Publications and Reports: 2005 to 2006
Environmental, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering
M.J. Zenker, R.C. Borden, and M. A. Barlaz, "Biodegradation of Cyclic and Alkyl Ethers Using Attached Growth Reactors," Journal of Environmental Engineering (accepted for publication).
M. A. Barlaz, "Forest Products Decomposition in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills," Waste Management, 26(4):321-333, 2006.
D.H. Loughlin and M. A. Barlaz, "Policies for Strengthening Markets for Recyclables: A Worldwide Perspective," accepted for publication, Crit. Rev. in Env. Sci. & Technol., 2006.
H.H. Hilger, H. H. and M. A. Barlaz, "Anaerobic Decomposition of Refuse in Landfills and Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soils," Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3rd Ed., Am. Soc. Microbiology, Washington, D.C., 2006.
J.M. Harris, A.L. Shafer, W. DeGrogg, G.R. Hater, M. Gabr, and M. A. Barlaz, "Shear Strength of Degraded Reconstituted Municipal Solid Waste," Geotechnical Testing Journal, 29(2):141-148, 2006.
S.L. Bartelt-Hunt, M. A. Barlaz, D.R.U. Knappe, and P. Kjeldsen, "Assessment of the Behavior of Chemical Warfare Agents in Landfills," AEESP Frontiers Conference, Potsdam, NY, July 25-27, 2006.
P.O. Kaplan, M. A. Barlaz, and S.R. Ranjithan, "The Application of Life-Cycle Analysis to Integrated Solid Waste Management," AEESP Frontiers Conference, Potsdam, NY, July 25-27, 2006.
Kumar, S.V., T.A. Doby, J.W. Baugh, Jr., E.D. Brill, Jr., and S.R. Ranjithan, "Optimal Design of Redundant Water Distribution Networks Using a Cluster of Workstations," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Managaement, ASCE (in press).
A. Gupta, P. Kripakaran, G. Mahinthakumar, and J. W. Baugh Jr., "Genetic Algorithm-based Decision Support for Optimizing Seismic Response of Piping Systems," Journal of Structural Engineering, 131(3):389-98, 2005.
M.J. Zenker, R.C. Borden, and M.A. Barlaz, "Biodegradation of Cyclic and Alkyl Ethers Using Attached Growth Reactors," Journal of Environmental Engineering (accepted for publication).
N.L. Lindow and R.C. Borden, "Anaerobic Bioremediation of Acid Mine Drainage using Emulsified Soybean Oil," Mine Water and the Environment 24:199-208, 2005.
K.M. Coulibaly, C. M. Long, and R. C. Borden, "Transport of Edible Oil Emulsions in Clayey-Sands: 1-D Column Results and Model Development," Journal of Engr. Hydrology, September 2005 (accepted for publication).
Y. Jung, K. M. Coulibaly, and R. C. Borden, "Transport of Edible Oil Emulsions in Clayey-Sands: 3-D Sandbox Results and Model Validation, Journal of Engr. Hydrology, September 2005 (accepted for publication).
R.C. Borden and B.X. Rodriguez, "Evaluation of Slow Release Substrates for Anaerobic Bioremediation," Bioremediation Journal, January 2006 (accepted for publication).
M.D. Lee, M.T. Lieberman, W. Beckwith, R.C. Borden, P. Haas, E.S.K. Becvar, K. Dobson, and G.J. Sandlin, "Edible Oil Pilots to Enhance DNAPL Sequestration and Reductive Dechlorination," Paper B-10, In: B.C. Alleman and M.E. Kelley (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 2005, ISBN 1-57477-152-3, Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.
S. Knox, M.T. Lieberman, and R.C. Borden, "Monitored Natural Attenuation of Perchlorate in Groundwater," Paper A-20, in: B.C. Alleman and M.E. Kelley (Conference Chairs), In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation-2005, Proceedings of the Eighth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 6-9, 2005, ISBN 1-57477-152-3, Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.
