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$500K SIU study focuses on removing ‘forever chemicals’ from water

Life itself springs from the ground in the form of water, and a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is seeking to eliminate PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” from this life-giving substance by using nanoparticles and light.

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SIU researcher seeks to stabilize complex, uncertain water supply systems

Everyone knows that sinking feeling when you turn on the faucet and nothing comes out. A Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher’s work aims to provide a water system design to avoid such crises.

Sangmin Shin, assistant professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, recently received a $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation grant from the National Science Foundation to create new design focusing on establishing a water microgrid system — a network of networks melding centralized and decentralized water supply systems.

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SIU researchers get $100,000 more to treat toxic algae blooms with sunlight, nanoparticles

A research team at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will continue its work on mitigating a common but toxic problem afflicting small bodies of water throughout the country, thanks to a new two-year $100,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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