Kelsey Pieper
Assistant Professor,
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Focus
Applied environmental chemistry; corrosion; drinking water quality, treatment, and infrastructure; post-disaster drinking water recovery; public health engineering
Education
- PhD, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015
- MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2011
Research Overview
Applied environmental chemistry; corrosion; drinking water quality, treatment, and infrastructure; post-disaster drinking water recovery; public health engineering
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Pieper, K.J., R. Martin, M. Tang, L. Walters, J. Parks, S. Roy, C. Devine, M.A. Edwards. Evaluating water lead levels during the Flint Water Crisis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52 (15), 8124–8132.
- Parks, J., K.J. Pieper, A. Katner, M. Tang, M. Edwards. Potential challenges meeting the American Academy of Pediatrics’ lead in school drinking water goal of 1 μg/L. Corrosion 2018, 74 (8), 914-917.
- Katner, A. K.J. Pieper, K. Brown, H. Lin, J. Parks, X. Wang, C. Hu, S. Masters, H. Mielke, M. Edwards. Effectiveness of prevailing flush guidelines to prevent exposure to lead in water. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15 (7), doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0405.v2.
- Pieper, K.J., V.E. Nystrom, J. Parks, K. Jennings, H. Faircloth, J.B. Morgan, J. Bruckner, M.A. Edwards. Elevated lead in water of private wells poses health risks: case study in Macon County, North Carolina. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52 (7), 4350–4357.
Aug 29, 2019
New Faculty Spotlight: Kelsey Pieper
Kelsey Pieper joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor.