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“Lindell
Ormsbee has an extraordinary wealth of knowledge
and a deep well of curiosity regarding water resources.
These qualities make him the best choice for the
leadership of this institute, whose work is so critical
to the Commonwealth and its residents.”
- Wendy
Baldwin,
UK’s executive
vice president for research
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LEXINGTON,
Ky. (July 6, 2004) -- Lindell
Ormsbee, professor of civil engineering at the
University of Kentucky, has been named director
of the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute
at UK.
Ormsbee has served
as associate director of the Kentucky Water Resources
Research Institute since 1995.
“Lindell Ormsbee has an extraordinary wealth
of knowledge and a deep well of curiosity regarding
water resources. These qualities make him the best
choice for the leadership of this institute, whose
work is so critical to the Commonwealth and its residents,” said
Wendy Baldwin, UK’s executive vice president
for research.
The institute stimulates water resources- and water-related
environmental research, assists academic units in
conducting undergraduate and graduate education in
water resources and water-related environmental issues,
encourages technology transfer on water resources
and water-related environmental issues, and develops
statewide interactions among faculty and research
staff and the private and public sector.
Ormsbee has been a leading researcher on the environmental
cleanup at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, where
groundwater contamination was discovered in the late
1980s. His work has generated more than $3 million
in research projects from such agencies as the National
Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the
U.S. Department of Energy, and the federal Environmental
Protection Agency.
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