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2018 REU Programs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports summer research opportunities for undergraduates across the country. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) are programs with cohorts of 10-15 students designed to give students the opportunity to pursue independent research projects outside of their university. The students work closely with a mentor on a specific research project and are...
Read MoreCRC Director on Conowingo Dam
CRC Director Bill Ball was recently quoted in a Johns Hopkins Magazine article about the need for increased upstream agricultural BMPs to alleviate the sediment build-up behind Conowingo Dam. The dam has been in place, collecting sediment, for almost a century. The dam was completed in 1928 as a hydroelectric and flood control project in the Susquehanna River. For much of its life, however, the...
Read MoreBaltimore County Stream Renamed
Baltimore County Stream Renamed in Honor of Reds Wolman Thanks to efforts by Johns Hopkins University alumni, faculty and former faculty, and other prominent geomorphologists and hydrologists from throughout the nation, and with the gracious endorsement of Baltimore County Councilman Wade Kach, a unanimous vote of the Baltimore County Council, and supporting letters from U.S. Senators Barbara...
Read MoreNew Faculty Member
Carsten Prasse joined the Dept. of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins as an assistant professor in February. Prasse’s research focuses on the fate of organic chemicals in the urban water cycle and the assessment of their impacts on environmental and human health. His research group applies high-resolution mass spectrometry for the identification of the chemical structures of...
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