Stephanie+C.+Bolyard

[|Ms. Bolyard] is a PhD candidate in environmental engineering at the University of Central Florida with six years of academic and professional experience in domestic wastewater permitting, environmental compliance, solid waste management, and nanotechnology. Her research expertise, include solid waste management, analytical chemistry, advance spectroscopic techniques, biological and advanced oxidation processes, domestic wastewater treatment, and nanotechnology. She has presented her research nationally and internationally which include invited talks in China at Tsinghua University and Tongji University. Ms. Bolyard worked for Brown and Caldwell and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection prior to starting her graduate studies. Her professional background has allowed her to bring engineering experience into the classroom as well as understand firsthand how her research impacts not only industry but also society. She has built an extensive professional network due to her active membership and numerous leadership roles in the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, International Waste Working Group, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, and the Water Environment Federation. She is an Environmental Research and Education Foundation doctoral scholar, ATHENA International Emerging Women Leader Fellow, and a former National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellow.


 * Research Interests **
 * Sustainable Solid Waste Management
 * Fate of Engineered Nanoparticles in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
 * Generation and Characterization of Landfill Leachate Organic Matter
 * Fate of Organic Matter from Leachate Discharged to Wastewater Treatment Plants

**Current Research**

 * **[|Fate of Leachate Organic Matter Discharge to Wastewater Treatment Plants]**
 * MSW Leachate Organic Matter Generation and Removal (Funded by NSF)

**Previous Research**

 * [|Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill]
 * [|Fate of Engineered Nanomaterials in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills]
 * [|Termination of Post-Closure Care of a Landfill for Municipal Solid Waste Characterized with Low Lignin Content: Evaluation of Monitoring Indicators (Tongji University, Shanghai, China)]

**Fellowships, Awards, Honors (Selected List)**

 * First Place for Best Student Oral Presentation at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Orlando, Florida, June 22-25, 2014
 * 2014-2015 College of Engineering and Computer Science Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching
 * 2014-2015 Graduate Research Excellence Fellowship, College of Graduate Studies, University of Central Florida
 * 2013 National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellow
 * 2013 ATHENA International Emerging Women Leader Fellowship
 * 2012-2013 Air and Waste Management Association Master’s Thesis Award Second Place
 * 2012 Environmental Research and Education Foundation Doctoral Scholarship Award Recipient (Three Year Fellowship)
 * 2012-2013 Brown and Caldwell Wes. Eckenfelder Scholarship Recipient
 * 2012-2013 Air and Waste Management Association Richard Stessel Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Solid and Hazardous Waste Research Recipient
 * 2012 Florida Air and Waste Management Association Young Professional of the Year
 * Award for Outstanding Service to the Public Communication and Outreach Committee by Water Environment Federation Public Education Award, November 2008