Sponsored research typically takes on the form of a project with specific objectives, tasks and deliverables. Some of the research projects currently underway include:

Environmental Engineering

• Tributary Pollutant Source Study (pdf|HTML)
• Removal of Mercury from Savannah River Site Wastewater Using Metal Sulfides (pdf|HTML)
• Stewardship of "Remediated DOE Facilities" (.doc|HTML)
• Evaluation of Russian Pacific Nuclear Fleet's Environmental Contamination (.doc|HTML)
• Support to the High Level Waste Tanks at Hanford (.doc|HTML)
• Methodology for Evaluating Stewardship Requirements (.doc|HTML)
• Evaluation of Mercury and Metals Leaching from Coal Combustion Residues produced Using Enhanced Mercury Emissions Control Technology (.doc|HTML)
• Cooperative work on tributary pollutant source study
• Leaching from granular materials used in highway construction
• Leaching assessment of treatment processes for mercury contaminated soils (Executive Summary | Full Report 5 MB)
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• Consortium for risk evaluation and stakeholder participation (www.cresp.org)
• Bioavailability of iron in natural soils and the impact on mobility
• An integrated environmental engineering education and research plan
• Residual Hazards Management: Decisions Leading to Success or Failure?

Structural Engineering

• Graphitic Carbon Nanofiber/Organic Polymer Composites as Structural Materials Having Superior Mechanical Properties (.doc|HTML)
• A Biologically Inspired Design to Measure Intrinsic Interfacial Strengths of Dissimilar Materials (.doc|HTML)
• Radical Reduction in Project Cycle Time (.doc|HTML)
• Infrastructure and Information Systems (IIS) (.doc|HTML)
• Development of a finite-element and finite-difference based discreet numerical model
• Automotive structural system reliability assessment
• System risk assessment and allocation in conceptual design
• Computation methods for reliability analysis
• Modeling and simulation for design under uncertainty

Transportation Engineering

• Transportation Risk Communication: Customer Needs and Enabling Tools (.doc|HTML)
• Application of GIS to Ingram Barge Strategic and Tactical Needs (.doc|HTML)
• National Waterway GIS Network and System Development (.doc|HTML)
• Intelligent Transportation Systems Strategic Planning (.doc|HTML)
• Intelligent transportation systems support and training
• Commercial aircraft de-icing and anti-icing
• Travel demand modeling evaluations