Research

Projects

Water Resources

part of the WaterQ2: Water Quality and Quantity in the Limpopo Basin project supported by USAID.

Water Resources Management in a Transboundary River Basin:

Remote sensing of river gage
Groundwater trends by remote sensing
Saltwater intrusion in the Limpopo River, Xai Xai, Mozambique

Water Quality

Defluoridation
Pure Thirst student group
Turbulent mixing in natural channels
Pump-and-treat groundwater remediation

Atmospheric Research

Presentations

Edokpayi, J. N., Sharp, G., Rose, K. C., Kahler, D. M. (2020). A SWOT analysis of Water Resource Management of the Limpopo River Basin. In Water Institute of Southern Africa 2020 Virtual Biennial Conference and Exhibition. Johannesburg, South Africa.
Okular, K., Bakar, S., Glancey, K., Whitewood, A., Goldschmidt, B., & Kahler, D. M. (2019). Fluoride removal in drinking water with augmented bentonite and community perceptions in Arusha, Tanzania. In UNC Water and Health Conference. Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Martin, M. L., Glancey, K. M., & Kahler, D. M. (2018). Method Development for Remote Sensing of River Flow with Limited Ground-Based Measurements. In AGU Fall Meeting (pp. H43G-2504). Washington, DC.
Glancey, K. M., Martin, M. L., Edokpayi, J. N., & Kahler, D. M. (2018). Removal of Excess Fluoride from Drinking-Water by Adsorption: Results from Mixed Smectite Clay and Diceriocayum eriocarpum. In AGU Fall Meeting (pp. H31J-2031). Washington, DC.

Theses

Lange, C. L. (2021). Air Pollution in the Steel City: Assessing the Influence of COVID-19 on Air Pollution in Allegheny County (Master’s thesis, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1982
Okular, K. (2020). Fluoride Removal with Augmented Bentonite in Drinking Water and Community Perceptions in Arusha, Tanzania (Master’s thesis, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1945

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate students have several opportunities to do research. Students should discuss potential research activities with faculty. During the semester students can do research for credit and enroll in ENVI 390: Undergraduate Research (specify the facutly during enrollment, there are different section numbers). During the summer, students can apply for the Undergraduate Research Program (URP), which provides housing and stipend for 10 weeks. Applications are typically due in February or March. Undergraduates may also wish to look at the NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates program.

Duquesne University also offers the Honors Thesis in Environmental Science. Students must have some research experience prior to their year of graduation and apply to the Honors Program.

Graduate Research

Graduate students who pursue a thesis should consider ENVI 700: Thesis Research. Research topics should be selected early in the program to allow for adaquate time to complete the work. In this research group, students prepare an NSF-style research proposal in the early stages of their work, which includes a substantial literature review. NSF’s instructions are found in NSF’s Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide; the actual research proposal and biographical sketch are the key elements at this stage, see chapter 2.

Work here is supported by:

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), WaterQ2 project
Paluse Faculty Research Grant, Duquesne University
Loogman Faculty Research Grant, Duquesne University
Center for Environmental Research and Education, Duquesne University

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