W.J. Beckwith, R.C. Borden, C. Zawtocki, M.T. Lieberman, D. Koch, and I. May, "Anaerobic Bioremediation of a Piedmont Saprolite Source Area with EOS®," Paper D-18, in: B.C. Alleman and M.E. Kelley (Conference Chairs), In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation-2005, Proceedings of the Eighth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 6-9, 2005, ISBN 1-57477-152-3, Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.
T.O. Early, B.B. Looney, M. Heitkamp, R.C. Borden, G.R. Wein, T.H. Wiedemeier, D.W. Major, and C.H. Sink, "Enhancements to Natural Attenuation Processes: New Approaches to Plume Management," Paper N-10, in: B.C. Alleman and M.E. Kelley (Conference Chairs), In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation-2005, Proceedings of the Eighth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 6-9, 2005, ISBN 1-57477-152-3, Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.
Chang Cheng-Nan, Ying-Shih Ma, A.C. Chao, Mei-Chung Tsai and Hsiao-Fan Sung, "Decoloring of Lignin Wastewater using the Photochemical UV/TiO2 Process," Journal of Chemosphere, 2006 (accepted for publication)
B.J. Wang, L.L. Lee, C H. Chen, C.N. Chang and A.C. Chao, "Optimization of Semiconductor Processing Water Management Strategy," Journal of Environmental Informatics, 5(2): 81-88, 2005.
T.Y. Chen, C.M. Kao, T.Y. Yeh, and A.C. Chao, "Application of a Constructed Wetland for Industrial Wastewater Treatment" J. of Chemosphere, 2006 (in press).
A.C. Chao, T.Y. Chen, C.M. Kao, C.E. Lin, and Y.C. Lai, "Investigation of Pollutant Sources and Development of Water Quality Management Strategies for the Love River Watershed", Taiwan. Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, 2006 (accepted for publication).
J.L. Keith, J.G. Boyer, and F. L. de los Reyes III, "Changes in the rRNA Levels of Specific Microbial Groups in Activated Sludge during Sample Handling and Storage," Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2005 (accepted for publication).
I.C. Lou and F. L. de los Reyes III, "Integrating Decay, Storage, Kinetic Selection, and Filamentous Backbone Factors in a Bacterial Competition Model," Water Environment Research (in press).
M. A., J.C. Williams, C.R. Mota, F.L. de los Reyes III, J.J. Cheng (2005), Nitrogen Removing Activity of Granules in Intermittent Aeration Reactors Treating High-Ammonia Wastewater, 4th International Water Association Specialized Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Systems, Gold Coast, Australia July 17-20, 2005 (accepted for publication).
J.C. Williams and F.L. de los Reyes III, "Microbial Community Structure of Activated Sludge During Aerobic Granulation in an Annular Gap Bioreactor," 4th International Water Association Specialized Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Systems, Gold Coast, Australia, July 17-20, 2005 (accepted for publication).
I.C. Lou and F.L. de los Reyes III, "Substrate Uptake Tests and Quantitative FISH Show Differences in Kinetic Growth of Bulking and Non-Bulking Activated Sludge," 4th International Water Association Specialized Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Systems, Gold Coast, Australia, July 17-20, 2005 (accepted for publication).
G. Gulez and F.L. de los Reyes III (2005), "Effects of Carbon Sources and Inocula on the Growth of Filaments in Activated Sludge," 4th International Water Association Specialized Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Systems, Gold Coast, Australia, July 17-20, 2005 (accepted for publication).
C.R. Mota, M.A. Head, J. Ridenoure, J.J. Cheng, and F.L. de los Reyes III, "Effects of Aeration Cycles on Nitrifying Cycles on Nitrifying Bacterial Populations and Nitrogen Removal in Intermittently-Aerated Reactors," 4th International Water Association Specialized Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Systems, Gold Coast, Australia, July 17-20, 2005 (accepted for publication).
O.O. Prat and J.J. Ducoste, "Modeling Spatial Distribution of Floc size in Turbulent Processes Using Quadrature Method of Moment and Computational Fluid Dynamics," Journal of Chemical Engineering Science, 2004 (in press).
O. Prat and J.J.Ducoste, "Simulation of Flocculation in Stirred Vessels: Eulerian vs. Lagrangian Approaches," Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) (accepted for publication).
