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Environmental / Water Resources Engineering Research Research Environmental and Water Resources Engineering At PSU, we have core strength in environmental and water resources engineering. Our faculty have diverse interests in the field and conduct research in many areas described in the table below. In addition, faculty direct the following key labs:Fluvial, Oceanic, and Water-level Sciences (FLOWS) LaboratoryWater Quality Research Group LaboratoryPankow Group LaboratoryHydrologic Modeling and Assimilation Lab Student Spotlight: Bashar As a child growing up in Baghdad, Iraq, CEE PhD candidate and environmental engineer Bashar Al Daomi saw the devastating effects of pollution in the Diyala River. Now, he has dedicated his life to devising new ways to treat wastewater at home and abroad. Read video transcript Environmental / Water Resources Engineering Research FacultyFaculty contact information is listed in our Faculty & Staff Directory.FacultyTitleResearch AreasPeyman AbbaszadehAssistant ProfessorComputational hydrology and satellite data assimilation, studying the surface and subsurface hydrologic processes and their interactions to improve the predictability of extreme hydroclimate events under climate change.Samantha HartzellAssistant ProfessorEcohydrology, modeling the impact of vegetation on water, carbon, and energy fluxes between the land surface and atmosphere, sustainable agriculture in dryland ecosystems.David JayProfessorTidal analysis, fluid mechanics research on the impact of the Columbia River plume on oceanic dynamics as they relate to tides, fish migration up the Columbia, and impacts of dams and dikes on fish habitat in the lower Columbia River.Gwynn JohnsonAssociate ProfessorGroundwater hydrology, subsurface contaminant transport and fate, and environmental chemistry.Wentai LuoSenior Research AssociateFate and transport of organic contaminants in environment, chemistry of tobacco and tobacco smoke, measurement of volatile organic compounds emission from industrial activities, consumer products, and biogenic sources, flavor chemicals and their impacts.James PankowProfessorDesign of autonomous water samplers for surface waters, gas/particle (G/P) partitioning, air quality model development, chemistry of tobacco products.Scott WellsProfessorSurface water quality and hydrodynamic modeling, fluid particle dynamics.Zhonglong ZhangResearch ProfessorWatershed hydrology and non-point source modeling, riverine water quality and riparian vegetation modeling, lake and reservoir water quality modeling, multi-media contaminant transport and environmental risk modeling, environmental software development.Environmental / Water Resources Engineering Research FacilitiesLaboratoryLocationPrimary ContactAdditional ContactDescriptionFluid Mechanics and Hydraulics LaboratoryEB 130Annette Dietz Samantha HartzellFluid mechanics, hydraulics, and environmental flow work.Water Quality LaboratoryEB 210Gwynn Johnson Wet-chemistry in the study of toxins in the environment. Water Quality Research Group LaboratoryEB 220Scott Wells Water quality and hydrodynamic modeling of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and estuaries. Project sponsors include NSF, EPA, OR DEQ, Idaho DEQ, Washington Ecology. Development of open source software for modeling with funding from the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiments Station.Rainwater LabEB 225Annette Dietz Process rainwater captured on EB roof to be used in first floor restrooms.Air Quality Modeling LaboratoryEB 230Jim PankowWentai LuoModeling laboratory.Ecohydrology LabEB 275Samantha Hartzell Ecohydrology, plant carbon and water fluxes, green infrastructure measurement and modeling.Fluvial, Oceanic, andWater-level Sciences(FLOWS) LaboratoryEB 280David Jay Fluid mechanical research on the impact of the Columbia River plume on oceanic dynamics as they relate to tides, fish migration up the Columbia, and impacts of dams and dikes on fish habitat in the lower Columbia River.Containment Transport and Chemistry LaboratoryEB 285Gwynn Johnson Wet-chemistry in the study of toxins in the environment.AdvancedInstrumentationLaboratory forEnvironmentalChemical AnalysisEB 490Jim PankowWentai LuoAerosol, air quality, and chemistry testing.