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New Northeastern and UCD Seed-Funded Projects to Include Collaboration between PROTECT and UCD Researchers
Northeastern University and University College Dublin (UCD) recently announced seed funding for a project with the PROTECT and AI_PREMie teams to develop machine learning methods that identify and prioritize biological samples to train and test AI algorithms for...
PROTECT Team Participates in 2023 Annual SRP Meeting
Over 30 PROTECT researchers and trainees attended the 36th Annual Superfund Research Program Meeting from December 4th-6th, 2023. The meeting was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico and hosted by the University of New Mexico METALS SRP program team. Every year,...
PROTECT Team Awarded Patent for New Water Treatment Process
PROTECT Director and Project 4 Leader Akram Alshawabkeh alongside co-inventor and former PROTECT Postdoc Long Chen were awarded a “Robust Flow-Through Platform for Organic Contaminants Removal” patent in September. The patented invention puts forth an electrochemical...
Project 4 Trainee Amir Taqieddin Completes Ph.D.
In June, Project 4 Ph.D. student Amir Taqieddin defended his dissertation to complete his degree. His dissertation was focused on applying multiscale computations to investigate and develop carbon and iron materials for electrochemical applications. “The target is to...
New Project 4 Publications Evaluate Cost-Efficient Water Treatments Using Banana Peels
Two new publications by Project 4 researchers present experiments that used banana peel-derived cathodes to test cost-effective water treatments that remove organic contaminants. The findings from these studies can be used to inform large-scale, practical application...
PROTECT Team Hosts Site Visits for ECHO and RECOVER Studies in Puerto Rico
In January, the PROTECT team hosted ECHO and RECOVER site visits in their research facilities and health centers in Puerto Rico. The visits gave the research teams the chance to meet in person to discuss study progress and future goals. The ECHO site visit was held on...