PhD Student in Environmental Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering In Progress, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado
M.S., Environmental Engineering (2016), University of California, Berkeley
B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics (2015), Penn State University
Background
Aron developed an appreciation for the inherent value of natural resources growing up in central Pennsylvania and upstate New York. This passion was formalized while working as an undergraduate at Penn State in Dr. Christopher Gorski’s environmental redox chemistry and environmental electrochemistry research group. Aron proceeded directly to graduate school and earned his M.S. at UC Berkeley. Wanting to gain some breadth of experience and explore career options, Aron spent four years as a design engineer at Hazen and Sawyer where he was involved in a variety of projects in water and wastewater treatment. Aron joined the Strathmann group at the Colorado School of Mines in the fall of 2020, eager to apply his accumulated experience towards the advancement of water treatment technologies. His current research focuses on the application of high pressure membranes and hydrothermal alkaline treatment (HALT) for the removal and destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Post graduation, he intends to find a postdoctoral position in advanced water treatment or energy technologies.
Select Awards
- RMSAWWA James B. Warner Scholarship 2023-2024
- NWRI/AMTA Graduate Fellowship for Membrane Technology 2023-2024
- CSM Sussman Graduate Fellowship Summer 2023
- CSM Gavora Graduate Fellowship Summer 2022
- CSM CEE Graduate Fellowship 2020-2021
- UC-Berkeley Tucker Graduate Fellowship 2015-2016
- PSU College of Engineering Summer REU Summer 2014
- Schreyer Honors College Ambassador Travel Grant Spring 2014
- Knights of Columbus Pennsylvania State Council Scholarship 2011-2015
Contact Information
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401. Email
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