Ph.D. Students

Griffith, Craig A., “Evaluation of Seal Rock Characteristics and Dissolution in Geologic CO₂ Sequestration, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly supervised with Prof. Gregory V. Lowry, in progress.

Hsieh, Ming-Kai, “Reuse of Treated Internal or External Wastewaters in the Cooling Systems of Coal-Based Thermoelectric Power Plants,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in progress.

Kutchko, Barbara, “Effect of CO₂ on the Integrity of Well Cement Under Geologic Sequestration Conditions,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly supervised with Prof. Gregory V. Lowry, 2008.

Khaitan, Sameer, “In Situ Neutralizationi of Stored Bauxite Residue,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly supervised with Prof. Gregory V. Lowry, 2006

Liu, Ran, “Electrochemical Study of Pyrite Dissolution,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006.

Escoriza, Maria, “Quantification and Viability Assessment of Waterborne Bacteria Using Raman Spectroscopy,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly supervised with Prof. Jeanne M. VanBriesen, 2006.

McDonough, Kathleen, “Temperature Effects on Polychlorinated Biphenyl Fate and Transport in Near-Surface River Sediment,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005.

Bushey, Joseph, “Modeling Cyanide Uptake by Willows for Phytoremediation,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.

Zheng, Anping, “Formation of Cyanide Species in Municipal Wastewater Treatment,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.

Ghosh, Rajat S., “Geochemistry, Transport, and Treatment of Cyanide in the Subsurface,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.

Ortiz, Enrique, “Evaluation of Physical/Chemical Mechanisms Controlling PCB Release from River Sediments,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly supervised with Prof. Richard G. Luthy, 1998.

Evanko, Cynthia R., “Sorption of NOM-Analog Organic Acids to Goethite,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.

Rhee, In H., “Effects of Electrolyte Composition and Specific Adsorption on Cation Exchange,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.

Roy, Sujoy B., “Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Contaminants in Porous Media,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.

Ali, M. Ashraf, “The Influence of Simple Organic Acids on Sorption of Inorganic Ions at the Goethite/Water Interface,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.

Labieniec, Paula A., “The Risk Implications of Approaches to Setting Soil Remediation Goals at Hazardous Waste Contaminated Sites,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Department of Engineering and Public Policy, 1994.

M.S. Students

Chowdhury, Indranil, “Use of Impaired Waters in Power Plant Cooling Systems:  Water Quality Modeling and Biofouling Control,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2008.

Carothers, David, “Monitoring of Green Roof Performance in Water Retention and Water Quality Modification,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005.

Tipton, Karina, “Baseline Environmental Assessment for Carnegie Mellon University,” M.S. Project, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005.

Higgins, Cortney, “Cyanide Chemistry in Aquatic and Sediment Toxicity Testing,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004.

Mugunthan, P., “Geochemical Approach to Estimate the Quality of Infiltration Water Entering Abandoned Underground Coal Mines,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.

Paschka, Michael G., “Kinetics of Pyrite Oxidation,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.

Lambert, Douglas, “Development of Steady State and Time-Varying Hydraulic Models of Flow through Flooded and Unflooded Abandoned Underground Coal Mines for the Evaluation of Long-Term Water Quality Improvements,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.

Pizarro, Gonzalo, “Evaluation of Cleaning and Coating Techniques for PCB-Contaminated Concrete,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.

Kim, Eunyoung, “Modeling of Water Quality Evolution During Pyrite Oxidation,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999.

Starkel, Murray P., “Hazardous Waste Management Systems for Multi-Functional Facilities,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.

Fleckenstein, Janice V., “Education Module on Environmental Remediation Management,” M.S. Project, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.

Mathur, Samir S., “Development of a Database for Ion Sorption on Goethite using Surface Complexation Modeling,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.

Bradford, Craig S., “Subsurface Characterization of the Monastery Run Improvement Project Site, Latrobe, PA,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.

Gilgore-Schnorr, Gayle, “Evaluation of Subsurface Fate/Transport of Cyanide and Fluoride at Spent Potlining Leachate Field Sites,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.

Evanko, Cynthia R., “Influence of Aqueous Solution Chemistry and Surfactant Addition on the Stability of Concentrated Alumina Dispersions in Water,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1994.

Ruff, Cynthia M., “Evaluation of Owner-Contractor Relationships on Site Remediation Projects,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.

Prasad, Amresh, “Modeling the Adsorption of Chemical Species onto Metal Oxides in Fixed-Bed Reactors,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1993.

Rossetti, P. Kurt, “Possible Methods of Washing Fine Soil Particles Contaminated with Heavy Metals and Radionuclides,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1993.

DeLisio, Robert F., “Influence of Aqueous Solution Chemistry on Fine-Particle Dispersions in Soil Washing,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1992.

Roy, Sujoy B., “Kinetics of Solvent-Water Extraction of Coal Tar from Porous Media,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1992.

Tsai, Ming-Ju, “Removal of Metals from Landfill Leachate by Adsorption on Activated Carbon and Activated Alumina,” M.S. Thesis (Environmental Science), Department of Civil Engineering, 1992.

Fang, Hung-Jung, “ASDC: A Microcomputer-Based Program for Air Stripper Design and Costing,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1991.

Lagnese, Kathleen M., “Use of Sedimentation Ponds for Removal of Trace Inorganic Elements from Ash Transport Waters,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1991.

Ali, M. Ashraf, “Modeling of the In Situ Solvent Extraction Process for Remediation of Coal Tar Sites,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, 1991.

Spengel, Douglas B., “Treatment of Landfill Leachate with Rotating Biological Contactors,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1990.