It’s been three years, but I finally made it back to UTEP to visit our 2 REUs, their mentors and NEWT students & faculty there.
It’s always great to see in person what the REUs are working on. Here’s Melanie with her electrodialysis membrane stacks that are being cleaned after a trip to Yuma, AZ, with her mentor (Tayia Oddonetto) and PI (Dr. Shane Walker) for a Bureau of Reclamation contest.
Melanie Cossio rinsing membrane stacks
Juan Francisco Lopez is working in Dr. Dino Villagran’s lab with Sheng Yin in PFOA removal from water using different nanomaterials.
Juan Francisco in the chemistry lab
At UTEP, no science without PPE
We also got together with other NEWT students and faculty for some pizza!
Melanie, Li and Tayia at the NEWT student pizza party (photo: Eva Deemer)
Sheng enjoying some pizza at the NEWT gathering (photo: Eva Deemer)
As always, I walked around El Paso in the morning to enjoy the cool weather after our temperature-record-setting June weather in Houston.
Until next time!
