May 2022 - 2022 Beehive Innovation Collegiate Showcase
The ENV senior students presented Device for Active Micro-Plastics Removal
(DAMPR), and won third place in the 2022 Beehive Innovation Collegiate
Showcase.
March 2022 – ESE faculty’s Advancement in rank to Associate
Professor
With excellent performance in the areas of teaching,
scholarship, and service, Dr. Varun Kasaraneni has been advanced in rank to
Associate Professor.
March 2022 – A major revision on the Liberal study (LS)
A major
revision on Liberal study (LS) cores has been made in all departments/programs
at Gannon University throughout the academic year 2021-2022. With this
revision, credits required for the environmental engineering and environmental
science programs have changed from the current 136 to 123, and from 128 to 120,
respectively. This new requirement will take effect for
freshmen/transferred students who start in the academic year
2022-2023.
2021 – 2022 – New spaces for the ESE students’ design/thesis
projects
We have new spaces for conducting the senior design projects
exclusively for the environmental science and engineering program within i-HACK
and Zurn Science Buildings. A senior design lab located on the 3rd floor of the
i-HACK building was designed for the senior students to discuss and implement
the project using cutting-edge techniques such as 3D printers and laser
cutters. Another ESE project lab located at Zurn 331 is equipped with a
chemical fume hood, water sink, workbench, and computers allowing students to
conduct hands-on activities/projects.
May
2021 – Outstanding adjunct professor
Dr. David Hoch, an ESE
adjunct faculty member teaching physical geology and environmental hydrology,
has been selected as the College of Engineering and Business 2020-2021
outstanding adjunct.