Bruce E. Logan

Bruce Ernest Logan is an American civil and environmental engineer who serves as the Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Evan Pugh University Professor in Engineering at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). He is also the director of Penn State's Engineering Energy and Environmental Institute and their Hydrogen Energy Center. His main research interest is in the development of water infrastructure technology,[1] and his lab has developed devices that can produce electricity from wastewater.[2][3] He is also known for his work developing microbial fuel cells.[4] Since 2013, he has been the editor-in-chief of Environmental Science & Technology Letters, a member of the National Academy of Engineering,[5] and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6]

Bruce E. Logan
NationalityAmerican
EducationRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of California Berkeley
Known forWastewater engineering
Microbial fuel cells
Awards2009 Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (since 2013)
Scientific career
FieldsCivil engineering
Environmental engineering
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University
ThesisMass transfer models for microorganisms in aggregates and biofilms (1986)

References
  1. "Bruce E. Logan Research Interest". Penn State University. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  2. "Sucking energy out of the drain". the Guardian. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. Bowdler, Neil (2012-03-02). "Waste water 'can provide power'". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. Holzman, David C. (November 2005). "Microbe power!". Environmental Health Perspectives. 113 (11): A754–757. doi:10.1289/ehp.113-a754. PMC 1310948. PMID 16263496.
  5. "Bruce Logan CV" (PDF).
  6. Messr, A'ndrea Elyse (2013-11-25). "Seven faculty named Fellows of AAAS". Penn State University. Retrieved 2018-04-20.


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