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Nriagu Lab - Trace Metals, Human Health and the Environment

Walter Weber, PE, DEE, PhD

Title(s)

Gordon M. Fair and Earnest Boyce Distinguished University Professor
Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Environmental Engineering
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Department and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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E-mail: wjwjr@umich.edu

 

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Summary

Professor Weber is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. Professor Walter Weber has been teaching and leading research at the University of Michigan for over 40 years and has advised over 75 doctoral students.Currently, he is focusing on the development, refinement, and quantification of process dynamics in environmental systems, including processes for water and wastewater treatment, and processes in rivers, lakes, estuaries, and ground waters. He also continues to work on the development of advanced technologies for industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment, hazardous waste treatment and disposal, pollution control, and water reclamation and reuse.

Projects

>> In Situ Mobilization and Stabilization of Contaminated Great Lakes

This project explored the feasibility of a new technology for restoring and reclaiming contaminated Great Lakes sediments targeted for long-term storage as a way to isolate the hazard they pose from ongoing ecological damage.... More >>

In Situ Mobilization and Stabilization of Contaminated Great Lakes