Undergraduate and Graduate Student Projects
 

I. Individual Undergraduate Student Academic Projects

Lisa Pfaff, "Evaluation of the 'Brownfields' Issue in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio Area", 1994.

Brenda Williams, "Application of Decision Analysis to the Problem of Setting Environmental   Priorities", 1994.

Daniel Slicker, "An Analysis of Solid Waste Management  in the Greater Cleveland Area", 1995.

Steven Kuhlman, "Gaussian Plume Dispersion Model for Master-Metals Lead Smelting Facility, Cleveland, Ohio", 1995.

Marisa Martinez, "Design and Evaluation of Water Conservation Devices for Flush Toilets", 1995.

Brian Wopershall, "Modern Sewer Rehabilitation Techniques and Decision Analysis for Technique Selection in Design", 1997.

Amber Joplin, "Remediation and Infrastructure Repair of Elevated Water Towers", 1997.

George Remias, "Billow Beach: A Case Study of Shoreline Erosion and Future Design Options", 1997.
 

II. Coordinated Individual Undergraduate Academic Projects - work on the Doan Brook urban watershed

Shannon K. Nave, "Nutrient Analysis of the Shaker Lakes and Doan Brook", 1997.

Natalie Zwinkels, "Sediments Analysis of the Lower Shaker Lake", 1997.

Laura Hansen, "A Study of the Presence of Pathogenic Micro- organisms in the Shaker Lakes and the Doan Brook", 1997.

Joe Dietrich, "Doan Brook Channel Wall & Section Investigation: Damage Assessment, Flow Capacity and Recommendations", 1997.

Jeremy Maehr, "Analysis of the Pre- and Post-Development of the Hydrology and Hydraulics of the Shaker Lakes/Doan Brook Urban Watershed", 1997 (in progress).
 

III. Undergraduate Design Team Projects - Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium Design Contests

Danielle Farrell, Todd Cooper, Amy Bastone, Richard Weiner (Chemical Engineering), "An Innovative, Interdisciplinary Approach to the Treatment and Stabilization of a Radioactive, Oily Sludge from a Weapons Manufacturing Facility", 1998.

Deepa Gandhi, Eric Dunn, Brent Robinson, Natalie Anderson, Amy Suiter (Biology), Matt Malet (ChemE/History), Michelle Camapana (English/Environmental Studies), Mindy Miller (Economics), Jen Yonker (Political Science, Economics majors, History/Public Policy minor),   "In-situ Remediation of High Explosive (HE) and Research Development Explosive (RDX) in Tight Clay Soils.", 1999.
 

IV. Undergraduate Student Research Projects

Lisa Pfaff, "Browfield of the Greater Cleveland Area" Case Alumni Association Summer Internship,  1995.

Deepa Ghandi, "Fractal Analysis of Colloidal Aggregates", Case Alumni Association Summer Internship, 1997.

Ashlee Vargo, "Design Analysis for Sequential Ex-Situ Soil Remediation", National Science Foundation REU Fellowship,  Summer 1998.
 

V. Recent Graduate Student Research Projects

Michael Curry, "An Analysis of State-of-the-Art Bioremediation Modeling", (M.S.), 1995.

Matthew Krumholz, "Feasibility of Using Electrokinetics to Enhance Ex-Situ Soil Remediation", (M.S.), 1996.

Nancy Kiernan,  "Soil Vapor Extraction - An Evaluation of Two Computer Models", (M.S.), 1996.

Lisa Pfaff,  "Remediation Alternatives of 'Old' Metal-Contaminated Brownfields Soils", (M.S.), 1996.

Andrea Campbell, "Industrial Waste Routing in the Greater Cleveland Area", (M.S.), 1996.

Mark Rubin, "Distribution of Contamination by Grain Size Fractions in Cuyahoga River Sediments", (M.S.) 1996.

Steve Kuhlman, "Colloid Transport Through Porous Media: Effects of Flow Rate and Aggregation", (M.S.), 1997.

Scott Castelli,  "Drying and Oxidation Properties of Sediments from an Urban Lake", (M.S.), 1998.

Miguel Arias , "Permeability Reduction in Clayey Soils by Specific Clay-Surfactant Chemical Interactions", (M.S.), 1999.

Danielle Farrell, "Impact of Chemically-induced Clay Transport and Deposition on the Hydraulic Conductivity of a Natural Sand", (M.S.),1999.

Fehmidakhatun  A. Mesania, "Design Analysis for Sequential Ex-Situ Remediation of a Contaminated Soil Pile", (Ph.D), 1999.
 

VI. Current Graduate Student Research
 

Puneet Mansharamani, "Analytical Models and Experimental Verification for the Concept of Aggregate Remediation", (M.S.), (in progress).

Jennifer Zielinski, "Modeling Management Alternatives for the Shaker Lakes/Doan Brook Urban Watershed", (M.S.), (in progress).

Cynthia-Clare Tagoe, "Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Facility: Risks Presented by Colloidal Transport of Radionuclides and Indemnification Provisions of the Price-Anderson Act", (M.S.), (in progress).

Lingjun Kong, "Development of a Remotely Deposited, In-situ, Catalytic Oxidation Zone for Treatment of a General Class of Organic Contaminants", (Ph.D.), (in progress).

Yang Xiao, "Active and Passive Vapor Extraction Modules for Sequential Ex-Situ Soil Remediation", (M.S.), (in progress).

Ashlee Vargo, "Field Evaluation of Passive Soil Vapor Extraction", (M.S.), (in progress).