CAREER: The Distribution and Expression of BTX-Degrading Microorganisms in Anoxic/Aerobic Single-Sludge Biological Treatment Processes

9502450爱这个奖项是为了响应国家科学基金会教师早期职业发展(Career)计划NSF94-101的要求，为这位研究人员提供支持，该计划的目的是鼓励学术教师作为教育工作者和研究人员的早期发展。这位研究人员计划进行的研究旨在提高我们对苯、甲苯和二甲苯化合物在缺氧/好氧序批式悬浮生物质反应过程中的生物降解模式的基本了解，以处理含有这些污染物的废水。研究人员的教育计划包括将研究程序纳入课程，以说明结合物理和生物方法进行系统工程设计的有益属性，以实现有用的环境目标和目的。这位研究人员的研究结果可能会改进用于从废水中去除苯、甲苯二甲苯化合物的顺序间歇反应过程的工程设计方法。她计划推行的教学计划可能会在环境工程本科课程的教学方式上产生创新。***

9502450 Love This is an award to provide the support this investigator requested in response to NSF 94-101, the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program which has the intent of encouraging the early development of academic faculty as educators and researchers. The research this investigator plans to conduct is directed toward improving our fundamental understanding of the biodegradation patterns of benzene, toluene and xylene compounds in an anoxic/aerobic sequencing batch, suspended biomass reaction process for treatment of wastewater containing these pollutants. The investigator's education plan involves incorporating the research procedures into courses to illustrate the beneficial attributes of combining physical and biological approaches to the engineering design of systems to accomplish useful environmental goals and objectives. Results of this investigator's research are likely to improve the approaches taken toward engineering design of sequencing batch reaction processes for removal of benzene, toluene xylene compounds from wastewater. The teaching plan she plans to pursue is likely to produce innovations in the way that environmental engineering undergraduate courses are taught. ***