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Kansas State University
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About our Organization

The Center for Hazardous Substance Research was established in 1989 and is part of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University. The purpose of the center is to conduct research, education, and service pertaining to environmental topics, where a reputable, neutral organization is needed to develop technically sound, consensus-based solutions for diverse groups of stakeholders.

Topics of research and other activities include sustainability; environmental assessments and remediation; technical assistance to communities, defense agencies and other organizations; and international programs. Environmental assessment work involves proposed nonlethal defense technologies, and software tools for environmental decision making. Remediation research has focused on contaminated soil and water from agriculture, forestry, mining, and mineral processing, and other industrial activities. Service activities include providing free technical assistance to citizens and other stakeholders who are providing input on cleanup and re-use of EPA Superfund, Brownfield, tribal and other types of sites.

Our Sustainability Vision and Strategy

Examples of our Sustainability Initiatives


CHSR Featured Projects 

(http://www.engg.ksu.edu/CHSR/sustainability/)

The CHSR provides educational programs on sustainability, participates in related research at KSU, and is home to the Consortium for Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability. The purpose is to provide reliable information to all types of people and organizations to promote informed, sustainable intentions and actions.

TAB EZ 
A NEW free on-line tool to facilitate writing EPA brownfields assessment and cleanup grant proposals developed by the Technical Assistance to Brownfields communities program. Go to www.tabez.org to access TAB EZ.

EKAT
The Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool (EKAT) is a comprehensive software tool used to identify, research, and evaluate environmental and pollution prevention options for products and systems. View the demo or register to evaluate the software at the EKAT website. CHSR welcomes feedback and comments about this software.

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