Dr. Samuel P. Massie
  Chair
Dr. Farouk P. Mishu
  Civil and Environmental
  Engineering Department
615-963-5427
615-963-5902 (fax)
e-mail: fmishu@picard.
  tnstate.edu
 

Environmental Research and Training

Representative environmental projects that have been conducted by Tennessee State University include:

	Hazardous and radioactive waste treatment and disposal
	Fate and transport of hazardous chemicals in the environment
	Deployment of innovative technology for hazardous site remediation or pollution prevention
	Water testing for insecticides and pesticides
	Environmental impact analyses
	Gas-phase treatment of trichloroethylene
	Kinetics of uranium removal using desulfovibrio desulfuricans from a synthetic wastewater-containing carbonate
	Selection of surfactants for nonaqueous phase liquid remediation
	Solubilization and emulsification considerations

Research Facilities

The Engineering Research Institute conducts research on cutting-edge technologies, including:

	Artificial neural networks
	Intelligent manufacturing
	Signal processing
	Robotics image processing
	Sensors and machine vision
	Modeling and simulation
	Finite element analysis
	Speaker recognition
	Design methodologies
	Intelligent control systems
	Computer-aided design tools
	Intelligent health monitoring
	Power systems
	Applied artificial intelligence
	Environmental remediation
	Computational fluid dynamics

Tennessee State University's Energy Laboratory maintains expertise in wind power analysis, hybrid wind power storage and generation, neural network predictor for wind-electric power, communication and control, electric power distribution systems, electric power systems analysis, and optimization of hybrid WP/PV/diesel/battery modular design.

The university's Design Methodology Laboratory applies design methodology to machine elements and structures, deterministic and reliability-based optimization, finite element analysis, and geometric modeling.

Through the Intelligent Manufacturing Center, Tennessee State University has extensive experience in the following:

	Robotics and flexible automation
	Manufacturing systems modeling and simulation
	Sensors and machine vision
	Knowledge-based manufacturing systems
	Computer-aided design and manufacturing
	Applied artificial intelligence

Major Equipment

	PH meter Model 301
	Water quality meter MDL 50B
	Meter 30SCT system digit 10-ft cable
	Turbidimeter DRT100B
	Spectronic 21 DV
	KJELDAHL digitor
	Distillation apparatus-6 units (KJELDAHL)
	Balance electronic XI 3100
	Balance A-160
	Automatic colony counter
	NBS Model G2 gyrotory shaker
	Oven 120 VAC 50/60 Hz #13 258 30A
	Autoclave with dryer 120v 60Hz
	Incubator Isotmep Econ 2.5 cft
	Pump diaphragm Cor Res 17L
	Micromaster CKB Series, binocular, achromatic
	Chemical oxygen demand reactor accu test, 15 tubes
	Centrific centrifuge

Faculty Profiles

Victor Boero, Adjunct Professor, Environmental (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University).
Research interests: Design, operation, and optimization of wastewater treatment facilities and wastewater pollution control.

Harry Boston, Environmental Engineering Restoration Program (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin).
Research interests: The impact of acid precipitation on aquatic systems.

Tom Byl, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resource Division (Ph.D., University of Memphis).
Research interests: Site assessments for bioremediation, determining the source of nonpoint source pollution in agricultural watersheds, and development of a rapid genetic technique to identify bacteria.

Kar Munirathinam, Adjunct Professor, Environmental (Ph.D., Oklahoma State University).
Research interests: Treatability studies, process design, and cost estimates of biological and physical/chemical systems for treating waters and wastewaters laden with conventional pollutants and priority pollutants.

Paily Paily, Professor (Ph.D., University of Iowa).
Research interests: Environmental impact assessments, pollutant transport in surface and groundwater, and hazardous waste management.

Reyadh Redha, Nephrology (M.S., Tennessee State University).
Research interests: Transport studies of nutrients across the intestinal plasma and kidney disease.

Brian Sweetman, Adjunct Professor, Environmental (Ph.D., University of Otago, New Zealand).
Research interests: Chemistry of natural products, protein chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, the biochemistry and physiology of prostaglandins and thromboxanes, and vapor-phase analysis.

Ajeya Upadhyaya, Adjunct Professor, Environmental (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University).
Research interests: Soil investigations, groundwater monitoring, site remediation, underground storage tank removal, treatability studies, and water and wastewater treatment plant design.

For more information about tasking Tennessee State University
for technical support, contact:
Cathy S. Fore
LMES HBCU/MEI Involvement Program Coordinator
Phone: 423-576-6838
e-mail: forecs@ornl.gov

Prepared by Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-84OR21400

April 1997