Research Projects Sponsored by the GP/RM HSRC

Metals Research

• Acid Producing Me talliferous Waste Reclamation by Material Reprocessing and Vegetative Stabilization
  
  
• Chelating Extraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils
  
  
• Design and Development of an Innovative Industrial Scale Process to Economically Treat Waste Zinc Residues
  
  
• Heavy Metals Removal from Contaminated Water Solutions
  
  
• Metals, Soil Pollution, and Vegetative Remediation
  
  
• Nano-Scale Metal Oxide Particles as Reagents for Destruction and Immobilization of Hazardous Substances
  
  
• Riparian Poplar Tree Buffer Impact on Non-point Sou rce Surface Water Contamination: A Paired Agricultural Watershed Study
  
  
• The Role of Metallic Iron in the Biotransformation of Chlorinated Xenobiotics
  
  
• Vegetative Interceptor Zones for Containment of Heavy Metal Pollutants

Detection and Remediation Research

• Extension of Laboratory Validated Treatment and Remediation Technologies to Field Problems in Aquifer Soil and Water Contamination by Organic Waste Chemicals
  
  
• Identifying Ground Water Threats from Improperly Abandoned Boreholes
  
  
• Intelligent Process Design and Control for the Minimization of Waste Production and Treatment of Hazardous Waste
  
  
• Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Upward Mobilization and Photodegradation of Polychlorinated Aromatics in Soil
  
  
• Modeling for Design and Testing of Treatment and Remediation Technologies for Aquifer Soils Contaminated with Organic Waste Chemicals
  
  
• Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Wood-Treatment Chemicals

Bioremediation Research

• Application of Anaerobic and Multiple-Electron-Acceptor Bioremediation to Chlorinated Aliphatic Subsurface Contamination
  
  
• Biofilm Barriers for Waste Containment
  
  
• Development of a Systematic Methodology for Optimally Designing Vegetative Systems for Remediating Contaminated Soil and Ground Water
  
  
• Effects of Surfactants on the Bioavailability and Biodegradation of Contaminants in Soils
  
  
• Evaluation and Modeling of Subsurface Biobarrier Formation and Persistence
  
  
• Evaluation of Biosparging Performance and Process Fundamentals for Site Remediation
  
  
• Field Scale Bioremediation: Relationship of Parent Compound Disappearance to Humification, Mineralization, Leaching, Volatilization of Transformation Intermediates
  
  
• The Use of Vegetation to Enhance Bioremediation of Surface Soils Contaminated with Pesticide Wastes
  
  
• Use of C2 to C10 Organic Acids to Enhance Bioremediation of DNAPL Contaminated Aquifers

Fate and Transport Research

• Contaminant Binding to the Humin Fraction of Soil Organic Matter
  
  
• Fate and Transport of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Soil: The Impacts of Vegetation
  
  
• The Fate and Transport of Munitions Residues in Contaminated Soil
  
  
• Formation and Transformation of Pesticide Degradation Products Under Various Electron Acceptor Conditions
  
  
• Use of Poplar Trees in Remediating Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites
  
  
• TCE Ground Water Attenuation in Severe Northern Climates