Presidential Faculty Fellow: Refuse Decomposition in Sanitary Landfills

这个奖项是为了支持这位总统学院研究员的研究，他将研究垃圾填埋场中含有的有机化合物的厌氧分解。研究者计划确定有机物质对分解过程的影响，并将努力表征参与分解的主要微生物的过程。该奖项的获得者是根据NSF 91-103，总统教师研究员计划，1992财年计划公告中描述的过程选出的。这位研究者的研究可能会比现在更好地理解厌氧分解过程，这种过程导致被放置在垃圾填埋场的有机物质的分解。这反过来又可能导致这种废物管理设施的工程设计和操作的改进。

This is an award to provide support for research by this Presidential Faculty Fellow who will study the anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds that are contained in wastes that are placed in landfills. The investigator plans on determining the effects of organic substances on the decomposition process and will work toward characterization of the dominant microorganisms that are involved in the decomposition process. The recipient of this award was selected by a process described in NSF 91-103, Presidential Faculty Fellows Program, FY 1992 Program Announcement. This investigator's research is likely to lead to a better understanding than now exists of anaerobic decomposition processes that result in the decomposition of organic substances that are placed in landfills. This in turn is likely to lead to improvements in engineering design and operation of such waste management facilities.