Grants

2024 Grants

Prime Sponser: DOD - SERDP
Title: Multi-taxa ecotoxicity of Novel Fluorine Free Foam versus New Generation Short Chain PFAS Aqueous Film Forming Foam Products
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 10/01/2020 - 06/30/2024
Title: NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER) - Year 2
Investigators: Anandha Rao, Balaji and Millerick, Kayleigh A
Project Period: 09/01/2023 - 08/31/2024
Prime Sponser: DOE-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Title: SALT-FREE ELECTRODIALYSIS METATHESIS (EDM) FOR HIGH RECOVERY CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT
Investigator: Walker, Shane S
Project Period: 01/17/2024 -09/30/2025
Title: Zero-Waste Brackish Desalination for Agriculture in Antigua and Barbuda
Investigator: Walker, Shane S
Project Period: 12/02/2023 - 11/15/2024
Title: Leaching and Mobility of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Concrete and Asphalt
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 08/08/2024 - 02/07/2028
Prime Sponser: DOD - Defense Advanced Reserach Projects Agency
Title: Ex Situ Traetment of PFAS-Impacted Soils and Sediments
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 10/17/2023 - 10/16/2026
Title: 2023 -2025 Texas SIRG program
Investigator: Millerick, Kayleigh A
Project Period: 09/01/2023 - 08/31/2025
Title: Strategic meter-specific water conservation interventions informed by analyses of municipal hourly water consumption data
Investigators: Cleveland, Ted G and Walker, Shane S
Project Period: 05/01/2024 - 04/30/2025
Title: Enhanced Hydrogen Production through Chemo-Bio-Physical Stimulations - with a View to Pilot Development
Investigator: Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 06/21/2024 - 06/20/2026

2023 Grants

Title: Combustion Ion Chromatography Instrumentation for Analysis of Total Organic Fluorine in PFAS-Impacted Media
Investigators: Guelfo, Jennifer L; Jackson, William A; and Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 09/28/2020 - 09/29/2025
Title: Biological Treatment for Wastewater Stabilization in Support of Manned Space Exploration: Partial Gravity Water Recovery System Architecture
Studies
Investigators: Gray, Evan P; Jackson, William A; and Song, Lianfa
Project Period: 02/01/2021 - 08/30/2024
Prime Sponser: United States Department of Energy
Title: Enhanced recovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from impacted soil and groundwater
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 03/01/2021 - 02/28/2025
Title: Demonstration of a High Resolution Passive Profiler (HRPP) for Characterizing the Distribution of PFASs in Groundwater
Investigators: Guelfo, Jennifer L and Jackson, William A
Project Period: 09/10/2021 - 09/12/2025
Prime Sponser: DOD-SERDP
Title: Determination of Biomagnification Potentials for Per/Polyfluoroalkyl Sustances in Terrestrial Food-webs
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 08/05/2022 - 05/31/2023
Title: Quantification and Modeling of Perchlorate Impacts from Fireworks on Drinking Water Sources
Investigators: Anandha Rao, Balaji and Jackson, William A
Project Period: 05/01/2023 - 04/30/2026
Prime Sponser: NASA Shared Services Center
Title: Second-Stage Biological Wastewater Processor (Phase III)
Investigator: Jackson, William A
Project Period: 03/01/2023 - 07/01/2024
Prime Sponser: Environmental Protection Agency
Title: Environemntal Sampling in Willamette River OR
Investigator: Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 09/01/2023 - 09/02/2024
Title: Laboratory scale evaluation of combining advanced oxidation process with sediment stabilization for beneficial use in construction
Investigators: Anandha Rao, Balaji; Rakowska, Magdalena I; and Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 09/25/2023 - 09/24/2024
Prime Sponser: DOD-SERDP
Title: Cost-Effective Treatment of PFAS in Landfill Leachate Using Foam Fractionation
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 09/01/2023 - 03/26/2026
Prime Sponser: NIH - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Title: Enhancing bioremediation of groundwater co-contaminated by chlorinated volatile organic compounds and 1,4-dioxane using novel macrocyclic materials
Investigator: Shen, Yuexiao
Project Period: 01/01/2021 - 10/31/2023
Title: Evaluation of the timing and duration of low level dimethylarsinic acid exposure to its fate, metabolism, and development of neurodevelopmental and
neurodegenerative biomarkers
Investigators: Bailoo, Jeremy D and Deonarine, Amrika
Project Period: 03/07/2022 - 02/29/2024
Title: Arsenicals in infant foods
Investigator: Deonarine, Amrika
Project Period: 06/06/2023 - 02/28/2025
Prime Sponser: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Title: Heterogeneous Electrochemical Process Induced by Energetic Electrons on Planetary Bodies
Investigator: Jackson, William A
Project Period: 10/01/2021 - 09/30/2024
Title: Develop Synergetic Novel Macrocycle-based Absorbents with Thermal Destruction for Enhanced Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Removal in Groundwater and Drinking Water Treatment
Investigators: Guelfo, Jennifer L and Shen, Yuexiao
Project Period: 08/19/2022 - 08/18/2026
Prime Sponser: Environmental Protection Agency
Title: Texas Tech University PM 2.5
Investigator: Fedler, Clifford B
Project Period: 09/19/2022 - 08/31/2024

