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Environmental Assessment
Effects of Air Pollution on Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
- long-term changes in the acid-base status of surface waters in response to changes
in acidic deposition (Driscoll)
- effects of the depletion of calcium from soil by acidic deposition (Driscoll, Johnson)
- role of atmospheric mercury deposition in the regulation of concentrations of mercury
in the water column, sediments and fish in remote lakes (Driscoll)
Environmental Microbiology
- molecular analyses of microbial diversity in natural and engineered ecosystems
(Costello)
- characterization of the relationship between microbial diversity, community structure
and microbial function in natural
systems (Costello)
Controls and Characterizations of Naturally Occurring Organic Matter
- chemical characteristics of organic matter in soil and drainage waters (Johnson,
Driscoll)
- factors regulating the loss of dissolved organic carbon from watersheds (Driscoll,
Johnson)
- impacts of natural organic matter on water treatment (Lettermen)
Effects of Disturbance on Soil and Drainage Waters
- response of forest watersheds to clear-cutting (Johnson, Driscoll)
- response of forest watersheds and soil to climatic disturbance (Driscoll, Johnson)
- study of changes in microbial community structure in response to climatic changes
(Costello)
Human Settlement and Urbanization
- nitrogen inputs to coastal waters (Driscoll)
- inputs and fate of domestic and industrial wastes to an urban lake (Driscoll)
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Biologically Based Chemical Production
- modeling, characterization and optimization of bioreactor design and operation
(Kelly,
Lajoie, Rice)
- development of efficient methods of estimating rate parameters in bioreactor systems
(Rice)
- optimization of expression of lignolytic enzymes for use in pulp and paper manufacturing
(Kelly, Lajoie)
Contaminant Remediation
- remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contaminated soils with supercritical
carbon dioxide extraction,
kinetics and reaction pathways of PCBs undergoing supercritical water oxidation
(Tavlarides)
- modeling and characterization of bioremediation processes (for toluene, TCE, Benzene,
PAH, PCB) in aquatic
systems, soils, sediments, and treatment reactors (Costello, Kelly, Lajoie, Rice)
- effects of contaminating metals on microbially mediated degradation of halogenated
solvents (Costello)
Sensor Development and Evaluation for Environmental Processes
- acoustic probe development for solid-gas-liquid suspensions (Tavlarides)
- biosensor development for wastewater treatment and bioremediation processes (Kelly,
Lajoie)
- evaluation of particle counters for water treatment (Letterman)
- development and optimization of molecular probes for detecting naturally occurring
microbial communities and their biodegradative potential (Costello)
Separation Processes
- removal of acid gases from crude natural gas using membranes (Rice)
- development of novel organic-ceramic adsorbents by sol-gel synthesis for metal
ion separation (Tavlarides)
- use of hydrolyzing metals in the removal of particles and dissolved organic matter
in water supplies (Letterman)
Water and Wastewater Treatment
- modeling and characterization of bioreactors for wastewater treatment (Rice)
- development of biomolecular databases for diagnosing upsets in wastewater treatment
plants (Lajoie)
- characterizing toxicant damage to activated sludge systems (Kelly, Lajoie)
- transformations of mercury in wastewater treatment plants (Driscoll, Kelly, Lajoie)
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