RUI: An Innovative Hybrid Technology for the Removal and Destruction of Perchlorate from Aqueous Systems Using Polymeric Ligand Exchange Technology and a Packed Bed Bio-Reactor
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| Abstract | This IREE research project is the beginning of a collaboration between the PI, Dr. Steven Mylon, and Dr. David Waite, Head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering School at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The research extends the scope of study of a current NSF grant (NSF-0553654) that seeks a novel solution to perchlorate contamination through the separation and destruction of perchlorate from ground waters. The goals of this IREE project were: 1) To examine the potential for zero valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) to reduce perchlorate in ion-exchange regenerate solutions, and to optimize the process, and 2) To establish additional productive collaborations between Drs. Mylon and Waite. As a result of time spent at UNSW by both Dr. Mylon and undergraduate research student, both of these goals have been met and will be discussed herein. |
| Contributor | Mourad Ouzzani
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| Bio | Steven E. Mylon received both a BS in engineering and B.A. in Soviet Eastern European Studies from Tufts University in 1988. Following five years of teaching at a private secondary school, Mylon entered the graduate program in chemistry at Dartmouth College. Under the supervision of Dr. Charles Braun he received his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry in 1998. Following two additional years of teaching, he was awarded the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry at Yale University. His co-advisors at Yale were Dr. Menachem Elimelich in the Chemical Engineering department and Dr. Gaboury Benoit in Yale's Environment School. Since 2004, he has been an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. As a recipient of an NSF-IREE award, Mylon was a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, AU.
Alexander Goergen is currently a senior chemistry major at Lafayette College. Goergen has been working with Steven Mylon as a Lafayette College EXCEL Scholar since the summer of 2005. Thanks to the NSF- IREE award Goergen spent 10 weeks at the University of New South Wales enrolled as a practicum student. Alex worked in the research group of Professor David Waite who is the head of the school of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW. |
| Sponsored By | NSF CBET-553654 |
| Cite this work | Researchers should cite this work as follows: Steven E. Mylon and Alexander Goergen, "RUI: An Innovative Hybrid Technology for the Removal and Destruction of Perchlorate from Aqueous Systems Using Polymeric Ligand Exchange Technology and a Packed Bed Bio-Reactor", Trip report presented at the NSF IREE 2007 Grantees Conference, October 30 - November 1, 2007, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana |
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