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Student Research - Dr. Julie Peller

  • Lisa Ciadella and Rebecca Turpin, 2008.  PROJECT:  Reaction Rates and Mechanisms of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)for WateReuse (Funded extension).  Student Research supported by the WateReuse Foundation Grant.

 

  • Rebecca Turpin and Keith Murphy, 2008-2009. PROJECT: Real-time Fluorometric Assay for Sewage Presence: A Cost-effective Method to Determine Potential Water Quality Threats to Swimmers and Ecosystem Health, funding by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG).  In collaboration with K. Vinodgopal (IUN), Richard Whitman and Murulee Byappanahalli (USGS Great Lakes Research Station in Porter, Indiana)

  • Aditya Shah and Jennifer Susoreny, 2006-07.  PROJECT: Chemical Analyses of Oriental Bittersweet and Native Bittersweet Collected along the Indiana Dunes
    • Initial funding from the Center for Regional Sustainable Vitality, $4800.00
    • Funding from the USGS Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, August 2007 – October 2007. $2500.00
    • Collaboration with Stacey Leicht Young, Noel Pavlovic, Ralph Grundel, Richard Whitman.  Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, Porter IN
    • Project abstract submitted for the 4th annual Indiana University Northwest COAS 4th Annual Research Conference.

 

  • Aditya Shah and Jennifer Susoreny, 2006.  PROJECT: Investigations into the use of N-Doped Titanium Dioxide for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Cladophora.
    • Funded by the Lilly Grant; distributed through the Center for Regional Sustainable Vitality, $7800.00 (continuation)
    • Mechanistic Determinations in the Photocatalysis of Cladophora, a Lake Michigan Alga presentation at the Indiana University Northwest COAS 3rd Annual Research Conference.
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  • Patricia Harris, Nnenna Anekwe, Scott Griffith 2005-2006. PROJECT: Investigations into the Photocatalytic Destruction of Cladophora Using Modified TiO2
    • Funded by the Lilly Grant; distributed through the Center for Regional Sustainable Vitality, $7800.00
    • ACS Regional Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. (May 2006)  Undergraduate Poster Presentation:  Investigations into the Photocatalytic Destruction of Cladophora Using Modified TiO2 (Presentation by Patricia Harris and Nnenna Anekwe)
    • Published paper: Julie R. Peller, Richard L. Whitman, Scott Griffith, Patricia Harris, Cassie Peller, Joanne Scalzitti;  TiO2 as a Photocatalyst for Control of the Aquatic Invasive Alga, Cladophora, Under Natural and Artificial Light; Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A:  Chemistry, 2007, 186, 212-217. 

 

  • Carolina Flores, 2006 and Virginia Hughes, 2007. PROJECT: Oxidative Destruction of Bisphenol A (BPA) in Deionized Water and in Orange County (CA) Treated Waste Waters

 

  • Kandis Knight, 2006. PROJECT:  Reaction Rates and Mechanisms of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)for WateReuse
    • Student Research supported by the WateReuse Foundation Grant ($3000.00 stipend for summer work)

 

  • Cassie Nichols, 2005. PROJECT:  Interpretations of the Transient Spectra of Bisphenol A using Linear Accelerator Experiments

 

  • Aaron Lozano, Tokunboh Olaosebikan , 2004-2005. PROJECT: Photocatalytic Remediation of Air Pollutants:  Oxidative Destruction of Gas Phase Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    • Funded by the Lilly Grant; distributed through the Center for Regional Sustainable Vitality, $5600.00
    • Photocatalytic Remediation of Air Pollutants:  Oxidative Destruction of Gas Phase PAHs Under Atmospheric Conditions presented at the Indiana University Northwest 1st Annual COAS Research Conference (November 11, 2004)
    • Notre Dame Environmental Education and Research Symposium  (November 2004) Poster Presentation:  Photocatalytic Remediation of Air Pollutants:  Oxidative Destruction of Gas Phase Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Under Atmospheric Conditions