Recent Events
June 2026
August 2021
Dr. Amanda Rupiper presented her Work-in-Progress paper, "Broadening Student Consideration of Sustainability Factors in Engineering Design Decisions," at the 2026 ASEE Annual Conference! Read the full paper in the ASEE Conference Proceedings
June 2026Rupiper Lab undergraduate student Melina Caraballo has been published in the UCR Undergraduate Research Journal for her work on biochar acid activation and ammonia adsorption. [Read the full story & article here →]
March 2026
Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Mini-Grant Awarded — Dr. Amanda Rupiper was named part of the 5th cohort of the ASEE Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Mini-Grant Program! Supported by The Lemelson Foundation, this grant will help integrate social and environmental sustainability learning outcomes directly into engineering curricula.
October 2025
WEFTEC Success — Congratulations to UCR Environmental Engineering Senior Design Team LENS (Lori Castaneda, Alyssa Gomez, Lexi Dillon Srikureja, Helen Nguyen, and Melan Penglin) for taking 3rd Place in the Circular Economy Category at WEFTEC in Chicago!
June 2025Dr. Amanda Rupiper Awarded Hellman Fellowship — Principal Investigator Dr. Amanda Rupiper has been named a Hellman Fellow! The prestigious grant will support the lab’s ongoing research on biochar applications for ammonia adsorption and resource recovery.
October 2024Eight Environmental Engineering students compete in the international WEFTEC student design competition in New Orleans, LA. One of UCR's teams wins 3rd place in the Environment Category!
September 2024Environmental Research Letters Publication: AMI water meters deliver end-use water and financial savings in leaky households: experimental evidence from California.
June 2024Six UCR students present their innovative air filter design at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo in Washington, DC.
May 2024Two Environmental Engineering Senior Design Teams Win the California Water Environment Association Student Design Competition - they will go on to compete at the international competition in New Orleans in October.
December 2023Journal of Cleaner Production Publication: Mitigating Renewables Curtailment and Carbon Emissions in CA through Water Sector Demand Flexibility
October 2023Senior design team, Wastewater Women, attends national WEFTEC competition in Chicago.
September 2023Omar Orozco presents his summer research at the Summer Bridge to Research symposium.
August 2023Alexis Flores and Jiali Li present their summer research at the LatinX and the Environment and MSRIP poster symposium.
June 2023Senior design teams in chemical and environmental engineering show off their final projects at the CEE senior design symposium.
April 2022Smart Water Magazine Interview Published: Utility Specific Water Loss Standards
February 2022Environmental Research Letters Publication: Untapped potential: leak reduction is the most cost-effective urban water management tool
August 2021
Evaluating Water Loss Performance Standards Webinar - Center for Water-Energy Efficiency