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B Interactions between the environment, economic development, and population growth; economic evaluation of environmental policies and technologies; economic impacts of, and responses to, global climate change. MICHAEL A. ADEWUMI Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, 202 Hosler Building, 814-863-2816, m2a@psu.psu.edu Process design for treating produced water associated with oil and natural gas production; PCB remediation in natural gas pipelines and associated facilities; mathematical modeling of contaminant transport in porous media. CHRISTOPHER J. BISE Centennial Professor and Chairman of Mining Engineering; In Charge, Industrial Health and Safety, Environmental Health and Safety; 103A Hosler Building, 814-863-1644, cxb7@psu.edu Legal, Environmental, and Health and Safety concerns of mining; underground coal mining and its impacts on society; Occupational Health and Safety; Hazard Awareness. ANDRÉ L. BOEHMAN Associate Professor of Fuel Science, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, 114B Hosler Building, 814-865-7839, fax 814-865-3248, boehman@ems.psu.edu Combustion and pollution control systems for applications ranging from automobile catalytic converters to catalytic combustors for power plants; development of experimental facilities and numerical models for the study of combustion and pollution control systems with emphasis on exhaust systems engineering. WILLIAM H. BRUNE Professor of Meteorology, Department of Meteorology, 520 Walker Building, 814-865-3286, whb2@psu.edu Atmospheric chemistry, including measurements of atmospheric trace gases, especially free radicals, with instruments of our own design, and laboratory studies of chemical kinetics in the gas phase and on surfaces. FRED S. CANNON Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 212 Sackett Building, 814-863-8754, fcannon@psu.edu Developing porous carbon materials for cleaning up the air and water, focusing on removing trace organic and inorganic compounds from water with tailored activated carbons, and on preventing air pollution in foundries by employing advanced oxidation. HUNTER CARRICK, Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology, School of Forest Resources, 8B Ferguson Building, (814)865-9219, hjc11@psu.edu. Aquatic ecosystems ecology, limnology, food web dynamics and nutrient cycling, ecology and taxonomy of microbes (bacteria, algae, protozoa), biostatistics RICK L. DAY Assistant Professor of Soil Science and Environmental Information Systems, Department of Crop and Soil Science Department, 116 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, 814-863-1615, r4d@psu.edu Soil science, hydrology, water quality, land planning, geographic information systems, remote sensing, terrain analysis, global positioning. JERZY DEC Research Associate of Soil Biochemistry, Environmental Resources Research Institute/Environmental Consortium, 129 Land and Water Building, (814) 863-3442, jdec@psu.edu Fate of agrochemicals and industrial pollutants in the environment; immobilization of xenobiotics in soil; bioremediation of polluted water and soils; carbon sequestration in soil to mitigate global warming; odor control in animal manure using microorganisms and plant enzymes. DENNIS DECOTEAU Professor of Horticulture and Plant Ecosystem Health, Department of Horticulture, 112 Tyson Building, 814-865-5587, drd10@psu.edu Air pollution effects to terrestrial systems, air pollution effects to agricultural crops and eastern forest tree species with special emphasis placed on determining foliar injury and exposure/response relationships leading to changes in whole plant/tree physiology and productivity. BRIAN DEMPSEY Professor of Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 114 Sackett Building, 814-865-1226, bad5@psu.edu Aquatic chemistry--emphasizing heterogeneous systems; studies of the rates, extents, and mechanisms of reactions in water at ambient conditions; application of chemical and environmental engineering principles to natural and to engineered systems. DAVID R. DeWALLE Professor of Forest Hydrology, School of Forest Resources, 107 ERRI Land and Water Research Building, 814-863-0291, drdewalle@psu.edu Forest micrometeorology, forest hydrology, water management, acid precipitation. HERSCHEL ELLIOTT Chair, EPC Program, and Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 220 Agricultural Engineering Building, 814-865-1417, hae1@psu.edu Fate and transport of pollutants in soils, decontamination of polluted soils, land application of wastes. DEREK ELSWORTH Professor of Geo-Environmental Engineering, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, 119 Hosler Building, 814-863-1643, elsworth@pnge.psu.edu Groundwater and contaminant
hydrology; processes of flow and transport in porous and fractured media
including mechanical behavior; mathematical modeling; in-situ remediation. WILLIAM A. GROVES Assistant Professor of Industrial Health and Safety, Department of Energy and Geo-Environment Engineering, 110 Hosler Building, 814-863-1618, wag10@psu.edu Development of instrumentation for chemical exposure assessment, evaluation of the effectiveness of respiratory protection equipment, microsensor arrays for measuring VOCs in drinking water and ambient air, industrial hygiene. MICHAEL W. GRUTZECK Senior Research Associate and Associate Professor of Materials, 104 Materials Research Laboratory, 814-863-2779, gur@psuvm.psu.edu Utilization of waste glasses such as fly ash and recycled glass cullet to synthesize large volumes of low-cost zeolites suitable for large-scale environmental applications, including waste water treatment and flue gas desulfurization. JAMES M. HAMLETT Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, 202 Agricultural Engineering Building, 814-865-2651, hyc@psu.edu Conservation engineering, transport of agricultural pollutants, tillage effects on soil properties, remote sensing-modeling applications, alternative agricultural practices, watershed modeling. ALBERT R. JARRETT Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, 209 Agricultural Engineering Building, 814-865-5661, arj@psu.edu Sedimentation basins, turf hydrology, soil erosion and tillage studies. TIMOTHY KANE Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Meteorology, 121 Electrical Engineering East, 814-863-8727, tjk7@psu.edu Optical Remote Sensing, emphasis
