Understanding water flow and chemical transport to protect
our environmental resources

NOTE – this site is continuously being updated and does not reflect our full scope of work

We are a dynamic and innovative group in Cornell University's
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE)

Beyond the Lab

Our work does not stay inside

You'll find us in the sprawling hills of New York all the way to the shores of Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Recent Highlights

Happy 89th Birthday to Jean-Yves Parlange, a prolific member of the SWL! Read more about his life and career at the link below:

Special Thanks to Jean-Yves Parlange!

Our course BEE 4270: Water Measurement and Analysis Methods was featured in an article from the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station:

Real-life learning: engineering students learn by doing at Cornell AES farm

Our very own Tammo Steenhuis led the Cornell chapter of Engineers Without Borders on an irrigation project in Sunuka, Tanzania:

Wheels within wheels
in a spiral array,
a pattern so grand and
complex
Time after time we lose site
of the way,
our causes can't see their effects
Neil Peart
- Lyricist for Rush