid: Short- and mid-term dynamics of water and sediment quality after Hurricane Idalia in the Apalachicola Bay

Amount: $200,000 (2023-2025)

Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Project Title: Study the vertical distribution of tire wear particles within the water column

Amount: $50,000 (2023-2035)

Sponsor: US Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service (USDA/NRCS)

Title: Studying the extent of microplastic transport by stormwater runoff to urban farms under different weather patterns.

Amount: $250,000 (2023-2026)

Sponsor: US Tire Manufacture

Title: Evaluation of leaching potential of 6PPD quinone and zinc in rubber-modified asphalt and microparticle release measurement.

Amount: $103,552 (2022-2023)

Sponsor: Brown and Caldwell Inc.

Title: Development of a novel nanofibrous media to remove microplastics from water.

Amount: $27,325 (2022-2023)

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Title: CAREER, An investigation of microplastics fate and contaminant transport in storm runoff, the nexus of environmental engineering and material sciences.

Amount: $453,144 (2021-2026)

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Title: Exploring coupled physical, biological and chemical processes that control lead fate and transport through plastic plumbing materials.

Amount: $329,655 (2020-2023)

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Soil Health Program (USDA/NIFA)

Title: Microplastics Fate and Transport in Agricultural Soil System: Interrelation of Hydrodynamics, Chemistry, and Material Sciences

Amount: $482,080 (2020-2024)