Three
members of the Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds (CREW) have received
top honors from the American Society of Reclamation Sciences (ASRS), an
international society focusing on land reclamation and the protection and
enhancement of soil and water resources. Hannah Curtis, Brandon Holzbauer-Schweitzer and Bill Strosnider won three of the
six awards presented annually to ASRS members.
Hannah
Curtis received the ASRS Memorial Scholarship at the Bachelor of Science level.
The OU senior will graduate in December with a double major in environmental
engineering and cello performance and a minor in environmental sustainability. She
currently works as an undergraduate research assistant at both the OU Center
for Risk and Crisis Management and the Oklahoma Water Survey, and as a writing
assistant for the OU Honors College. She conducts research with the Center for
Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds, performs with the OU Symphony
Orchestra, and is involved in OU’s Integrity Council. She plans to pursue a
master’s degree in environmental science.
Brandon
Holzbauer-Schweitzer, Ph.D., is the recipient of the ASRS Memorial Scholarship
at the Doctoral level. He earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental
geoscience from Winona State University in 2014. At OU, he earned a master’s
degree in environmental science in 2016 and completed OU’s doctoral program in
2021. His dissertation focused on the feasibility of using small Unoccupied
Aerial Systems to predict surface water quality. He is soon to be employed at Linkan
Engineering.
Bill
Strosnider, Ph.D., received the ASRS Richard I. & Lela M. Barnhisel Reclamation Researcher of the
Year Award. The award recognizes
substantial contributions to the advancement of reclamation science and
technology through scientific research. He earned a doctorate in environmental
engineering from OU in 2010. He serves as the director of the Baruch Marine
Field Laboratory at the University of South Carolina where he is an associate
research professor in the School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment.
