Dr. Morton A. Barlaz is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.  He has been involved in research on various aspects of solid waste since 1983. Over this time, he has conducted research on biological refuse decomposition, methane production, and the biodegradation of hazardous wastes in landfills.  He has participated in two state-of-the-practice reviews of bioreactor landfills.  His research forms the basis for much of the work done to assess the impact of landfills on methane emissions inventories.  Dr. Barlaz is also recognized for his research on the use of life-cycle analysis to evaluate environmental emissions associated with alternate solid waste management strategies.  Dr. Barlaz is the author of over 90 peer-reviewed publications and has made over 200 presentations at conferences throughout the world.  In 1992 he was awarded a Presidential Faculty Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.  Dr. Barlaz has been active in service throughout his career.  He is an Associate Editor for two journals (Waste Management and Journal of Environmental Engineering) and serves as co-chair of the bi-annual Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium.  He has served as chair of the Government Affairs Committee and the Lectures Committee for the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.  Finally, he serves on the Science Advisory Committee for the International Waste Working Group.

Recent Research Projects for Barlaz

• Development of Methods to Measure Anaerobic Biodegradability Under Simulated Landfill Conditions — 08/01/11 - 02/28/13 Details
• Utilizing Municipal Solid Waste as a Biofuel Feedstock — 07/01/11 - 09/30/12 Details
• Effluent/Emissions Control Technology Studies, Source Characterizations, and Emissions Inventory Modeling and Homeland Security Research — 05/01/11 - 04/30/12 Details
• Collaborative Research: Fluorochemical Signatures in Municipal Waste and Landfill Leachate — 04/01/11 - 03/31/14 Details
• Effluent/Emissions Control Technology Studies, Source Characterizations, and Emissions Inventory Modeling and Homeland Security Research — 07/09/10 - 04/30/11 Details
• Modernizing Models and Data on Methane Production from Landfills — 08/02/10 - 07/31/12 Details
• The Environmental Sustainability of Integrated Solid Waste Management in a Carbon Constrained World — 08/15/10 - 07/31/13 Details
• Integrated Solid Waste Management and Its Environmental Sustainability in a Carbon Constrained Environment — 01/01/10 - 12/31/12 Details
• Collection and Synthesis of Existing Data into a Model to Assess Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biodegradable Materials Discarded to Landfills — 02/08/10 - 03/31/11 Details
• Monitoring the Behavior of Biogenic Organic Carbon in Bioreactor Landfills — 05/15/09 - 06/30/10 Details
• North Carolina Landfill Capacity Study for NC-SWANA — 08/11/08 - 10/02/09 Details
• Decision Support Tool Guidance Document for Management of Debris from Incidents of National Significance — 09/05/08 - 01/31/11 Details
• Landfill Gas Management: A Roadmap For EREF Directed Research — 10/15/07 - 06/30/09 Details
• Hydrogen Production at the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill: A Proposal to Explain Landfill Behavior — 02/14/07 - 12/31/08 Details
• Non-Residential Solid Waste Management Life-Cycle Inventory Model — 07/01/06 - 02/28/09 Details
• Predictive Tools for Sustainable Solid Waste Management Using Bioreactor Landfills — 02/01/06 - 09/30/10 Details
• Master Agreement - Scientific, Technical, Research, Engineering, and Modeling Support (STREAMS) — 09/27/05 - 09/26/10 Details
• Application of Municipal Solid Waste Decision Support Tool to Wake County, North Carolina — 12/10/04 - 08/31/09 Details
• Study of Landfill Gas as a Pathway for Chemical and Biological Contaminants — 08/25/04 - 12/31/09 Details
• Microbial Community Profiling of Anaerobic Refuse Decomposition: Response to Acidic Conditions, Shock Loads and Moisture Addition — 04/01/04 - 04/30/13 Details

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• CE 796 - 002 — Fall '12 Advanced Topics in Water Resource and Environmental Engineering