2017
Congratulations to Katherine Phetxumphou, PhD student of Water INTERface IGEP, won the 1st place in graduate research at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Research Day in Virginia Tech! Come to check the winner picture Kat and her adviser Dr. Dietrich (co-director of Water INTERface) at our Facebook.
Dr. Susan Duncan, Professor of Department of Food Science and Technology and faculty member of Water IGEP, presented on behalf of her previous student---Dr. Courtney Crist's research at 11th IWA Symposium on Tastes, Odours & Algal Toxins in Water in Sydney Australia on February 2017. Learn more about "Assessment of drinking water quality and user perceptions between filling stations and water fountains on a college campus: a mixed methods approach".
Katherine Phetxumphou, Ph.D. candidate of Civil Environmental Engineering and Water IGEP,
presented her research at 11th IWA Symposium on Tastes, Odours & Algal Toxins in Water in Sydney Australia on February 2017. Learn more about "Improving Consumer Lexicon to Describe Aesthetic Issues in Water Quality".
Dr. Daniel Gallagher, Associate Professor of Department of Civil Environmental Engineering, presented his research at 11th IWA Symposium on Tastes, Odours & Algal Toxins in Water in Sydney Australia on February 2017. Learn more about "Intricacies of Odor Response to Chemicals in Mixtures".
Dr. Aili Wang, Food Science and Technology, presented her research at 11th IWA Symposium on Tastes, Odours & Algal Toxins in Water in Sydney Australia on February 2017. Learn more about "Effect of drinking water minerals on sweetness and metallic taste perception and emotional response of sweetened beverage".
Razieh Farzad, PhD student of Water IGEP, presented her research at World Aquaculture Society (WAS) on Feburary 2017 about "Survey of trace elements content of Tilpia, catfish and salmon in the Virginia market: risk, nutritional assessment and selenium health benefit values (Se-PhHBV)". Learn more.
Hyun Sik S. Chu, PhD candidate of Water IGEP, has presented his research about value-added “gucci” Tilapia at World Aquaculture Society (WAS) meeting 2017 at San Antonio, Texas on Februry 2017. Learn more about this research.
The 11th IWA Symposium on Tastes, Odours & Algal Toxins in Water symposium was held at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, from February 14th to 16th February 2017. Five Water IGEP members, Dr. Dietrich (co-director), Dr. Duncan (co-director), Dr. Gallagher (faculty), Katherine Phetxumphou (PhD student), and Aili Wang (coordinator) attended this conference and have oral presentations about their research projects. As chair of the IWA specialist group, Dr. Dietrich made a welcome speech. Learn more.
2016
Congratulations to Siddhartha Roy (PhD student of Water IGEP), recipient of Virginia Tech’s Alumni Association Graduate Student Service Excellence Award 2016. Learn more.
Congratulations to Dr. Dietrich (co-director of Water IGEP): Honored as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Distinguished Alumna for 2015. Learn more.
Congratulations to Amanda Sain (PhD student of Water IGEP): selected as a member of Academy for Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence. Learn more.
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Pruden (Professor of CEE, faculty of Water IGEP): Appointed as the W. Thomas Rice Professor in Engineering. Learn more.