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David
ENST student designs cutting-edge computer system as wastewater treatment method. Water, the world's most precious resource, will soon get a breath of fresh life thanks to graduate student David Blersch's research into wastewater treatment methods. David is designing a new computer-based system that will treat wastewater via an algal turf scrubber treatment. The first system to operate autonomously without human interference, the algal turf scrubber, promises to cut operational expenses of water treatment - and strip pollutants and harmful nutrients from water.
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uDr. David S. Ross, Professor in ENST, was elected and inducted as a Fellow in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Dr. Ross currently works with an interdisciplinary team in the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources on water and nutrient management and on a wireless sensor network to provide real-time management data for growers. The objective of his water management program is to improve scheduling of irrigation to match the water holding capacity of containers, reducing leaching and runoff.
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Fall 2008 Graduate Seminar Series  Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m., Room 0408 Animal Sciences/Ag Eng. Building
ENST featured in the latest issue of Maryland International                       The newsletter of the UM Office of International Programs features Dr. Andrew Baldwin and Dr. Lowell Adams’s field study courses.
Everyone is getting soil savvy            ENST Professors help to develop a permanent soils exhibit in the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History.
Dr. Robert Hill to receive Landmark Award                                             Dr. Hill has developed and implemented a multi-faceted program that incorporates distance education technology.