Mission
To enhance environmental quality through experimental investigation of subsurface environmental processes and remediation techniques leading to improved and cost effective cleanup methodology and decision-making.
Vision
Summarized in terms of three broad goals:
1. Utilize the knowledge from diverse disciplines to provide a broad and thorough understanding of environmental processes in complex subsurface systems.
2. Integrate both fundamental and applied sciences to include efforts to join academic research to current industrial questions.
3. Produce researchers and students with a greater appreciation and understanding of the multi-disciplinary nature of subsurface remediation.
News
2008 Distinguished Lecture sponsored by the Center for Experimental Study of Subsurface Environmental Processes (CESEP) at the Colorado School of Mines presents Dr Jerald Schnoor of the University of Iowa. Dr Schnoor's seminar will be on "The WATERS Network: Transforming Environmental Engineering and Hydrologic and Earth Surface Science Research through an Integrated Environmental Observing Network" The CESEP Distinguished Lecture will be Friday, April 25, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in the CSM Student Center, Ballroom D. Lecture flyer and abstract (pdf)
Dr Illagasekare Elected Fellow of the American Association of Advancement of Science (AAAS) Dr Tissa Illangasekare has been elected a Fellow of the American Association of Advancement of Science (AAAS). The tradition of naming AAAS Fellows began in 1874.
According to Alan Leshner the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher of Science, Dr Illangasekare was honored for “distinguished contributions to improving fundamental understanding of flow and transport processes in soils and groundwater, including snow, through innovative laboratory, field and modeling efforts.” Fellows are recognized for “their efforts advancing science or fostering applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. “ New Fellows will be presented with the certificate and society's rosette pin on Feb. 17, at the group's annual meeting in San Francisco.
Founded in 1848, AAAS represents the world's largest federation of scientists and works to advance science for human well-being through its projects, programs, and publications. With more than 120,000 ( could be high as 138, 000) members and 275 affiliated societies, serving 10 million individuals. AAAS conducts many programs in the areas of science policy, science education, and international scientific cooperation. AAAS publishes the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Science. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million.
Dr John McCray & CSM part of new SERDP Grant -The $1.1M DOD sponsored project aims to understand DNAPL dissolution in fractured rock aquifers during ambient ground-water flow, and also during chemical oxidation and bioremediation. Experimental approaches include bench-scale studies using single-fracture apparatus, mezo-scale experiments using fracture networks, and mathematical modeling. The project is a industry-university collaboration between Shaw Environmental Group in New Jersey (Dr. Charles Schaefer), Auburn University (Prof. Prabhakar Clement) and CSM (Prof. John McCray). CSM is primarily involved with fracture network experiments and using models developed at Auburn.
