Natasha Hoover
Natasha graduated with a MS degree in environmental sciences and sustainable agriculture from Iowa State University in 2012. Her thesis was titled 'Denitrification woodchip bioreactor two-phase column study: Evaluation of nitrate removal at various hydraulic retention times and effect of temperature on denitrification rates.' Upon graduation, Natasha joined the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University as a Research Associate.
Natasha graduated with a MS degree in environmental sciences and sustainable agriculture from Iowa State University in 2012. Her thesis was titled 'Denitrification woodchip bioreactor two-phase column study: Evaluation of nitrate removal at various hydraulic retention times and effect of temperature on denitrification rates.' Upon graduation, Natasha joined the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University as a Research Associate.
Manu Ajmani
Manu graduated with a MS in civil engineering from Kansas State University in 2011. His report was titled 'Sorption of veterinary antibiotics to woodchips'. Manu's research described the sorption and desorption of tylosin and sulfamethazine on wood chips used in denitrifying drainage bioreactors. Manu is currently working as an environmental engineer with Arcadis, Inc., in Lenexa, KS.
Manu graduated with a MS in civil engineering from Kansas State University in 2011. His report was titled 'Sorption of veterinary antibiotics to woodchips'. Manu's research described the sorption and desorption of tylosin and sulfamethazine on wood chips used in denitrifying drainage bioreactors. Manu is currently working as an environmental engineer with Arcadis, Inc., in Lenexa, KS.
Laura Christianson
Laura received her Ph.D. in agricultural engineering and sustainable agriculture from Iowa State University in 2011. Her dissertation was titled 'Design and performance of denitrification bioreactors for agricultural drainage.' Laura was a Fulbright Fellow and spent an year at New Zealand's Massey University where she continued to explore the application of denitrifying bioreactors in grazing fields. Laura is a recipient of ASABE's Robert E. Stewart Engineering-Humanities Award (2008), ISU College of Engineering Dean's Fellowship (2008-2009), DAAD Scholarship from The University of Kiel (Germany) (2009), the Soil and Water Conservation Society's Melville Cohee Student Leader Scholarship (2009), the American Water Resources Association's Herbert Memorial Scholarship (2009), and a National Engineers Week Foundation's New Faces of Engineering honoree (2011). Laura has published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering and in Applied Engineering in Agriculture.
Laura received her Ph.D. in agricultural engineering and sustainable agriculture from Iowa State University in 2011. Her dissertation was titled 'Design and performance of denitrification bioreactors for agricultural drainage.' Laura was a Fulbright Fellow and spent an year at New Zealand's Massey University where she continued to explore the application of denitrifying bioreactors in grazing fields. Laura is a recipient of ASABE's Robert E. Stewart Engineering-Humanities Award (2008), ISU College of Engineering Dean's Fellowship (2008-2009), DAAD Scholarship from The University of Kiel (Germany) (2009), the Soil and Water Conservation Society's Melville Cohee Student Leader Scholarship (2009), the American Water Resources Association's Herbert Memorial Scholarship (2009), and a National Engineers Week Foundation's New Faces of Engineering honoree (2011). Laura has published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering and in Applied Engineering in Agriculture.
Monica Palomo
Monica graduated with a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2008. Her dissertation was titled 'Stabilization of enzymatically polymerized 2,4-dichlorophenol in model subsurface geomaterials.' She was a two-time recipient of the Outstanding Civil Engineering Ph.D. Student Award (2005 and 2006) at KSU and a recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the American Chemical Society's Environmental Chemistry Division, and a graduate student fellowship from CONACYT, Mexico. Her Phresearch has been published in the Journal of Environmental Quality. Monica is currently an assistant professor of civil engineering at Cal Poly-Pomona.
Monica graduated with a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2008. Her dissertation was titled 'Stabilization of enzymatically polymerized 2,4-dichlorophenol in model subsurface geomaterials.' She was a two-time recipient of the Outstanding Civil Engineering Ph.D. Student Award (2005 and 2006) at KSU and a recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the American Chemical Society's Environmental Chemistry Division, and a graduate student fellowship from CONACYT, Mexico. Her Phresearch has been published in the Journal of Environmental Quality. Monica is currently an assistant professor of civil engineering at Cal Poly-Pomona.
Wongee Kim
Wongee graduated with a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2007. His dissertation was titled 'Phenol removal from saturated porous media using horseradish peroxidase mediated oxidative polymerization process.' Wongee's work has been published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering, the Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, and Desalination and Water Treatment. Wongee is currently employed at the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, Korea.
Wongee graduated with a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2007. His dissertation was titled 'Phenol removal from saturated porous media using horseradish peroxidase mediated oxidative polymerization process.' Wongee's work has been published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering, the Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, and Desalination and Water Treatment. Wongee is currently employed at the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, Korea.
Sujatha Reddy Nagulapally
Sujatha graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. Her thesis was titled "Antibiotic resistance patterns in municipal wastewater bacteria." Sujatha's research has been published in Water Environment Research. Sujatha is a water/wastewater engineer with HDR Inc., in Omaha, NE, and active in Omaha's Engineers Without Borders Professional Chapter.
