Current Research Group
- Lynal Albert - Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering
- Bingqing Cai - Visiting Researcher
- Qiqi Chen - Graduate
Student, M.S. Environmental Engineering
- Chong Dai - Graduate Student, M.S. Environmental Engineering
- Hang Dong - Graduate Student,
M.S. Environmental Engineering
- Hao He - Graduate Student, M.S. Environmental Engineering
- Thomas Hai Lin - Ph.D. Candidate, Civil
Engineering (Co-Advisor with Muhannad Suleiman)
- Chelsey Shepsko - Undergraduate Student, B.S. Environmental Engineering
- Yu Tian - Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering (M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2012)
- Hankai Zhu - Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental
Engineering
Past Post-Doctoral Researchers and Visiting Researchers
- Robert Kachmar - Visiting Research Scientist
- Dr. Tae-Hyung
Kim - Post-doctoral researcher
- Theodore Schaffer - Visiting Research Scientist
Past Graduate Students
- Huakan Lu - M.S. Environmental
Engineering (2013). "Benchmarking antimicrobial properties of surface-treated activated carbon" (focused on carbon preparation
and characterization).
- Kristen Falotico - M.S. Environmental Engineering (2013). "Benchmarking antimicrobial properties
of surface-treated activated carbon" (focused on biological activity).
- Wujun Xia - M.S. Environmental Engineering
(2013). "Quantifying sorptive properties of surface-treated granular activated carbons."
- Bingqing Cai - M.S. Environmental
Engineering (2013). "Effects of phage on bacterial growth kinetics."
- Jin-Cheng Lin - M.S., Environmental Engineering,
Ph.D. Candidate. "Stabilization of the anaerobic digestion process."
- JiaJie Ma - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2012) "Investigation
of bacterial transport through saturated porous media using a 10 meter meso-scale flow system."
- Ivy Otieno - M.S., Environmental Engineering
(2012) "Development of a bench-scale 2D flow system for investigating bacterial transport in unsaturated porous media."
- Kai Ding -
M.S., Environmental Engineering (2012) "Initial investigation of the effects of surfaces on bacterial Monod coefficients."
- Stephen
Abegunde - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2011) "Effects of surfaces on cellular yield."
- Nate Medford - M.S., Environmental Engineering
(2010) "Development of an anaerobic digestor test apparatus."
- Crystal Degree - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2009) "Treatment of
Sanitary Waste for Manned Mission to Mars: Feasibility, Concerns and Implementation."
- Surapol Padungthon - M.S., Environmental Engineering
(2009) Co-Advisor with Dr. James Hsu, Dept. of Chemical Engineering.
- Thomas Waters - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2008) "Examination
of the collision efficiency distribution of different bacterial species."
- Shweta Tripathi - Ph.D., Environmental Engineering (2008)
"Effects of anionic and nonionic surfactant mixtures on bacterial tranport through unsaturated porous media."
- Yongsuk Hong - Ph.D.,
Environmental Engineering (2008) "Effects of surfaces on bacterial metabolic activity: Examination of a physiochemical/bioenergetic
mechanism."
- Jacquelyn Lanzon - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2007) "Simultaneous sorption of surfactant and phenanthrene on the
bacterial cell surface and relationship to hemi-micelle formation."
- Minna Kim - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2007) "Effects of
EDTA on Staphylococcus epidermidis surface properties."
- Alon Abramson - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2006) "Collision efficiency
distribution of a Sphingomonas sp. flowing through sand columns and implications for field-scale transport."
- Khaula S. Al Nuaimi -
M.S., Environmental Engineering (2004) "Characterization of nonionic surfactant sorption onto the cell surface of a Sphingomonas sp."
- Lovleen Gupta - M.S., Environmental Engineering (2004) "Residual saturation of coal tar in porous media."
- Angelina Twumasi-Boakye -
M.S., Environmental Engineering (2004) "Surfactant-enhanced remediation of coal tar contaminated soils: Solubility and biodegradation
effects."
Past Undergraduate Students
- Scott Caporizzo - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2013)
- Lauren Zell - B.S., Environmental Engineering
(2012)
- Sam Miller - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2012)
- Rachel Nordberg - B.S., Bioengineering (2012)
- Fatima O'Connor - B.S., Civil
Engineering (2012) - 2011 NSF Summer REU Project
- Andrew Faris - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2012)
- Zachary Amos - B.S., Environmental
Engineering (2011) - 2009 NSF Summer REU Project
- Leah Kramkowski - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2011)
- Hannah Mishriki - B.S.,
Environmental Engineering (2011)
- Megan Pendleton - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2010)
- Steve Walsh - B.S., Environmental Engineering
(2010) - 2009 NSF Summer REU Project
- Jackie Hancock - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2009)
- Elizabeth Johnston - B.S., Environmental
Engineering (2009)
- Mike Rubin - Undergraduate Student (7-year medical program)
- Christoper Hohman - Undergraduate Student (Bioengineering)
- Michael Hennessy - B.S., Bioengineering (2008)
- Thomas Waters - B.S., Civil Engineering (2007)
- Mike Angus - B.S., Environmental Engineering
(2007)
- Jacquelyn Lanzon - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2006) - 2005 NSF Summer REU Project
- Laurie Brenner - B.S., Environmental
Engineering (2006) - 2006 NSF Summer REU Project
- Eric Kubilus - B.S., Environmental Engineering (2006)
- Jordan Ratcliff - B.S., Bioengineering
(2006)
- Matthew DiMaggio - B.S., Civil Engineering (2006)
- Gillian Semmer - B.S., Civil Engineering (2006)
- Minna Kim - B.S., Civil Engineering
(2005) - 2004 NSF Summer REU Project
- Alon Abramson - B.S., Civil Engineering (2005)
- Meredith Burns - B.S., Civil Engineering (2005)
- 2003 NSF Summer REU Project
