Education Background
Ph.D. - 2004 Iowa State University
M.S. - 1999 Iowa State University
B.S. - 1996 Iowa State University
Experience
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Clarkson University, 2022-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Clarkson University, Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Clarkson University , 2013
Special Government Employee U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , 2013
Research Environmental Engineer U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2007
Courses Taught
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
- Senior Design
- Sustainable Water Resources Management
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- Integrated Adirondack Research Project
Research Interests
Research focuses on the fate, transport, and vectoring of microbial and chemical stressors in the environment, including risks associated with exposure to microbial agents in air, water, soils, and produce grown for human consumption. More recent research also addresses economic and environmental tradeoffs of new environmental technology developments.
Technology development includes macroalgae cultivation as an alternative for nutrient bioextraction from wastewater treatment plant ocean outfalls, and through collaborations, algal product development as ruminant livestock feeds to reduce methane enteric emissions, biosensors for pathogen detection and measuring oxidative stress in antibiotic-resistant microorganisms, small-scale anaerobic digester development, electrical discharge plasma reactors for sterilization of liquid foods, and bipolar membrane electrodialysis for recovery of high-purity nutrients from wastewater sludge.
Awards
- 2022 Positive Droplet Award, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Contributions to digital PCR in Water Testing
- 2021 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Visiting Professorship / Scholar, SRH Heidelberg, Germany
- 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award, Clarkson University
- 2019 American Society for Engineering Education, Meritorious Service Recognition
- 2019 Phalanx, Clarkson University
- 2018 “Million Dollar Club” Clarkson University
- 2015-2016 U.S. – Norway Fulbright Scholar
- 2013 Tau Beta Pi Faculty Award
- 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Award
- 2010 Clarkson University Student Association Outstanding Teacher Award
- 2009 American Society for Engineering Education, St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Teaching Award
- 2008 Water Environment Federation, McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, and Sustainable Use Medal
Patents
- Selma Mededovic, Shane Rogers, Liquid-phase Electrical Discharge Plasmas for Inactivation of Bacteria in Water, Fruit Juices, Milk, and Liquid Foods, 2013, provisional patent, application number 61/892,800.
Publications
Research Focused:
Chen, W., S. Grimberg, S. Rogers, T. Kim (2024) Bipolar membrane electrodialysis for nutrient recovery from anaerobic digestion dewatering sidestream, Chemical Engineering Journal, 488:150834. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.150834
Wu, J., S. Rogers, R. Schaummann, N. Price (2023) A Comparison of Multiple Macroalgae Cultivation Systems and End-Use Strategies of Saccharina latissima and Gracilaria tikvahiae Based on Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability, 15(5):12072. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su151512072
Wu, J., S. Rogers, R. Schaummann, C. Higgins, N. Price (2022) Bioextractive aquaculture as an alternative nutrient management strategy for water resource recovery facilities, Water Research, 212:118092.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118092
Coffman, V.R., D.J. Hall. N. Pisanic, C. Wiesner, S. Rogers, A. Rule, M. McCormack, M. Diener-West, M.F. Davis, C. D. Heaney (2022) Assessing residential exposure to microbes from industrial hog operations in rural North Carolina: Lessons learned, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 16(1):61-72. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2022.0006.
