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Active Research Projects
(1) “Modeling of Mercury in the Eastern US with Source Tagging Schemes,” funded by US Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) “Acquisition of a SEM/EDS System for Multi-disciplinary Research and Education,” funded by National Science Foundation.
(3)“Inter-comparison of Comprehensive Chemical Transport Models of Atmospheric Mercury,” unded by US Environmental Protection Agency.
(4)“Modeling of Mercury Pollutants over the Pacific Regions,” funded by US Environmental Protection Agency.
(5)“Further CMAQ Deposition Schemes Comparison and System Development at TCEQ,” funded by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(6)“Waste Reduction from Membrane Facilities by Quantifying Fouling Caused by Bacteria and Inorganic Salts,” funded by Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center.
(7)“Study of CaSO4 Fouling and Calcium Recovery from Brine in the Reverse Osmosis Desalination of Brackish Groundwater in the Rio Grande Basin,” funded by the Department of Agriculture.
(8)“Assessing the Impact of Airborne Pollutants on the Rio Grande Basin Watershed,” $126,250 funded by the Department of Agriculture.
(9)“Acquisition of a High-Sensitivity Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry System for Multi-Disciplinary Research Projects and Education,” funded by National Science Foundation.
(10)“Development of a Low Cost Adsorptive Filter for Simultaneous Soot, VOCs, and NOx Control from Stationary Diesel Engine Exhaust with Microwave Regeneration,” funded by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(11)“Simulations of the Emission, Transport, Chemistry and Deposition of Atmospheric Mercury in the Upper Gulf Coast Region,” funded by USEPA Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center.
(12) “Development of Microwave-Enhanced Adsorption and Destruction Technology for Concerned Air Pollutants,” funded by USEPA Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center.
(13)“Characterization of Airborne Particulate Matter in a Heavily Industrialized Community,” funded by Texas Air Research Center.
(14)“Characterization of Water pollution and Evaluation of Treatment Technologies Using Membrane Filtration for the Polluted Water in the Rio Grande Basin,” funded by the Department of Agriculture.
(15)“Water Quality Simulations for Reservoirs of Rio Grande,” $26,250 funded by the Department of Agriculture.
(16)“CMAQ Air Quality Forecasting,” $40,000 funded by Houston Advanced Research Center/University of Houston.
