My research focus during my academic career and training has been primarily in applied environmental microbiology including detection, quantification, identification, and activity assessment of microorganisms in natural and engineered environments including wastewater, sediments, and surface waters. Most recently, I have been engaged in stormwater management research. I have secured more than $5M in external research funding (as PI and Co-PI), published numerous journal papers and book chapters, and have presented my research findings at national and international conferences. Throughout my academic career, I have collaborated with other academic institutions, private sector consultants, non-profit organizations, the public, and researchers from various academic disciplines. Funding sources have included the NSF, DARPA, SERDP, Great Lakes Protection Fund, and EPA.
Selected Publications
Mason, B. E., Mullapudi, A., Gruden, C., & Kerkez, B. (2022). Improvement of phosphorus removal in bioretention cells using real-time control. Urban Water Journal, 19(9), 992-998. doi:10.1080/1573062x.2022.2108464
Mullapudi, A., Lewis, M. J., Gruden, C. L., & Kerkez, B. (2020). Deep reinforcement learning for the real time control of stormwater systems. Advances in Water Resources, 140, 103600. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103600
Mason, B., Rufí-Salís, M., Parada, F., Gabarrell, X., & Gruden, C. (2019). Intelligent urban irrigation systems: Saving water and maintaining crop yields. Agricultural Water Management, 226, 105812. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105812
Bahaya, B., Al‐Quraishi, M., & Gruden, C. (2019). Utilizing SWMM and GIS to identify total suspended solids hotspots to implement green infrastructure in Lucas County, OH. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 38(6). doi:10.1002/ep.13240
Dietrich, A., Yarlagadda, R., & Gruden, C. (2017). Estimating the potential benefits of green stormwater infrastructure on developed sites using hydrologic model simulation. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 36(2), 557-564. doi:10.1002/ep.12428
Stepien, C. A., Calzonetti, F. J., Bossenbroek, J. M., Czajkowski, K. P., Bollin, T. L., & Gruden, C. L. (2017). Enhancing environmental sustainability through a university field station. In Unknown Book (pp. 109). Bentham Science Publishers.
Kerkez, B., Gruden, C., Lewis, M., Montestruque, L., Quigley, M., Wong, B., . . . Pak, C. (2016). Smarter Stormwater Systems. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(14), 7267-7273. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b05870
Berhan, L., Bryant-Friedrich, A., Collins, N., Escobar, I. C., Gilbert, C., & Gruden, C. (2016). When and Where I Enter… A FORWARD to Professorship Workshop. In FORWARD to Professorship in STEM (pp. 91-106). Academic Press.
Asapu, S., Pant, S., Majid, P., Escobar, I. C., & Gruden, C. L. (2015). Study of copper-charged membranes for control of fouling due to bacteria and algae organic matter. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 5(4), 516-527. doi:10.2166/wrd.2015.001
Ding, X., Behbahani, M., Gruden, C., & Seo, Y. (2015). Characterization and evaluation of phosphate microsensors to monitor internal phosphorus loading in Lake Erie sediments. Journal of Environmental Management, 160, 193-200. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.010