2022 Grants

Title: Development of Tools to Inform the Selection of Stormwater Controls at DoD Bases to Limit Potential Sediment Recontamination
Investigator: Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 11/07/2018 - 11/14/2023
Title: Application of Passive Samplers to Support Risk Assessment and Long-term Monitoring
Investigator: Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 10/01/2020 - 06/30/2024
Title: Development and Validation of Novel Techniques to Assess Leaching and Mobility of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Impacted Media
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 09/28/2020 - 09/29/2025
Title: 2021-2023 Tecas SIRG Program
Investigators: Lawson, William D and Millerick, Kayleigh A
Project Period: 10/01/2021 - 11/30/2023
Prime Sponser: DOD Army
Title: Low-Cost, Passive In Situ Traetment of PFAS-Impacted Groundwater Using Foam Fractionation In an Air Sprage Trench
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 01/26/2022 - 12/31/2024
Prime Sponser: Blue Origin
Title: Paragon Sub-scale Bed Testing
Investigator: Jackson, William A
Project Period: 05/24/2022 - 10/31/2022
Prime Sponser: DOE-Pantex
Title: PFAS Column Studies
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 08/03/2022 - 07/31/2023
Prime Sponser: DOD-SERDP
Title: Cometabolic Transformation and Treatment of PFAA Precursors in PFAS-Impacted Soils and Aquifer Sediments
Investigators: Guelfo, Jennifer L and Jackson, William A
Project Period: 08/09/2022 - 09/29/2024
Title: Assessment of PFAS Mass Transfer via Leaching into Soil and Water
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 09/26/2022 - 09/30/2024
Title: Goliad County Recharge Evaluation
Investigator: Rainwater, Ken A
Project Period: 05/01/2018 - 09/30/2022
Title: Synthesis, quantification and in vivo assessment of arsenolipids prevalent in seafoods
Investigators: Bailoo, Jeremy D and Deonarine, Amrika
Project Period: 07/21/2021 - 06/30/2025
Prime Sponser: DOE-Pantex
Title: PFAS Column Studies
Investigator: Rainwater, Ken A
Project Period: 08/03/2022 - 07/31/2023
Title: NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER)
Investigator: Millerick, Kayleigh A
Project Period: 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2027
Title: EAGER: Water Continuity on the Performance of Osmotically Driven Membrane Processes
Investigator: Song, Lianfa
Project Period: 09/01/2022 - 03/31/2025
Prime Sponser: NASA Shared Services Center
Title: SECOND-STAGE BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER PROCESSOR
Investigator: Jackson, William A
Project Period: 08/14/2019 - 07/29/2023

