Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Sustainable Materials Management Research Lab
Led by Timothy Townsend · Environmental Engineering Sciences
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What we study
The lab studies sustainable waste management and materials, focusing on solid and hazardous waste handling. Research involves analyzing waste systems and developing sustainable solutions.
What working here is like
- Building & testing
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Financial analysis & operational assessment of a constructed wetlands system for landfill leachate treatment – A case study
2026 · Journal of Water Process Engineering
- Evaluation of per & polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) immobilization during bound recycling of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) impacted pavements
2026 · Journal of Hazardous Materials Organics
Tests if recycling contaminated pavement materials can trap harmful chemicals like PFAS.
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- Evaluating the potential of thermal evaporation for onsite retention of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in landfill leachate
2026 · Waste Management
- Distribution of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and metals in United States municipal solid waste incineration fly ash
2026 · Waste Management
- Constraints on total nitrogen removal in zeolite amended pilot-scale tidal-flow vertical flow wetlands treating landfill leachate
2026 · Bioresource Technology Reports
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