Roland Cusick
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC
Bio
Roland D. Cusick is currently an associate professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Cusick has published over 50 scientific papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals such as Science, Energy and Environmental Science, Advanced Functional Materials and Environmental Science & Technology. The primary research areas of Dr. Cusick’s lab at UIUC include: (i) Electrochemical separations with energy storage materials – materials, process modeling, and systems analysis; (ii) Nutrient recovery from wastewater and grain processing facilities – Kinetic process modeling and systems analysis; and (iii) Bio-electrochemical sensing and data-driven modeling of wastewater treatment systems. Dr. Cusick has received several honors for their research related to resource recovery including the NSF CAREER award in 2022.
Education
Ph.D Environmental Engineering Pennsylvania State University 2013
M.S. Environmental Engineering Pennsylvania State University 2010
B.S. Environmental Engineering University of California, Riverside 2005
Area(s) of Expertise
Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability
Environmental Engineering and Science