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Eric Nassau
enassau@u.washington.edu
Education
B.S. Environmental Studies and Chemistry , The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
Honors
NSF IGERT fellow
Research
I am currently researching lead release in drinking water systems, studying how different disinfection techniques change the surface morphology and solubility of lead containing materials.
Presentations
Freeburg, Adam, Sara Breslow, Julie Combs, Emma Flores, Steve Harrell, Tom Hinckley, Joanne Ho, Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrooke, Eric Nassau, Alicia Robbins, Haldre Rogers, Patrick Shamberger and Lauren Urgenson, MCCE IGERT: An Experiment in International Interdisciplinary Graduate Education. AAAS, Pacific Division 88th Annual Meeting, Boise State University, Boise, ID June 17 - 21, 2007 New Humanities and Science Convergences. III: The Greening of the Disciplines (Awarded AAAS Pacific Division Rita Peterson Award in Science Education).
Work Experience
I have 14 years experience working as an environmental chemist and Washington State licensed resource protection well driller, collecting soil and water samples from field sites throughout the Northwest and analyzing them for environmental pollutants.
Interdisciplinary Experience
As an undergraduate I was involved in a large (60 student) interdisciplinary group project which culminated in the development of an environmental report used by the Little Skookum/Totten Resource Committee in development of a Sub-area Plan for the watershed.
Highlights
I visited Cambodia in December 2006 to tour and evaluate a joint water filtration / literacy project undertaken in rural villages by Rotary Club International and Angkor Hospital for Children.
Travel Experience
Taiwan, Israel, Greece, Thailand, Cambodia
