Drought

Civil and environmental engineering graduate student Thushara Gunda delivers her Three Minute Thesis on helping Sri Lankan farmers with drought. (Daniel DuBois/Vanderbilt University) Topics ranged from giving nanoparticles the aquatic skills of an Olympic swimmer so they can deliver anti-cancer drugs more effectively…to developing an ultrasonic Trojan… Read More

(Photo courtesy NOAA) A more specific drought-measuring formula created by a group of Vanderbilt University environmental engineers could have implications for emergency planning, federal relief payouts and drought mitigation efforts. With California’s record drought sending the state and farmers to the bargaining table over water,… Read More

Thushara Gunda, second from left, performing water tests in Sri Lanka. (Submitted photo) Thushara Gunda’s palm and fingertips remain bronzed with the stain of henna – applied the traditional Indian way and made to last for weeks. It’s a whimsical souvenir from a trip home. But her… Read More