Sujatha graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. Her thesis was titled "Antibiotic resistance patterns in municipal wastewater bacteria." Sujatha's research has been published in Water Environment Research. Sujatha is a water/wastewater engineer with HDR Inc., in Omaha, NE, and active in Omaha's Engineers Without Borders Professional Chapter.
Ashwini Kamath
Ashwini graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. Her thesis was titled "Application of biosolids to control metal leaching from mine tailings." Upon completing her MS, Ashwini joined the wastewater group of Greely-Hansen Engineers in Chicago, Illinois.
Ashwini graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. Her thesis was titled "Application of biosolids to control metal leaching from mine tailings." Upon completing her MS, Ashwini joined the wastewater group of Greely-Hansen Engineers in Chicago, Illinois.
Larry Close
Larry graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. His project report was titled 'Occurrence of ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole and azithromycin in municipal wastewater treatment plants.' Larry's research has been published in the Journal of Chromatography A, and Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management. While at K-State, he was a recipient of the Gates Millenium Scholarship and a U.S. EPA Scholarship. Larry is a Process Engineer at Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City, Missouri.
Larry graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. His project report was titled 'Occurrence of ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole and azithromycin in municipal wastewater treatment plants.' Larry's research has been published in the Journal of Chromatography A, and Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management. While at K-State, he was a recipient of the Gates Millenium Scholarship and a U.S. EPA Scholarship. Larry is a Process Engineer at Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City, Missouri.
V. Ganesh Nagisetty
Ganesh graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. His thesis was titled "Surface application of compost materials to control transport of metals and metal-laden particles from mine tailings." Upon completing of his MS, Ganesh joined the site remediation group of MWH Engineers in California.
Ganesh graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. His thesis was titled "Surface application of compost materials to control transport of metals and metal-laden particles from mine tailings." Upon completing of his MS, Ganesh joined the site remediation group of MWH Engineers in California.
Phanikumar Mellacheruvu
Phani graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. His project report was titled "Evaluation of heavy-metal leaching from chat material amended with compost and clay minerals." Upon completing his MS, Phani joined the site remediation group of CH2M Hill in California.
Phani graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2007. His project report was titled "Evaluation of heavy-metal leaching from chat material amended with compost and clay minerals." Upon completing his MS, Phani joined the site remediation group of CH2M Hill in California.
Monica Palomo
Monica received her MS in civil engineering from KSU in 2003 with a thesis titled "Effect of sorption contact time on the retention and binding of 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) and DCP polymerization products (DPP) in two surface soils." Monica's MS research was published in Environmental Science & Technology (two papers). After completing her MS, Monica stayed back at KSU to work on her Ph.D.
Monica received her MS in civil engineering from KSU in 2003 with a thesis titled "Effect of sorption contact time on the retention and binding of 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) and DCP polymerization products (DPP) in two surface soils." Monica's MS research was published in Environmental Science & Technology (two papers). After completing her MS, Monica stayed back at KSU to work on her Ph.D.
Aruna Suravajjala
Aruna graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2005. Her thesis was titled "Sorption of tertiary butyl mercaptan to indoor materials, soil and activated carbon." Her research has been published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering. Upon graduation, Aruna joined the storm water group at CDM in Dallas, TX.
Aruna graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2005. Her thesis was titled "Sorption of tertiary butyl mercaptan to indoor materials, soil and activated carbon." Her research has been published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering. Upon graduation, Aruna joined the storm water group at CDM in Dallas, TX.
Fangxiang Xu
Fang graduated with a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2002. Her dissertation was titled "Horseradish peroxidase mediated sorption and binding of phenol, o-cresol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, and 1-naphthol to two surface soils." Fang's dissertation work was published in Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, Water Research, and Journal of Environmental Quality. Upon graduation, Fang joined the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University as a research associate and laboratory manager.
Fang graduated with a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2002. Her dissertation was titled "Horseradish peroxidase mediated sorption and binding of phenol, o-cresol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, and 1-naphthol to two surface soils." Fang's dissertation work was published in Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, Water Research, and Journal of Environmental Quality. Upon graduation, Fang joined the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University as a research associate and laboratory manager.
Heather (Lesan) Phillips
Heather graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2001. Her thesis was titled "Aging effects on atrazine adsorption, desorption and distribution among organic fractions in two Hillsdale Basin (Kansas) surface soils." Her research has been published in Water Research (two papers) andEnvironmental Engineering Science. Heather was a recipient of the Outstanding Civil Engineering MS Student Award for 2000 at KSU. Heather is a process engineer with the wastewater technologies group of Black & Veatch, Kansas City, MO.
Heather graduated with a MS in civil engineering in 2001. Her thesis was titled "Aging effects on atrazine adsorption, desorption and distribution among organic fractions in two Hillsdale Basin (Kansas) surface soils." Her research has been published in Water Research (two papers) andEnvironmental Engineering Science. Heather was a recipient of the Outstanding Civil Engineering MS Student Award for 2000 at KSU. Heather is a process engineer with the wastewater technologies group of Black & Veatch, Kansas City, MO.