July 19, 2024

Dr. Joseph Hughes receives the Steven K. Dentel/AEESP Award for Global Outreach 

This award is made for Prof. Hughes’ contribution to various environmental restoration projects performed in regions impacted by conflicts, including Angola, Iraq, and Syria, as well as establishment of a new discipline, Peace Engineering, to significantly expand the fi eld of environmental engineering.

Brief statement from Prof. Hughes: “Professor Steven Dental has been an inspiration to me throughout my academic career making this distinction particularly meaningful. Environmental challenges vary across a wide range of physical scales, and yet all environmental challenges are shared globally. Dr. Dental and past recipients of this award have demonstrated the importance of our field, globally. It is an honor to be recognized and humbling to be considered among the group that precedes me.”