Environmental Engineering
The skills of environmental engineers are becoming increasingly important as we attempt to protect the fragile resources of our planet. Environmental engineers translate physical, chemical, and biological processes into systems to destroy toxic substances, remove pollutants from water, reduce non-hazardous solid waste volumes, eliminate contaminants from the air, and develop groundwater supplies. In this field, you might be called upon to resolve problems of providing safe drinking water, cleaning up sites contaminated with hazardous materials, cleaning up and preventing air pollution, treating wastewater, and managing solid wastes. As a water resources engineer, you might be involved in the design, construction, or maintenance of hydroelectric power facilities, canals, dams, pipelines, pumping stations, locks, or seaport facilities.
Faculty:
Recent Projects
- Small Public Water Systems Technology Center
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tom Clevenger, Shankha Banerji, Robert L. Segar,
Randy Curry (Electrical Engr) - Electrostatic Decontamination
Department of Defense, U.S. Army
Randy Curry (Electrical Engr), Tom Clevenger - Electron Beam Disinfection of Cryptosporidium in Water and Elimination of E. coli in Ground Beef
EPRI
Randy Curry (Electrical Engr), Tom Clevenger
Ken Unklesbay (Electrical Engr) - Identification and Development of User Requirements to Support Robust Corridor
Investment Models
Missouri Department of Transportation
Midwest Transportation Consortium
Kathleen Trauth - Developing Horse Trail Construction and Maintenance Guidelines for Missouri Department of Conservation Areas
Missouri Department of Conservation
Kathleen Trauth - Comprehensive State-Wide Wetlands Guidance Utilizing Amphibian Health Indicators and Geospatial Analysis
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kathleen Trauth - EEM Fluorescence Spectroscopy Fingerprints for Monitoring NDMA and TTHM Formation Potentials
US Geological Survey
Baolin Deng - Interfacial Reduction–Oxidation Mechanisms Governing Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Vadose Zone
Department of Energy
Baolin Deng - Aquatic Toxicity of Carbon–Based Nanomaterials at Sediment–Water Interfaces
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Baolin Deng - Recovery of Chromium and Arsenic from Toxic Waste Stream by Reactive Polymer–Coated Absorbents
West Virginia University
Baolin Deng - Development of Membrane Aerated Reactor Processes for Nitrogen and phosphorus Removal from Wastewater
US Geological Survey
Zhiqiang Hu - Nitrification Inhibition by Silver Nanoparticles
NSF
Zhiqiang Hu and Baolin Deng - Enhanced nutrient removal from on-site wastewater treatment systems
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Zhiqiang Hu, Kathleen Trauth, and Allen Thompson
Recent Publications:
- Fang, J., Gu, Z.M., Gang, D.C., Liu, C.X., Ilton, E.S., Deng, B.L., 2007. Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solution by activated carbon coated with quaternized poly(4-vinylpyridine). Environmental Science & Technology 41, 4748-4753.
- Hu, Z.Q., Ferraina, R.A., Ericson, J.F., MacKay, A.A., Smets, B.F., 2005a. Biomass characteristics in three sequencing batch reactors treating a wastewater containing synthetic organic chemicals. Water Research 39, 710-720.
- Hu, Z.Q., Hidalgo, G., Houston, P.L., Hay, A.G., Shuler, M.L., Abruna, H.D., Ghiorse, W.C., Lion, L.W., 2005b. Determination of spatial distributions of zinc and active biomass in microbial biofilms by two-photon laser scanning microscopy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71, 4014-4021.
- Hu, Z.Q., Jin, J., Abruna, H.D., Houston, P.L., Hay, A.G., Ghiorse, W.C., Shuler, M.L., Hidalgo, G., Lion, L.W., 2007. Spatial distributions of copper in microbial biofilms by scanning electrochemical microscopy. Environmental Science & Technology 41, 936-941.
- Hua, B., Dolan, F., McGhee, C., Clevenger, T.E., Deng, B.L., 2007. Water-source characterization and classification with fluorescence EEM spectroscopy: PARAFAC analysis. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 87, 135-147.
- Hua, B., Xu, H.F., Terry, J., Deng, B.L., 2006. Kinetics of uranium(VI) reduction by hydrogen sulfide in anoxic aqueous systems. Environmental Science & Technology 40, 4666-4671.
- Kim, J., Clevenger, T.E., 2007. Prediction of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) formation as a disinfection by-product. Journal of Hazardous Materials 145, 270-276.
- Narsetti, R., Curry, R.D., McDonald, K.F., Clevenger, T.E., Nichols, L.M., 2006. Microbial inactivation in water using pulsed electric fields and magnetic pulse compressor technology. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 34, 1386-1393.
- Rausch, K.D., Raskin, L.M., Belyea, R.L., Clevenger, T.E., Tumbleson, M.E., 2007. Nitrogen and sulfur concentrations and flow rates of corn wet-milling streams. Cereal Chemistry 84, 260-264.
- Trauth, K.M., Adams, D.S., 2004. Watershed-based modeling with AGNPS for storm water management. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management-ASCE, 130, 206-214.
- Trauth, K.M., Shin, Y.S., 2005. Implementation of the EPA’s water quality trading policy for storm water management and smart growth. Journal of Urban Planning and Development-ASCE 131, 258-269.
- Wang, H., Trauth, K.M., 2006. Urban origins/destinations from high-resolution remote sensing images. Journal of Urban Planning and Development-Asce 132, 104-111.
- Wu, Y.X., Deng, B.L., 2006. Inhibition of FeS on chromium(III) oxidation by biogenic manganese oxides. Environmental Engineering Science 23, 552-560.
- Zeng, Y.H., Trauth, K.M., Peyton, R.L., Banerji, S.K., 2005. Characterization of solid waste disposed at Columbia Sanitary Landfill in Missouri. Waste Management & Research 23, 62-71.
- Zhong, L.R., Thornton, E.C., Deng, B.L., 2007. Uranium immobilization by hydrogen sulfide gaseous treatment under vadose zone conditions. Vadose Zone Journal 6, 149-157.