Quispe-Cardenas, E. and S. Rogers (2021) Microbial adaptation and response to high ammonia concentrations and precipitates during anaerobic digestion under psychrophilic and mesophilic conditions, Water Research, 204:117596. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117596
Chen, W., S. Grimberg, S. Rogers, T. Kim (2021) Ammonia Recovery from Domestic Wastewater Using a Proton-Mediated Redox Couple, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 9(37): 12699-12707. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05144
Wang, S, Yang, S., Quispe, E., Yang, H., Sanfiorenzo, C., Rogers, S., Wang, K., Yang, Y., Hoffmann, M. (2021) Removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes by UV-assisted electrochemical oxidation on degenerative TiO2 nanotube arrays, ACS ES&T Engineering, 1(3):612-622. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00011
Su, X., M. Feng, S. Rogers, T.M. Holsen, and S. Mededovic Thagard (2019) The role of high voltage electrode material in the inactivation of E. coli by direct-in-liquid electrical discharge plasma, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 39(3):577-596. doi: 10.1007/s11090-019-09980-x
Coffman, V., D. Hall, N. Pisanic, C. Wiesner, S. Rogers, A. Rule, M. McCormack, M. Diener-West, M. Davis, C. Heaney (2019) Piloting the use of mobile devices in community-driven research to assess occupational and environmental exposures from industrial hog operations in rural eastern North Carolina, USA, Environmental Epidemiology, October 2019, 3:77-78.fc. doi: 10.1097/01.EE9.0000606524.85417
Estifaee, P., X. Su, S.K. Yannam, S. Rogers, S. Mededovic Thagard (2019) Mechanism of E. coli Inactivation by Direct-in-liquid Electrical Discharge Plasma in Low Conductivity Solutions, Scientific Reports, 9(1): article number: 2326 (2019). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-38838-7
Rogers, S., C. Shafer, T. Langen, M. Jahne, R. Welsh (2018) Antibiotic-resistant genes and pathogens shed by wild deer correlate to land-application of residuals, EcoHealth, 15(2):409-25. doi: 10.1007/s10393-018-1316-7
Yannam, S.K., P. Estifaee, S. Rogers, S.M. Thagard (2018) Application of high voltage electrical discharge plasma for the inactivation of Escherichia coli ATCC 700891 in tangerine juice, LWT - Food Science and Technology, 90:180-185 doi: 10.1016/j.lwt.2017.12.018
Vukusic, T., Shi, M., Herceg, Z., Rogers, S., Estifaee, P., Thagard, S.M. (2016) Liquid-phase electrical discharge plasmas with a silver electrode for inactivation of a pure culture of Escherichia coli in water. Innovative Food Sci. & Emerging Technologies, 38:407-413. doi: 10.1016/j.ifset.2016.07.007
Jahne, M.A., Rogers, S.W., Holsen, T.M., Grimberg, S.J., Ramler, I., Kim, S. (2016) Bioaerosols Deposition to Food Crops Near Manure Application: Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment, Journal of Environmental Quality, 45(2):666-674. doi: 10.2134/jeq2015.04.0187
Liu, X., M. Marrakchi, M. Jahne, S. Rogers, S. Andreescu (2016) Real time investigation of antibiotics-induced oxidative stress and superoxide release in bacteria using an electrochemical biosensor, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 91:25-33. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.12.001
Jahne, M A., Rogers, S.W., Holsen, T.M., and Grimberg, S.J., Ramler, I. (2015) Emission and Dispersion of Bioaerosols from Dairy Manure Application Sites: Human Health Risk Assessment, Environmental Science & Technology, 49:9842-9849. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01981
Grimberg, S.J. D. Hilderbrandt, M. Kinnunen, S. Rogers (2015) Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste Through the Operation of a Mesophilic Two-Phase Pilot-Scale Digester – Assessment of Variable Loadings on System Performance, Bioresource Technology, 178:226-229. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.001
Jahne, M., S. Rogers, T. Holsen, S.J. Grimberg (2015) Quantitative microbial risk assessment of bioaerosols from a manure application site, Aerobiologia, 31(1):73-87. doi: 10.1007/s10453-014-9348-0
Jahne, M, S. Rogers, R. Ivan, E. Holder, G. Hayes (2015) Hierarchal clustering yields insight into multidrug-resistant bacteria isolated from a cattle feedlot wastewater treatment system, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187(1):4168-4183. doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-4168-9
Education-focused:
Dillon, H., J. P. Carpenter, R. L. Kajfez, B. K. Mayer, S. W. Rogers, B. Tribelhorn (2023), Undergraduate Research as a Tool for Building Entrepreneurial Mindset in Engineering Students, Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. 14 pp. doi: 10.18260/1-2--44528
Backus, E., P. E. Dougall, S. W. Rogers, J. S. Atchison, J. W. Rogers, P. J. Parker (2023), Board 50: Unlock the Potential of Industry Partners for Engineering Education, Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. 10 pp., doi: 10.18260/1-2—42834
Traub, A., R. Welsh, S. Rogers, S. Grimberg (2021) Small Farms Using Anaerobic Digestion: A Viable Technology Education and Outreach Effort, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 45(5): 718-731. doi: 10.1080/21683565.2020.1841708
Welsh, R., M. Webb, S. Grimberg, S. Rogers (2019) Measuring the results of a workshop on installing anaerobic digesters on smaller livestock farms, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 34(6): 487-491. doi:10.1017/S1742170518000212