THE WATER INNOVATION & REUSE LAB
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, CONSTRUCTION, & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Kumeyaay Land Acknowledgement
For millennia, the Kumeyaay people have been a part of this land. This land has nourished, healed, protected and embraced them for many generations in a relationship of balance and harmony. As members of the San Diego State University community, we acknowledge this legacy. We promote this balance and harmony. We find inspiration from this land, the land of the Kumeyaay.
For millennia, the Kumeyaay people have been a part of this land. This land has nourished, healed, protected and embraced them for many generations in a relationship of balance and harmony. As members of the San Diego State University community, we acknowledge this legacy. We promote this balance and harmony. We find inspiration from this land, the land of the Kumeyaay.
At WIRLab, we support diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI!
Fate and transport of emerging contaminants Surface water biogeochemical processes Decentralized water reuse
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WIRLAB NEWSNov 2024
VOTE!!! - Fondriest Environmental Monitor reports on our collaborative Tijuana River Estuary pollution monitoring. Oct 2024
- SDSU NewsCenter highlights Mladenov and Biggs sensor platform research in the Tijuana River Estuary. - MS student Sarah Poletti receives David G. Fleet Scholarship! - SDSU water-themed faculty host Water Day on Oct 18. Mladenov gives research updates. Grant, and Poletti present in the poster session. - Bolden and Astete Vasquez present at the National Onsite Water Reuse Mega-Conference in Spokane. Astete Vasquez wins graduate student poster award. Sep 2024
- WIRLab collaborates on binational coastal resilience project with San Diego Coastkeeper, Proyecto Fronterizo de Educacion Ambiental, and Tijuana Tecnologico; it is one of 8 new projects funded by San Diego Foundation. Aug 2024
- MS student Alex Grant in the news (Fox5Newscast) for her field research on Tijuana River and Estuary pollution. - CBS8 reports on our WIRLab-BiggsLab sensor platform research to track cross-border pollution in the Tijuana River. Jul 2024
- Mladenov et al. paper just out on sensors for early warning of pollution in the Tijuana River Estuary! What a great collaboration with the Biggs Lab, EPA, and TRNERR! - Undergraduate Naiomi Phifer presents research on water quality sensors, and Marzia Dost shares her findings on cigarette filter pollution at the SDSU MESA Summer Undergraduate Research Academy poster session. May 2024
- Our new paper on tracking disturbance in anaerobic baffled reactors is out! - Sarah Poletti receives the COAST Dr. Kenneth H. Coale Graduate Scholar Award! - Alexandra Grant receives the American Water Works Association HDR One Water Institute Scholarship and the Early Career Fellow and Leadership Facilitator Award with the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) through UCLA. - Lily Astete Vasquez receives American Public Works Association (APWA) Scholarship! Apr 2024
- WIRLab is seeking undergraduates to work on removal of emerging contaminants from water reuse systems using anammox bacteria. Click here to apply. - WIRLab is seeking a graduate student to lead NSF-funded research on tire wear particle pollution. Click here to apply. - WIRLab alum, Kelly Hollman, receives the Brewster Snow Award for her MS research while at SDSU! This award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) recognizes one US environmental engineering graduate student for their significant accomplishments. Congratulations Kelly! - Mladenov co-authors new study on chemicals of emerging concern in experimental membrane systems for decentralized water reuse. This summarizes many years of work in WIRLab on aerobic MBR and anaerobic MBR parallel reactors for wastewater treatment!!! Mar 2024
- WIRLab members present at the SDSU Student Symposium (S3): Lily Astete Vasquez and Beatriz Velasquez, Ella Knight, Glorya Escobar, Alex Grant, Trinity Magdalena-Weary, Alexi Olney, Ryan Spaulding, Selin Childs, and Shiloh Bolden. - Trinity receives the Presidential Award at S3 and is invited to represent SDSU at the CSU-wide symposium; and Ella, Glorya, Alex, Alexi, Ryan, and Shiloh receive awards too! - WIRLab hosts Dr. Joseph Wasswa, SoE Postdoctoral fellow from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in his seminar on "Unraveling Chemical Environmental Fate: Bridging Analytical Expertise and Predictive Chemistry for Sustainable Solutions" - Mladenov interviewed on Fox 5 News about the new One Water Living Learning Laboratory. Jan 2024
- WIRLab joins with the CCEE Dept, College of Engineering, and DRI to host Dr. Bill Cooper, UC Irvine emeritus professor, seminar on Photochemistry of DOM in natural waters. Oct 2023
- Lily attends WEFTEC 2023 conference as an Inflow STEMPath Scholar. - Mladenov and Oropeza (Tijuana) win Re:Border STEM Think Tank Award. Sep 2023
- Shiloh Bolden selected as a new NIH MARC scholar to lead ABR polishing with anammox study. Aug 2023
- WIRLab members, Hollman, Mladenov and Pinongcos' tire particle research with School of Public Health in the news on KPBS! - Lily's research on sanitation practices in onsite systems hits the SDSU NewsCenter. See the story here! Jul 2023
- New paper on tire tread particles just out! Mladenov, Hollman, and Pinongcos co-author. - Mladenov joins Marine Debris Leadership Academy. - Summer Undergraduate Research Program supports WIRLab members, Alexi Olney and Trinity Magdalena in marine debris research. |
WIRLab trains and mentors undergraduate and graduate students from diverse groups to take on environmental challenges in water scarce environments by conducting research on sustainable water and sanitation technologies and biogeochemical processes in natural and engineered systems. Current projects investigate the transformation and persistence of emerging chemicals in anaerobic and aerobic decentralized water reuse systems, sources of anthropogenic contaminants in urban rivers, water quality response to stream restoration, the fate of microplastics in the environment, and rapid fluorescence-based tracking of organic contaminants in surface water and groundwater.
WIRLab is led by Dr. Natalie Mladenov, PhD., P.E.
and supported by an endowment from William E. Leonhard Jr.
Please contact Dr. Mladenov (at nmladenov@ sdsu.edu) or stop by E404 for a tour.
WIRLab is led by Dr. Natalie Mladenov, PhD., P.E.
and supported by an endowment from William E. Leonhard Jr.
Please contact Dr. Mladenov (at nmladenov@ sdsu.edu) or stop by E404 for a tour.