2021 Grants

Title: Degradation of Chlorinated Contaminants at Mineral Water Interface: The Engineered vs. Natural Surfaces of Sulfide Materials
Investigators: Millerick, Kayleigh A and Yan, Weile
Project Period: 09/01/2016 - 08/31/2022
Title: Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Sheet Field Deployment and Analytical Support
Investigator: Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 09/13/2021 - 12/31/2021
Prime Sponser: United States Department of Energy
Title: Using a systems biology approach to describe the role of dissimilatory phosphite oxidation in the global phosphorus cycle
Investigator: Jackson, William A
Project Period: 09/15/2019 - 09/14/2022
Title: Evaluation of Contaminant Mobility and Availability - Armstrong World Industries, St. Helens, OR
Investigators: Deonarine, Amrika; Jackson, William A; and Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 07/20/2021 - 12/31/2024
Prime Sponser: Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund
Title: Developing strategies to manage PFAS in land-applied biosolids
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 11/08/2021 - 06/30/2024
Title: Biological Treatment for Wastewater Stabilization in Support of Manned Space Exploration: Flight Experiment Development and Ground Protocol Verification and Bioreactor Maturation Studies
Investigators: Gray, Evan P; Jackson, William A; and Song, Lianfa
Project Period: 02/02/2021 - 01/31/2022
Title: Biological Treatment for Wastewater Stabilization in Support of Manned Space Exploration: Partial Gravity Water Recovery System Architecture Studies
Investigator: Gray, Evan P
Project Period: 02/01/2021 - 07/31/2023
Title: Texas Produced Water Consortium
Investigators: Reible, Danny D and Uddameri, Venkatesh
Project Period: 09/01/2021 - 08/31/2023

2020 Grants

Title: Evaluation of Non-particle Related THg from Stabilized Banks South River VA
Investigators: Anandha Rao, Balaji and Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 05/01/2018 - 06/20/2021
Title: Development of a Generalized Bioavailability Method for Mercury in Soils and Sediments
Investigator: Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 06/01/2016 - 12/31/2020
Title: Availability of Mercury in Impacted Metals in Sediment
Investigator: Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 06/01/2016 - 07/31/2021
Title: Texas Indoor Radon Map 2020
Investigators: Herrmann, George V; Lawson, William D; and Millerick, Kayleigh A
Project Period: 07/01/2018 - 03/01/2022
Prime Sponser: DOD United States Navy
Title: High Resolution Passive Profilers to Aid in the Evaluation of Seepage Zones and the Natural Attenuation Capacity at the Groundwater-Surface Water Interface
Investigator: Jackson, William A
Project Period: 09/11/2019 - 08/28/2021
Title: I-CORPS: Customer Discovery for Environmental Passive Sampling
Investigators: Rakowska, Magdalena I and Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 05/15/2020 - 10/31/2020
Title: Evaluation of Contaminant Mobility and Availability - McCormick and Baxter, Portland, OR
Investigators: Jackson, William A and Reible, Danny D
Project Period: 08/05/2020 - 04/30/2021
Prime Sponser: Water Research Foundation
Title: Occurrence of PFAS Compounds in US Wastewater Treatment Plants
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 03/26/2020 - 02/01/2023
Title: Well Corrosion at the T-Bar Field Phase IV
Investigators: Deonarine, Amrika; Millerick, Kayleigh A; and Rainwater, Ken A
Project Period: 08/02/2016 - 05/31/2021
Title: Maintenance Activities for the EDYS Model: Task 4, 2020-2021
Investigator: Rainwater, Ken A
Project Period: 07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021
Prime Sponser: DOD - SERDP
Title: Combined In Situ / Ex Situ Treatment Train for Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Contaminated Groundwater
Investigator: Guelfo, Jennifer L
Project Period: 09/07/2018 - 02/15/2022
Title: Texas Tech University - TTU-ADAPT
Investigator: Millerick, Kayleigh A
Project Period: 09/01/2020 - 08/31/2025