Outstanding Conference
Paper Award
First Place:
Paper # 811
Mervat El-Hoz, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of
Balamand, P.O.Box 100, Tripoli, Lebanon
Site Evaluation for Olive Mills Waste
Composting Facility. Mervat El-Hoz, and Amal Iaaly.
Second Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 1046
K. Palanivelu
Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, India
Degradation of Refractory Pollutants
Using Carbon-iron Modified Titania under Natural Sun-light.
K. Palanivelu and R. Jeevitha Raji
Paper # 1036
Rosa-Hilda Chavez
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera Mexico-Toluca
S/N, La Marquesa, Ocoyoacac, 52750, Mexico
Mechanical Properties-experimental Evaluation
of Structured Packing from Sour Gases Treatment at Brick Kiln
Production. Rosa-Hilda CHAVEZ1, Araceli SALAZAR, Javier
de J. Guadarrama
Third Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 874
M.L. Dinis
Geo-Environment and Resources Research Center (CIGAR), Faculty
of Engineering, Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Surroundings
of coal-fired Power Plant.
M.L. Dinis, A. Fiúza, J. Góis, J.S. de Carvalho
(Geo-Environment and Resources Research Center, CIGAR, Engineering
Faculty Porto University, FEUP, Porto, Portugal), A.C.M. Castro
(CIGAR and School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP,
Porto, Portugal)
Paper # 677
H.Borazjani
Mississippi Forest Products Department, Mississippi State University
Biodegradation of highly Contaminated
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Processwater. Kimberly Wallace
Walker, H.Borazjani, and S. Langroodi
Young Scientist Award
First Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 523
Dr Nídia Dana Lourenço, Postdoctoral Fellow IBB
- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CEBQ - Center
for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico,
Av. Rovisco Pais
1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Real Time Monitoring of a Sequencing
Batch Reactor with In-situ NIR Spectroscopy.
Nídia Dana Lourenço (Institute for Biotechnology
and Bioengineering, Lisbon, Portugal)
Cláudio Fernandes de Almeida (Institute for Biotechnology
and Bioengineering, Lisbon, Portugal), João Almeida Lopes
(REQUIMTE, Oporto University, Oporto, Portugal)
Helena Maria Pinheiro (Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering,
Lisbon, Portugal)
Paper # 1101
Yonas Demissie, Environmental Science Division, Argonne National
Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 08540, USA
Effects of Biofuel Productions on Ohio
River Basin's Water Resources and Quality. Yonas Demissie,
Eugene Yan, and May Wu
Second Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 1058
Daniel W. Burleson, Research Assistant, Environmental Engineering
University of Houston, Houston TX 77204-4003, USA
Vulnerability to Storm Surge of the
Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Daniel W. Burleson and
Hanadi S. Rifai
Paper # 1087
Dr. Hafiz Ahmad, Civil and Environmental Engineering Program,
Florida State University-Panama City, Panama City, FL, USA
Migration Behavior of Arsenic and Copper
during Quick Electrokinetic Remediation Process. Hafiz
Ahmad* and Korhan Adalier (Florida State University, Panama City,
FL, USA), Danuta Leszczynska (Jackson State University, Jackson,
MS, USA), Mario Oyanader (Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, USA)
Third Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 831
Dr. Srinivasa Reddy Mallampati, Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental
Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Shobara City, Hiroshima
727-0023, JAPAN
Solidification, Immobilization and Separation
of Heavy Metals in Soil with Nano-Fe/Ca/CaO Dispersion Mixtures.
Srinivasa Reddy Mallampati, Yoshiharu Mitoma, Tetsuji Okuda, Shogo
Sakita, and Mitsunori Kakeda
Paper # 844
Dr. Qin Xiaosheng, Assistant Professor, School of Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Water Quality Planning Using a Risk-Based
Programming Model. Qin Xiaosheng
Student Paper Award
First Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 789
Prince A. Nfodzo, PhD. Student, Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
Sulfate Radical-based Advanced Oxidation
Technologies for the Decomposition of Triclosan. Prince
Nfodzo and Hyeok Choi
Paper # 1151
Mahmood K. H. Al-Mashhadani, Department of Chemical and Biological
Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Removal of Acid-gases from Digested
Sludge Using Microbubble Generated by Fluidic Oscillation.
Mahmood K.H. Al-Mashhadani, Stephen J. Wilkinson, and William
B Zimmerman
Second Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 994
Andre Rodrigues dos Reis., Research Associate, Faculty of Science
and Engineering, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Waseda
University,
Tokyo, Japan
Biological Fenton's Degradation of Chlorinated
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals by Aquatic Plants. Andre
Rodrigues dos Reis*, Yukako Kyuma, Masaki Atarashi and Yutaka
Sakakibara
Paper # 821
Sagar Chitre, M.S. Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, Department
of Environmental Engineering, Texas A & M University-Kingsville,
Kingsville, TX
Quantification of Water Adsorption Capacity
of Biologically Active Soil and
Woodchips. Sagar Chitre, Sergio Santos, David Ramirez
and Kim Jones
Third Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 853
Huu Cong VO, PhD. Student, Laboratory of Aquatic and Environmental
Engineering, Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering,
Waseda University
Electrochemical Treatment of Trace Endocrine
Disrupting Chemicals by a Novel Granular Electrode.
Huu Cong VO and Yutaka SAKAKIBARA
Paper # 959
T. Angele Ngantcha-Kwimi, PhD Student, Department of Chemical,
Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Role of DO, pH and Activated Carbon
on the Oxidation of As(III). T. Angele Ngantcha - Kwimi,
Anjuman I. Islam, Brian E. Reed
Poster Awards
First Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 1225
Naranchimeg, Batsaikhan, Dept of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei
University,
Seoul, Rep. of Korea
Ulaanbaartar, Mongolia - Sustainability
for the Fast Development with Limited Water Resources?
Naranchimeg, B. and Nam C. Woo
Paper # 911
Wei Zheng, Senior Research Scientist, Illinois Sustainable Technology
Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Degradation Kinetics and Mechanism of
Conjugated Steroid Estrogens in Dairy Lagoon Wastewater.
Wei Zheng, Xiaolin Li, Yonghong Zhou, and Michael L. Machesky
Second Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 549
Brajendra K Sharma, Ph.D., Sr. Research Scientist, Illinois Sustainable
Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Champaign, Illinois
Complete Utilization of Spent Coffee
to Biodiesel, Bio-Oil and Biochar.
Brajendra K Sharma, Derek Vardon, Bryan R. Moser, Wei Zheng, Katie
Witkin, Roque Evangelista, and Nandakishore Rajagopalan
Paper # 1303
Meri Barbafieri , Senior Researcher, National Research Council,
Institute of Ecosystem Study, Section of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Arsenic Mobilization and Uptake by Pteris
Vittata From an Industrial Contaminated Soil in Tuscany.
Meri Barbafieri, Virginia Giansoldati, Francesca Pedron, Gianniantonio
Petruzzelli, Irene Rosellini, Roberto Bagatin, Elisabetta Franchi
Third Place (Two Awardees):
Paper # 555
Andrew Hunt, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University
of Texas - Arlington, Arlington, TX
Reduction of Lead Paint Bioavailability
in Soil through Addition of Apatite II.
A. Hunt, D.S. Alkandary, and R.W. Brown
Paper # 538
Abhishek K. Kala., PhD student, Institute for Applied Science,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
West Nile Virus Disease Prediction Modeling
Using GIS Techniques. Abhishek Kala, Samuel Atkinson,
and Armin Mikler
