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Fall 2023

Calendar of Thesis Defense for EEES Graduate Students
DATE TIME LOCATION TOPIC PRESENTER - ADVISOR
11/9/2023 3:00 pm CETL Conference Room 106 Addressing Mercury Contamination from Artisanal Gold Mining in Colombia: Pollution Exposure, Health Risk, and Educational Efforts in the Communities of La Toma, Colombia Kelli McCourt/Diana Vanegas-Gamboa
11/17/2023 9:00 am CETL Conference Room 106 Influence of Photoreactor Design Parameters on the Performance of Ultraviolet Light-Induced        Degradation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances by Bismuth Oxy Hydroxy                Phosphate and Boron Nitride Photocatalysts Mojtaba Qanbarzadeh/Ezra Cates 
11/17/2023 9:00 am Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Nanobubble Technology for the Removal of MIB and Geosmin from Drinking Water Meryem Soyluoglu/Tanju Karanfil
11/21/2023 8:00 am Brackett Hall Conference Room 342 Thermal Energy Storage Using High Temperature Borehole Heat Exchangers in  Unconsolidated Sediment                                                            Kayla Bicknell/Ron Falta
11/22/2023 1:30 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Radiation Exposure Calibration of the AI203:C with Radium-226 and Cesium-137 Using the OSL Method                                      Selma Tepeli-Aydin/Tim DeVol
12/8/2023 2:00 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Using Strainmeters to Characterize Enhanced Geothermal Systems Clem Laffaille/Larry Murdoch

Summer 2023

Calendar of Thesis Defense for EEES Graduate Students
DATE TIME LOCATION TOPIC PRESENTER - ADVISOR
6/28/2023 12;45 pm

Rich Lab Conference Room 164

Evaluating the Feasibility of Using Strain Measured during Sinusoidal Rate Pumping Tests to Characterize an Acquifer Riley Blais/Larry Murdoch
7/5/2023 1:00 pm CETL Conference Room 106 Towards Validating Satellite Remote-sensing of Aerosols With Ground-based Low-cost Sensors Abi Roberts/Andrew Metcalf
7/6/2023 7:30 am Brackett Hall 220 Integrating Sensor Development, Risk Assessment, and Community Engagement as a Process to Support Environmental Justice in the Rural Community of El Tiple, Colombia David Bahamon-Pinzon/Diana Vanegas-Gamboa
7/7/2023 12:00 pm Rich Lab Auditorium High-energy storm events and their impacts on carbon storage
in tidal wetlands of South Carolina
Gavin Gleasman/Kelly Best Lazar
7/7/2023 3:15 pm CETL Conference Room 106 Measurement of Microplastics in a Freshwater Micro-Watershed Cole Bowman/Kelly Best Lazar
7/10/2023 1:00 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164 The Potential of Iron Electrodes in Electrochemical Cells for the Stabilization of Synthetic Urine Skyler Voisin/Sudeep Popat
7/11/2023 2:00 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Impact of Granular Activated Carbon on In-Situ Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Solvents Reagan Gregory/Kevin Finneran
7/18/2023 1:30 pm Brackett Hall Conference Room 342 Examining Biological Algal Harvest in Clemson University's Algal Carbon Capture System Using Freshwater Mussel Elliptio Complanata Jack Grimes/Caye Drapcho

Spring 2023

Calendar of Thesis Defense for EEES Graduate Students
DATE TIME LOCATION TOPIC PRESENTER - ADVISOR
1/6/2023 10:00 am  CETL Conference Room 106 (Zoom) Impacts of Preferential Flow on 99-Tc and 237-Np Vadose Transport in Soils at the Savannah River Site Joshua Parris/Brian Powell
3/2/2023 1:00 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Computational Modeling of Patterned Membranes and Spacers for Improved Hydrodynamics and Fouling Reduction in Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Processes Zuo Zhou/David Ladner
4/3/2023 2:00 pm Brackett Hall Conference Room 342 Quantifying Heterogeneity Along a Hillslope using X-Ray Fluorescence, Seismic Refractions, and Structure from Motion Leah Topping/Brady Flinchum
4/5/2023 2:00 pm Brackett Hall Conference Room 342 A Hidden Spider Web of Roots: Utilizing Ground Penetrating
Radar to Uncover Laterally Expansive Roots of an Oak Tree
Megan Lapkoff/Brady Flinchum
4/6/2023 9:00 am CETL Conference Room 106 The Effect of Radiation and Dose on Diffusion Pump Oils Jonas Smith/Tim Devol
4/7/2023 8:30 am Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Evaluation of Zero-Net-Rate Pumping Tests Austin Smith-Jones/Larry Murdoch
4/7/2023 3:30 pm Brackett Hall Conference Room 342 Evaluating the Role of Magnetic Materials in Mediating Abiotic
Degradation of Chlorinated Ethenes at TCAAP-A using a C14-
Assay
Olivia Dunn/David Freedman
5/30/2023 3:00 pm Brackett Hall Conference Room 342 Modeling Heat Propagation and Thermal Enhanced Decay in a Solar Thermal Remediation System Justin Trainor/Ron Falta

