Onur Apul
Drinking Water Treatment Innovations Lab
Our Lab is seeking a motivated M.S. or Ph.D. student to work on a funded project as a graduate assistant. Students who are interested in nanomaterials and their environmental applications are encouraged to send an email to onur_apul@uml.edu. Please include your CV and a short cover letter expressing your interest in the email.
News & Updates
Student Research Symposium
May 3, 2018
Civil and Environmental Engineering capstone students presented their work at the student research symposium (5/2/2018). Their work was designing a sustainable sanitation solution for a single housing unit of an orphanage in Las Cayes, Haiti under the supervision of Profs. Barrington, Giles and Apul. The project was also highlighted in the Francis College of Engineering Solutions Newsletter.
Internal Seed Grant
Apr 26, 2018
Apul lab was awarded a seed grant by a UMass Lowell to work on a novel capacitive deionization technology. This technology aims selective removal of perfluorinated chemicals under the lead investigator Dr. Ertan Agar, Mechanical Engineering faculty member.
Seminar
Apr 23, 2018
John Fitzgerald from Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection was hosted by Onur Apul on April 20th at 12:00 pm as a part of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series. The presentation title was "The New Face of Hazardous Waste Sites: Vapor Intrusion Pathways".
Congratulations!
Apr 5, 2018
Ph.D. students: Arsalan Khalid (UML) and Lewis Rowles (UT-Austin) are selected as 2018 UML Difference Maker Program Finalists. Their idea "Lead-Ex Filter" was to use nanoparticle-fiber hybrids to ensure lead-free drinking water for Massachusetts residents.
