Environmental engineers are the technical professionals who identify and design solutions for environmental problems. Environmental engineers provide safe drinking water, treat and properly dispose of wastes, maintain air quality, control water pollution, and remediate sites contaminated due to spills or improper disposal of hazardous substances. They monitor the quality of the air, water, and land. [...]
Landscapes change as human activities change or persist over time. These dynamics, in turn, affect decisions about land use and environmental management. Carol Harden, Liem Tran, Yingkui Li, and their students conduct research to identify, characterize, and model environmental effects of human activity and land-use change. Much of their research focuses on water resources, and [...]
Research Interests Hydrogeology and Soil Hydrology: water movement and fate/transport of contaminants in a variety of hydrologic settings, including unsaturated soils, fractured clay-rich sediments, karst and streams. Investigations of pathogens and fecal indicator bacteria in aquifers and streams, identification of fecal sources (human, livestock, wildlife) in water samples based on DNA signatures, fate and transport [...]
