Grants

2021/2022

  1. Title: A Geospatial Risk Model for Assessing Threats to Rhode Island Water Resources
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Ali Akanda, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $ 25,000.00 URI
  2. Title: Water Use and Availability on Block Island RI
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Boving, Professor, Geoscience, URI
    • Cost/Match: $ 20,286.00 URI
  3. Title: Systematic assessment of plastic waste in the freshwater systems of Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Davies, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, URI
    • Cost/Match: $ 24,942.00 URI
  4. Title: Characterizing Seasonal Dynamics and Sources of PFAS in the Pawcatuck River
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Rainer Lohmann, Oceanography, URI
    • Cost/Match: $ 25,000.00 URI

2020/2021

  1. Title: Sustainability, Water-Energy Nexus, Climate, Urban Heat Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Ali Akanda, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $23,234 USGS/$58,576 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Hunter, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $8,472 USGS/ $31,154 URI
  3. Title: The Applicability of South Korean Aquatic Litter Management Strategies to Rhode Island Freshwater Bodies
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth Mendenhall, Assistant Professor, Marine Affairs, URI
    • Cost/Match: $22,743 USGS/ $45,497 URI
  4. Title: Hybrid nano-bioreactors for the treatment of recalcitrant contaminants in drinking water
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $11,618 USGS/$26,505 URI

2019/2020

  1. Title: Decreasing Trihalomethanes in the Providence Drinking Water System
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Goodwill, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $21,601 USGS/$111,211 URI/Providence Water
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Hunter, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $8,335 USGS/ $4,459 URI
  3. Title: Providing a new perspective on groundwater hydrometry using thermal infrared sensor equipped unmanned aerial vehicle
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Soni Pradhanang, Associate Professor, Geosciences, URI
    • Cost/Match: $21,601 USGS/ $25,646 URI

2018/2019

  1. Title: Assessment of Ferrate for Treating Drinking Water Sources Impacted by Harmful Algal Blooms
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Goodwill, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $21,127 USGS/$47,197 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Hunter, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $8,709 USGS/ $16,886URI
  3. Title: Assessing Microplastic and Microfibers Contamination in Small Water Utilities and Private Wells
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $13,162 USGS/ $29,844 URI

2017/2018

  1. Title: Water Purification via Hydrogels with Voltage-Controlled Electrodynamic Properties
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Samantha Meenach, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $22,067 USGS/$60,134 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Chirstopher Hunter, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $8,429 USGS/ $20,784 URI
  3. Title: Bench-top simulation of water treatment system to assess disinfectant byproducts precursors and formation potentials in source waters of Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Soni Pradhanang, Assistant Professor, Geosciences, URI
    • Cost/Match: $20,746 USGS/ $48,367 URI

2016/2017

  1. Title: Modeling and Simulation of Groundwater Contamination
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Angelo Lucia , Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $20,029 USGS/$40,447 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Chirstopher Hunter , Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $8,565 USGS/ $17,947 URI
  3. Title: Bench-top simulation of water treatment system to assess disinfectant byproducts precursors and formation potentials in source waters of Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Soni Pradhanang, Assistant Professor, Geosciences, URI
    • Cost/Match: $20,029 USGS/ $40,897 URI

2015/2016

  1. Title: Common Pool Resources and Water Quality Experiments
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Todd Guilfoos, Assistant Professor, Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, URI
    • Cost/Match: $19,581 USGS/$39,230 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Chirstopher Hunter, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $8,565 USGS/ $16,604 URI
  3. Title: Improving Methods to Assess Liquefaction Potential of Embankment Dams in the Northeast Region
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Aaron Brandshaw, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $19,076 USGS/ $39,384 URI

2014/2015

  1. Title: Carbon-Based Renewable Hydrogel Nanocomposites for Water Purification
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Samanttha Meenach, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $18,737 USGS/$37,999 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Harold Knickle, Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $10,420 USGS/ $18,319 URI
  3. Title: Water Security, Sustainability, and Climate Impacts in Urban Regions
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Ali Akanda, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $18,737 USGS/ $37,833 URI

2013/2014

  1. Title: Seismic Evaluation of the Gainer Memorial Dam
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Aaron Brandshaw, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $20,856 USGS/$41,718 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Harold Knickle, Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $20,347 USGS/ $40,694 URI

2012/2013

  1. Title: A novel fabrication method for antibacterial membrane
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Peng Wang, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences, URI
    • Cost/Match: $17,054 USGS/$35,080 URI
  2. Title: Clean Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Harold Knickle, Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $16,093 USGS/ $32,284 URI
  3. Title: Wave-Induced Pore Pressures in Remedial Caps in Reservoirs
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Aaron Brandshaw, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $16,540 USGS/ $34,813 URI

2011/2012

  1. Title: Stimuli-Responsive Nanocomposite Coatings for Mitigating Fouling of Water Treatment Membranes
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Geoffrey Bothun, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $15,856 USGS/$34,605 URI
  2. Title: Increasing sources of water supply: advanced treatment of stormwater runoff
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $16,804 USGS/ $35,098 URI
  3. Title: Drinking Water Outreach in Rhode Island
    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Harold Knickle, Professor, Chemical Engineering, URI
    • Cost/Match: $15,480 USGS/ $26,096 URI