Bruce Ernest Logan is an American civil and environmental engineer who serves as the Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Evan Pugh University Professor in Engineering at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). He is also the director of Penn State's Engineering Energy and Environmental Institute and their Hydrogen Energy Center. His main research interest is in the development of water infrastructure technology,[1] and his lab has developed devices that can produce electricity from wastewater.[2][3] He is also known for his work developing microbial fuel cells.[4] Since 2013, he has been the editor-in-chief of Environmental Science & Technology Letters, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5] He is also an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (2013) for microbial electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and sustainable energy generation.[6]
Bruce E. Logan | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California Berkeley |
| Known for | Wastewater engineering Microbial fuel cells |
| Awards | 2009 Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize Member of the National Academy of Engineering (since 2013) |
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| Fields | Civil engineering Environmental engineering |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
| Thesis | Mass transfer models for microorganisms in aggregates and biofilms (1986) |
References
edit- ^ "Bruce E. Logan Research Interest". Penn State University. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ "Sucking energy out of the drain". the Guardian. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ Bowdler, Neil (2012-03-02). "Waste water 'can provide power'". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ Holzman, David C. (November 2005). "Microbe power!". Environmental Health Perspectives. 113 (11): A754–757. doi:10.1289/ehp.113-a754. PMC 1310948. PMID 16263496.
- ^ Messr, A'ndrea Elyse (2013-11-25). "Seven faculty named Fellows of AAAS". Penn State University. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Bruce Logan CV" (PDF).
External links
edit- Logan Lab Page
- Bruce E. Logan publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Editor profile at Environmental Science & Technology Letters
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