Z. Bohrerova, H. Mamane, J. Ducoste, and K. G. Linden, "Comparative Inactivation of Bacillus Subtilis Spores and MS-2 coliphage in a UV Reactor: Implications for Validation," Journal of Environmental Engineering ASCE, 2006 (accepted for publication).
H. Mamane, J.J. Ducoste, and K.G. Linden, "Impact of Particles on UVC Light Penetration in Natural and Engineered Systems, Applied Optics, 45(8), 1844-1856, 2006.
O.P. Prat and J.J. Ducoste, "Modeling Spatial Distribution of Floc size in Turbulent Processes Using Quadrature Method of Moment and Computational Fluid Dynamics," Journal of Chemical Engineering Science, 61(1), pp. 75-86, 2006.
Y. Liu and J.J. Ducoste, "Impact of Turbulent Mixing on the CFD Chloramine Model Performance," Environmental Engineering Science, 23(2):341-356, 2006.
Z. Bohrerova, G. Bohrer, S. Mohanraj, J. Ducoste, and K.G. Linden, "Experimental Measurements of Fluence Distribution in a UV Reactor using Fluorescent Dyed Microspheres, Environmental Science and Technology, 39, pp. 8925-8930, 2005.
J.J. Ducoste, K.G. Linden, D. Rojker, and D. Liu, "Assessment of Reduction Equivalent Fluence Bias Using Computational Fluid Dynamics," Environmental Engineering Science, 22(5):615-628, 2005.
Y. Liu and J.J. Ducoste, "Numerical Simulation of Chloramines Formation in Turbulent Flow using a Multi-Fluid Micromixing Model," Journal of Environmental Modeling and Software, 2005. (corrected proofs available on line)
J.J. Ducoste and K.G., Linden, "Hydrodynamic Characterization of UV Reactors," American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, CO, 2005.
A. Mokhtari and H.C. Frey, "Sensitivity Analysis of a Two-Dimensional Probabilistic Risk Assessment Model Using Analysis of Variance," Risk Analysis, 25(6):1511-1529, 2005.
H.C. Frey and Y. Zhu, "Improved System Integration for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Systems," Environmental Science and Technology, 40(5):1693-1699, March 2006.
A. Mokhtari, H.C. Frey, and L.-A. Jaykus, "Application of Classification and Regression Trees (CART) for Sensitivity Analysis of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 Food Safety Process Risk Model," Journal of Food Protection, 69(3):609-618, March 2006.
A. Mokhtari, H.C. Frey, and J. Zheng, "Evaluation and Recommendation of Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Application to Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation (SHEDS) Models," Journal of Exposure Assessment and Environmental Epidemiology, 2005 (in press).
Y. Zhao and H.C. Frey, "Uncertainty for Data with Non-Detects: Air Toxic Emissions from Combustion," Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2005 (accepted for publication).
K. Zhang and H.C. Frey, "Road Grade Estimation for On-Road Vehicle Emissions Modeling Using LIDAR Data," Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2005 (in press).
Y. Zhu and H.C. Frey, "Simplified Performance Model of Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Systems," ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering, 2005 (accepted for publication).
A. Mokhtari and H.C. Frey, "Evaluation of Sampling-Based Methods for Sensitivity Analysis: Case Study for the E. coli Food Safety Process Risk Model," Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2006 (accepted for publication).
H.C. Frey and K. Kim, "Comparison of Real-World Fuel Use and Emissions for Dump Trucks Fueled with B20 Biodiesel Versus Petroleum Diesel," Transportation Research Record, 2006 (accepted for publication).
H.C. Frey, N.M. Rouphail, and H. Zhai, "Speed- and Facility-Specific Emission Estimates for On-Road Light-Duty Vehicles based on Real-World Speed Profiles," Transportation Research Record, 2006 (accepted for publication).
C.A. Miller, G. Hidy, J. Hales, C.E. Kolb, A.S. Werner, B. Haneke, D. Parrish, C. Frey, L. Rojas-Blanco, M. DesLauriers, B. Pennell, and J.D. Mobley, "Air Emissions Inventories in North America: A Critical Assessment," Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2006 (accepted for publication).
