Paul P. Mathisen

Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Associate Professor and Dir. of Sustainability

AFFILIATED DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE

Office of Sustainability

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Community Climate Adaptation

EDUCATION

BS University of Massachusetts at Amherst

MS Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Expert Bio

As WPI’s Director of Sustainability and a professor of environmental engineering, Paul Mathisen studies and works to promote sustainability, especially in the areas of water, energy, transportation, and waste management. His research focuses on climate adaptation, protection of water quality, and water resources. He studies the environmental effects of wastewater, stormwater pollution mitigation, urban water infrastructure, flood mitigation, and green infrastructure. He is part of a team at WPI that developed a soft robot, similar to a lizard, that can access areas of buildings that may be impossible or difficult for people to access, behind walls, for example, to make inspections easier and better assess things such as energy loss.

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Telegram.com

Leominster project aims to prevent reprise of disastrous 2023 flood

Paul Mathisen, associate professor of in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural engineering and director of sustainability, and Stephen McCauley, associate professor of teaching in the Department of Integrative and Global Studies, provided analysis for a Telegram & Gazette article about a regional effort to learn from devastating flooding in Leominster and mitigate future flooding events. Mathisen and McCauley shared insights about methods of studying water flow, potential flood mitigation strategies, and the use of geographic information system mapping to understand how flooding affects a community.

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