UCF Stormwater Management Academy » Research Laboratories

Stormwater Erosion and Sediment Control Laboratory:
This laboratory is located nearby Neptune Drive on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Water Treatment and Sustainability Research Laboratory:
This laboratory is located at 418 Engineering Building II on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Treatability study (column study and pilot study)
Upflow reactor
Ecotoxicity testing
Stormwater harvesting and reuse (exfiltration trench, pipe reactor, road side harvesting)
Baffle box with nutrient removal
Treatment train testing

Bioenvironmental Systems Research Laboratory:
This laboratory is located at 433 Engineering Building II on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Green roof
Biosorption activated media (BAM)
Subsurface upflow wetland (SUW) system for wastewater and stormwater treatment
Bioretention swale
Floating wetland technologies
Stormwater infiltration basin with BAM for stormwater treatment – biogeochemical cycle study
Microbial ecology study – real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Underground drainfield with BAM for wastewater treatment
Lake, streams, and wetland restoration Best Management Practices (BMP)
Ecological engineering and receiving water impact assessment

Hydroenvironmental and Ecological Monitoring and Modeling Laboratory:
This laboratory is located at 322 Engineering Building I on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Treatment train design software
· Watershed modeling and wasetload reduction planning
· Environmental and water resources systems analysis
Geographical Information System (GIS) and spatial analysis
Environmental cyberinfrastructure and sensor networks
Environmental, hydrological, and ecological remote sensing and informatics

Center for Hydroscience Analysis, Modeling, & Predictive Simulation (CHAMPS):
This laboratory is located on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Eight desktop workstations
Data storage server, codenamed ANTARCTICA, houses our geospatial data (GIS shapefiles, aerial imagery, digital elevation models, etc)
One high resolution printer (black/white)
One networked projector
Software: Groundwater Vista 6, Hydrus, ArcGIS, Matlab

Coastal Risks & Engineering (CoRE) Laboratory:
This laboratory is located on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Changes in sea level, storm surges, ocean, waves, precipitation, and river changes
(Coastal-) Engineering design concepts
Sustainability of human-natural systems in coastal zones
Extreme value analysis
Climate adaptation and resilience
Integrated coastal vulnerability and risk assessment
Stochastic and numerical modelling of tides, storm surges, waves, and river flows
Multi hazards
Coastal processes and hydrodynamics

Kibler Ecohydraulics Laboratory:
This laboratory is located on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Rain-fall modelling platforms for low prediction and poorly-gauged locations
Effect of river geomorphology, and hydraulic habitats from diversion to hydropower systems
Probabilistic flood risk-benefit analyses
Estuary and shoreline restoration
Food waste and Food-Energy-Water nexus

Pollutant Fate and Transport Processes and Geochemistry Laboratory:
This laboratory is located on UCF main campus. Research equipment and capabilities include:

Green Building Test Bed:
The Florida Showcase EnvironHome is located at Indialantic City