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Monday, May 11, 2015
They call them frogmen. Their job is to climb into 8-foot-deep pit latrines, empty them with a bucket, then cart away mountains of human waste.
In Haiti's urban slums, where frogmen operate, people must choose among crowded public toilets that close at night, open defecation or expensive private...
Monday, May 11, 2015
The Environmental Systems Engineering major, which recently replaced the old Environmental Engineering major, will allow students to use engineering techniques to confront real-world issues while exercising increased freedom over course choices.
According to Steven Monismith, Professor and Chair of...
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Three Stanford Engineering students were among nine winners of the 2015 Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement announced this week. The award is given to extraordinary undergraduates for their intellectual accomplishments. Nominations are submitted by faculty and staff members who work closely with...
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Five Stanford Engineering faculty members have received National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) awards for 2015. The CAREER program helps promising junior faculty pursue outstanding research while also improving education.
Friday, March 20, 2015
As the world's population grows, so does the demand for – and threat to – the planet's freshwater supply. Stanford researchers are developing a range of promising solutions to freshwater challenges around the globe.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
To the first-time visitor, Dhaka, Bangladesh, can seem the embodiment of chaos. It is among the world’s most densely populated cities, a riotous cacophony of sound, smell and color. Millions of people throng slums where the only access to drinking water for most is through public taps or hand pumps...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
ANNA MICHALAK‘s study of the Earth’s climate could soon take a giant leap forward, when a newly launched satellite begins to deliver the most comprehensive available measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide ever obtained. A team led by Michalak, a faculty member in the Carnegie Institution for...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment has named 20 fellows for the 2015 Rising Environmental Leaders Program (RELP). The interdisciplinary fellowship program exposes graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to national policy development, partnership building and public service in...
Friday, December 19, 2014
A new Stanford study shows how to improve public health at beaches where coastal contamination can be a problem.
The analysis by researchers from Stanford; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the nonprofit environmental group Heal the Bay shows that relatively easy-to-use predictive...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded eight seed grants totaling about $1.5 million for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency.
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