Marina Astitha Associate Professor Associate Department Head for Graduate Education, Equity and Inclusion Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering School of Engineering University of Connecticut 261 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT, 06269-3037 Phone: 860-486-3941 Fax: 860-486-2298 Email: marina.astitha@uconn.edu   NCAR/RAL Affiliate Scientist   http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-6672 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/M-9755-2015 lCV_MARINA_ASTITHA_Aug23
	Tasnim Zaman (08/2019-pres) Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering B.Sc. Water Resources Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2017 Office: 318 Bronwell Bldg, Storrs Email: tasnim.zaman ‘at’ uconn.edu
	Ummul Khaira (08/2019-pres) Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering B.Sc. Water Resources Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2016 Office: 318 Bronwell Bldg, Storrs Email: ummul.khaira ‘at’ uconn.edu

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	Israt Jahan (08/2020-pres) Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2017 Office: 318 Bronwell Bldg, Storrs Email: israt.jahan ‘at’ uconn.edu
	Lais DaSilva (08/2022-pres) MS candidate in Environmental Engineering B.Sc. Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2021 Office: 318 Bronwell Bldg, Storrs Email: lais.dasilva ‘at’ uconn.edu
	Brian Filipiak (01/2023-pres) Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering (co-advised by Dr. Astitha and Dr. Cerrai) Office: 212 Innovation Partnership Bldg, Storrs Email: brian.filipiak ‘at’ uconn.edu https://brian-filipiak.scholar.uconn.edu/

 

 

Past students

Christina Feng Chang (08/2017-08/2022), Ph.D. Environmental Engineering. Dissertation Title: “On the Development of a Novel Methodology to Assess and Predict Water Quality Indicators by Linking Multi-Media Models and Machine Learning“. Environmental Engineer at US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NC.

Michael S. Walters (08/2017-08/2020), MS Environmental Engineering; Thesis title: “Evaluation of Winter Weather Prediction during Extreme Snowfall Events and an Analysis on Wind Gust Prediction for Non-Convective Rain and Wind Events“.

Huiying Luo (08/2014-11/2019), Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Dissertation Title: “Interpreting the Information Embedded in Observed and Modeled Air Quality Time Series and Using Regional Air Quality Models for Regulatory Policies“.

Jaemo Yang (08/2013-08/2018), Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Dissertation Title: “Improvement of storm wind-speed prediction for the northeast United States”. Researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), CO.

Alexander Samalot (08/2014-04/2017), MS Environmental Engineering. Thesis title:  “Combined Universal Kriging and Kalman Filter Techniques to Improve Wind Speed Prediction for the Northeastern United States”. Environmental Consultant at Whitestone Associates, Inc.

Ghezae Fisseha (08/2015-05/2018), MS Environmental Engineering (plan B).