ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Research
There is a vigorous research program in Environmental Engineering (EnvE) here at Penn State. Total funding for research projects totaled $20,499,232 in 2009-10. The project titles, principle investigators, and other information on these research grants are listed below.
PROJECT LISTING
Energy sustainability for water infrastructure and agriculture (PI: Logan; with J. M. Regan, M. Jank, S. Chen). King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudia Arabio. May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2013. $10,000,000.
Evaluation of hydrogen production from a food industry wastewater stream in bench- and pilot-scale microbial electrolysis tests. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., March 1, 2009 – February 28. 2010. $55,000.
Analysis of bench-scale microbial electrolysis cells. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO. August 1, 2009- March 31, 2010. $40,000.
Microbial fuel cell symposium. (PI: B.E. Logan, J.M. Regan). National Science Foundation. March 1, 2008 - December 31, 2009. $60,000.
BioEnergy production. (PI: Logan). Frank Annuzio Award in Alternative Energy Sources. October 2005 (no end date). $25,000.
Harvesting energy from wastewater treatment. (PI: Logan). Paul L. Busch Award, Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF). November 1, 2004 – December 31, 2009. $100,000.
Interspecies electron transfer in biotechnology, ARC Discovery grant to the University of Queensland, Australia. (PIs: D.J. Batstone; K. Rabaey. International collaborators: B.E. Logan, C. Picioreanu, A.J. Stams). 2009-2013. (No funding to Penn State).
CAREER: Solving a global water crisis in a local watershed: A comprehensive analysis of chitin as a multifunctional substrate for the treatment of acid mine drainage. (PI: Brennan) National Science Foundation. February 2007 – January 2012. $413,500.
An emerging technology for emerging contaminants: biocatalysis of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater for beneficial reuse. (PI: Brennan) Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Institute. March 2009 – February 2010. $52,000 (2:1 match).
Arsenic removal via iron-tailored GAC that is coupled with zero-valent iron. (PIs: Cannon and Dempsey). AWWARF. October 2007 - September 2009. $200,000.
Coagulation and filtration of lint for the containerized batch laundry system. (PI: Dempsey). Army Research Office (ARO). August 2008 – October 2009. $56,000.
Optimization of electrocoagulation and coagulation pretreatment for ultrafiltration. (PI: Dempsey). Army Research Office (ARO). July 2007 - June 2010. $178,000.
Support for Coagulation Research (P.I. B. Dempsey) Xerox Corporation: July 2008-June 2011. $40,000.
Aeration terraces for biological low-pH iron (II) oxidation of acid mine drainage, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. (PIs: Burgos, Senko, Bruns), Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation (PA DEP BAMR). June 2007 – December 2009. $186,392.
Improving Passive Mine Treatment for Manganese Removal – Phase II. (PIs: Burgos, Hansel). US Office of Surface Mining (OSM). July 2009 – June 2011. $266,667 including $66,667 cost-share provide by Penn State and Harvard.
Engaged Scholarship – Cleaning up pollution from abandoned mine drainage (AMD) to promote economic development in the coal fields of western Pennsylvania. (PIs: Burgos, Folmar). Penn State Outreach. June 2009 – December 2009. $25,000.
EMSI-Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (CEKA). (PI: Sue Brantley. Personnel: W. Burgos, B. Dempsey, P. Heaney, J. Kubicki, B. Logan, M. Maroto-Valer, C. Martine, K. Merz, K. Mueller, K. Osseo-Asare and M. Tien). National Science Foundation. September 1, 2004 - August 31, 2010. $6,750,000.
Developing Numeric Criteria to Guide Nutrient Controls for Streams in Pennsylvania (PI: Carrick; J. Regan) PA Water Resources Research Institute, March 2009 – February 2010. $75,000.
US-native biomaterials, nitrogen-functionalized to adsorb perchlorate & other oxyanions from water. (PI: Cannon). National Science Foundation (NSF). October 2008 - October 2011. $365,000.
Innovative arsenic removal onto activated carbon that is preloaded with surfactant-iron complexes. (PI: Cannon). American Water Works Association Research Foundation. October 2007 - October 2009. $200,000.
City of Redlands groundwater contaminant treatment with tailored activated carbon program: 4a.2 demonstration-contaminant treatment and removal. (PI: Cannon). California Department of Health Services Proposition 50. October 2008 – October 2011. $1,130,000.
NSF-CMMI-MPM-GOALI: Novel Low-Polluting Collagen-Alkali Silicate Bindered Cores for Foundries (PIs: Cannon, Brown, Voigt) National Science Foundation Aug 15, 2009-Aug 14, 2012. $337,673.
NSF GOALI Industry Presence on Campus: Cross-linking of Collagen Binders for Foundry Cores to Reduce VOC Emissions. (PI: Cannon). National Science Foundation, October 1, 2009-Sept 31, 2010. $60,000.
HMAC Lawrenceville Foundry Collagen Bindered Cores (PI: Cannon) Ben Franklin; April 2009-June 2010. $34,000.
Ward Foundry Replace Coke & Reclaim BH Dust & Sand (PI F. Cannon) Ben Franklin: April 2009-December 2009. $25,000.
Engaged Scholarship: Sustainable Economic Development in Pennsylvania Foundries with Low-Emission Technology. (P.I. F. Cannon) Penn State: March 2009-June 2010. $25,000.
