AEESP Journal Spotlight: Early 2016

On behalf of the editorial board of Environmental Engineering Science, we share our enthusiasm about the ever-strengthening partnership between the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) and the journal. Through publication of high-quality research, the EES journal works in partnership with AEESP to achieve its mission of developing and disseminating knowledge in environmental engineering and science. With Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers as the newest Sustaining Member of AEESP, the partnership is further strengthened. We welcome and encourage all AEESP members to submit manuscripts to EES.

This is the first of a new column that will appear three times per year in the AEESP newsletter and as a feature in the journal. In this column, we introduce the “AEESP Journal Spotlight” to draw attention to articles of special interest, importance and significance. For some of these articles, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., will issue a press release. Today, we shine the “Editors' Spotlight” on selected articles from the 2015 August through November issues of EES. Congratulations to all whose work is being highlighted.

The research in Clark et al. (2015) addresses the question of whether the zinc coating in galvanized steel pipes can result in elevated lead in drinking water. The authors tested whether a zinc-lead-cadmium fingerprint can distinguish different sources of lead.

The study by Stevens et al. (2015) is the first to report that oil from marine spills can sink due to densification from volatilization of light components. The authors have dubbed the process “EVAPO-SINK.”

The farm-based study by Staunton et al. (2015) evaluated the technical feasibility of coupling biological nitrogen removal with anaerobic digestion of swine waste for energy recovery.