Preliminary Program subject to change
02H03 Separation Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in the Environment
OverviewEmerging contaminants are chemical and microbial constituents that have not been considered to be contaminants in the past. However, these materials are building up to sufficient levels such that they may pose a threat to human health and the environment. The focus of this session is to discuss the extent of the problem, as well as to explore how new and existing separation technologies can be applied for the removal emerging contaminants from water.
Primary SponsorGeneral Topics and Other Methods (02h)

Chair

Stephen M. Ritchie
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Alabama
Department of Chemical Engineering
Box 870203
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203
Phone Number: 205-348-2712
Fax Number: 205-348-7758
Email: sritchie@coe.eng.ua.edu
Novel Separation Methods for Removing Nanoparticles and Copper from Chemical Mechanical Planarization Wastes
Eduardo Carrera Vargas and Moses N. Bogere, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, PO Box 9046, Mayaguez, PR 00681
Chemical Decontamination of Spills in Water Streams
A. Sadana, University of Mississippi, Chemical Engineering Department, University, MS 38677-1848 and Tingting Zhu, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Mississippi, 120 Carrier Hall, University, MS 38655-1848
Investigation of the Effectiveness of Various Treatment Methods to Remove Endocrine Disrupting Compounds from Domestic Wastewater
Nitesh Poladia, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1075 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440, Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1075 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440 and Robert A. Angus, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
Oil/water Separation: Examination of Various Treatment Techniques
Tracy Williams, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1075 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440, Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1075 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440 and M. P. Sharma, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
Identification And Treatment Of Emerging Contaminants In Wet Weather Flows
Stephen M. Ritchie1, Pauline D. Johnson2 and Robert E. Pitt2, (1)University of Alabama, Department of Chemical Engineering, Box 870203, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203, (2)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama, Box 870205, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0205

Separations Division