·        Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering testing of materials
 

·        Integration of field, laboratory and numerical methods
 

·        Microbiological effects in geotechnical systems
 

·        Barrier material durability and improvement
 

·        Solid, hazardous and nuclear waste management
 

·        Landfill covers and liners; slurry trench cutoff walls
 

·        Multiphase flow through landfill bioreactors
 

·        Environmental policy and technology transfer in developing countries

1. Laboratory Testing and Modeling to Support the Egypt Road Ash Landfill, S&ME, Inc., $20,060, S&ME, Inc., 2/15/04-5/1/04 (PI)

2. Test Pad Instrumentation for Field Evaluation of Ash Management Options Duke Energy, $38,775, 5/1/03-4/30/04, (PI)

3. Permeable reactive layer for trace metals attenuation: A field, laboratory and computer-based assessment, Duke Energy, $83,772, 5/1/03-4/30/04, (PI)

4. Improved Leaching Procedure for Coal Combustion Products, UNC Charlotte, Graduate School, $6,000, 1/1/04 - 6/30/04, (PI)

5. Review of lime-fly ash mixtures: Engineering and Environmental implications, Duke Energy, $1,290, 5/1/03-8/31/03, (PI)

6. Use of Duke Power Plant Ash in High Volume Superpave Highway Asphalt Concrete Application, Duke Energy, $19,332, 11/1/02-12/31/03, (Co-PI)

7. Interactions between coal combustion ash and flue gas desulfurization sludge: Implications for innovative waste management. Duke Energy, $4,560, 7/25/02 - 2/28/03, (PI)

8. Use of Permeable Reactive Soils for Heavy Metal Containment. Duke Energy, $4,560, 7/25/02 - 2/28/03, (PI)

9. The Feasibility of a Next Generation Aerobic Municipal Solid Waste Bioreactor, UNC Charlotte, College of Engineering, $10,000, 1/1/02 - 12/31/03, (Co-PI)

10. Feasibility of dissolved polymer restoration of deteriorated landfill covers, UNC Charlotte, Graduate School, $4,460, 1/1/02 - 12/31/02, (PI)

11. Utilization of specific surface area (SSA) analyses to characterize polymer-clay interactions in waste containment applications. Awarded use of SA 3100 Plus from the Beckman-Coulter Corporation (Approximate Equipment Value: $20,000) for research conducted at UNC Charlotte, 2001, (PI)