Leon Thiem

  • Associate Professor and Department Chair
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Phone: 401.874.2693
  • Email: lt@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, Rm 260C

Research

  • Industrial Waste Treatment
  • Drinking Water Treatment
  • Adsorption Processes
  • Groundwater Contamination
  • Modeling/Remediation

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1982
  • M.S., University of Illinois, 1974
  • B.S., University of Massachusetts, 1973

Selected Publications

Wagner F, Nusrat F, Thiem L, Akanda AS. Assessment of Urban Water-Energy Interactions and Heat Island Signatures in Rhode Island. Energy Nexus, 2022; 100093. doi: 10.106/j.nexus.2022.100093

Recent Grants

3/20/2020. PI. United States Geological Survey. “2020-2021 Water Resources Center Proposal.”
6/13/2018. PI. US Geological Survey. “Support for Water Resources Center 2017-2018 YR 2/5.”
6/7/2017. PI. US Geological Survey. “Support for Water Resources Center 2017-2018 YR 2 /5.”

Patents

  • Thiem L, Grant R, Inventors; Rhode Island Board of Education, Assignees. Stormwater Treatment System. US Patent 6719910. April 13, 2004

Additional Links

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