Current Students

Ki Young Chu is from Seoul, South Korea.  He received his BS in Civil Engineering from Handong University (Pohang, Korea) in 2005. He is now working on his MS at NCSU on modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant remediation in heterogeneous aquifers.  Prior to starting graduate school, he traveled throughout South Korea on his mountain bike. When he can't ride, he exercises near his house and plays basketball.

Former Students

Roudebush, S. T., MCE Project, Methane Gas Recovery Analysis in the Tyreeanna Road Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, April 1990.

Patterson, A. C., MCE Project, Evaluation of a Permeable Peat Barrier for Management of a Fuel Oil Release at Fort Bragg, NC, January 1991.

Weymann, D., MCE Project, Evaluation of Materials for Use as a Permeable Barrier for the Cleanup of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Groundwater, April 1991.

Lyke, W. L., MCE Project, Characterization of Hydraulic Parameters that Control Ground-Water Flow in the Sand Hills area near Aberdeen, North Carolina, February 1991.

Bulla, K. P., MCE, Field Evaluation of Contaminant Transport and Biodegradation in a Sanitary Landfill Leachate Plume, April 1993.

LaTowsky, H. D., MCE Project, A Field Study of an Enhanced-Bioremediation System at a Ground Water Contamination Site, May 1993.

Keistler, R. W., MCE Project, Pump and Treat Technology: Where Does it fit in Aquifer Remediation?, December 1993.

Brodmerkel, J. P., MCE Project, The Cost of Remediation for Underground Storage Tanks in North Carolina, December 1993.

Beard, A., MCE Project, Intrinsic Bioremediation of a Heating Oil Spill, January 1994.
Sands, K. A., MCE Project, Evaluation of Ponds and Wetlands for Protection of Public Water Supplies, June 1994.

Godfrey, S., MCE Project, Natural Bioremediation of BTEX: A Literature Review, July 1994.

Dunlop, E., MCE Project, In-Situ Measurement of Intrinsic Bioremediation Rates, June 1995.

Cade, S., MCE Project, Field Study of Intrinsic Bioremediation to Determine Steady-State Conditions, December 1995.

Yanoschak, T. M., MS Thesis, Effect of Sanitary Landfills on Surface and Ground Water Quality in North Carolina, May 1988.

Kao, C. M., MS Thesis, Experimental Analysis of Gasoline Transport in a Soil Column, May 1989.

Bramlett, D. W., MS Thesis, Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Hydrocarbon Transport and Biotransformation, May 1989.

Lee, W. E., MS Thesis, Biotransformation and Growth Kinetics of a Microbial Community Degrading Toluene, July 1989.

Douglass, J., MS Thesis, The Impact of a Piedmont Sanitary Landfill on Surface and Ground Water Quality, May 1990.

Becker, M. T, MS Thesis, Iron Reduction in a Gasoline-Contaminated Aquifer containing Glauconite, July 1992 (co-chair).

Malone, D. R., MS Thesis, Dissolution and Biorestoration of Non-Aqueous Phase Hydrocarbons: Model Development, Laboratory Validation, and Field Evaluations, January 1993.

Maness, A. M., MS Thesis, Statistical Evaluation of Pump and Treat Technology in North Carolina Aquifers, March 1993.

Davis, C. W., MS Thesis, Natural Bioremediation of a Gasoline Spill under Mixed Aerobic and Denitrifying Conditions,  July 1993.

Gomez, C. A., MS Thesis, Characterization of a Dissolved Hydrocarbon Plume, August 1993.

Johnston, J. J., MS Thesis, Anaerobic Degradation of Hazardous Organics in Groundwater Downgradient of a Sanitary Landfill, October 1993 (co-chair).

LeBrun, L. E. IV, MS Thesis, Field Measurement of Intrinsic Bioremediation Rates using Mass Balance Techniques, March 1994.

Simhadri, B., MS Thesis, Slow Release of Dissolved Contaminants from Residual Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids - Effect of Surfactant Floods, June 1994.

Beckman, M., MS Thesis, In-Situ Measurement of Intrinsic Bioremediation Rates, September 1994.

Shafer, M. B., MS Thesis, Methanogenic Biodegradation of Alkylbenzenes in Groundwater from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore, October 1994 (co-chair).