Fall 2022

Calendar of Thesis Defense for EEES Graduate Students
DATE TIME LOCATION TOPIC PRESENTER - ADVISOR
September 8 1:00 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Computational and Experimental Investigations of Alkali Cation Interactions at the Rutile-Water Interface Isaac Johnston/Lindsay Shuller-Nickles, Brian Powell
October 25 11:00 am Rich Lab Conference Room 164 Microcosm Evaluation of Natural and Biologically-Enhanced Abiotic Transformation of Chlorinated Ethenes in Low Permeability Formations Hao Wang/David Freedman
November 10 9:30 am Rich Lab Auditorium Performance of Full-Scale Anaerobic Co-Digestion of FOG and Municipal Solids with an Emphasis on Syntrophomonas Populations Thomas Solon/Sudeep Popat
November 28 2:30 pm CETL Conference Room Partitioning and Microdosimetry of Plutonium 239 and Iron-55 in Environmental Bacteria Grown in Liquid Cultures Lisa Manglass/Nicole Martinez

Spring 2022

Calendar of Thesis Defense for EEES Graduate Students
DATE TIME LOCATION TOPIC PRESENTER - ADVISOR
March 25 9:30 am Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual

Wetland Uranium Transport via Iron-Organic Matter Flocs and Hyporheic Exchange

Connor Parker/
Brian Powell
March 28 1:00 pm CETL Conference Rom 106/Virtual

Use of 14C-PFOA to Study Uptake and Biological Effects of PHOA in Brassica Juncea

Bryanna Wattier/
Nicole Martinez
March 31 11:00 am Rich Lab Conference Room 164

The Control Strategies of Brominated Organic Disinfection By-Products: Adsorption and Photodegradation

Cagri Utku Erdem/
Tanju Karanfil
April 4 1:00 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164

Evaluation of the Effect of Benzalkonium Chloride on Nitrification for Application in Rendering Wastewater

Mrinal Rama Thulasiram/
Sudeep Popat
April 4 1:00 pm Online via Zoom

Characterization of Water Flow and Solute Transport Driven by Preferential Flow in Soil Vadose Zone

Abdullah Al Mamun/
Brian Powell,
Stephen Moysey
April 5 10:00 am Online via Zoom

Towards Integrating Hydroponic Cultivation with Wastewater Reuse for Sustainable Urban Food Production

Amanda Tan/
Diana Vanegas Gamboa
April 5 1:00 pm Rich Lab Auditorium

Connecting Process Performance and Microbial Community Dynamics during Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment to Improve Microbial Resource Management

Jessica Deaver/
Sudeep Popat
April 8 10:00 am Online via Zoom

Fate and Transport of Toxoplasma Gondii Oocysts in Saturated Porous Media: Effects of Electrolytes and Natural Organic Matter

Christian Pullano/
Christophe Darnault
June 29 1:00 pm Brackett Conference Room 342 Bioleaching of Arsenic in Agricultural Soil Zachary Gilstrap/Caye Drapcho
July 8 10:00 am Rich Lab Conference Room 164

An Evaluation of Energy Use in Drinking Water Treatment Systems

Danielle Larsen/David Ladner
July 12 10:00 am CETL Conference Room 106

Quantum-Mechanical Evaluation of Defects in Uranium-Bearing Materials

Megan Hoover/Lindsay Shuller-Nickles
July 12 1:00 pm Brackett Conference Room 342 Simulating Matrix Diffusion in Porous and Fractured Media Using a Semi-Analytic Model (REMCHlor-MD) and Dual-Porosity Model Kien Pham/Ron Falta
July 14 1:00 pm Rich Lab Conference Room 164

Application of a 14C-TCE Assay to Evaluate Methanotrophic Biodegradation in Low pH Groundwater

