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Chemical Factors Influencing Colloid Mobilization and Th(IV) Transport through Saturated Subsurface Sediment 

Haliena, Brian (2012-07-10)
In recent years, subsurface colloid mobilization has attracted considerable attention due to its suspected role in enhancing the transport of strongly adsorbing contaminants. Such colloid-facilitated contaminant transport ...

Development and Application of One Dimensional Multi-component Reactive Transport Models 

Torlapati, Jagadish (2012-12-14)
The overarching goal of this dissertation is to develop reactive transport models and explore their applications to groundwater remediation problems. The primary focus of this dissertation is aimed at developing models ...

Development of an Inhibitor Resistant Genomic Assay for Environmental Samples 

Wang, Xiaofang (2014-07-24)
Rapid identification and quantification of bacteria is beneficial for the environmental monitoring, such as water quality and site clean-up. However, existing bacteria quantification methods, such as colony counting or ...

Development of the first generation in-situ pathogen detection system (Gen1-IPDS) based on NanoGene assay for near real-time E. coli O157:H7 detection 

Mitchell, Kristi (2013-04-29)
We developed the 1st generation in-situ pathogen detection system (Gen1-IPDS) based on the NanoGene assay for detecting and quantifying E. coli O157:H7 gene. The NanoGene assay employs the hybridization of target DNA with ...

Microbial community analysis of Deepwater Horizon oil-spill impacted sites along the Gulf Coast using functional and phylogenetic markers 

Looper, Jessica (2013-05-01)
We investigated the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on microbial assemblages in sediment, soil and seawater samples collected from sites along the Gulf Shore. Based on a GC/MS analysis only one sample from Bay ...

Microbial Growth Kinetics of a Defined Mixed Culture: Genomic Assay Application 

Cotto, Ada (2012-03-29)
Microbial growth kinetics is often used to optimize environmental processes owing to its linkage to the breakdown of substrate (contaminants). However the quantification of bacterial populations in the environment is ...

Optimization and economics of small-scale, on-farm biodiesel production using oilseed crops and waste vegetable oil 

Mullenix, Daniel (2011-05-25)
Recent concerns over unpredictable fuel prices and desire to reduce farm input costs have warranted producer interest in growing alternative crops for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel. Ideally, biodiesel could ...

Process Control Factors for Continuous Microbial Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Zero-Valent Iron 

Arthur, Daniel (2011-05-11)
Water is a staple of civilization, and in the event of drinking water contamination the use of the contaminant’s source should be discontinued. Alternatively, a technology that can remove the contaminant from the water ...