Ph.D. student Richa Karanjekar received the prestigious national Richard Stessel Memorial Scholarship from the Air & Waste Management Association ($2300), as well as a $5000 national scholarship from the Solid Waste Association of North America.

Ph.D. student Roja Haritha Gangupomu was chosen this summer for one of the very competitive Mickey Leland Internships with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Ph.D. student Sulak Sumitsawan's dissertation research was published in the highly ranked journal Environmental Science & Technology. The article title is "Plasma Surface Modified TiO2 Nanoparticles: Improved Photocatalytic Oxidation of Gaseous m-Xylene."