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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program
ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES
The Environmental and Water Resources a reassuring voice for many. She has in-person and hands-on educational (EWR) Program continues to be considered given hundreds of interviews over the experiences in the era of social distancing. one of the most highly respected graduate past months to inform the many different EWR faculty received a number programs in environmental and water discussions about this disease. Her efforts, of awards in recognition of their work this resources engineering in the United States. and those of colleagues both in the US past year. Landon Marston was recently The interdisciplinary work conducted by and elsewhere, have clearly indicated the named a New Innovator in Food and EWR faculty, students, and staff is highly role of airborne exposures in the spread of Agricultural Research by the Foundation impactful and widely for Food and used by the global Agriculture community. Research (FFAR). This This award provides year was a year of funding for early transition for EWR. career scientists to Landon Marston has conduct “audacious” joined us as a new research in the Assistant Professor. area of food and Landon , whose agriculture research. research specializes From the Virginia in examining the Tech College drivers of water of Engineering, scarcity and Gabriel Issacmandegradation across Van Wertz received multiple scales, had one of the 2020 VT previously been on COE Outstanding the faculty at Kansas New Professor State University after Awards and Paolo completing his Ph.D. Scardina was at the University recognized with the of Illinois Urbana- 2020 Certificate Champaign. The year 2020 also saw the departures of Connor Brown and Ayella Maile-Moskowitz are samplng sewage on campus. You can read more about the sampling on page 14. of Teaching Excellence. And, Clair White was Randy Dymond, who recognized with retired, and Jason He, COVID-19 and have illustrated the utility the Blackwood who transitioned to new position at his alma of masks in reducing these exposures. On Award for Exemplary Faculty Service mater Washington University in St. Louis. a more local level, Amy Pruden and Peter from the Virginia Tech Program in Real EWR faculty have responded Vikesland, have led efforts to detect signals Estate. Within CEE itself, in recognition broadly in response to the COVID-19 of COVID-19 in sewage samples collected of his longstanding educational efforts, pandemic. With her interdisciplinary across the Blacksburg campus, while Paolo Bill Knocke was recognized with the G.V. background in air pollution and airborne Scardina made numerous upgrades to the Loganathan award. Former EWR staff infectious diseases, Linsey Marr has been Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources member Barbara Angellotti received the laboratories to make them useable for Virginia Tech Staff Career Achievement Award.
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