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Colleen Bronner
Pursuing Ph.D. Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
As a graduate of the UB environmental engineering undergraduate program, I returned for the PhD … more
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Ph.D. and M.S. Abstracts
- 2013
- The effect of nonideal sorption on contaminant transport in groundwater and vapor: Statistical and modeling tools
Level: Ph.D.
Student: Anshuman Singh
Advisor: Alan J. Rabideau Ph.D.
The objective of this dissertation was to develop statistical and modeling tools that can support the analysis of subsurface remediation applications characterized by nonideal sorption. These tools included methods for simulating contaminant … more
- Wind-driven mixing in near-shore lake environments: Application to phosphorus dynamics
Level: M.S.
Student: Fatema Begum
Advisor: Joseph F. Atkinson Ph.D.
A one-dimensional modeling framework is developed to serve as an analytical tool to evaluate phosphorus fate and transport in the nearshore regions of large lakes, in particular the Great Lakes of North America. The model incorporates phosphorus … more
- Uncertainty analysis of DO concentrations in the Buffalo River using the Perturbance Moment Method
Level: M.S.
Student: Mao Li
Advisor: Christina W. Tsai Ph.D.
Low dissolved Oxygen level is known as one of the main factors affecting the water quality in the Buffalo River today. This study is to investigate the fate and transport of DO concentrations in the Buffalo River AOC and the uncertainty of DO … more
- 2012
- Parameter estimation for sorption isotherms
Level: Ph.D.
Student: Zhengzheng Jiang
Advisor: Alan J. Rabideau Ph.D.
Parameter estimation for sorption isotherms is a very important practice in groundwater modeling. Both linear and nonlinear regression has been extensively used to obtain isotherm parameters for hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs). However, there … more
- Evaluation of a natural zeolite permeable treatment wall in the removal of strontium-90 from groundwater: Installation to long-term performance
Level: Ph.D.
Student: Shannon Seneca Ph.D.
Advisor: Alan J. Rabideau Ph.D.
An extensive set of experimental and modeling studies was completed to investigate the potential performance of a sorbing permeable treatment wall comprised of natural zeolite for the removal of strontium-90 from groundwater. Multiple column tests … more
- Non-uniform sediment transport and time scale analysis in unsteady and non-equilibrium conditions
Level: Ph.D.
Student: Ken Kuai
Advisor: Christina W. Tsai Ph.D.
While sediment transport in steady uniform flows has been studied extensively, significant amount of sediment movement occurs in unsteady flows. A nonhomogeneous discrete-time Markov chain model is proposed in this study to quantify the bedload … more
- A Perturbation Approach to Quantifying Sorption onto Granular Activated Carbon
Level: M.S.
Student: Beril Darcan
Advisor: James N. Jensen Ph.D.
Persistence of pollutants in wastewater and drinking water treatment plants are one of the challenges in environmental problems. Measurement of pollutants in the effluent solid or sludge still remains challenging. A perturbation method was developed … more
- Fate of Iron from Tire Derived Aggregate: An Experimental Study
Level: M.S.
Student: Kelly Duval
Advisor: John E. Van Benschoten Ph.D.
Tire derived aggregate (TDA) has been shown to be useful in a variety of civil and environmental engineering applications. It is often used as backfill for construction projects or as media for leachfields. While research has shown that the leaching … more
- Effectiveness of geotextile fabric in slow sand filtration
Level: M.S.
Student: Samson Gondwe
Advisor: James N. Jensen Ph.D.
The use of geotextile fabrics in slow sand filtration is a recent phenomenon which is still being investigated to determine their optimum usage. A number of studies have been conducted to establish how synthetic or natural fabrics improve operation … more
- Modeling of groundwater contaminant transport with nonlinear sorption
Level: M.S.
Student: Xuan Huang
Advisor: Alan J. Rabideau Ph.D.
A new algorithm based on the split-operator approach, henceforth referred to as the mass balance (MB) approach, was evaluated for modeling groundwater contaminant transport with nonlinear sorption isotherms. Particularly, the performance and utility … more