Evan Groome/David Freedman
July 25 9:00 am CETL Conference Room 106

Ligand-Promoted Dissolution of Uranyl Phosphate across Scale

Brennan Ferguson/Brian Powell and Larry Murdoch

Spring 2021

Date

Time

Location

Topic

Presented By/Advisor

April 5 1:00 pm CETL Conference, Room 106 The Effects of Seasonal Variations on the Mobility of Cs-137 in an Abandoned Reactor Cooling Pond Jessica Wheeler/Brian Powell

April 6

11:00 am

Zoom

Black Carbon Aerosol in A Marine Environment

Nilima Sarwar/Andrew Metcalf

April 6 1:30 pm Zoom Removal of 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB) and Geosmin with Powdered Activated Carbon from Soybean Hulls Esat Ariturk/Tanju Karanfil
April 14 12:30 pm Zoom

Provenance Analysis Using U-PB Geochronology of Detrital Zircon from Pliocene-Pleistocene Strata in Tengger Desert, China

Cody McMechen/Alex Pullen
June 1 9:00 am Zoom Evaluation of Microbial and Electrochemical Technologies for Resource Recovery from Rendering Wastewater Ao Xie/Sudeep Popat

 

June 28

 

9:30 am

 

CETL Conference, Room 106

 

Evaluation of Long-Term Boron Leaching Rates and Mineralogy
for Industrial Grade and Laboratory Created Coal Ash

 

Allison McLane/Brian Powell

 

July 6

 

10:00 am

 

 CETL Conference, Room 106

 

Transport and Precipitation of Iron and Uranium in a Lab Scale Model Riparian Zone

 

Reid Williams/Brian Powell

 

July 8

 

2:00 pm

 

Zoom

 

Biofilm Deterrence on Surfaces Exposed to Continuous Ultraviolet-C Radiation as a Tool for Mitigating Bacterial Pathogens: Developing Biofilm-UVC Intensity Response Model

 

Hamed Torkzadeh/Ezra Cates

 

July 12

 

10:00 am

 

Zoom

 

Evaluation of Strategies for Treatment of Complex Waste Mixtures at an Industrial Site in South America

 

Jimena Jimenez-Garcia/David Freedman

 

July 12

 

2:00 pm

 

Zoom

 

Evaluation of Methanotrophic Biodegradation of TCE at Low pH

 

Anthony Szwast/David Freedman

 

July 14

 

9:00 am

 

Zoom

 

Evaluation of Two-phase Anaerobic Digestion for Increased Sludge Handling Capacity and Energy Production at the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center

 

Julia Ann Funk/Sudeep Popat

August 11

 3:00 pm

 Zoom

Evaluating the Feasibility of Measuring and Analyzing Strain Caused by Changes in Barometric Pressure in the Vadose Zone

 Olivia Costantino/Lawrence Murdoch

August 13

 11:00 am

 Zoom

 The Modeling of Closed Algae Culture Systems and Air Lift Design

 Libby Flanagan/Caye Drapcho

November 8 3:00 pm Brackett Hall Conference Room 342 Developing and Verifying an Analytical Solution for Modeling Low Temperature Borehole Heat Exchangers Adam Ornelles/Ron Falta

November 11

 10:00 am

 Zoom

 

Effect of Long and Short Chain Fatty Acids on Methane Yield and Microbial Community Composition in Anaerobic Co-digestion

Emmaline Spier-Camposano/Sudeep Popat

2020

Date

Time

Location

Topic

Presented By/Advisor

March 6

3:00 pm

Brackett Rm 220

Dissolution of Neptunium Dioxide and Transport of Aqueous and Colloidal Neptunium in the Valdose Zone

Kathryn Peruski/Dr. Brian Powell

March 9

10:00 am

Brackett Rm 342

A Framework for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Emerging Technologies at Low Technology Readiness Levels

Shiekh Moni/Dr. Michael Dale

 June 22

 2:00 pm

 Rich Lab Rm 164

Effect of Electrolyte pH on the Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide on Carbon Black-based Gas Diffusion Electrodes

 Spencer Lindsay/Dr. Sudeep Popat

 July 1

 1:00 pm

 Virtual/Zoom

Building a Strategy for Key Energy Transitions: Modeling Biophysical Economics

 John Sherwood/Dr. Miichael Dale

July 6

 2:00 pm

Rich Lab Rm 164 Evaluation of the Potential of In SITU Biorediation of 1, 4-Dioxane through Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions Alex Ramos/Dr. David Freedman
July 7 10:00 am Virtual/Zoom Low Temperature Heatin Effects on Rate of Abiotic Trichloroethylene Degradation

