By Andrea Garay
January 10, 2020
The Water Center at Penn awarded research grants during Fall 2019 to 5 Master of Environmental Studies (MES) and Master of Science in Applied Geosciences (MSAG) students under the Student Support Program Award. The students will use the grant money for research in water science, policy and sustainability. The grant aims to recognize academic excellence and prepare students for leadership roles by encouraging applied research and community engagement.
Sneh Salot
Master of Environmental Studies Program (Urban Sustainability)
Sneh’s research focuses on how Integrated Water Resource Management through
innovative financing, urban planning and governance can provide resilience and
benefit to the urban environment and society.
Sandol Park
Master of Environmental Studies Program (Environmental Chemistry)
Sandol is working on improvisation of efficiency of water reuse technologies by employing a
novel process that utilizes carbon nanotubes and rare earth elements.
Conventionally, these processes release wastewater and require high energy input, and
Sandol thinks that such improved process on not only make the environment clean but also
optimize the economic cycle of natural resources.
Robert Fetell
Master of Science in Applied Geosciences
In his research, Robert is investigating how a river’s cross-sectional
geometry changes with disturbances in natural flow properties resulting
from urbanization and climate change.
Rupika Ketu
Master of Environmental Studies Program
In her research, Rupika is studying the fate of microplastics entering
into Poquessing creek and leaving out of the creek into Delaware river.
She will analyze the amount and types of microplastics as well their
sources of origin.
Corey Wills
Master of Environmental Studies Program
Corey’s research focuses on identifying the most impactful sites for
future installations of green roofs on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
Through her findings, she hopes to provide an actionable plan
to mitigate site-specific stormwater runoff and to provide a template for future
green roofing projects to support the University’s Climate and
Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 and Stormwater Master Plan.
