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T5004 Topical Sensors: Environmental Sensors
OverviewEnvironmental monitoring plays a major role in assessment and then minimization of the harm that chemical processing does to our environment, and thus to ourselves. Sensors for environmental monitoring are the focus of this session. Detection and measurement of various chemical species in gas and liquid phases that have a direct impact on the welfare of the environment are relevant. This includes sensors for determinination of short and long term chemical exposure, and levels of contamination of air and water streams. Sensors in process streams as part of environmentally conscious designs are also a focus.
Primary SponsorTopical 5 - Sensors (T5)

Chair

Venkat Bhethanabotla
associate professor
Chemical Engineering Department
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone Number: 813-974-2116
Email: bhethana@eng.usf.edu

CoChair

Wilfred Chen
Professor
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Bourns Hall A242
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone Number: 951-827-2473
Email: wchen@engr.ucr.edu
Detection of Contrabands and Drug of Abuse Using an Ultrafast Saw/Gc Vapor Analyzer
Edward J. Staples, Electronic Sensor Technollogy, 1077 Business Circle Center, Newbury Park, CA 91320 and Shekar Viswanathan, National University, 11255 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
Aqueous Mercuric Ion Detection with Microsphere Optical Ring Resonator Sensors
Niranjan M. Hanumegowda, Ian White and Xudong Fan, Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, 240 D, Life Sciences Center, 1201 E. Rollins Rd., Columbia, MO 65211
A Comparison between Sno2 Nanowires and Nanofibers for Advanced Environmental Sensing
Randy L. Vander Wal1, Gordon M. Berger2, Gary W. Hunter3, Jennifer C. Xu3, Laura J. Evans3 and C. C. Liu4, (1)M.S. 110-3, NCSER c/o NASA-Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Drive, Cleveland, OH 44135, (2)M.S. 110-3, NCSER c/o NASA-Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd., Cleveland, OH 44135, (3)M.S. 77-1, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd., Cleveland, OH 44135, (4)Case Western Reserve University, Bingham Building, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106
Organic Vapor Sensing and Discrimination Using High Frequency Thickness Shear Mode Devices
Randolph D. Williams and Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering, 4202 E. Fowler Ave ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Peptide-Modified Hydrogel Layers on a Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Jackie Shepard, Venkat Bhethanabotla and Ryan Toomey, Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620
Ultra-High Resolution Thermal-Wave Sensor: Applications to Water-Ethanol Mixtures
Anna Matvienko and Andreas Mandelis, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 Kings College Road, Toronto, ON M5S3G8, Canada

Topical 5 - Sensors