• Develop an optimal methodology for largemouth bass (LMB) muscle hydrolysis using digestive enzymes representing LMB digestive tract
• Evaluate the effect of LMB muscle protein hydrolysate used as first feed on the growth and survival of LMB larvae
• Provide feed/additive manufacturing industry with knowledge and tools required for production of high-quality, cost effective, and well-digested dietary muscle hydrolysate as a source of protein in larval fish feeds

The objectives of this project are to:

• Describe the longitudinal distribution of adult and larval zebra mussels in streams owing from colonized lakes.
• Test mechanisms contributing to the apparent “settlement bottleneck” for zebra mussels in streams.
• Test whether predators may influence the invasibility of streams by zebra mussels.
• Measure responses of other aquatic biota to the presence of zebra mussels in lake-outflow environments.

The objectives of this project are to:

• Develop a growth curve for yellow perch fed purified and practical diets.
• Evaluate the effects of dietary lipids on growth, feed efficiency, and nutritional composition of fillets.
• Provide an indication of the essential fatty acid needs of yellow perch.

• Investigate the application of extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic (EM) radiation as an effective method for the control of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
• Monitoring the survival of zebra mussels in water which has been irradiated by an ELF EM field via the
  efflux of the metal ions Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+ and K+ from zebra mussels exposed to the field
• Developing quantitative mathematical models will to interpret the experimental findings

• Improve understanding of the hydrologic behavior of green roofs
• Understand the impact of green roofs on hydrological processes at the watershed scale
• Examine the watershed-scale impact of different spatial distributions of green roofs
• Explore the economies of scale and benefits of scaling green roofs in a watershed

High lake levels have reduced beach sizes across Chicago, but we have little understanding of how much was passive inundation versus sediment remobilization. Ongoing collaborative efforts with the Chicago Park District and the Illinois Coastal Management Program are focused on observations of process-landform dynamics using camera arrays at select beaches and integrating UAS-based imagery, topographic information, wave data, and camera footage. However, while efforts are underway to understand the subaerial dynamics here (e.g., shoreline behaviors), little is known about littoral dynamics and sand transport across the highly fragmented urban nearshore environment, where prior studies have inferred a complex lakefloor geology that includes outcropping Silurian bedrock reefs, heavily scoured and dissected glacial clay tills, and thin, discontinuous sand veneers. We wish to capture the geologic configuration of the nearshore at the surface and map the shallow subsurface architecture as a means of quantifying sand volumes and relating them to the broader geologic template and the urban infrastructure with its influence on nearshore hydrodynamics.