Professional Service

  • National Science Foundation. Role: Peer reviewer. Peer reviewer, CBET. 01/11/2021 - 01/13/2021
  • SERDP. Role: Session Chair. Session Chair—SERDP/ESTCP Conference, Range Resiliency: Fate, Transport & Mitigation of Legacy & Insensitive High Explosive Constituents. 12/09/2020 - 12/12/2020
  • Water Journal. Role: peer reviewer. peer reviewer, manuscript. 09/10/2019 - 09/30/2019
  • NC Sea Grant Program. Role: peer reviewer. peer reviewer, proposals. 06/01/2019 - 07/01/2019
  • Chemosphere journal. Role: peer reviewer. manuscript peer reviewer. 04/01/2019 - 04/15/2019
  • Canadian Council for the Arts. Peer reviewer for Killam Research Fellowship Application. 11/30/2018 - 12/30/2018
  • National Science Foundation. Proposal peer reviewer. 03/15/2018 - 03/16/2018
  • Austria Research Council. Proposal peer reviewer. 01/14/2018 - 01/15/2018
  • Water Journal. Role: Peer reviewer. Manuscript Reviewer. 11/20/2017 - 12/20/2017
  • Food Microbiology Journal. Role: peer reviewer. Manuscript peer reviewer. 10/23/2017 - 11/23/2017
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Role: peer reviewer. Manuscript peer reviewer. 09/13/2017 - 10/13/2017
  • Applied Environmental Microbiology Journal. Role: peer reviewer. Manuscript peer reviewer. 08/28/2017 - 09/28/2017
  • Batelle Chlorinated Conference. Session Chair. 08/01/2017 - 04/12/2018
  • North Carolina Sea Grant Program. Proposal peer reviewer. 07/01/2017 - 07/30/2017
  • Journal of Water and Health. Role: peer reviewer. Manuscript peer reviewer. 06/23/2017 - 07/23/2017
  • Water Environment Research Foundation . Role: Peer reviewer. Project Advisory Committee. 06/07/2017 - present
  • Austria Research Council. Proposal peer reviewer. 05/15/2017 - 06/15/2017
  • Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Department of Defense. Proposal peer reviewer. 05/10/2017 - 06/10/2017
  • Environmental Science and Technology Journal. Role: peer reviewer. Manuscript peer reviewer. 04/30/2017 - 05/30/2017
  • Environmental Protection Agency, P3 Program. Proposal peer reviewer. 03/10/2017 - 03/15/2017
  • US EPA. Role: Proposal panel member. Peer reviewer, P3 program. 03/01/2017 - 03/30/2017
  • National Science Foundation, CBET. Proposal peer reviewer. 02/01/2017 - 02/15/2017
  • NSF. Role: Proposal panel member. Peer reviewer, NSF-CBET panel. 01/02/2017 - 02/28/2017
  • Utah DEQ. Role: Council Member. Wastewater Operator Certification Council. 12/30/2016 - present
  • USDA. Role: Proposal panel member. Peer reviewer, BARD program. 12/01/2016 - 01/20/2017

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Mentor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Utah, 05/04/2018
  • Career and Professional Development Center Faculty Recognition Award. University of Utah, 04/27/2018
  • Best Paper Award, Rocky Mountain Section American Society of Engineering Education, September 22-23, Brigham Young University. American Society of Engineering Education, 09/23/2017
  • Ben Jacobsen Kingfisher Bend Ranch Award for Exceptional Effectiveness in Teaching, 2016-2017. 05/03/2017
  • Excellence in Teaching Award. West Virginia University, 05/2016
  • CAREER Award. National Science Foundation, 03/2016
  • Excellence in Teaching Award. West Virginia University, 05/2015
  • Certificate of Commendation for Exceptional Service as Faculty Advisor . American Society of Civil Engineers, 05/2013

Internal Service

  • working group, 4900-4910 planning. member, 10/25/2019 - 01/01/2020. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Recruitment and Outreach. Chair, 08/15/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Nuclear Endowed Chair Search. Committee Member, 10/01/2018 - 03/01/2019. Department service.
  • ACCESS program. Presenter, 07/26/2018 - present. College service.
  • Hi-GEAR camps for girls entering 10-12 grades. Presenter, 06/11/2018 - present. College service.
  • COE orientation sessions. Presenter, 06/05/2018 - present. College service.
  • USPCAS-W May 2018 mission to Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. Peer trainer, 05/05/2018 - 05/13/2018. Department service.
  • Peer teaching evaluator for Dr. Yang. Teaching evaluator, 02/16/2018 - 02/17/2018. Department service.
  • Peer teaching evaluator-Dr. McPherson. Peer evaluator, 02/14/2018 - present. Department service.
  • USPCAS-W Executive Committee . Committee Member, 01/01/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Organizer-mini engineering day, recruitment for high school students at the University of Utah . 11/01/2017 - 03/08/2018. Department service.
  • Nuclear Position Search Committee. Committee Member, 09/01/2017 - 03/01/2018. Department service.
  • USPCAS-W, July-August 2017 mission to Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. Peer trainer, 07/29/17 - 08/06/17. Department service. 07/29/2017 - 08/06/2017. Department service.
  • USPCAS-W, December 2016 mission to Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. Peer trainer, 12/11/2016 - 12/18/2016. Department service.

Outreach

  • Elementary school Dream Big outreach—Presentation of hands on STEM activity in 35 fifth grade elementary classrooms reaching ~1000 students . 08/15/2019 - 12/31/2019
  • Exploring engineering day, presenter, University of Utah, College of Engineering. 06/15/2017 - 06/15/2017

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