H.C. Frey and K. Kim, "In-Use Emissions of Heavy-Duty Diesel Dump Trucks on Petroleum Diesel and B20 Biodiesel Fuels," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, June 20-23, 2005, Minneapolis, MN.
K. Zhang and H.C. Frey, "Road Grade Estimation for On-Road Vehicle Emissions Modeling Using LIDAR Data," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, June 20-23, 2005, Minneapolis, MN.
L.A. Phillips and H.C. Frey, "Analysis of Current Risk Perception of Indoor Air Quality," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, June 20-23, 2005, Minneapolis, MN.
H.C. Frey and K. Kim, "Comparison of Real-World Fuel Use and Emissions for Dump Trucks Fueled with B20 Biodiesel Versus Petroleum Diesel," Paper 06-1078, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2006.
H.C. Frey, N.M. Rouphail, and H. Zhai, "Speed- and Facility-Specific Emission Estimates for On-Road Light-Duty Vehicles based on Real-World Speed Profiles," Paper 06-1096, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2006.
H.C. Frey, "Incorporating Risk and Uncertainty into the Assessment of Impacts of Global Climate Change on Transportation Systems," Proceedings, 2nd Workshop on Impacts of Global Climate Change On Hydraulics and Hydrology and Transportation, Center for Transportation and the Environment, NC State, held in Washington, DC, March 29, 2006.
K. Kim, S. Abolhasani, S.H. Pang, and H.C. Frey, "Real-world Data Collection Procedure for Non-road Construction Equipment: Problems, Solutions, and Data Quality Assurance," Paper No. 548, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, LA, June 20-23, 2006.
H. Zhai, H.C. Frey, and N.M. Rouphail, "Speed- and Facility-Specific Emissions Estimates for Transit Buses based on Measured Speed Profiles," Paper No. 195, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, LA, June 20-23, 2006.
N.M. Rouphail, H.C. Frey, and H. Zhai, "Measuring the Effect of Level of Service on Vehicle Emissions," Fifth International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, Transportation Research Board, Yokohama, Japan, July 25-29, 2006.
K. Warren and M. Gabr, "Liquid Extraction Through Prefabricated Vertical Well Under Vacuum in Clay," ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol 28(4): 328-335, , July 2005
J. Leng and M.A. Gabr, "Numerical Analysis of Stress-Deformation Response in Reinforced Unpaved Road Sections," Geosynthetics International Journal, Vol 12(2):111-119, January 2005.
J.J. Bowders, M.A. Gabr, O.M. Collazos, and J.Quaranta "Prefabricated Vertical Wells for Enhanced In Situ Remediation," Geosynthetics Research and Development in Progress, Geotechnical Special Publication, n 130-142, pp 4141-4153, 2005.
M.J. Kowalsky, M.A. Gabr, B.R. Robinson, V. Suarez, and P. Robalino, "Pile Bent Design Criteria," Final Report to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, 2005-19, Raleigh, NC, 125 pp., August 2005.
A. Gupta, P. Kripakaran, G. Mahinthakumar, and J. W. Baugh Jr., "Genetic Algorithm-based Decision Support for Optimizing Seismic Response of Piping Systems," Journal of Structural Engineering, 131(3):389-98, 2005.
S.M. Rahman, T. Hassan, and S.R. Ranjithan, "Automated Parameter Determination of Advanced Cyclic Plasticity Models," ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Denver, CO, July 17-21, 2005.
G. Mahinthakumar, G. von Laszewski, S. Ranjithan, E. D. Brill, J. Uber, K. W. Harrison, S. Sreepathi, and E. M. Zechman, "An Adaptive Cyberinfrastructure for Threat Management in Urban Water Distribution Systems," Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, pp. 401-408, 2006.
G. Mahinthakumar and M. Sayeed, "Reconstructing Groundwater Source Release Histories using Hybrid Optimization Approaches," Journal of Environmental Forensics, 7(1): 45-54, March 2006.