Bethany Byrd/Dr. David Freedman

July 10 9:00 am Zoom Call Computational Modeling to Improve Tablet Chlorinator Design in Rural Haitian Water Treatment System Ashley Martin/Dr. David Ladner
July 13 10:00 am Virtual/Zoom Prescribed Fire-Induced Changes in Soil Properties of the Southeastern Forests of the United States: Sorption Behavior of the Polar and Nonpolar Compounds Morgan Neuendorf/Dr. Christophe Darnault
July 13 1:00 pm Zoom Call The Effect of In-situ Activated Carbon on Biodegradation of TCE Sreedhar Harogovind/Dr. Kevin Finneran
July 17 10:00 am Virtual/Zoom Effect of Low Temperature Heating on Transformation of
Trichloroethylene in Fractured Sandstone

Bethany Byrd/Dr. David Freedman
July 17 2:00 pm N/A Evaluation of In Situ Bioremediation of 1,4-Dioxane Under
Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions
Alex Ramos/Dr. David Freedman
August 12 9:00 am Virtual/Zoom The Trans-North America Bell River System During Late Oligocene to Early Miocene through Investigation of Saglek Basin Sediments in the Labrador Sea Julia Corradino/Dr. Alex Pullen
November 19 3:00 pm Virtual/Zoom A Novel Technique for Distributed Measuring of Strain in the
Vadose Zone
Grant Plunkett/Dr. Larry Murdoch
November 20 11:00 am Virtual/Zoom Effect of Carbon Black Electrocatalyst Loading and Hydrophobicity on Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide on Gas Diffusion Electrodes

Lauren Schmidt/Dr. Sudeep Popat
December 10 1:00 pm N/A Developing a Novel Neutron Spectrometer Using the Inverse
Bonner Sphere Concept for International Safeguards
Mara Watson/Dr. Timothy DeVol

2019

Date

Time

Location

Topic

Presented By/Advisor

July 10

10:00 am

CETL Conference Room #106

Airborne Characterization of Black Carbon Aerosol from Biomass Burning in California

Isaac Williams/Dr. Andrew Metcalf

July 11

2:00 pm

Rich Lab Conference Room 164

The Effect of Temperature on the Performance of Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors for Treatment of Domestic Wastewater

Emily Blair/Dr. Sudeep Popat

July 15

11:00 am

CETL Conference Room #106

Detection of preferential flow through geophysical sensing techniques

Britton Hundley/Dr. Brian Powell 

July 15

3:00 pm

Rich Lab Conference Room 164

Stability and Transport of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dot Nanaoparticles in Different Environmentally Relevant Conditions

Chunyan Li/Dr. Christophe Darnault

July 16

 9:30 am

 CETL Conference Room #106

 A Geochemical Modeling Investigation of Antimony, Molybdenum, Sulfer, and Thallium in Groundwater Systems Surrounding Coal Combustion Power Plants in Southeastern United States

 Erin Black/ Dr. Brian Powell

July 25

 1:00 pm

 CETL Conference Room #106

Life Cycle Assessment of Small Modular Reactor Technology Using the U.S. Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Kara Godsey/Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles

August 19

 11:00 am

 Brackett Conference Room #342

  Impact of Silica Nanoparticles and Surfactant on Enhanced Oil Recovery in Sand and a Low Salinity Environment

 Brightin Blanton/Dr. Christophe Darnault

August 19

 3:00 pm

 Rich Lab Conference Room #164

 Stability and Toxicity of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles in Soil-Water-Plant Systems

 Linlin Mu/Dr. Christophe Darnault

November 13

 3:00 pm

 Brackett Hall Conference Room #342

 Application and Parameterization of a Semi-Analytical/Numerical Modeling Method for Modeling Matrix Diffusion Effects in Groundwater Chemical Transport

 Wesley Prater/Dr. Ron Falta

November 22 12:00 pm

 CETL Conference Room #106

 Numerical Study of Droplet Microfluidics at Cold Temperatures

Ali Mohammadi Nafchi
November 25 3:00 pm

 Rich Lab Conference Room #164

 Removal of Bromide from Natural Waters: Bromide-selective vs. Conventional Ion Exchange Resins

