National Science Foundation

REU Projects for Summer 2009:

Project
Faculty
Cactus mucilage in reducing the level of contaminants in drinking water. Read more. Norma Alcantar
Retrofitting old urban and developing new urban areas in Tampa to address water management. Read more. Thomas Crissman
Palladium (Pd) and rhodium (Rh) catalysts to dehalogenate and hydrogenate chlorinated aromatic chemicals extracted from contaminated soil. Read more. Jeffrey Cunningham
Sustainable biofuel production using algae. Read more. Sarina Ergas
Photocatalytic detoxification of air and water using various catalysts and reactor designs. Read More. Yogi Goswami
Design of polymer-inorganic composites for environmental catalysis. Read more. Vinay Gupta
Distribution and fluxes of organic pollutants in the Tampa Bay estuary. Read more. Foday Jaward
Population, urbanization, and water-related considerations for providing global sanitation access in this century. Read more. James Mihelcic

1. Identifying the true cause of filamentous bulking in activated sludge systems.
2. High rate nitrification.
3. Evaluation of metal and radionuclide redox biotransformations. Read more.

Peter Stroot

1. Mapping analysis of air quality equity.
2. Field characterization of pollutant distributions.
3. Analysis of alterative urban growth projections.
4. Systems modeling of mercury cycling. Read more.

Amy Stuart
Programming a Lagrangian particle tracking algorithm into a fortran, parallel LES code. Read more. Andrés E. Tejada-Martínez
  Sylvia Thomas

1. Contaminant reduction in stormwater ponds in East Tampa and inidcators of local polluants.
2. Aquaculture waste treatment: closing the loop on phosphorous waste. Read more.

Maya Trotz
1. Development and testing of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) - a sustainable treatment system for the recovery of resources (water, energy and nutrients) from wastewater.
2. Optimization of plant performance and develop novel methods for reducing biofouling in RO membranes. Read more.
Daniel Yeh

1. Sustainability Analysis of Solar Assisted Biomass Conversion.
2. System Approach to Optimize Regional Water and Energy Management

Read more.

Jane Zhang

 

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