Smith, R. M., MS Thesis, Effect of High Velocity Flow on the Dissolution of Contaminants from Residual Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids in Laboratory Columns, December 1994.

Goin, R. T., MS Thesis, Enhanced Bioremediation of BTEX using Immobilized Nutrients: Field Demonstration and Monitoring, December 1994.

Daniel, R. A., MS Thesis, Intrinsic Bioremediation of BTEX and MTBE: Field, Laboratory and Computer Modeling Studies, August 1995.

Dorn, J. L., MS Thesis, Modeling and Analysis of a Wet Detention Pond Located in the Piedmont of North Carolina, October 1995 (co-chair).

Stillman, J. B., MS Thesis, Modeling Nutrient Removal by Wet Detention Ponds in the North Carolina Piedmont, December 1997 (co-chair).

Godin, J. A. MS Thesis, Modeling and Analysis of the Regency Pond-Wetland System, May 1998(co-chair).

Davis, J. C. MS Thesis, Spatial Variation in Aquifer Properties and Geochemistry at Fire Protection Training Area Number 4, Pope Air Force Base, July 1998 (co-chair).

Vergonio, M. A. B., MS Thesis, Design of a Geotextile Sparging Well for Remediation of a Gasoline Contaminated Aquifer, May 1999.

Giachini, D.M., MS Thesis, In-Situ Method for the Measurement of Intrinsic Bioremediation Rates, July 1999.

Clayton, C.T., MS Thesis, Effect of a Modified Groundwater Circulation Well on a BTEX Contaminated Aquifer, May 2000.

Stewart, E. R., MS Thesis (Geology), Evaluation of a Groundwater Circulation Well System in a BTEX Contaminated Coastal Aquifer, September 2001 (co-chair).

Jung, Y., MS Thesis, Transport of Emulsified Edible Oil in a 3-Dimensional Sandbox: Experimental and Modeling Results, June 2003.

Lindow, N. L., MS Thesis, Use of Soybean Oil and Soybean Products for Groundwater Bioremediation, May 2004.

Long, C. M., MS Thesis, Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination in Edible Oil Barriers – Experimental and Modeling Results, August 2004.

Rodriguez, B. X., MS Thesis, Evaluation of Slow Release Substrates for Anaerobic Bioremediation, August 2004.

Tillotson, J. M., MS Thesis, Laboratory Studies in Chlorinated Solvents and Hydrocarbon Bioremediation, April 2007.

Clayton, M. H., MS Thesis, Effective Distribution of Injected Emulsified Oil for In-Situ Bioremediation of Heterogeneous Aquifers, December 2007.

Weispfenning, A. M., MS Thesis, Development of a Design Tool for Planning Emulsified Oil Injection Systems, April 2008.

Kao, C. M., PhD Dissertation, Bioremediation of BTEX Contaminated Aquifers using Biologically Active Barriers, September 1993.

Acquesta, M. S., PhD Dissertation, Utilization of Natural Organic Matter to Achieve Denitrification of Municipal Wastewater, May 1996.

Hunt, M. J., PhD Dissertation, Assessing Intrinsic Hydrocarbon Bioremediation in Anaerobic Coastal Plain Aquifers, June 1997 (co-chair).

Wang, Y. S., PhD Dissertation, Biodegradation of Cellulosic and Anthropogenic Compounds in Landfills, June 1997 (co-chair).

Kota, S., PhD Dissertation, Biodegradation in Contaminated Aquifers: Influence of Microbial Ecology and Iron Bioavailability, July 1998 (co-chair).

Zenker, M.J., PhD Dissertation, Biodegradation of Cyclic and Lkyl Ethers in Subsurface and Engineered Environments, May 2000 (co-chair).

Ress, B. B., PhD Dissertation, Subsurface Spatial Heterogeneity and its Effects on Biodegradation Rates and Plume Behavior, December 2000 (co-chair).

Han, J., PhD Dissertation, Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Flood Warning Systems., December 2002 (co-chair).

Coulibaly, K. M., PhD Dissertation-Geology, Permeability Reduction and Emulsified Soybean Oil Distribution in Aquifer Sediments: Experimental and Modeling Results. (co-chair).

Saunders, Jr., W. L., PhD Dissertation, Detention Basin Design to Mitigate Regional Peak Flow Impacts (co-chair).

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