Join the ASU Aquanauts!
An opportunity to contribute to real-world water and climate solutions.
The Aquanauts at ASU is a new student-led organization dedicated to tackling critical water challenges, from safe drinking water to large-scale issues like the Colorado River Basin.
Modeled after the Columbia University Aquanauts, the organization will focus on creating awareness of and addressing water challenges across scales, for example, how to: provide safe drinking water and sanitation; revolutionize agriculture to produce more for the same water use; address water availability in the Colorado River Basin across states as the climate swings; develop fair policies for inter-generational groundwater use across the United States and more.
All students passionate about water issues spanning environmental sustainability, policy-making, technologies, community advocacy or others are welcome to join. Students will engage with faculty across disciplines and industry professionals through knowledge-sharing sessions, internships, and consulting projects.
Participant opportunities
As a member of the Aquanauts, you will collaborate with peers on impactful projects, gaining valuable skills that will contribute to your professional development and future careers.
- Develop project ideas
- Work collaboratively to tackle real-world water issues
- Explore internship opportunities
- Network with professors, scientists, and researchers
- Field trips
Past projects of the Columbia University Aquanauts
- Dam removal analysis and design in New Jersey (supported by Nature Conservancy).
- Green infrastructure for urban flood control (supported by Veolia).
- Financial health of US water utilities (supported by Veolia).
- Drinking water safety in NYS schools: Progress, challenges, and data gaps in lead testing and reporting (poster at AGU conference).
- The case for point-of-use reverse osmosis for tackling lead drinking water contamination (paper published in The American Chemical Society).
Faculty advisors
Upmanu Lall
Director and Professor Fiscal Summer Eligible
School of Complex Adaptive Systems
Aquanauts
will engage students, industry experts and faculty from various disciplines across ASU’s undergraduate and graduate programs through knowledge-sharing sessions, internship programs and consulting projects.
Join the ASU Aquanauts
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