IUCRC for Combined Anaerobic-Aerobic Treatment of Halogenated Organic Compounds Using a Lignite Char Support

该项目实施了美国和英国之间的工业/大学/政府合作研究计划。该项目将把美国新泽西理工学院和英国贝尔法斯特女王大学结合起来。这项合作的最终目标是将皇后大学的环境科学与技术研究中心（成立于1989年）与新泽西理工大学的I/UCRC危险废物管理中心结合起来。该联合研究项目旨在研究褐煤和褐煤衍生活性炭作为固体吸附剂的潜力，为利用微生物工艺降解有机有毒成分的废水流处理提供支持基质。为研究两个中心发生的工业/大学互动以及中心之间的互动的评估活动提供额外支持。英国科学与工程研究委员会审查并资助了这一合作努力的爱尔兰（英国）部分，为期三年，资金约为24万美元。项目经理建议新泽西理工学院在三年持续奖励的第一年奖励8万美元。该项目由美国国家科学基金会国际项目部负责协调。此外，对评价员职能的三年持续奖励的第一年奖励8 000美元。

The project implements an Industry/University/Government Cooperative Research Program between the United States and the United Kingdom. The program will couple the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the US with the Queens University of Belfast in the UK. The ultimate objective of this joint effort is to couple the Environmental Science and Technology Research Center at Queens University, (established in 1989) with the I/UCRC for Hazardous Waste Management at NJIT. The joint research program is to study the potential of lignite and lignite derived activated carbons as solid absorbents to provide a support-matrix for treatment of waste water streams using microbiological process to degrade organic toxic constituents. Additional support is provided for an evaluation activity in studying the industry/university interaction occurring in both Centers as well as the interaction between the Centers. The British Science and Engineering Research Council has reviewed and funded the Irish (UK) component of this collaborative effort at approximately $240,000 over a three year period. The Program Manager recommends that the New Jersey Institute of Technology be awarded $80,000 for first year of a three-year continuing award. This project is being coordinated with the National Science Foundation's Division of International Programs. Also, $8,000 is awarded for the first year of three-year continuing award for an evaluator function.