Description:

Hear from leaders driving water research and collaboration with corporate and utility partners.

Professor Aaron Packman will present innovative technologies for safe water reuse and resource recovery that are being pilot tested with corporate and utility partners via the Collaborative Water-Energy Research Center (CoWERC) and Great Lakes ReNEW Water Innovation Engine.

Professor Sera Young will describe the Water Insecurity Experiences Scales, a new way to think about and measure water insecurity to monitor impact and allocate resources that has now been taken up around the world by organizations such as the World Bank and UNICEF.

They will also share exciting innovations by Northwestern faculty working in synthetic biology and chemistry.