REU - Summer 2004

  • "Solving for Constants of Membrane Permeability"
    REU Student: Amalia Anderson, Major: Physics & Philosophy, Luther College.
    Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Pellegrino, Adjunct Faculty Dept Civil, Environmental
    Engineering & NISTGraduate Student Mentor: Craig Gorman, Master.s Student

  • "Metals Content of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Lefthand Canyon"
    REU Student: Andrew Bryenton. Major: Civil Engineering, Purdue University.
    Faculty Advisor: Professor Joe Ryan, Dept. Civil, Environmental & Arch. Engineering

  • "Environmental Effects on Microbially Induced Concrete Corrosion (MICC)"
    REU Student: Kendra Colyar. Major: Biological Systems Engineering, University of Idaho.
    Faculty Advisor: Professor Angela Bielefeldt, Dept. Civil, Environmental & Arch. Engineering
    Graduate Student Mentor: Guadalupe Gutierrez-Padilla, PhD Candidate

  • "Metal Loading in Peru Creek"
    REU Student: Brendan Cusick. Major: Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University.
    Faculty Advisor: Professor Diane McKnight, Dept. Civil, Environmental & Arch Engineering & Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTARR).
    Mentor: Chris Jarros, Research Assistant INSTARR

  • "Characterization of Turbulent Boundary Layers"
    REU Student: Jamie Fleischfresser. Major: Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faculty Advisor: Professor John Crimaldi, Dept. Civil, Environmental & Arch. Engineering
    Graduate Student Mentor: Dan Dombroski, PhD Candidate

  • "Engineering Controls for Reducing Indoor Concentrations of Bioaerosols"
    REU Student: Jennifer Jeffers. Major: Environmental Science, University of Notre Dame.
    Faculty Advisor: Professor Shelly L. Miller, Dept. Mechanical Engineering & Professor Mark Hernandez, Dept. Civil, Environmental & Arch. Engineering
    Graduate Student Mentor: Elmira Kujundzic & Fatimah Matalkah, PhD Candidates

  • "Using Fluorescence, Size Exclusion Chromatography, and Ultraviolet Spectrometry to Characterize Changes in Natural Organic Matter During Water Treatment"
    REU Student: Richard Remigio. Major: Earth Environmental Science and Applied Ecology, University of California, Irvine.
    Faculty Advisor: Professor Scott Summers, Dept. Civil, Environmental & Arch. Engineering
    Graduate Student Mentor: Miguelito Arias, PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering

  • "Filtron Water Filter: Disinfection Properties of Colloidal Silver"
    REU Student: Heather Wright. Major: Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technical Institute.
    Faculty Advisor: Professor Angela Bielefeldt and Professor Scott Summers, Dept. Civil, Environmental & Arch. Engineering.