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Dr. Charles O'Melia |
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Manhattan College Alum is
Awarded the 2000 Clarke Prize
JUNE 8, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA - The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) announced today that Charles O'Melia, Ph.D. is the seventh recipient of the annual Clarke Prize. NWRI established the Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize in 1993 to award outstanding research scientists who have implemented better water-science research and technology. The prize, which includes a gold medallion and $50,000 award, is presented annually. The 2000 Clarke Prize will be presented to Dr. O'Melia on June 16, 2000 at the Seventh Annual Clarke Prize Award Ceremony, held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. Dr. O'Melia is the Abel Wolman Professor of Environmental Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. For over four decades, Dr. O'Melia has made substantial contributions to the basic understanding of physical and chemical processes for water treatment and the behavior of particles in the natural water environment. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most outstanding water quality engineers in the area of filtration and coagulation processes in engineering (water treatment plants) and natural (lakes and estuaries) systems. In the field of environmental science, Dr. O'Melia is known for intellectual leadership as well as the highest personal standards in research, scholarship, and education. He has advised more than two dozen doctoral students and has authored over 100 technical publications, including the recently published Watershed Management for Portable Water Supply: Assessing the New York Strategy (2000). Dr. O'Melia received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Manhattan College in 1955, and both his master's degree and doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Michigan in 1956 and 1963 respectively. He has held faculty positions at universities such as Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. O'Melia joined the Johns Hopkins University as Professor of Environmental Engineering in 1980. He assumed the position of Professor of Civil Engineering in 1984 and was Chairman of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering from 1990 to 1995. Two years ago, he was distinguished as the Abel Wolman Professor of Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins. His current research at Johns Hopkins is in the area of aquatic colloid chemistry and its applications in technology and natural environments.
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