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RESEARCH PROJECTS Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Abul Hussam and the group Arsenic sorption dynamics on composite iron matrix for efficient arsenic water filter design. Sad Ahmed A continuous flow water filtration system for the removal of arsenic and other toxic metals from water. Sad Ahmed A method for fast evaluation of sorption and flow dynamics of trace toxic species in water by Continuous Flow Hydride Generation Atomic Florescence Spectrometry (CFHG-AFS). Sad Ahmed Development of a gas phase chemiluminescence instrument for the measurement of inorganic arsenic in groundwater and biological fluids. Kirubel Assegid (PhD candidate) A fast electrochemical method for the determination of arsenic in groundwater in a flow system. Doug Mayes (PhD candidate) Gas phase electrochemical sensors for hydrides. Jinsoo Hong (PhD candidate) Gas-solid interactions by headspace gas chromatography: Measurement of surface area and surface interactions with functional organic probe solutes. Said Khiti (MS candidate) Removal of virus by using a composite iron matrix as redox barrier. Tim Born Binding studies of fulvic acid with benzene homolog by measuring infinite dilution activity coefficients. Direct measurement of As(III) in urine as an indicator of recent arsenic exposure: Development of a rapid field analytical tool. Zafreen A. Hossain (Sono Technology and Research Inc (STRI), Bangladesh), Abul K. M. Munir (STRI) Measurement of ketones and nitric oxide in human breath by gas phase electrochemical sensor data logger in the field. Abul Hussam Studies of infinite dilution activity coefficients in fluorous solvents. Stephen Weber (University of Pittsburgh) Sensitive to low part-per-million and reversible sensor for CO. Kisholoy Goswami (Innocence LLC, CA.) Bonding and surface composition of surface complexes on iron based sorbents: ESCA, Auger and Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy. John Schreifels Gas phase chemiluminescence of arsine-ozone and measurement of methylated arsenic species by reaction headspace gas chromatography. Farhan Ahmed (Undergraduate Research Project) Composite iron matrix embedded fabrics for arsenic removal. Joan Rozario (Undergraduate Research Projects) Study of Ag-AsH3 reaction by reflectance photometry: Application in trace arsenic measurement. Joan Rozario (Undergraduate Research Project) Professor Tim Born and the group Optimization of siderophore molecules for removal of metals from drinking water. Removal of virus by using a composite iron matrix as redox barrier. Abul Hussam Tethering of antibiotics and “bacterial glues” to composite iron matrix. Professor Greg Foster and the group Meso-scale treatment of impervious surface runoff using Palygorskite minerals. Mark Krekeler Professor Barney Bishop and the group Novel molecular tags for the detection and quantitation of potentially pathogenic microbes and microbial toxins in drinking water. Professor Doug Mose and the group Measurement and mitigation of potable well water radioactivity in Mid-Appalachian Homes. Rainwater precipitation of mercury. Soil gas radioactivity and its influence on the development of lung cancer. Removal of hydrocarbon contamination in soil. Professor Robert Honeychuck and the group Steroids and Expired Drugs in Wastewater Streams: Characterization via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
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