HMEI-STEP Fellows: Awarded Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Zhang, Anita

    Perkins Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Challenges and Opportunities in the Decarbonization of Concrete and Steel

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Benjamin Bradlow

    Thesis Topic

    Designing and Characterizing Durable and Ultra-Sustainable Alkali-Activated Metakaolin

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Claire White

  • Huang, Xinjie

    Ford Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Assessing the co-benefits of new mobility for air quality, heat abatement, and carbon mitigation

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Denise Mauzerall

    Thesis Topic

    Urban climate

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Elie Bou-Zeid

  • Agarwal, Neha

    Kelley Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    When Local Governments Work: Identifying Institutional and Individual Levers for Enhancing Local Government Capacities to Implement Infrastructure Transitions in India

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Elke Weber

    Thesis Topic

    Methods for Advancing Zero-Carbon Metropolitan Regions in India with Resource Sustainability Co-benefits

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Anu Ramaswami

  • Sima, Matthew

    Perkins Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    PFAS Forever Chemicals: Policy Evaluation and Recommendations

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Denise Mauzerall

    Thesis Topic

    Investigating the Coupling of Feammox Process and PFAS Biodegradation in Batch Incubation and Constructed Wetland Mesocosms by Experiments and Modeling

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Peter Jaffé

  • Anand, Shashank

    Perkins Fellow
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    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Indicators of Soil Erosion and Landscape Sustainability with Implications for Land-Use Policy

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Simon Levin

    Thesis Topic

    Landscape Dynamics as a Co-Evolution of Ecohydrological and Geomorphological Processes

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Amilcare Porporato

  • Feng, Kairui

    Ford Fellow
    Headshot of Kairui Feng
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Empiric and Diagnostic Policies to Tame Hurricane and Climate Change Risks

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Michael Oppenheimer

    Thesis Topic

    Adaptive Decision-Making for Infrastructure-Human Systems Affected by Hurricanes and Climate Change

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Ning Lin

  • Sun, Emily Wei-Hsin

    Perkins Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Predicting Soil Carbon Flux in Response to Small-Scale Amendments for Integration into Climate Policy Frameworks

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Tim Searchinger

    Thesis Topic

    Flow of Water and Organics Through Mineral Nanopores

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Ian Bourg

  • Tao, Yiheng

    Ford Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Projecting the Energy Landscape in the Midwestern United States in the Next Two Decades

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Denise Mauzerall

    Thesis Topic

    Modeling Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Michael Celia

  • Spokas, Kasparas

    Ford Fellow
    DEPARTMENT

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    HMEI-STEP Topic

    Policies to Promote Dispatchable, Low-Carbon Electricity Generation to Complement Intermittent Renewable Energy Growth: Evaluation of the Limitations of a Carbon Tax and Alternative Policy Mechanisms to Incentivize CO2 Capture for Flexible Fossil Fuel Power Plants

    HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

    Eric Larson, Tom Kreutz

    Thesis Topic

    Geochemistry of Reactive Fluids from Subsurface Energy Technologies

    Thesis Adviser(s)

    Catherine Peters