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Ersan Research Lab is located in the College of Engineering and Mines at the University of North Dakota. Here, you'll find a selection of our research efforts. Explore our projects to learn more about what Ersan Research Lab does!
Awards & Honors
Exciting News! Congratulations to Faisal Ahmed!!
Congratulations to our graduate student, Faisal Ahmed, for winning first place in the poster session at the ND Water & Pollution Control Conference-2025! He will proudly represent North Dakota at the upcoming AWWA Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE) 2026 in Washington, D.C.
October 14, 2025
Exciting News! Congratulations to Tihitna Mulugeta!!
She awarded student Poster Contest Winner at Water Quality Research Foundation Conference in Long Beach, CA! Her work is shaping the future of water treatment solutions, and we can`t wait to see how she continue to make waves!!
May 16, 2025
Exciting News! Congratulations to Dr. Mahmut S. Ersan!!
Dr. Mahmut Selim Ersan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering for being selected as the Dean's Outstanding Faculty in the UND College of Engineering & Mines at the University of North Dakota. The selection is based on job performance, relationships with colleagues, positive attitude, and the ability to relate their work to the College of Engineering and Mines' vision.
May 9, 2025
Exciting News! Congratulations to Mohamed Ali!!
Congratulations to our graduate student, Mohammed Ali, on winning judges choice presentation award for the 2025 RRV-ACS Research Conference in the poster section.
February 22, 2025
Exciting News! Congratulations to Dr. Mahmut S. Ersan!!
Dr. Ersan was honored with the 2024 Early Career Research Recognition.
January 14, 2025
Recent Funded Grants
ND Soybean Council project just funded!
Ersan Research Lab has selected for funding by ND Soybean Council grant. Our lab will be investigate the adsorption of PFAS by soybean-based adsorbents.
Department of Defense (DoD) SERDP Project just funded!
Ersan Research Lab has selected for funding by Deparment of Defense-SERDP 2024 chort. It will be collobration with Drs. Gamze Ersan (Co-PI) and Sergi Garcia-Segura (Co-PI) from Arizona State University. Our lab will investigate the electro-regeneration of PFAS-spent adsorbents.
November 16, 2024
NIH- Phase II Project just funded!!
Ersan Research Lab will be part of a $1.2M multi-institutional investigation backed by NIH- Phase II to explore the detection of PFAS using nano-based sensors.
October 7, 2024
UND Early Career Scholars
Dr. Ersan was honored with the 2024 Early Career Research Recognition.