Meryem Soyluoglu/Tanju Karanfil
November 26 2:00 pm

 Rich Lab Conference Room #164

 Impact of Biological Wastewater Treatment on the Reactivity of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)

Xiaolu Zhang

 

 

 

2018

Date

Time

Location

Topic

Presented By/Advisor

January 31

3:00 pm

Brackett 342

A Meta-Analysis of the Enantioselective Biodechlorination of Selected Chiral Polycychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBS)

Eric Boley/Dr. Cindy Lee

February 8

9:00 am

Rich Lab Conference Room 164

Quantifying Aqueous Plutonium Using Hybrid Extractive Scintillating Resin

Amruta Pujari/Dr. Timothy DeVol

April 13

3:00 pm

Brackett 342

Environmental Impact Predictions for Disposal of Emerging Energy Technologies in Solid Waste Landfills:  Application to Lithium Ion Batteries and Photovoltaic Modules

Kayla Kilgo/Dr. Brian Powell and Annick Anctil

May 24

2:00 pm

Brackett Conference Room #342

Feasibility Study of Thermal Treatment for Mercury Recovery from Soils

Thomas Spain/Dr. Ron Falta

June 6

2:00 pm

Brackett Conference Room #342

Characterization Of Cultivation An High Valuable Products From Marine Protists, Thraustochytrim Striatum

Rui Xiao/Dr. Yi Zheng

June 18

10:00 am

Brackett Conference Room #342

Biocementation of Martian Regolith

Jason Gleaton/Dr. Yi Zheng

June 21

10:30 am

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Animal CO-Products as Novel Electron Donors for Biodegradation of Trichloroethene and Hexavalent Chromium

Alexander Rogier/Dr. Kevin Finneran

June 22

2:00 pm

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Influence of Methane Inhibitors and High Molecular Mass Electron Donors on Chlorinated Solvent Biodegradation

Morgan Ivey/Dr. Kevin Finneran

June 22

11:00 am

CETLConference Room 

The Influence of In-Situ Activated Carbon on Biodegradation of Chlorinated Solvents

Kameryn McGee/Dr. Kevin Finneran

June 25

1:30 pm

Watts Family Innovation Center

Effects of Dissolved CO2 on Geologic Mapping of the Northern Third of the Six Mile 7.5-Minure Quadrangle

Victoria Sellers/ Dr. James Castle
June 26 9:00 am

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Effects of Dissolved CO2 on Organic and Inorganic Fouling and Cleaning of RO Membranes

Victoria Guerrero/ Dr. David Ladner
July 5 2:00 pm

Brackett Conference Room #342

Hydrogeologic and Geomorhic Processes in a Wastewater Spray Irrigated Agricultural System Located  In a Karstic Seasonably-Cold Climate

Timothy Daniel/ Dr. Christophe Darnault
July 6 2:00 pm

Brackett Conference Room #342

Modeling and Designing a Hydraulic Source Zone Isolation System

Yoel Gebrai/ Dr. Ron Falta
July 12 1:00 pm

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Biodegradation of Chlorobenzenes and Nitrotoluenes at an Industrial Site in South America

Maria Cristina Silva Lemes/ Dr. David Freedman
July 16 9:00 am

CETL Conference Room 

Examination Of Technetium Transport through Soils Under Contrasting Redox Conditions

Rebecca Dozier/Drs. Stephen Moysey, Brian Powell
July 17 12:00 pm

Brackett Conference Room #342

A Visual Data Analysis Of The Toxics Release Inventory

Theodore Langlois/Drs. Elizabeth Carraway and Michael Dale
Nov 19 10:00 am

CETL Conference Room 

Risk Assessment an Analysis of Various Radiation Safety Cultures in a University Setting

Caitlin Root/Dr. Nicole Martinez
Dec 14  2:30 pm

 Rich lab Conference Room #164

Development and Characterization of Extractive Scintillating Resins for Determination of Ultra-Low-Level Plutonium in Aqueous Systems William Fullmer/Dr. Tim DeVol

2017

Date

Time

Location

Topic

Presented By/Advisor

April 5

8:30 am

CETL 106

Evaluation of Aging Processes Controlling Cesium Transport

Kyle Barber/Brian Powell

April 10

1:30 pm

Rich Lab 164

Computation Modeling of Organic Fluor Molecules

Nathaniel Nichols/Lindsay Shuller-Nickles

April 11

2:30 pm

CETL 106

Influence of Silica-Based Nanofluids on the Interfacial Behavior at the Oil-Water Interfaces with Light, Intermediate and Heavy Crude Oil

