We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our dedicated team members and friends of the lab who have recently been recognized for their exceptional work. We acknowledge and celebrate their achievements as result of their hard work, passion, and commitment to excellence. Congratulations everyone 🎉
Fantastic poster presentations by our undergraduate student researchers at last week's UCI UROP Symposium: Roselene Ujagar, Connor Pliska, Michelle Kirgan, and Anna Perez! A big thanks to Allison and Lyssa for mentoring the next generation of environmental engineers.
Allison Tilzey and Audrey Pellico presented their research on fire impacts to drinking water and PFAS biotransformation at the 2026 Southern California CEE Research Symposium at USC. Allison won the first prize in oral presentation!
Maya El Ajouz (fist row second left) Undergraduate of the Year
Allison Tilzey (second row second left) Nominee for Undergraduate of the Year
Dr. Shakira Hobbs, friend of the lab (first row first right) CEE professor of the Year
Dr. Olivares (second row third left) Nominee for CEE Professor of the Year
Colorado River Basin Symposium on Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Urban Development (CRB-SEED), University of Nevada, Las Vegas (March 2024)
For her work on Prediction of 35 Target Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in California Groundwater using Multi-label Semi-supervised Machine Learning (March 2024)