SAFL In the News
A Study of Climate-Impacted Lakes and their Impact on Climate
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September 18th, 2024
Dr. Ardeshir Ebtehaj received a grant from NASA to study Arctic Lake-ice Phenology and Methane Emissions. The newest member of NASA's Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) Satellite mission, Dr. Ebtehaj along with his students and collaborators at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be utilizing SMAP data to decrease uncertainty around methane emissions estimates from arctic lakes.
Who is Science For?
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August 8th, 2024
Summary: The Sustainable Land and Water Resources Research Experience for Undergraduates is a 10-week summer program that explores the complexities of doing tribally-focused science in, with, and for communities. The majority of the 2024 cohort, which recently concluded activities with a research symposium, belonged to groups underrepresented in science and more than half were Indigenous.
University of Minnesota co-leads new national center to accelerate urban stormwater research and technical assistance
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A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team is co-leading a new center funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed at enhancing efforts to support the nation’s water infrastructure and protect water quality. The center is expected to be funded at $1.5 million per year for five years and is one of the first national stormwater centers established by the federal government.
Looking for patterns in forested floodplains
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The question Josie wants to answer is how wood moves through a floodplain.
Main Channel News
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A new project in SAFL’s largest flume seeks to test prototypes for a “sediment transport” system that could continuously move sand past hydropower dams.
Amy Tinklenberg Receives the 2023 Roger E.A. Arndt Fellowship
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This year, SAFL graduate student Amy Tinklenberg received the Roger E.A. Arndt Fellowship Award for her work in fluid dynamics.
Judy Yang Receives NSF CAREER Award
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Judy Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. Her research in water resources focuses on transport of fluids, particles, bacteria, and chemicals in the environment. She received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), an award given to outstanding junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar, excelling at and integrating both research and education.
The Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series is back in-person!
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After 2.5 years, the University of Minnesota’s Stormwater Seminar Series is back in-person at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory! Known for bringing the latest stormwater research to practitioners through bi-monthly talks by experts and interdisciplinary panel discussions, the Minnesota Stormwater Series has been operating virtually since March 2020.
SAFL’s Judy Yang and Miki Hondzo Awarded LCCMR Grant to Tackle Harmful Algal Blooms in Minnesota
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Judy Yang, SAFL Faculty and Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, has recently been awarded a 326K grant from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) for a project titled “Mitigating Cyanobacterial Blooms and Toxins Using Clay-Algae Flocculation.” Alongside Miki Hondzo, SAFL Faculty, Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering and co-PI on the project, and other partners, Professor Yang will investigate solutions to excessive algae growth in Minnesota’s lakes and rivers.
Far-reaching Lake Superior Basin project receives NSF grant
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An interdisciplinary group of experts recently received a 2.8 million dollar National Science Foundation Frontier Research in Earth Sciences grant to delve into the formation and evolution of the Lake Superior basin. The unique glacial and geological history of the Lake Superior region offers the team of nine lead scientists, spread across five universities, a "natural experiment" to study the structure of Earth's crust and mantle, the behavior of outlet glaciers from ice sheets, river erosion, and lake- and sea-level change.