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See a Facebook photo album from the 2012 Halloween party.
Photos / Ruby Fu
Images from the 2011 Parsons Halloween Party.
Photos / Xiaojing Fu
Parsons grad students challenge the faculty to a softball game, September 2009.
Photos / Rebecca Gianotti
Download a pdf of the scientific analysis of the softball game, "On the Rigorous Analysis of the Outcome of the Student-Faculty Softball Matches."
Environmental Science and Engineering - Parsons Lab
Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering
The Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has a long history of highly respected water and environmental research. From its inception as a hydrodynamics laboratory in the 1950s, the lab has evolved into a multidisciplinary research center focused primarily on natural waters and the environment.
The well-being, prosperity and sustainability of the human enterprise relies on the functioning of Earth's natural systems and their complex physical, chemical and biological processes. Water is a central theme in terrestrial, oceanic, atmospheric, agricultural and industrial systems alike.
For further information about Parsons Lab we invite you to read through our annual letters from 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006.
Download a pdf of the
2010 Parsons Research Spotlights.
Environmental Chemistry
- Philip Gschwend-environmental organic chemistry
- Colette Heald-environmental atmospheric chemistry
- Harold Hemond-environmental chemistry and wetland geochemistry
- Jesse Kroll-environmental atmospheric chemistry
To learn more, visit the Environmental Chemistry page.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Coastal Engineering
- E. Eric Adams-environmental fluid mechanics and water quality
- Ole Madsen-fluid mechanics, coastal engineering
- Chiang Mei-fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics
- Heidi Nepf-environmental fluid mechanics
- Roman Stocker-fluid mechanics and microfluidics
To learn more, visit the Environmental Fluid Mechanics page.
Environmental Microbiology
- Sallie W. Chisholm-biological oceanography
- Edward DeLong-microbiology and environmental genomics
- Martin Polz-environmental microbiology
- Roman Stocker-fluid mechanics and microfluidics
- Janelle Thompson-environmental microbiology
To learn more, visit the Environmental Microbiology page.
Hydrology and Hydroclimatology
- Elfatih Eltahir-hydrology and hydroclimatology
- Dara Entekhabi-hydrology and remote sensing
- Charles Harvey-hydrogeology, geochemical processes
- Ruben Juanes-energy resources engineering, CO2 sequestration
- Dennis McLaughlin-hydrology, data assimilation
- Daniele Veneziano-stochastic hydrology
To learn more, visit the Hydrology and Hydroclimatology page.
For information on the Parsons Lab Administration please visit our About CEE section.
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