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April 8, 2016 .
The journal article “Virus mitigation by coagulation: recent discoveries and future directions" by Joe Heffron and Dr. Mayer has been accepted for publication in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
April 5, 2016 .
Yiran Tong presented her work “Biosolids as a resource: Using biochar derived from pyrolyzed biosolids to remove trace organic contaminants” at the Water Environment Federation's Residuals and Biosolids Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Yiran's work will also be published in the conference proceedings.
March 4, 2016 .
Dr. Mayer has received an Early Career Development award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project entitled “CAREER: Harnessing the Power of the Phosphate-Binding Protein PstS to Recover Phosphorus”.
February 9, 2016.
The journal article “Recovery of agricultural nutrients from biorefineries” by Drs. Carey, Yang, McNamara, and Mayer is accepted for publication in Bioresource Technology.
January 2016.
Nicole Wellenstein and Taylor Gries join the team as undergraduate research assistants focused on drinking water treatment using titanium dioxide. Nicole will work closely with Carlan Johnson to evaluate photocatalytic destruction of organic matter. Taylor will work closely with Lisa Herring to evaluate adsorption and destruction of triclosan using titanium dioxide.
November 1, 2015.
Postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Yu Yang, has accepted a permanent water engineering research position with North American Hoganas, Inc. Congratulations and best wishes, Dr. Yang!
October 20 – 21, 2015.
Dr. Mayer gives a talk on Emerging Microbial Contaminants as part of Dr. McNamara’s short course on Emerging Contaminants in Milwaukee, WI.
September 29, 2015.
The journal article “The impact of capsid proteins on virus removal and inactivation during water treatment processes” by Dr. Mayer, Dr. Yang, and their external collaborators is accepted for publication in Microbiology Insights.
September 14 – 17, 2015.
Dr. Mayer is invited as one of five members of the U.S. delegation to the Chemical Science and Society Summit (CS3) in Leipzig, Germany.
The CS3 program is held every other year and enables researchers from the U.S., the U.K., Germany, China, and Japan to come together to identify major knowledge gaps and research pathways to advance chemical sciences and society. This year’s topic was Chemistry and Water, and the group released the related white paper entitled "Chemistry in Water: Challenges and Solutions".
July 29, 2015.
Allen Williams, Dr. Zitomer, and Dr. Mayer’s article “Ion exchange-precipitation for nutrient recovery from dilute wastewater” has been accepted for publication in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
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June 16, 2015.
The Mayer group and collaborators are awarded research funding through the Inaugural Marquette Innovation Fund program. Projects include:
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Collaboration with the McNamara group focused on recovery of phosphorus using biochar as a sorbent, and rapid quantification in flow-through systems.
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Collaboration with Dr. Krassi Hristova in Microbiology and Stonehouse Water Technologies to evaluate the use of titanium dioxide adsorbent and photocatalysis systems for removing micropollutants from drinking water.
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Undergraduate research team including Emmanuel Kayiwa from Physics, Matthew Vitello from Biomedical Engineering, and Alex Zucca from Mechanical Engineering will focus on evaluating a novel membrane and resin system designed for water desalination.
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Dr. Dan Zitomer is leading an interdisciplinary effort focused on advancing the Marquette Water Quality as a catalyst for Marquette’s water initiatives, including establishing new shared lab space at the Global Water Center.
June 13 – 16, 2015.
Joe Heffron, Yiran Tong, and Dr. Mayer present research at the 2015 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) conference held at Yale University. Dr. Mayer hosts a session on education.
June 7 – 9, 2015.
Dr. Mayer is invited to lead the Engineering (recovery) group at the NSF-sponsored Closing the Human Phosphorus Loop held in Washington, D.C.
This effort produces a white paper that will be circulated to provide the scientific basis for U.S. research policies related to phosphorus (sensing and detection, molecular recognition of phosphate, recovery, agricultural efficiency and soil chemistry.
June 1, 2015.
Wendy Ballent joins the team as a summer undergraduate research assistant. Wendy will work closely with Dr. Yu Yang to design and evaluate systems to recover phosphorus from water using proteins.
June 1, 2015.
Anna Avila joins the group as a MS graduate research assistant. Anna will be researching ion exchange and other adsorption processes designed to recover the nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater.
The ultimate goal of her work is to create designer nutrient-rich fertilizer products that contain tailored amounts of nutrients.
May 18 – 21, 2015.
Dr. Mayer attends the NSF-sponsored Phosphorus Research Coordination Network (P-RCN) meeting in Washington D.C. As part of a panel discussion, Dr. Mayer presents the state-of-the-art in engineering technologies to recover phosphorus.
For the upcoming year, she will be the lead of the P-RCN subcommittee focused on technologies for phosphorus recovery.
May 17, 2015.
Patrick Mullen graduates with his MS degree. He will be joining Centrisys as a full-time engineer. Congratulations, Patrick!
Joe Heffron graduates with his MS degree. He will remain with the Mayer Research Group to pursue his Ph.D. focused on the mitigation of viruses using electrocoagulation. Congratulations, Joe!