Engineering Research Equipment: Equipment for Application of Molecular Biology Techniques to Studies of Environmental Engineering

9700339拉斯金这是一项奖励，用于协助购买设备，以进行用于废水处理的生物过程的微生物生态研究、外来生物化合物的生物修复以及水传播病原体的检测和生存能力的研究。该设备的主要用途将是研究厌氧生物反应器的性能，开发寡核苷酸探针数据库，以及研究悬浮生长生物处理反应器中起泡的原因和控制。此外，这些设备还将支持研究员的同事Snoeyink博士对吸附水处理过程的研究，Marinas博士对二氧化钛用于空气处理的化学吸附能力的研究，以及Werth博士和Sanford博士对受污染含水层的就地生物修复的研究。该奖项将为这位研究人员和她的同事提供设备，这些设备可以用来解决研究厌氧生态系统的独特方法，并重新解决悬浮生长生物反应器遇到的发泡和膨胀的“长期问题”，以及使用生物过程从废水中去除养分的新挑战。导致这一奖项的提案是为了响应NSF 93-155，研究设备资助计划而提交的。***

9700339 Raskin This is an award to assist in the purchase of equipment for conduct of research on microbial ecology of biological processes used for treatment of wastewater, bioremediation of xenobiotic compounds, and for the detection and viability of waterborne pathogens. The major use of the equipment will be for research on performance of anaerobic bioreactors, development of an oligonucleotide probe data base and to study causes and control of foaming in suspended growth bioprocessing reactors. In addition the equipment will support research by the investigator's colleagues Dr. Snoeyink in his research on adsorption water treatment processes, Dr. Marinas in research on chemisorption capacity of titanium dioxide for treatment of air, and Drs. Werth and Sanford who are working on insitu bioremediation of contaminated aquifers. This award will provide the investigator and her colleagues with equipment that can be used to address a unique approach to studying anaerobic ecosystems and re-addressing the "long- standing problems" of foaming and bulking experienced with suspended growth bioreactors as well as the newer challenges in nutrient removal from wastewater by use of biological processes. The proposal leading to this award was submitted in response to NSF 93-155, Research Equipment Grant Program. ***