Military Installation Resilience through Resource Recovery and Waste-to-Energy Systems

This research fellowship involves conducting applied research in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, and Civil Engineering at the United States Military Academy's Center for Environmental and Geographic Sciences in West Point, New York. The fellowship focuses on military installation resilience through resource recovery and waste-to-energy systems. Research areas include biotechnology, environmental biotechnology and microbiology, environmental modeling with AI/ML, water and wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion, membranes and membrane bioreactors, organic waste-to-energy, biomethane production, resource recovery, bioreactor design and optimization, technoeconomic assessment, lifecycle analysis, and energy security and sustainability. ORAU Fellows at USMA-CEGS conduct fundamental and applied research on projects aligned with Army and Department of Defense priorities while contributing to the broader scientific community. The fellowship is offered through the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory in partnership with ORAU and ORISE.