Our interdisciplinary research seeks to further our understanding and holistically solve problems at the nexus of water, energy and resources to facilitate sustainable development. This research encompasses the cradle-to-grave materials life cycle.
Union Pacific / Rocky Mountain Energy Professor
Department Chair
Mining and Explosives Engineering
573-341-6438 | kwamea@mst.edu |
Surface mining; excavation modeling; sustainability in mining
Professor
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Water management; conformance control; enhanced oil recovery (EOR); CO2 EOR and storage; geological carbon storage; fluid flow in porous media; unconventional oil and gas development
Professor and Department Chair
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
573-341-4002 | dbayless@mst.edu |
Air Pollution Control, Algae, Algal Bio-fuels, Alternative Fuel, Bio-reactor, Biodiesel, Blue-Green Algae, Coal, Energy, Gassification of Coal and Biomass, Leadership Development, Mechanical Engineering, Power Generation, Shale and Shale Energy
Vice Provost and Dean
College of Engineering and Computing
573-341-4153 | borrokd@mst.edu |
Water sustainability, food-energy-water nexus, water resources, water quality and geochemistry, geomicrobiology, water-rock interactions in petroleum systems, geochemistry of hydrocarbon-generating source rocks, water quality and geochemistry, water stress and scarcity, water-rock interactions
Curators' Professor and Department Chair
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
573-341-6547 | burken@mst.edu |
Phytoforensics subsurface contaminant transport; smart living; green infrastructure; phytoremediation and natural treatment systems; biological wastewater treatment; constructed wetlands; green remediation; remote sensing or environmental pollutants; site restoration
Associate Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
573-341-4431 | mfitch@mst.edu |
Passive biological treatment of pollutants, metals removal from mine-impacted waters
Associate Professor
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
573-341-4759 | locmelism@mst.edu |
Development of geochemical exploration tools for critical element deposits; Fluid mobility of critical elements to constrain transport and deposition mechanisms; Investigation of Missouri’s Rare Earth Element and Cobalt Ore Potential
Professor and Department Chair
Materials Science and Engineering
573-341-6974 | moatsm@mst.edu |
Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy, Trace Element Recovery from Leachate, Base Metal Electrowinning
Assistant Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
573-341-4461 | olgun@mst.edu |
Energy geotechnology and sustainability; geotechnical earthquake engineering; energy geotechnology; disaster resilience; resilience of Earthen water infrastructure
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
573-341-7503 | wangjia@mst.edu |
Anaerobic waste to energy conversion; transforming wastewater to fresh water; water reuse; metal fate in solid-water interface; energy efficient water treatment; decentralized treatment; eutrophication; sustainable technologies for advanced wastewater treatment; synergistic toxic effect of nanoparticles and heavy metals; fate and transport of heavy metals in natural and engineered system
James A. Heidman Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
573-341-6268 | zhangxi@mst.edu |
Climate-soil-structure interaction, soil mechanics, transportation geotechnics,advanced testing techniques for Geo-material characterization, constitutive and numerical modeling of multiphase materials, transportation geotechnics, remote sensing techniques in geotechnical engineering
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