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CES Announces the 2020 Janke Award Winner
This year marks the fifth year that CES has awarded the Janke Award of $50,000 to an FAU faculty member and/or students. Established in 2015, the Walter and Lalita Janke Innovations in Sustainability Science Research Fund aims to support faculty research that advances knowledge and applications relevant for improving environmental sustainability.

This year’s winner is Dr. Masoud Jahandar Lashaki from FAU’s Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatics Engineering in the College of Engineering & Computer Science . Along with co-PI Dr. Daniel Meeroff , Dr. Lashaki will be conducting a collaborative project with Palm Beach County’s Solid Waste Authority focusing on upgrading biogas to biomethane for use as transportation fuel or for injection into the natural gas grid. This research will be conducted over the next year. Learn more about Dr. Lashaki’s exciting research on our website .
Did You Miss These Webinars From CES?
Just in case you missed these webinars, they are now online:
  • Wading Through Sea-Level Rise - South Florida is highly vulnerable to rising sea levels as the result of changing climate. Join Colin Polsky, Ph.D., as he discusses sea-level rise in Florida, including: influencing policymakers, devising solutions for better infrastructure, and actions you can do to help.
  • Virtual Arbor Day Celebration - This year CES took our annual Arbor Day celebration online and focused on selecting and caring for native trees. Join CES Education & Training Coordinator Alana Edwards and several tree experts in the one-hour webinar.
  • Understanding Algal Blooms in Florida - CES, in partnership with the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), recently launched our new series of online modules about algae and algal blooms. Join CES and the USGS for a 45-minute long Q&A session in which participants asked algae experts a variety of questions.
Research in Action Series
Join FAU’s Division of Research for their Virtual Research in Action Series. Sign up now for upcoming virtual lectures.
Congrats to CES’ Makenna King
Makenna King has worked for CES as the Arboretum Assistant on FAU’s MacArthur Campus in Jupiter for the past year. As a student in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College , one of her requirements was to write an honors thesis. Makenna chose to study the Florida endangered burrowing four-o’clock, Okenia hypogaea , a rare vine-like dune plant found only in Mexico and five counties on Florida’s southeast coast from St. Lucie to Miami-Dade County.

Makenna surveyed the rare plants at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, both pre- and post-Hurricane Dorian. Due to the quality of her thesis and the extensive surveys that she completed, Makenna was chosen as one of eleven students in the college to receive the “Outstanding Thesis” award. What a tremendous accomplishment! Congratulations, Makenna!
Congratulations to FAU’s 2020 Graduates
We’d like to congratulate all of FAU’s 2020 graduates for persevering through a very difficult spring semester. Watch this message to this spring’s FAU graduates from President Kelly.