STEPS News

Sep 15, 2021

STEPS Launches New Twitter Account

STEPS is venturing into the world of social media with a new Twitter account. We invite you to engage with us! Follow STEPS

Sep 14, 2021

ASU Experts Address Efficiency, Sustainability of Agricultural Fertilizer with STEPS

The Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center brings interdisciplinary experts to pursue its “25-in-25” vision as ASU experts address efficiency and sustainability of agricultural fertilizer.

Sep 9, 2021

STEPS Joins a Prestigious Class of NSF Science and Technology Centers

The newly awarded Center will use a convergence research approach to accelerate fundamental scientific discoveries and the development of novel and sustainable technologies and practices to control, recover, reuse and…

Sep 9, 2021

STEPS Joins a Prestigious Class of NSF Science and Technology Centers

The newly awarded Center will use a convergence research approach to accelerate fundamental scientific discoveries and the development of novel and sustainable technologies and practices to control, recover, reuse and…

Sep 1, 2021

STEPS Launches New Twitter Account

STEPS is venturing into the world of social media with a new Twitter account. We invite you to engage with us!

Jun 29, 2021

Shared Phosphorus Sustainability Library Now Available

The STEPS team is currently developing a public Zotero library that includes seminal works for the advancement of convergence science and phosphorus sustainability. The library-in-progress is available at the link…

May 4, 2021

Natalie Nelson Receives NSF CAREER Award

Natalie Nelson, Assistant Professor in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at NC State, was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant. Her research will focus on using sensor data to monitor water…

Apr 15, 2021

FEAST of biosensors: Food, environmental and agricultural sensing technologies (FEAST) in North America

STEPS’ Eric McLamore and colleagues recently published a review paper that focuses on innovations in food, environmental, agricultural, and related core sensing technology meta-domains.

Mar 25, 2021

Jim Elser Regarding Nutrient Optimization and Reducing Runoff

Jim Elser recently joined Dan Poston on Larta Institute’s Deeper Dive podcast to discuss how innovation can play a key role in improved nutrient optimization and how nutrient efficiency and…

Mar 10, 2021

Bias Correction of Climate Model Outputs Influences Watershed Model Nutrient Load Predictions

Recent work out of Rebecca Muenich’s lab demonstrates the impact of bias correcting climate model output on watershed model nutrient load prediction. Bias correction was found to influence hydrological processes…