florida cypress dome in big cypress national preserve
from 1956 1963, odum worked director of marine institute of university of texas. during time, became aware of interplay of ecological-energetic , economic forces. taught @ university of north carolina @ chapel hill, in department of zoology, , 1 of professors in new curriculum of marine sciences until move university of florida in 1970 taught @ environmental engineering sciences department, started , directed center environmental policy , founded university s center wetlands in 1973, first of kind in world still in operation today. odum continued work 26 years until retirement in 1996. in 1960s-1970s odum chairman of international biological program s tropical biome planning committee , supported large contracts united states atomic energy commission 100 scientists, involved radiation studies of tropical rainforest featured project @ university of florida in 1970s on recycling treated sewage cypress swamps, 1 of first projects began widespread approach of using wetlands water quality improvement ecosystems. 1 of important contributions beginnings of field of ecological engineering.
in last years, odum graduate research professor emeritus , director of center environmental policy. avid birdwatcher in both professional , personal life.
the ecological society awarded odum mercer award recognize contributions study of coral reef on eniwetok atoll. odum received french prix de vie, , crafoord prize of royal swedish academy of science considered nobel equivalent bioscience not honored nobel himself. charles s hall has called odum 1 of innovative , important thinkers of our time, noting howard odum, either alone or brother eugene, received of international prizes awarded ecologists. higher education institute award both odum brothers honorary degrees ohio state university honored h.t. in 1995 , gene in 1999.
odum s contributions field have been recognised mars society named experimental station h.t.odum greenhouse , @ suggestion of former student patrick kangas. kangas , student, david blersch, made significant contributions design of waste water recycling system.
odum s students have carried on work @ institutions around world, notably mark brown @ university of florida, david tilley , patrick kangas @ university of maryland, daniel campbell @ united states environmental protection agency, enrique ortega @ unicamp in brazil, , sergio ulgiati @ university of siena. work done @ these institutions continues evolve , propagate odum s concept of emergy. former students bill mitsch [ohio state university], robert costanza [portland state university], , scott w. nixon [university of rhode island] among cadre of former students have been recognized internationally contributions ecological engineering, ecological economics, ecosystem science, wetland ecology, estuarine ecology, ecological modeling, , related fields.
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