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09014 Fundamentals of Environmental Biotechnology
OverviewThe combination of chemical engineering and molecular biology provides a core of fundamental principles that can be used to address environmental problems through biotechnology. Papers are sought that contribute to the continued development of that knowledge base. Examples of areas of interest are: Bioremediation, environmental monitoring and cleanup, development of novel biocatalysts and biological materials for the enhanced degradation of toxic pollutants or for environmentally-friendly chemical synthesis, novel biocatalysts or biomaterials for biosensor development.
Primary SponsorEnvironmental Division (09)

Chair

Marc A. Deshusses
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Bourns Hall A242
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone Number: 951-827-2477
Email: marc.deshusses@ucr.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
Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production From The Green Alga Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii
Scott Plummer, Applied Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 2433 Vine St., Denver, CO 80205, Mark A. Plummer, MPr&d, LLC, 7780 S. Dexter Ct, Centennial, CO 80122, Mark Eberhart, Applied Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401 and Moira Hagen, Pulmonary, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Ctr., Denver, CO
Inhibition Of Hydrogen Uptake In Escherichia Coli By Expressing The Hydrogenase From The Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. Pcc 6803
Toshinari Maeda1, Gönül Vardar1, William T. Self2 and Thomas K. Wood1, (1)Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 200 Jack E. Brown Building, MS 3122, College Station, TX 77843-3122, (2)Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Room 124 Biomolecular Science Center Bldg. 20, 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816
Biomolecular And Statistical Comparison Of Two Field-Scale Sulfate-Reducing Bioreactors Treating Acid Mine Drainage
Sage R. Hiibel1, Luciana P. Pereyra2, Laura Y. Inman1, April Tischer2, David J. Reisman3, Kenneth F. Reardon1 and Amy Pruden2, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, 100 Glover Building, 1370 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370, (2)Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 1370 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (3)Engineering Technical Support Center, NRMRL, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268
Microbial Community Structure of Sulfur-Oxidizing Cultures Enriched from Wastewater
Chi-Hua Ho1, Juan Pedro Maestre2, Kerry Kinney1 and Mary Jo Kirisits1, (1)Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1786, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Auto`noma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, ETSE, Barcelona, Spain
Treatment of Synthetic Acid Mine Drainage Using a Sulfidogenic Inverse Fluidized Bed Reactor
Marisol Gallegos-García, ML Berenice Celis-García, J René Rangel-Méndez and Elías Razo-Flores, División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICYT), Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a. sección, San Luís Potosí, SLP, 78216, Mexico
Concoction of Bacteria for Biodegradation of Btex
Karthiga Nagarajan and Kai-Chee Loh, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117576, Singapore

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