on Laser Radar (or Lidar), modeling of atmospheric dynamics and chemical
processes, upper atmospheric rocket-borne in situ measurements, tropospheric
probing and oceanic investigations, and laser/material interactions. DENNIS LAMB Professor of Meteorology, Meteorology Department, 519 Walker Building, 814-865-0174, lno@ems.psu.edu Atmospheric chemistry, particularly gas-to-particle transformations and cloud chemistry involving sulfur and nitrogen compounds; cloud and precipitation microphysics, especially as these processes influence acidic deposition. HANGSHENG LIN Assistant Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 415 ASI Bldg., (814) 865-2025, henrylin@psu.edu Soil physics, hydrology, and pedology in the study of soil-water interactions; geographic information systems and environmental monitoring in soil science, hydrology and water quality. ALBERT E. LULOFF Professor of Rural Sociology, 114 Armsby Building, 814-863-8643, aeluloff@psu.edu Impacts of social change on the natural and human resource bases of the community; mixed-model, survey, and evaluation research; natural resource policy. JACK V. MATSON, P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering, 231F Sackett Builiding, 814-865-4014, jvm4@psu.edu Innovative engineering design, air pollution, industrial water and waste water treatment, and hazardous waste. ARTHUR C. MILLER Professor of Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 220 Sackett Building, 814-865-1521, acm1@psu.edu Waste load allocation procedures, non-point source pollution, water resources (hydrology and hydraulics), sediment transport in river systems, remote sensing applications to hydrology. RICHARD R. PARIZEK Professor of Geology, Geosciences Department, 340 Deike Building, 814-865-3012, parizek@ems.psu.edu Ground water and environmental geology - including ground water evaluations, exploration, development, and conservation; hydrology associated with mining and its impact; waste disposal and treatment practices.
SARMA V. PISUPATI Assistant Professor of Fuel Science, Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, 124 Hosler Building, 814-865-0874, sxp17@psu.edu Air Pollutant Emissions Control from Stationary Combustion Systems--Particularly: sulfur dioxide capture in circulating fluidized-bed combustion boilers using calcium based sorbents; simultaneous SO2 and NO2 reduction using biomass based products; and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from stationary combustion sources. Effects of properties of fuels on combustion behavior in fixed, fluidized and pulverized modes of combustion, and minimization of pollutant emissions. RAYMOND W. REGAN Professor of Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 226A Sackett Building, (814) 863-0601; and Co-Director, Office of Hazardous and Toxic Waste Management, Environmental Resources Research Institute, (814) 863-1518, rwr1@psu.edu Hazardous and solid waste management, biological waste systems. THOMAS L. RICHARD Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 225 Agricultural Engineering Building, 814-865-3722, trichard@psu.edu Microbial systems engineering, bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass, solid-state fermentation, composting; alternative uses for manure, biobased products and bioenergy. ADAM Z. ROSE Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, 221 Walker Building, 814-863-0179, azr1@psu.edu Energy economics with an emphasis on clean and renewable technologies; environmental economics with an emphasis on major regional and global air pollution problems; and natural resources and economic development. BARRY E. SCHEETZ Senior Scientist and Professor of Materials, 223 Materials Research Laboratory, 814-865-3539, se6@psu.edu Solid waste management--including hazardous and radioactive waste immobilization and solidification, waste reutilization, waste-environment interactions, and geochemical modeling of waste sites. ROBERT D. SHANNON Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, 233 Agricultural Engineering Building, 814-865-7153, rds13@psu.edu Wetland and aquatic biogeochemistry, impacts of pollutants on aquatic systems, aquatic chemistry, peatland Ecosystems. WILLIAM E. SHARPE Professor of Forest Hydrology, Water Resources Specialist, Environmental Resources Research Institute, 104 Land and Water Research Building, 814-863-8564, wes@psuvm.psu.edu Forest hydrology, drinking water quality, water conservation, acid deposition effects on forest ecosystems. JAMES S. SHORTLE Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, 112 Armsby Building, 814-865-7657, jss15@psu.edu Environmental economics and policy including the benefits and costs of environmental protection technologies and policies, sustainable economic systems, and public choice issues in environmental policy. RICHARD C. STEDMAN Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, 111B Armsby Building, 814-863-8644, rstedman@psu.edu Indicators of sustainability,
public involvement in resource decision making, environmental risk,
environmental attitudes, and natural resource policy JOHN C. WYNGAARD Professor of Meteorology, Meteorology Department, 508 Walker Building, 814-863-7714, wyngaard@ems.psu.edu Boundary-layer meteorology, air quality, atmospheric dispersion, turbulence, atmospheric measurements, numerical modeling of atmospheric flows. |
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