Preliminary Program subject to change
15C14 Advances in Environmental Biotechnology II: Waste Remediation
OverviewBiological catalysts have considerable potential to clean and detoxify municipal, industrial, and agricultural effluents, and to remediate releases of environmental contaminants from these sources. Hence, these methods provide environmentally friendly and potentially minimally invasive routes to achieve improved environmental compliance. Papers are sought on fundamental and applied research toward treatment or remediation of municipal, industrial, and agricultural effluents and on bioremediation of contaminants from these sources.
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)
Co-Sponsor(s)Environmental Division (09)

Chair

Erik R. Coats
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Idaho
Sixth Street, Buchanan Engineering Laboratory, Room 102
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1022
Phone Number: 208-885-7559
Fax Number: 208-885-6608
Email: ecoats@uidaho.edu

CoChair

David N. Thompson
Biological Sciences Department
Idaho National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1625
Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203
Phone Number: (208) 526-3977
Fax Number: (208) 526-0828
Email: David.Thompson@inl.gov
Metabolic Engineering of Yeast for Bioaccumulation of Arsenic
Wonkyu Lee, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, Dhawal Shah, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, ET 936 The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, Nancy A. DaSilva, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, ET 944C The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 and Wilfred Chen, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
Role of Protein Binding in the Remediation of Pentachlorophenol from Aqueous Streams by a Two-Stage Bioreactor System
Robert P. Chambers, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36847 and Kristie J. Bethune, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36849
Biodegradation of Gaseous Mixtures in a Trickle Bed Air Biofilter
Zhangli Cai, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, Daekeun Kim, Civil and Environmental engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and George A. Sorial, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 765 Baldwin Hall, Mail Location 0071, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0071
Biological Sulfate Reduction of Reverse Osmosis Brine Concentrate: Batch Reactor and Chemostat Studies
Intermission
Enzymatic Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide and Gluconic Acid Chelate for Chloro-Organic Destruction by Modified Fenton Reaction
Deepak Ahuja, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 177 Anderson Hall, Lexington, KY 40506, D. Bhattacharyya, University of Kentucky, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Lexington, KY 40506-0046 and Leonidas Bachas, Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
Optimizing Carbon Dioxide Utilization by Photosynthetic Bacteria
Agnes Ostafin, University of Notre Dame, Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Notre Dame, IN 46556 and Darcy D. LaClair, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Development of a Combined Wastewater Treatment Process for Organic Recalcitrant Substances
Abel Mondelo Rodriguez1, José Maria Ameneiros Martínez2 and Eduardo Marques Canosa2, (1)Enterprise of Quality Control, Enterprise Group LABIOFAM, Independence Ave. Km 16 1/2 Santiago de las Vegas, Boyeros, Havana City, 17200, Cuba, (2)Center for Process Engineering Studies, Higher Polytechnic Institute Jose A. Echeverria, 116 St Marianao, Havana City, Cuba

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division