Projects of the Energy and Earth Resources Center

Projects are listed alphabetically by principal investigator.

Additional projects

Center Office

An Assessment of Geological Carbon Sequestration Options in the Illinois Basin    Robert Finley

Bedrock Geology

Geology of the Elsah, Grafton, and Alton 7.5' Quadrangles   Brett Denny

7.5' Surficial Geologic Map of the Ames Quadrangle   Joe Devera

STATEMAP 2007   Joe Devera

Geologic Mapping of the Chester, Welge, Harrison, Carrier Mills, and Vergennes 7.5' Quadrangles   Joe Devera

Geologic Mapping of Williamson County  John Nelson

Geologic Map of Cache and Cairo Quadrangles   John Nelson

Geologic Map of the Millstadt Quadrangle (revised)   John Nelson

Paleobotany of Coal Seam Roof Shales in the Illinois Basin    John Nelson

Coal Section

7.5-minute Quadrangle Mined-Out Area Studies   Cheri Chenoweth

History of Coal Mining in Illinois, A Pictorial Review    Cheri Chenoweth

Manufacturing Fired Brick with Class "F" Fly Ash from Illinois Basin Coals  Melissa Chou

Manufacturing Building Products with Flyash and Advanced Coal Combustion By-products  Melissa Chou

National Coal Resources Data System (Management of Data on Illinois Coal Resources FY2002-2004)   Scott Elrick

Maintenance of Coal Resource Data, OMMinerals   Scott Elrick

Cleat and Fracture Development in Illinois Coals  Dave Morse

Illinois Coalbed Methane IDCEO  Dave Morse

Energy and Environmental Engineering Section

Fabrication and Testing of a Large Intelligent Filter Press   Latif Khan 

Illinois Clean Coal Institute Reports   Latif Khan

Data Collection for New Proposals   Latif Khan

Studies of Mercury Sorbents and Technologies   Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Mercury Sorbent for Elevated Acid Gas Flue Gas Streams Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Expanding Market for Activated Carbon from Corn-to-Ethanal By-products   Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Advanced Mercury Sorbents with Low Impact on Power Plant Operation   Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Geochemisty Section

Sediment Quality and Sedimentation Rates in Backwater Lakes Along the Illinois River Rich Cahill

Manufacturing Aerated Concrete from Illinois Coal Fly Ash  Joe Chou

A Feasibility Study of Carbon Sequestration Utilizing Ammonium Bicarbonate in Fly Ash-amended Soil   Joe Chou

Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Residues in Water and Soil in Close Proximity to Swine Confinement Facilities Ivan Krapac

Establish Clean-up Objectives for Ammonium & Nitrate in Soils  William Roy

Organic Compounds in Sediments from the Grand Calumet River—Lake Michigan to Lake George

Unified Geochemistry Database Development

Industrial Minerals Section

Mapping the Availability of Aggregate Resources of Ogle County  Zakaria Lasemi

Web-based Directory of Illinois Industrial Minerals & Maps of Extraction Sites  Zakaria Lasemi

Inverntory & Characterization of IL Limestone Resources for FGD & FBC Desulfurization Units  Zakaria Lasemi

Silurian Geology of West-Central Illinois  Don Mikulic

Subsurface Silurian Lithostratigraphy of Northeastern Illinois  Don Mikulic

Geology of the Bedrock Aggregate Industry-Northeastern Illinois  Don Mikulic

Oil, Gas, & Geologic Records Section

Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC)    Phil Johanek

Digital Portfolio of Plays in Unexplored Lower Paleozoic Rocks  Beverly Seyler

Characterization and Analysis of Cypress & Pennsylvanian Sandstone Reservoirs   Beverly Seyler

GIS Approach for Play Portfolios in the Illinois Basin   Beverly Seyler

Electronic Waterflood Data Collection   Beverly Seyler

Petroleum Well Record Scanning and Archiving   Beverly Seyler

Statewide Contoured Structure Maps of Major Paleozoic Horizons in Illinois   Beverly Seyler

New Albany Shale Digital Data Access   Beverly Seyler