Research Projects

1- Investigate Industrial Facilities Stormwater Quality and SWPPP Performance, Funded by Tennessee Department of Water Resources Research Center, $24,944, 2019-2020.

2-Microplastics Fate and Transport in Agricultural Soil System: Interrelation of Hydrodynamics, Chemistry, and Material Sciences, Funded by United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) program, $482,080, 2020-2024

3-In situ polymerization of Guanidinium-Based Ionic Covalent Organic Framework on Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibrous Web for Rapid and Selective Cr(VI) Oxoanions Removal from Water, Funded by FedEx Institute of Technology Development Grant, $20,000, 2019-2020

4- Exploring Coupled Physical, Biological and Chemical Processes that Control Lead Fate and Transport through Plastic Plumbing Materials, National Science Foundation (NSF), Environmental Engineering CBET Program, $329,655, 2020-2023

5- Identify the sources of Lead (Pb) in Shelby County schools drinking water to develop effective remediation practices, Shelby County School District, $44,276, 2020-2021

6- Educate Teachers and Inspire Students to Protect the Tennessee Watersheds, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Non-point sources program, $24,435, 2020-2023

7-CAREER, An Investigation of Microplastics Fate and Contaminant Transport in Storm Runoff, The Nexus of Environmental Engineering and Material Sciences”, National Science Foundation (NSF-CBET), $453,144, 2021-2026 (PI)

8- Development of a Novel Nanofibrous Media to Remove the Microplastics from Water, Brown and Cadwell, $27,325, 2021-2022 (PI)