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Warren Barrash

Warren BarrashVisiting ProfessorVisiting ProfessorAdjunct Type: LecturerCAP URL: View Stanford ProfileOrganization: Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology

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James E. Cloern

James E. CloernConsulting ProfessorConsulting ProfessorAdjunct Type: LecturerCAP URL: View Stanford ProfileOrganization: Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology

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Derek Fong

Derek FongSenior Research EngineerAdjunct Type: LecturerCAP URL: View Stanford ProfileOrganization: The Bob and Norma Street Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (EFML)Environmental Fluid Mechanics...

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Stanford breakthrough provides picture of underground water

By Rob JordanStanford scientists prove that satellite-collected data can accurately measure aquifer levels, a finding with potentially huge implications for management of precious global water...

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Stanford research shows value of clams, mussels in cleaning dirty water

By Rob JordanNew Stanford research shows that bivalves can cleanse streams, rivers and lakes of potentially harmful chemicals that treatment plants can't fully remove.Tuesday, August 12, 2014Read the...

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Sanitation solution for urban slums gets national recognition

By Rob JordanIn many of the world’s overcrowded urban slums, residents must choose between open defecation, crowded public toilets or expensive private pit latrines that can’t be emptied safely. A...

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Stanford Engineers find that certain types of underwater waves may harm...

Voluminous underwater waves known as “internal bores" can create major decreases in dissolved oxygen in water near the shore.By Glen MartinMonterey Bay is often smooth as a mill pond, but this surface...

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Tackling water challenges

By Rob JordanAs the world's population grows, so does the demand for – and threat to – the planet's freshwater supply. Stanford researchers are developing a range of promising solutions to freshwater...

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Nicholas Ouellette

Nicholas OuelletteAssociate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringAssociate ProfessorCAP URL: View Stanford ProfileOrganization: Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology

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John O. Dabiri

John O. DabiriProfessor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and of Mechanical EngineeringProfessorsCAP URL: View Stanford ProfileOrganization: Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology

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Stanford researchers look to stormwater as a solution for semiarid regions

Coordinated work with local and federal agencies could provide a template for capture and reuse of stormwater in dry regions such as the American West.By Rob JordanDown the drain. It's a phrase...

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Stanford engineers help discover the surprising trick jellyfish use to swim

A Stanford-led team shows how these ancient creatures' undulating motions cause water to pull them along. This counterintuitive insight could spur new designs for energy-efficient underwater craft.By...

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Jeffrey Koseff to receive Stanford's 2015 Richard W. Lyman Award

Koseff, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and founding co-director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, will be honored at a Jan. 20 award dinner.By Kathleen J....

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Jeffrey Koseff to receive Stanford's 2015 Richard W. Lyman Award

Koseff, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and founding co-director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, will be honored at a Jan. 20 award dinner.By Kathleen J....

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Q&A: Stanford water expert on lessons of Flint, Michigan, crisis

The lead in Flint, Michigan's water was due to a failure of government responsibility and a lack of water systems knowledge, says Richard Luthy, but the health crisis can provide strategies for...

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KQED Science: Catching Storm Runoff Could Ease Droughts, But It’s No Quick Fix

‘When you look at climate change and the other pressures we have … there’s gonna be less water available. And so you want to plan for that future.’ - Dick Luthy, Stanford UniversityBy Molly...

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Stanford's Codiga Resource Recovery Center to open in May

The new Codiga Resource Recovery Center, which opens in May on Bonair Siding, could revolutionize the 100-year-old wastewater treatment paradigm while it helps accelerate the commercialization of...

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The Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture Series

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 12:15pm to 1:15pmMackenzie Room, Huang Engineering Center, 3rd FloorFreeThe Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture Series"Anaerobic microbial consortia: An enriching experience...

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Stanford engineers discover how seawater salts affect coastal algae, good and...

Active chemical agents in saltwater help to break down the byproducts of coastal algae in ways that seem to counteract deadly algal bloom but may have other, less desirable effects.By Shara...

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​John Dabiri: How the movements of fish and birds inspired an improvement in...

​By studying how animals swim and fly, an engineer finds new ways to design and place wind turbines.By Andrew MyersIn 2008, John Dabiri, now a professor at Stanford but then at Caltech, was teaching a...

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