July 2, 2021

Meredith Sutton, graduate student in environmental engineering, pulls the sediment collection jar out of the Elkhorn River as she, McNair scholar Seth Caines and summer research scholar Moriah Brown from Howard University use a floating sieve to sample water in the Elkhorn River. They are working with Professor Shannon Bartlet-Hunt researching textiles as a source of microplastic fibers to Nebraska streams. July 2, 2021. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.