An interdisciplinary team of Florida State University researchers is set to tackle some of Florida’s most pressing environmental issues thanks to nearly $1.5 million in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The team will collaborate on three EPA-funded projects to examine South Florida’s waterways from three different perspectives: pesticide and fertilizer transport, water pollution, and threats to groundwater.

This article is a discussion of scientific research and its potential impacts, prepared by a faculty member at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, a groundbreaking FAMU-FSU College of Engineering research project funded by National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) dives deep into the indirect impacts of flooding on residential buildings, indoor air quality and human respiratory health. 

Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, a researcher at the Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response (RIDER) Center in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is spearheading

Professor Gang Chen, a faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, recently returned from the 2024 EnergyWaterFoodClimate Nexus International Summit in Durban, South Africa enthusiastic about the experience and its future potential.

“I was deeply impressed by these high school students and their willingness to do more to protect the environment,” Chen said. “A lot of them are from poor communities and are eager to do something to help.

Broedy Poppell, a civil engineering senior undergraduate student at Florida A&M University and the joint college—and collegiate baseball player, was recently awarded the prestigious Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Annual Scholarship in Civil Engineering for his outstanding academic and leadership achievements. 

“The generosity of this scholarship means a great deal to me,” Poppell said. “It is a testament that hard work in the classroom does not go unnoticed.