Water, Energy, and the Environment

Water, energy, and the environment are interconnected and interdependent. Innovation in  these areas is critical to the future of our planet.

Somebody has an idea, you try it out, it works and you refine it. Collaborations are so important because you never know what you’re going to find.

Henry Spitz, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Active Research Faculty

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Simone Balachandran

Assoc Professor - Educator

513-556-1356

Research Interests: Aerosol research


Research Interests: Urban water management systems


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Soryong Chae

Assoc Professor

513-556-4353

Research Interests: Bioenergy


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Fred Yauh-Huei Chiou

Associate Professor Educator

513-556-4589

Research Interests: Renewable energy, solar photovoltaic systems


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Dionysios D. Dionysiou

Research Interests: Water treatment and purification


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Junhang Dong

Professor

513-556-3992

Research Interests: Microporous membranes for energy-related applications


Research Interests: Solid state electronics


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Rakesh Govind

Professor

513-556-2666

Research Interests: Wastewater treatment


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Vadim Guliants

The George Rieveschl Chair in Advanced Materials and Membranes

513-556-0203

Research Interests: Wastewater treatment


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Margaret J Kupferle

Associate Professor

513-556-3329

Research Interests: Wastewater treatment


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Joo-Youp Lee

Professor

513-556-0018

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis and separation for energy and environment


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Mingming Lu

Professor

513-556-0996

Research Interests: Making biodiesel from waste


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Patrick Alexander Ray

Assoc Professor

513-556-3167

Research Interests: Water security


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Panagiotis Georgios Smirniotis

Professor

513-556-1474

Research Interests: Catalysis


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George A Sorial

Instructor - Adj

Research Interests: Biofiltration


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Henry Spitz

Professor

513-556-2003

Research Interests: Nuclear energy


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Maobing Tu

Professor

513-556-2259

Research Interests: Cost effective biofuels


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Vijay K Vasudevan

Affiliate or Student for Research

Research Interests: New materials for energy


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John Walter Weidner

Dean

513-556-5430

Research Interests: Electrochemical energy


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Jingjie Wu

Associate Professor

513-556-2756

Research Interests: Atomic materials for catalysis


Water, Energy, and the Environment Research News

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Engineering professor named highly cited researcher

February 10, 2021

Dionysios (Dion) Dionysiou, Ph.D., professor of environmental engineering at the University of Cincinnati, was named a Highly Cited Researcher in 2020 by Clarivate Web of Science for his work addressing water pollution, conservation and treatment.

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Biosensor detects toxins in water sources

August 5, 2020

University of Cincinnati environmental engineers and chemists developed a biosensor to detect toxins in surface water such as streams, rivers and lakes. Funded through National Science Foundation (NSF) grants, the research was recently featured in an NSF video. The research is led by Dionysios Dionysiou, professor of environmental engineering, and addresses the importance of detecting toxic products of cyanobacteria algal blooms, which are formed mainly by agricultural runoff.

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