Expertise

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Craver’s research focuses on chemical and biological processes related to sustainable water and wastewater purification and the containment and treatment of existing and emerging pollutants in environmental systems. Her research has been employed throughout the world, focusing on engineering systems producing and protecting clean water to support the 800 million people that lack access and are at risk for disease related to water issues. From ceramic water filters to stormwater technologies, to applications and implications of anti-microbial nanoparticles to kill bacteria at wastewater plants to determining land-based emissions of microplastics. The work and solutions of Craver’s lab are extremely important considering the need of highly efficient technologies capable to ensure economic and environmentally sustainable water and wastewater treatment systems.

“Our wastewater and stormwater infrastructure is not designed to remove inert micro-and nano-size particles of plastic, then it is critical that we need to think of alternative technologies and source control strategies to control plastic pollution in the environment as well as the fate and transport throughout the life cycle of possible materials that could replace conventional plastic polymers.”

Links

A Critical Review of Extraction and Identification Methods of Microplastics in Wastewater and Drinking Water

Electrocoagulation applied for the removal of microplastics from wastewater treatment facilities. Separation and Purification Technology