Environmental Particle Fate and Transport Lab
Welcome!
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The ultimate goal of the UCR Environmental Particle Fate and Transport Laboratory is to optimize effective water treatment and distribution, wastewater reclamation, and to understand mechanisms controlling microbial and particle transport in aquatic environments. Dr. Walker and her students are investigating the factors controlling bacterial and nanoparticle fate and transport as it pertains to water quality. Specifically, the fundamental mechanisms involved in aggregation, deposition, and adhesion occurring at the molecular scale between environmental particles and surfaces are being explored. The fate of these biotic and abiotic particles to surfaces in groundwater and marine environments are actively being studied. These mechanisms also apply to particles interacting with other surfaces including membranes, filter media, and biomedical materials. To learn more about the USDA Building Bridges Across Riverside Through Water Quality Research Program see this link! |
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In The News:
Dr. Walker was interviewed about issues of women in STEM fields. See the transcript of this interview here (1/09).
Our research efforts have hit the airwaves! See the transcript and listen to our blurb here(9/08).
Dr. Walker and the Building Bridges Program are in the USDA news! See the article here (8/08).
Dr. Walker and the 2007-2009 Building Bridges Program Participants Juan Lucio, Yasmine Salas, Karynn Kirby, and Melissa Reimer were in the University of California Science News. See the video and read the transcript here!
Women In Science And Engineering
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) chapter at UCR hosts Girl Scouts as part of Bourns Space Science and Engineering Day. SWE-UCR also hosts Scouts with programs such as Minds for Design. This upcoming spring SWE-UCR will host the Bourns Space Science and Engineering Day on April 18, 2009. For more information about SWE-UCR please visit http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~swe/
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