Preliminary Program subject to change
09015 Fundamentals of Environmental Reaction Engineering
OverviewReaction engineering provides a core of fundamental principles that can be used to address many environmental problems. Papers are sought that contribute to the continued development of that knowledge base.
Primary SponsorEnvironmental Division (09)

Chair

Theodore T. Tsotsis
Professor and Chairman
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Southern California
925 Bloomwalk HED 216
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone Number: 213-740-2069
Email: tsotsis@usc.edu

CoChair

Michael P. Harold
Chemical Engineering
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Road
Houston, TX 77204
Phone Number: 713-743-4307
Fax Number: 713-743-4378
Email: mharold@uh.edu
Microbial Sulfate Reduction Of Sulfate-Rich Industrial Wastewaters By Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Reactors: Effect Of Electron Donors
Atosa Vahdati1, Varadarajan Ravindran2 and Massoud Pirbazari2, (1)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531, (2)University of Southern California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531
Falling Film UV-Reactor Design
Christoph Gruber, Peter Letonja, Matthäus Siebenhofer and Rolf Marr, Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 25/C/II, Graz, A-8010, Austria
Photocatalytic Oxidation Of Indoor Air Pollutants Using Nanostructured TiO2
Lynette de Ausen Vera1, Xiangxin Yang1, Larry E. Erickson1, Ronaldo G. Maghirang2 and Kenneth J. Klabunde3, (1)Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (2)Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (3)Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
Research on Dry-Processing Technology for Reconverted Resources Fluorine from Waste Chlorofluorocarbons
Shinji Yasui, Tsukuri College, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan, Kouichi Ikeda, Electric power engineering research laboratry, Central research institute of electric power industry, 2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka, 240-0196, Japan and Hiromi Shirai, Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Central research institute of electric power industry, 2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka, 240-0196, Japan
Generation of Negative Ion Species in the Gas Phase from a 12CaO•7Al2O3 Membrane-Coated Ceramic Heater Under Atmospheric Pressure
Mitsuo Yamamoto, Komaba Organization for Educational Development, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan and Masayoshi Sadakata, Department of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Kogakuin University, 2665-1 Nakano-Machi, Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo, 192-0015, Japan
Modeling Landfills As Large-Scale Bioreactors. A Tool For Predicting Landfill Gas Production And Addressing Safety Issues
Muhammad Sahimi, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Southern California, 925 Bloom Walk HED 216, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1211, Theodore T. Tsotsis, The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, 925 Bloomwalk HED 216, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Halil Kavak, Project Navigator, One Pointe Drive, Suite 320, Brea, CA 92821 and Raudel Sanchez, The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, 925 Bloomwalk PCE 300A, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Towards Optimal Lean Nox Trap Operation
Robert D. Clayton Jr., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204, Michael Harold, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, S222 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204 and Vemuri Balakotaiah, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, TX 77204

Environmental Division