CEE Advisory Council member Dr. Rhodes Trussell, P.E., BCEE, NAE, was selected as the recipient of the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize for excellence in water research. A long time supporter of CEE, Trussell plans to donate the $50K prize to CEE in support of the Trussell Fellowship in Environmental Engineering, which was established by his family in 1991. The fellowship provides annual financial support to one or more outstanding graduate students in environmental engineering.
Trussell is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trussell Technologies, Inc., an environmental engineering consulting firm based in Pasadena, California.
The NWRI Clarke Prize is given out each year to recognize research accomplishments that solve real-world water problems and to highlight the importance and need to continue funding this type of research. Trussell was selected as the 2013 recipient because of his extraordinary accomplishments in using fundamental scientific principles and current research findings to solve the most challenging water quality problems and improve the designs of new water treatment plants and technologies.
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