WRI Research
![Doctoral student Augustina Osabutey pulls sample of the algae-swine manure mixture from the photobioreactor.](/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2022-03/Augustina%20Algae.jpg?itok=zobmrhuj)
PI's:
Gary Anderson, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Xufei Yang, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Kyungnan Min, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Students:
Doctoral student Augustina Osabutey
Read the Algae pull nutrients from swine facility manure, air news story
![Doctoral student Abdoul Aziz Kouanda of SDSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering pulls water samples from a column reactor to determine the nitrate removal rates of fresh woodchips and those subjected to three different types of weathering—sunlight alone, soil and water/moisture and natural outdoor conditions.](/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2022-03/Woodchips%20lab.jpg?itok=d4Z1A5UT)
PI's:
Guanghui Hua, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chris Schmit, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kyungnan Min, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Students:
Doctoral student Abdoul Aziz Kouanda
Read the SDSU study examines woodchip quality in bioreactors news story
![Algal blooms have plagued Lake Mitchell due to high nutrient levels in the lake, but new mitigation efforts include creating wetlands upstream to capture nutrients and building a low-head dam to prevent sediment and phosphorus from entering the lake. (Photo courtesy of Kyle Croce, Public Works Director for the City of Mitchell)](/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2022-03/lake%20Mitchell.jpg?itok=hznRamGJ)
PI's:
John McMaine, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering,
Bruce Bleakley, Department of Biology and Microbiology
Student:
Master’s student Sumit Kumar Ghosh
Read the Nonprofit joins battle to mitigate Lake Mitchell algal blooms news story