Kelsey Pieper
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
- k.pieper@northeastern.edu
- 400 SN
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 467 Snell Engineering Center
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
Selected Research Projects
- Identification of Factors Impacting Efficacy and Adoption of Low-Cost Point of Use Filters
- – Co-Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- RAPID: Extreme Water use Patterns and Their Impact on the Microbial and Chemical Ecology of Drinking Water
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Untapping the Crowd: Consumer Detection and Control of Lead in Drinking Water
- – Co-Principal Investigator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- K.J. Pieper, W.J. Rhoads, L. Sauicer, A. Katner, J.R. Barrett, M. Edwards, Improving State-Level Emergency Well Disinfection Strategies in the United States, Science of the Total Environment, 720, 2020 137451
- K. Mapili, K.J. Pieper, D. Dai, A. Pruden, M.A. Edwards, M. Tang, W.J. Rhoads, Legionella pneumophila Occurrence in Drinking Water Supplied By Private Wells, Letters in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(4), 2020, 232-240
- K.J. Pieper, A. Katner, R. Kriss, M. Tang, M.A. Edwards Understanding Lead in Water and Avoidance Strategies: A United States Perspective for Informed Decision-Making, Journal of Water and Health, 17(4), 2019, 540-555
- K.J. Pieper, M. Tang, C.N. Jones, S. Weiss, A. Greene, H. Mohsin, J. Parks, M.A. Edwards, Impact of Road Salt on Drinking Water Quality and Infrastructure Corrosion in Private Wells, Environmental Science & Technology, 52(24), 2018, 14078–14087
- K.J. Pieper, M. Tang, M.A. Edwards, Flint Water Crisis caused by Interrupted Corrosion Control: Investigating “Ground Zero” Home, Environmental Science & Technology, 51(4), 2017, 2007–2014
Feb 08, 2021
Spring 2021 PEAK Experience Recipients
Congratulations to the COE student recipients of the Spring 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards. The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to new heights of achievement in undergraduate research and creative endeavor throughout their Northeastern journeys. PEAK Experience Ascent Awardees Ryan Brady, COE’22, Chemical […]
Sep 21, 2020
Civil and Environmental Engineering Solutions to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and its Industrial Advisory Board held a series of panel discussions entitled “Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) solutions addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic”.
May 18, 2020
Effects of COVID-19 on Water Supply Usage
CEE Assistant Professor Ameet Pinto, MES/COS/CEE Associate Professor Aron Stubbins, and CEE Assistant Professor Kelsey Pieper were awarded a $200K NSF RAPID grant for “Extreme water use patterns and their impact on the microbial and chemical ecology of drinking water.”
Feb 21, 2020
Road Salt Contaminating Unregulated Water Supplies
CEE Assistant Professor Kelsey Pieper is researching water contaminated with road salt in communities that use private wells, natural springs, and cisterns.
Aug 29, 2019
New Faculty Spotlight: Kelsey Pieper
Kelsey Pieper joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor.