Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations
2007
- Global Change and Regional Air Quality: Impacts of Climate, Land-Use, and Emissions
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Jeremy Charles Avise , PhD, Chair: Brian Kent Lamb - Short-term Air Quality Forecasts for the Pacific Northwest and Long-range Global Change Predictions
Jack Chi-Mou Chen, PhD, Chair: Brian Kent Lamb - An Investigation Of Students’ Conceptual Understanding In Related Sophomore To Graduate-Level Engineering And Mechanics Courses
Devlin Bradford Montfort , MS, Chair: Shane Brown - Regional Modeling of Nitrogen, Sulfur, and Mercury Atmospheric Deposition in the Pacific Northwest
Matthew Kirk Porter , MS, Chair: Brian Kent Lamb - Development of an Instantaneous Puff Model: 1) Dispersion of an Insect Pheromone Plume in Conifer Canopies and 2) advection of CO2 Within a Canopy During Nocturnal Drainage Flows
Tara Marie Strand , PhD, Chair: Brian Kent Lamb
2006
- Investigation of the Treatment of Sorbed Contaminants by Activated Persulfate
Lynn Cutler, MS, Chair: Richard J. Watts - Evaluating Emission Factors of PM2.5, Selected PAHs and Phenols from Wheat and Kentucky Bluegrass Stubble Burning in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Ranil Shehan Dhammapla, PhD, Chair: Candis Claiborn - Evaluation of Ensemble Clearsky Smoke Dispersion Forecast System for Agricultural Field Burning in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Kyle M. Heitkamp, MS, Chair: Brian Kent Lamb - Aerosol Characterization for Agricultural Field Burning Smoke
Jorge Rodrigo Jiminez , PhD, Chair: Candis Claiborn - Performance Evaluation of Cold Weather Infiltration Facilities
Stephen Swanson Nelson , MS, Chair: David Yonge - Stabilized Hydrogen Pedroxide Decomposition Dynamics in One-Dimensional Columns
Jeremy Tyson Schmidt, MS, Chair: Richard J. Watts - Source Apportionment of Spokane Fine Fraction Air Pollution Using the Spokane Health Effects Database and Positive Matrix Factorization
Jennifer Lynn Hehl Shaltanis, PhD, Chair: Candis Claiborn
2005
- Waste to Plastic: A Sustainable Approach for the Production and Use of Polyhydroxyalkanoates, and the Impact of Biological Phosphorus Removal Mechanisms
Erik Robert Coats, PhD , Co Chairs: Frank Loge, Michael Wolcott - Investigation of Atmospheric Dispersion in an Urban Environment Using SF6 Tracer and Numberical Methods
Julia E. Flaherty, MS, Chair: Brian Kent Lamb - An Evaluation of Natural Dispersion for Highway Storm Water Quantity Treatment in Washington State
Mitchell S. Reister, MS, Chair: David R. Yonge - Evaluation of the Airpact2 System for the Pacific Northwest
Abdullah Al Mahmud, MS, Chair: Brian Kent Lamb - The Effects of Various Soil Properties on H202 Decomposition Rates
Mohammad Shadhidur Rahman, MS, Chair: Richard J. Watts - Empirical and Modeling Studies on the Physical and Radiative Properties of Windblown Dust Over the Columbia Plateau
Irra T-Mohana Sundram , PhD, Chair: Candis Claiborn - Urban Flux and Concentration Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds and CO2 in Mexico City
Hector Erik Velasco Saldana, PhD, Chair: Halvor H. Westberg
2004
- Bioreduction Of Hexavalent Chromium: Flow-Through Column Experiments And Reactive Transport Modeling
Md Mahbub Alam ,PhD, Chair: David Yonge - Destruction of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids by Modified Fenton's Reagent (Abstract)
Brant Smith ,PhD, Chair: Rick Watts
2003
- Particulate Matter and the Tri-Cities: Impact of New Standards - Non-Thesis
John St. Clair II, MS, Chair: Akram Hossain
2002
- Aerosol and Ozone Sensitivity Analysis with the Community Multi-Scale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model for the Pacific Northwest
Jack Chi-Mou Chen, MS, Chair: Brian Lamb - Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds and Their Influence on Photochemical Ozone (Abstract)
Brian Hopkins, PhD, Chair: Hal Westberg - The Disinfection of Secondary Effluent Using Titanium-Tin Oxide Anodes (Abstract)
Trevor Inouye, MS, Chair: Frank Loge - Order of Reagent Addition Effects for Modified Fenton's Reactions in Aqueous Systems and in the Presence of Sand (Abstract)
Shawn Kohtz, MS, Chair: Richard Watts - Treatment of Highway Runoff Using Wet Detention Ponds: Water, Quality, Operation, and Maintenance Considerations (Abstract)
Tonja Koob, PhD, Chair: David Yonge - Monitoring and Evaluation of an Angerobic Dairy Lagoon (Abstract)
Manjit Neger , MS, Chair: David Yonge - Preliminary Site Investigation and Characterization of the Former Atomic Energy Commission Bus Lot Property (Abstract)
Robert R. Nielson, MS, Chair: Yasuo Onishi - Modeling Ozone and Aerosol Formation and Transport in the Pacific Northwest and Calculation Fractional Source Contributions to Downwind Receptors (Abstract)
Susan O'Neill , PhD, Chair: Brian Lamb - Effect of Contaminant Hydrophobicity on Reagent Dosage Requirements in the Fenton-Like Treatment of Soils (Abstract)
Hue Quan , MS, Chair: Richard Watts - Stormwater Permeable Rapid Infiltration Barriers (SPRIB) for Retrofitting Stormwater Injection Wells (Abstract)
Piper Roelen, MS, Chair: David Yonge - Changes in the Suspended Sediment Transport Regime in the Lower Yakima River (Abstract)
Stuart Saslow , MS, Chair: Victor Medina - Remedial Investigation of the 200-TW-1 and 200-TW-2 Operable Units (Non-thesis)
Mary Todd, MS, Chair: Akram Hossain - Water Quality Parameters Study of Instream and Outstream of Kennewick Irrigation District (Abstract)
Saradha Vedula , MS, Chair: Victor Medina - Assessment of the Occurrence and Relative Concentrations of Salmonid Pathogens in Fish Hatcheries from Washington State (Abstract)
Brandi Wallace, MS, Chair: Frank Loge
2001
- Determination of Zero Order Rate Constants for an Anaerobic Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium Using a Mixed Culture (Abstract)
Elita Castleberry, MS, Chair: David Yonge - VOC Emissions from Softwood Lumber Drying (Abstract)
Brad Fritz , MS, Chair: Brian Lamb - Mechanisms of Fenton-Like Reactions for Reduction of Refractory Compounds (Abstract)
Yuanyuan Hui, PhD, Chair: Richard Watts - Non-Thermal Plasma-Enhanced Catalytic Reduction of NOx in Simulated Heavy-Duty Diesel Exhaust (Abstract)
Diana Tran, MS, Chair: Akram Hossain
2000
- Simplified 1-D Modeling of Flow and Contaminant Removal in Wet Detention Ponds
Md Mahbub Alam, MS, Chair: Akram Hossain - Contaminant Transport in the Vadose Zone Beneath the Richland Muncipal Solid Waste Landfill
Eric Damberg, MS, Chair: Akram Hossain - Comparative Efficiencies of Disinfection Methods Applied to Dispersed and Particle Associated Pathogens
Joseph Dietrich, MS, Chair: Frank Loge - Finite Element and Finite Difference Models for Transport in Groundwater
John Farren, MS, Chair: Akram Hossain - The Measurement of Forest Respiration by Fourier Transfor Infrared Spectroscopy of Isotopic CO2
Rae Hafer, MS, Chair: George Mount - Innovative Uses of Fenton-Like Reactions for the Treatment of Biorefractory Compounds
Jimmy Howsawkeng, PhD, Chair: Richard Watts - Oxidation of Ammonia Using a Passive Biological Filter
Todd Krause, MS, Chair: Hal Westberg - Remote Application of Ultraviolet Radiation for Drinking-Water Disinfection
Michael LaMont, MS, Chair: A. Tonkovich - Evaluation of a Passive Sampling Device (PSD) to Sequester Pesticides from Irrigation Water
Christopher Manuel , MS, Chair: Victor Medina - The Impacts of Highway Deicers on Peshastin Creek, Washington
Nathaniel Marcoe, MS, Chair: David Yonge - The Development of the Best-Basis Inventory Maintenance Tool to Generate and Maintain Hanford Tank Waste Inventories
Kerry Prindiville, MS, Chair: James Duncan - Statistical Distributions of Atmospheric Particulate Matter and the Error Associated with Sampling Frequency
Brian Rumburg, MS, Chair: Candis Claiborn - Dry-Phase Transformation of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol on the Surface of Manganese Dioxide: Products and Mechanisms
Brant Smith, MS, Chair: Richard Watts - Modified Fentons Reactions with Manganese
Douglas Van Gelder, MS, Chair: Richard Watts - Application of Remote Sensing Techniques to Problems in the Simulation and Measurement of Windblown Dust Over the Columbia Plateau
Joseph Vaughan, PhD, Chair: Brian Lamb - Toxicity of Fenton's-Like Products on Escherichia Coli in a Dual Process Abiotic-Biotic Reactor
Diana Washington, MS, Chair: Richard Watts - A Kinetic Evaluation of Halophilic Phenol Biodegradation at 10% NaCl
Tomas Wilson Molina, MS, Chair: David Yonge
1999
Modeling Tropospheric Ozone Formation and Transport in the Cascadia Region of the Pacific Northwest
Michael Barna, PhD, Chair: Brian Lamb
- Prediction of Multicomponent Ion Exchange Equilibria for the Ternary System Cs+-K+-Na+ from Data of Binary System
Richard Chen, MS, Chair: Akram Hossain - Vacuum Sewer Transfer Technology for Wastewater Treatment
George Dragseth, MS, Chair: James Duncan - A Study of Lateral Earth Pressure on Retaining Walls Due to Highway Live Load Surcharge
Teresa Gilman, MS, Chair: B. Muhunthan - Predicting Flammable Gas Mixtures in Hanford Double-Contained Receiver Tanks
David Hedengren, MS, Chair: James Hoover - Sanitary Surveys for Small Drinking Water Systems
Eric Nelson, MS, Chair: James Duncan - Determination of the Equilibrium Sorption Constant Kd,Using Sediment Samples from Borehole 299-E17-21
Kent Parker, MS, Chair: James Duncan - Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emissions from Aln Old Growth Forest and a Poplar Plantation
Shelley Pressley, MS, Chair: Brian Lamb
Modeling Transport and Dispersion of Smoke Plumes from Prescribed Agricultural Field Burning in the Spokane-Coeur D'Alene Region
Tara Strand, MS, Chair: Candis Claiborn - Determining Parameters that Influence Cost Associated with the Remediation of Trichloroethylene (TCE) Contaminated Soil Using Poplar Trees
Dean Strom, MS, Chair: Victor Medina - Modeling High Wintertime Particulate Matter Episodes in a City of Complex Terrain
Rafael Villasenor-Gutierrez, MS, Chair: Candis Claiborn - Review and Analysis of Historical Surface Water Quality Monitoring Data within the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Hans Vogel, MS, Chair: Victor Medina
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