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June 29, 2016 • by Deanna McCay

EMPOWER: Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research

EMPOWER is an interdisciplinary graduate education program that is focused on research at the interface of water and energy cycles. The program prepares students with the technical knowledge and professional skills needed to compete for careers in energy, environmental consulting, government, nonprofits, academia, and beyond.

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EMPOWER Career Panel Welcomes Back Former Trainees

November 16, 2020

We were delighted to welcome five SU graduate trainees to serve on our EMPOWER Career Panel today. Robin Glas (USGS), Kristina Gutchess (State of Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Water Supply Protection), Geoffrey Millard (EPA), Nathan Chien (EPA) and Jackie Gerson (Duke University) returned to spend an afternoon with our trainees to answer questions about…

Hydrology from the bottom up: How groundwater shapes the water cycle

October 21, 2020

EMPOWER welcomed Professor Reed Maxwell, the 2020 Darcy Lecturer in Groundwater Science for a talk focused on groundwater impacts on the water cycle. The lecture was jointly hosted between Syracuse University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Reed Maxwell is faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. His research interests are focused…

Trainees Attend Faculty Conversation about the Clean Energy Futures Project

October 15, 2020

Syracuse University faculty member EMPOWER co-PI Peter Wilcoxen from the Maxwell School and EMPOWER PI Charles T. Driscoll from the College of Engineering and Computer Science led a nationally attended faculty conversation about the Clean Energy Futures project. The Clean Energy Futures research project aims to quantify the efficacy, efficiency, and equity of four contrasting…

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