The 2019 EESF Scholarship Campaign

The Environmental Engineering and Science Foundation (EESF) has created four annual scholarships for Environmental Engineering and Environmental Science students at the undergraduate and Master's levels.

EESF is seeking your support for this Campaign. Your donation will be vital to achieving our goal of funding the four scholarships at a level of $2,500 per student per year with an annual goal of $15,000 to provide future funding.

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Read October 2019 Highpoints now.

Items include: 2019 AAEES Annual Board of Trustees Meeting; Committee Openings; BCEE/BCEEM/BCES Audit; Membership Corner; Annual Certification Renewal; AAEES Activities; and more.

For the latest news from AAEES, click here to read the latest issue of AAEES Highpoints.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2020 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science (E3S) and Environmental Communications (EComm) competitions.

Go to https://www.aaees.org/e3scompetition/ for submission forms and profiles of winning projects from previous years for E3S.

Go to https://www.aaees.org/ecommcompetition/ for additional information, including entry guidelines and profiles of previous award-winning projects for EComm.

The World Needs a Global Agenda for Sand

Date: July 2, 2019
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder
Summary: Sand is a key ingredient in the recipe of modern life, and yet it is being extracted faster than it can be replaced.

What links the building you live in, the glass you drink from and the computer you work on? The answer is smaller than you think and is something we are rapidly running out of: sand.

In a commentary published today in the journal Nature, a group of scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Illinois, the University of Hull and Arizona State University highlight the urgent need for a global agenda for...Click here to continue.