Engineers, biologists, chemists, and physicists often collaborate in the field of bioremediation. Understanding the geological controls on natural environments and habitats, as well as the impact of human activities upon those environments, is vital if mankind is to reach a balance between society's need for natural resources and the need to sustain healthy ecosystems.
Projects
- Crystal-chemistry of Low-temperature Minerals
- Environmental Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution
- Field and Laboratory-based Studies of Mineral-Water-Interfaces
- Geochemical and Environmental Consequences of Plate Interactions
- Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Freshwater Wetlands
- ICP-MS Analytical Techniques
- Metal Adsorption onto Bacterial Surfaces
- Mineral Paragenesis
- Organic and Microbial Interactions with Mineral Surfaces
- Remediation of Metal Contamination
- Temperature Dependence of Surface Protonation and Metal Adsorption Reactions Occurring at the Bacteria-Water-Interface
- Ternary Interactions in a Humic Acid-Cd-Bacteria System Uranium Mineralogy
Faculty
Peter
C. Burns, Massman Chair and Professor
Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/people/faculty/burns.htm
http://www.nd.edu/~pburns
Environmental Mineralogy, Mineralogy and Crystallography, Mineral Crystal Structures and Crystal Chemistry, Mineral Structural Energetics, Mineral Paragenesis, and Nuclear Waste Disposal
Jeremy B. Fein, Professor and
Director, Environmental Molecular Science Institute
Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/people/faculty/fein.htm
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/Facilities/jfeinlab.html
Lloyd H. Ketchum Jr.,
Professor Emeritus
Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
Land Treatment and Sequencing Batch Reactor Treatment, Design of Systems Appropriate for Developing Nations, and Expert Systems for Plant Operation and Pollution Prevention
Patricia A. Maurice,
Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Science and Technology
Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/people/faculty/maurice.htm
Field and laboratory-based Studies of Mineral-water Interface Geochemistry, Organic and Microbial Interactions with Mineral Surfaces, Geochemistry of Humic Substances, Soil Chemistry, Chemical Weathering, Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Freshwater Wetlands, Remediation of Metal Contamination, and Global Climate Change
Clive R. Neal, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/people/faculty/neal.htm
http://www.nd.edu/~cneal/
Environmental Effects of Heavy
Metal Pollution, Petrogenesis of Large Igneous Provinces,
ICP-MS Analytical Techniques, Evolution of the Moon, Evolution of
Mars, Geochemical and Environmental Consequences of Plate Interactions,
and the Origin of the Solar System
Stephen E. Silliman,
Professor and Associate Dean for Educational Programs
Civil
Engineering and Geological Sciences
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/people/faculty/silliman.htm
Groundwater Hydrology Flow/Transport in Heterogeneous Media, Stochastic Hydrology, Laboratory Flow/Transport Experiments, Groundwater/Surface Interaction, Microbial Transport , Water Source Protection, and Third World Water Supplies
Jeffrey W. Talley,
Professor
Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/people/faculty/talley.htm
Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater, Soils and Sediments for In-situ and Ex-situ Technologies; Examination of Physicochemical and Microbial Processes for Application to Waste Reduction and Treatment, and Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Sediment; Phase Partitioning and the Treatment and Fate of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds (HOCs) or Other Tightly Bound Pollutants with Respect to Environmental Endpoints; Integration of Engineering, Microbial Ecology, and Toxicology for Purposes of Enhancing Bioremediation
Additional
Links
http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/Research/research.htm