Environmental remediation

co-inventor of Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron (EZVI) an environmentally safe cleanup technology for chloridated solvent contamination of groundwater (works by injecting EZVI into the contaminated groundwater & soil & it acts like a sponge pulling the contamination into the emullsion where it breaks down into harmless byproducts; aditional remediation methods co-created are AMTS & SPEARS used for removal of cancer-causing PCBs in material soils & sediments; part of project Mass Specrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) which looks for water on the moon

Zero-valent metal emulsion for reductive dehalogenation of DNAPLS; Passive sensor for measuring ionizing radiation; Treatment system for removing halogenated compounds from contaminated sources; Mechanical alloying of a hydrogenation catalyst used for the remediation of contaminated compounds; Zero-valent metallic treatment system & its application for removal & remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS); Removal of PCB & other halogenated organic contaminants found in ex situ structures; Contaminant removal from natural resources; Reactive material placement technique for groundwater treatment; Use of ultrasound to improve the effectiveness of a permeable treatment wall

Category:
Engineering

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
6664298;11156729;9011789;8288307;8163972;7842639;7582682;7271199;7037946;7008964;6207114;6013232

Co-Inventor:
Debra R. Reinhart; Christian Clausen; Cherie L.Geiger; Kathleen Brooks; Robert W. DeVor; Phillip R. Maloney; Cherie L. Yestrebsky; Brian S. Aiken; Christine Coon; Laura B. Filipek; Cristine M. Berger; Kristen M. Milum; Manoj B. Chopra; Nancy Ruiz