Research
Topics
Check out the Water & Environmental
Research Center home page: WERC.
Groundwater Research: Research
into the physics and modeling of contaminant transport under conditions where
thermal effects and/or permafrost are significant. Efforts include field monitoring
projects and the development of new computer models.
Hydrocarbon Movement in Frozen
Soils: Research into the movement and fate of hydrocarbons spilled on ice,
snow and frozen soils. Researchers are conducting experiments in both the Arctic
and Antarctic under funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S.
Army.
Waste Management: Research
involves characterization of industrial by-products and municipal solid waste,
examination of recycling opportunities, and environmental restoration of contamination
caused by these materials.
Bioremdeiation: Research focuses
on the use of indigenous microorganisms to remediate soils contaminated with
hazardous materials.
Water Treatment: Research
involving the use of ozone to treat salmon hatchery supply waters. Of special
interest in this research is the effect of ozone on particulate matter. Future
applications could include development of small scale systems for drinking water
in remote locations and systems for treatment of hazardous wastes.
Air Pollution and Global Change: Research on anthropogenic and natural emissions of importance to global climatic
change. Current efforts focus on contaminant life cycles, including source concentration,
atmospheric removal mechanisms and environmental impacts before and after deposition
Wastewater Treatment: Research
on the biological treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater. Studies focus
on the wastewaters produced in rural Alaska and Alaskan industries.
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