Maureen Lewis
A Rindge, NH native, Maureen Lewis graduated from UNH in December 2004 with a degree in environmental engineering and an emphasis on municipal processes. An interest in groundwater contamination inspired her to complete this research for her senior honors thesis, with funding provided by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). “I learned that science is very dynamic and [scientific research] requires constant monitoring. It was unexpected to me how interesting the research would actually be and how attached to it I became…I would have loved to continue the research for longer.” Maureen is now serving in the Air Force, as a member of the Civil Engineering Squadron in Mountain Home, Idaho. She hopes to pursue a graduate degree in an engineering discipline, and to someday travel the world.
Dr. Nancy Kinner
Dr. Nancy Kinner is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UNH, where she has taught since 1983. Working with Maureen marked the first time Dr. Kinner mentored a student conducting research through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), and she found it to be a positive experience: “Maureen was a wonderful student and a delight to work with.” Dr. Kinner specializes in environmental engineering and is the director of the Bedrock Bioremediation Center in Portsmouth.
Read Maureen Lewis’ research brief, Biomediation of an Organically Contaminated Bedrock Aquifer >>
