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News Spotlight: Environmental Engineering
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou will be the first faculty member to hold the new Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Chair in Environmental Engineering. As Chair, Foufoula-Georgiou will work to strengthen interdisciplinary research at the University on understanding the vulnerability and resilience of environmental systems in the natural and engineered environment. Click here to read more.

For previous Research Spotlight pages, please click here.

Who We Are

SAFL is the world's only fluid-mechanics laboratory that uses a natural waterfall as its prime water source. For nearly 70 years researchers from around the world have been visiting our unique location on an island in the Mississippi River to conduct research for developing innovative and sustainable engineering solutions to major environmental, water-resources, and energy-related problems. We would like to extend our warmest invitation to visit our facilities and talk with our research staff and students.

SAFL is also proud to be the headquarters for the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED), an NSF Science and Technology Center.

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SAFL Alumni

Join the newly-formed Partnership for River Restoration and Science in the Upper Midwest (PRRSUM - pronounced "prism") at SAFL every second Tuesday at 4pm for presentations and discussions on important topics in river restoration and river research. Click here for info.

Graduate student Leonardo Chamorro was presented with this year's Silberman Fellowship Award for his academic and research excellence.

Graduate student Cristian Escauriaza has been named the 2008 Anderson Award recipient, while Chandana Gangodagamage and Omar Abdul-Aziz have both been given Tsai Travel Awards for travel to conferences this spring.

Edward Silberman, professor emeritus, will receive the Charles W. Britzius Distinguished Engineer Award, given by the Minnesota Federation of Engineering, Science and Technology Societies. Click here to read more.

SAFL is now accepting applications for the position of Associate Director for Applied Research. Please click here for details.

Interested in Minnesota water issues? Check out SAFL's new Outdoor StreamLab, currently under construction.

Congrats SAFL grads!
Click here to view photos of our recent graduates with their advisors.

Interested in what's going on at SAFL? Read the latest online version of SAFL's alumni newsletter:
The Alumni Channel

Want to stay in touch? Email us your current information for the Alumni Directory.

Would you like to be more involved with SAFL? Attend our weekly seminar series

Donations keep SAFL afloat. To learn more about making a tax-free contribution to the lab, please email safl@umn.edu

SAFL in The Rake magazine: Click here to read the article. Click here to watch a video tour of the lab.

Welcome Aboard! The lab continues to grow with many new Visiting Researchers, Students and Staff