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Projects
Thermal Treatment Method to Remediate Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils (active)
Project Description: Bioremediation, a promising technology, utilizes microbes to break down, transform, and ultimately eliminate specific pollutants such as petroleum hydrocarbons from contaminated soil. This process can be carried out in-situ, directly within the affected environment. However, in-...
View projectInvestigating the Impact of Land Use Disturbance on Streamflow Regime and Sediment Connectivity in Urban Headwater Systems (active)
Project Description: Streamflow regime is defined as the frequency, magnitude, duration, and timing of surface streamflow presence in a stream network. In headwater stream systems—stream reaches that form the start of river networks—streamflow regimes are highly dynamic, helping to maint...
View projectAn AI Powered Remote Sensing Framework for Monitoring and Predicting Roadside Water Quality (active)
Project Description: While air pollution is the most visible environmental impact of transportation systems, water pollution and quality issues are also of great importance in the transportation and environment nexus. Specifically, transportation systems can affect water quality directly in many way...
View projectRequest For Proposal
2024 – 2025 Request for Proposals The Environmentally Responsible Transportation Center for Communities of Concern (ERTC3) is soliciting proposals for projects to be funded in the 2024 – 2025 funding cycle between 6/1/2024 and 5/31/2025. ERTC3 is a Tier 1 University Transpor...
View projectTraffic Congestion and Asthma-related Hospital Visits in Central TX (concluded)
Project Description: As one of the most common health diseases that are susceptible to environmental changes in urban neighborhoods, asthma is a major health concern among the disadvantaged populations living in urban neighborhoods with a higher proportion of poverty and racial/ethnic minorities (Co...
View projectIn-pavement Charging for Electric Vehicles to Reduce Air Pollution (active)
Project Description: This proposal aims to develop an in-pavement charging system for electric vehicles that can offset the shortage of charging stations. The newly developed system will not only promote the usages of electric vehicles to reduce gas emission, but also provides a solution to public t...
View projectWater Quality Monitoring Network To Assess Downstream Efficacy Of Green Infrastructure And Provenance Of Non-Point Source Pollutants (active)
Project Description: We propose to establish a water quantity and water quality monitoring network that can be leveraged to evaluate the efficacy of green infrastructure to reduce runoff volumes and identify the provenance of non- point source pollutants in downstream water bodies. In urban settings...
View projectA Sustainable Snow-Free Pavement to Mitigate the Negative Effect of Road Salts on Soil and Water Environment (active)
Project Description: Extreme weather in winter, characterized by prolonged and severe conditions, is anticipated soon due to climate change. Consequently, the utilization of deicing chemicals such as salts (including Chloride-based, Formate-based, and Acetate solutions) is inevitable. These chemica...
View projectSubsurface Contamination Modeling and Remediation Techniques (active)
Project Description: More than half of the US population consumes groundwater for drinking. Thus, introducing any type of contaminants into the groundwater table can risk the lives of more than half of the population. Contaminants from multiple sources can impact the drinking water wells and other r...
View projectEvaluation of Green Infrastructure as a Means to Mitigate Increased Stormwater Volumes in Disadvantaged Communities (active)
Project Description: Flooding in the United States, exacerbated by factors like increased urbanization and inadequate stormwater management systems, has grown in frequency and intensity, impacting both social and economic aspects. Extreme events, not limited to hurricanes and superstorms, have cause...
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