G. Mahinthakumar, G.R. Moline, and O.F. Webb, "An Analysis of Periodic Tracers for Subsurface Characterization," Water Resources Research, 41(12), W12426, doi:10.1029/2005WR004190, 13 pages, December 2005.
M. Sayeed and G. Mahinthakumar, "An Efficient Parallel Implementation of Hybrid Optimization Approaches for Solving Groundwater Inverse Problems," ASCE Journal of Computing, 19(4): 329-340, October 2005.
P. Worley, J. Candy, L. Carrington, K. Huck, T. Kaiser, G. Mahinthakumar, A. Malony, D. Reed, P. Roth, S. Shan, S. Shande, A. Snavely, S. Sreepathi, and Y. Zhang, "Performance Analysis of GYRO: A Tool Evaluation," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 16: 251-255, 2005.
G. Mahinthakumar, M. Sayeed, N. Karonis, "Grid Enabled Solution of Groundwater Inverse Problems on the TeraGrid Network, Proceedings of the High Performance Computing Symposium 2006, Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Huntsville, AL, ISBN 1-56555-304-7, p. 229-236, April 2-6, 2006.
M.E. Tryby, B. Mirghani, N. Karonis, D. Baessler, R. Ranjithan, and G. Mahinthakumar, "LASSO: A Grid-enabled Simulation Optimization Framework," 5 pages, CD-ROM proceedings of Grid 2005 - 6th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing, Seattle, WA, November 13-14, 2005.
B. Mirghani, G. Mahinthakumar, and R. Ranjithan, "A Grid-enabled Simulation-Optimization Approach for Solving Groundwater Characterization Problems," Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering, 12 pages, Montreal, Canada, June 14-15, 2006.
K. Raghavachar, G. Mahinthakumar, P. A. Worley, E.M. Zechman, and R. Ranjithan, "Parallel Performance Modeling Using a Genetic pProgramming Based Error Correction Procedure," Proceedings of the High Performance Computing Symposium 2006, Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Huntsville, AL, ISBN 1-56555-304-7, p. 221-226, April 2-6, 2006.
H. Mitasova, M. Overton, and R. Harmon, "Geospatial Analysis of a Coastal Sand Dune Field Evolution: Jockey's Ridge, North Carolina," Geomorphology, 72: 204-221, 2005.
M.F. Overton, H. Mitasova, N. Vanderbeke, and J.J. Recalde, "Morphological Evolution of a Shoreline on a Decadal Time Scale" accepted 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, San Diego, CA, September 2006, November 2006.
R.Z. Sarica and M.S. Rahman, "Seismic Response Characteristics of Sand Sites Using Wavelets," Proceedings of 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, April 2006.
R.Z. Sarica and M.S. Rahman, "Anlalysis of Ground Motion: A Comparison of Some Available Methods," Geo-Congress 2006, Atlanta, February 2006.
R.Z. Sarica and M.S. Rahman, "Interpretation of Seismic Response of Sites using Wavelet Transform," Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Applications of Wavelets to Real World Problems, 259-270, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2005.
E.M. Zechman and S. Ranjithan, "Generating Alternatives using Evolutionary Algorithms for Water Resources and Environmental Management Problems," Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management (in press)
J.S. Fu, E.D. Brill, and S. Ranjithan, "Conjunctive Use of Models to Design Cost-Effective Ozone Control Strategies," Jour. of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vol. 56, July, 2006 (in press).
C. Chen, A.A. Tayebali, and D.R.U. Knappe, "Quantitative Determination and Effect of Prolonged Heating on Amine-Based Antistrip Additive Content in Asphalt Binders and Mixes," Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist, Vol. 75, CD Format, March 2006.
C. Chen, A.A. Tayebali, and D.R.U. Knappe, "A Procedure to Quantify Organic Antistrip Additive in Asphalt Binders and Mixes," ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 34, Number 4, July 2006.
A.A. Tayebali., C. Chen, and D.R.U. Knappe, "Quantifying Antistrip Additives in Asphalt (Binders and Mixes)," Final Report FHWA/NC/2005-16, North Carolina Department of Transportation, 87 pp, September 2005.
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