1) Funding through multiple extramural grants to support an interdisciplinary research effort.
2) Established microbial ecology laboratories in the SEC with major pieces of instrumentation (e.g. LC/MS)
3) Tenure track joint appointments for two IEE faculty
4) Several other IEE-affiliated faculty
5) Support for five non-tenure track Ph.D.-level scientists.
6) Approximately 10 graduate students supported.
7) IEE Institutional Representative to the USGS Advisory Board for Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Norman Landfill Research Project.
8) IEE Institutional Representative to Integrated Petroleum Environmental Consortium (IPEC), a federal funding initiative designed to increase the competitiveness of the domestic energy industry through a reducation in the costs of compliance with environmental regulations.
9) Institutional representative to IPEC annual meeting attracting over 350 energy professionals from around the world.