Lingyun Bai/Christophe Darnault

April 13

2:00 pm

CETL Conference Room

Influence of Temperature on Diffusion and Sorption of Np(V) Through Bentonite Engineered Barriers


Rachel Pope/Brian Powell

April 17

1:30 pm

Rich Lab Conference Room

Evaluating Effects of Construction-Related Land Use Change on Stream Flow and Water Quality

Vijay Santikari/Lawrence Murdoch

June 29

9:00 am

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Quantification of TCE Co-oxidation in Groundwater Using a C – 14 Assay

James Mills/David Freedman

June 29

2:00 pm

203 Watt Family Innovation Center

A Mixed Cation And Anion Exchange Resin System For The Simultaneous Removal of N-nitrosodimethylamine and Trihalomethanes Precursors From Water

Wilson Beita Sandi/Tanju Karanfil

June 30

9:00 am

Brackett Conference Room #342

The Formation And Control Of Selected Unregulated Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) In Water Treatment

Mahmut Selim Ersan/ Tanju Karanfil

July 17

1:00 pm

Brackett Conference Room #342

Building A Carbon Footprint of Clemson University’s Main Campus

Raeanne Clabeaux/Michael Carbajales-Dale

July 17

10:00 am

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Characterization, Settling and Recovery of Bismuth Phosphate Photocatalyst

Kyle Pohle/Ezra Cates

July 18

9:00 am

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Enantiomerization of Current-Use Chiral Pesticides in Soil

Chantal Rollerson/Cindy Lee

July 20

2:00 pm

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Imaging of Preferential Flow Systems Amended with Biogeochemical Components: A 2D Transient Study

Ashley Pales/Christophe Darnault

July 21

3:00 pm

CETL Conference Room

Detection and Quanitification of Biological and Physiochemical Parameters in Porous Media

Biting Li/Christophe Darnault

July 24

11:00 am

Brackett Conference Room #342

Biosorption and Bioreduction’s Impact on the Mobility of Uranium and Cesium

Sarah Hennessy/Kevin Finneran

July 26

10:00 am

Rich Lab Conference Room #164

Development of Microfiltration Membrane Cell for YVC Dose-response Studies, and Determination of Methods for UVC Rate for Prevention of Microfiltration Biofouling

Matthew Vawter/Ezra Cates

July 26

1:00 pm

Brackett Conference Room #342

Laboratory Evaluation of Natural and Enhanced Remediation of Chlorinated Ethenes in Fractured Sandstone

Rong Yu/David Freedman

August 22

1:00 pm

Brackett 322

Evaluation of Influential Parameters on Lipase Performance using Cottonseed Oil for Biodiesel

Stanley Anderson/Terry Walker

November 15

2:00 pm

Brackett 342

Evaluation of a Semi-Analytical /Numerical Method for Modeling Matrix diffusion Effects in Groundwater Chemical Transport

Noelia Muskus Ruiz/Dr. Ron Falta

November 15

2:00 pm

CETL Conference Room

Trace Plutonium Geochemical Behavior In Systems Containing Natural Organic Matter

Nathan Conroy/Dr. Brian Powell

November 16

10:00 am

Brackett 342

The Ability of Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Map Shallow Fractures

Jessica S. Denison/Dr. Lawrence Murdoch

2016

Date Time Location Topic Presented By/Advisor
July 18 8:00 am CETL Conference Room Advances in monitoring dynamic hydrologic conditions through automated high-resolution ground-penetrating radar imaging and analysis Adam Mangel/Brian Powell
September 15 12:00 pm Edwards Hall #538 Computational modeling and experimental validation of reverse osmosis and osmotically driven membrane processes Peng Xie/David Ladner
September 15 2:00 pm CETL Conference Room Plutonium in the presence of natural organic matter: sorption kinetics, surface complex stability, and subsurface transport Jennifer Wong/Brian Powell
September 30 12:30 pm Rich Lab Conference Room Examination of Actinide And Nuclear Fission Product Uptake In Graminaceous And Nongraminaceous Plants Stephanie Ely/Brian Powell
October 19 1:00 pm Brackett Hall #342 Evaluation of 1,4-dioxane biodegradation under aerobic and anaerobic conditions Fancisco Barajas Rodriguez/David L. Freedman