Environmental Projects

Projects are listed alphabetically by principal investigator and may be listed under multiple topic headings.

Additional projects

Energy

Manufacturing Autoclaved Aerated Concrete from Illinois Coal Fly Ash     Joe Chou

Feasibility Study of Carbon Sequestration Using Ammonium Bicarbonate in Fly Ash-Amended Soil     Joe Chou

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

Manufacturing Building Products with Fly Ash and Advanced Coal Combustion By-Products     Melissa Chou

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

Fabrication of a Scaled-up ISGS Intelligent Filter Press     Latif Khan

Expanding Market for Activated Carbon & Corn-to-Ethanol By-Products     Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Demonstration Study of High-Sulfur Coal Combustion in Oxygen Enriched Flue Gas     Massoud Rostam-Abadi

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

Studies of Advanced Mercury Sorbents and Technologies     Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Water and Wetlands

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

Crystal Lake Moisture Balance and Drought Frequency     Brandon Curry

Determination of the Dominant Sources of Nitrate in Wells and Springs of the Sinkhole Plain Using Nitrogen and Oxygen Isotopes     Keith Hackley

The Application of Nitrogen and Oxygen Isotopes of Nitrate to Identify the Sources and the Degree of Denitrification of Nitrate Levels in Illinois Groundwater     Keith Hackley

Effects of Land Application of Swine Slurry on Crop Production and Subsurface Water Quality     Keith Hackley

Mass Flux of Nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in Shallow Groundwater - Assessment of Denitrification in Shallow Groundwater by Isotopic Methods     Hue-Hwa Hwang

Urban Growth Effect on Groundwater Quality in McHenry County Based on Chemical and Isotopic Assessment     Hue-Hwa Hwang

Critical and Statistical Evaluation of Characterization Methods for Sites Contaminated Through Multiple Discrete Spills     Don Keefer

Antibiotic Resestance Genes and Residues in Water and Soil in Close Proximity to Swine Production Facilities    Ivan Krapac

Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport at a Swine Confinement Facility    Ivan Krapac

Mass Flux of Nutrients (Nitrogen and Phosphorus) in Shallow Groundwater     Ed Mehnert

Indicators of the Origin of Sodium and Chloride in Natural Water     Sam Panno

The Hydrogeochemistry of Illinois     Sam Panno

Sources of Nitrate in the Illinois River     Sam Panno

The Use of Probability Graphs to Estimate Background Concentrations of Nitrate in Groundwater     Sam Panno

Illinois River Basin Restoration Project: Watershed and Pool Assessments     Drew Phillips

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

Regional Groundwater Assessment: Metro East Region     Ed Smith

Hydrogeologic Mapping for Kendall County     Ed Smith

Other

Manufacturing Autoclaved Aerated Concrete from Illinois Coal Fly Ash     Joe Chou

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

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

Manufacturing Building Products with Fly Ash and Advanced Coal Combustion By-Products     Melissa Chou

Ice-walled Lakes: Genesis, Age, Paleoecology, and Hydrogeological Function     Brandon Curry

Preliminary Environmental Site Assessment Program for the Illinois Dept. of Transportation     Anne Erdmann

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

Dating of Cave Sediments and Speleothems     Sam Panno

Sinkhole Density, Bedrock Topography, Water Table, Drift, and Loess-thickness Maps of the Columbia, Waterloo, and Renault Quadrangles     Sam Panno

Establishment of Soil Clean-up Objectives for Ammonium and Nitrate in Soil     William Roy

Calcified Rootlets and Their Significance to Terrestrial Carbon Cycles in Response to Climate Change in Illinois     Hong Wang

Loess Stratigraphy of Last 5 to 6 Glacial-Interglacial Cycles in Southern Illinois     Hong Wang