Grantee Research Project Results
2005 Progress Report: Training and Technology Transfer
EPA Grant Number: R828772C008Subproject: this is subproject number 008 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R828772
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: National Research Program on Design-Based/Model-Assisted Survey Methodology for Aquatic Resources
Center Director: Stevens, Don L.
Title: Training and Technology Transfer
Investigators: Williamson, Kenneth J.
Institution: Oregon State University
EPA Project Officer: Aja, Hayley
Project Period: September 1, 2001 through August 31, 2006
Project Period Covered by this Report: September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005
Project Amount: Refer to main center abstract for funding details.
RFA: Hazardous Substance Research Centers - HSRC (2001) Recipients Lists
Research Category: Hazardous Waste/Remediation , Land and Waste Management
Objective:
The Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center (WRHSRC) training focuses on educating graduate students. A total of 16 students have been funded through the Center: three at the master’s level and 13 at the Ph.D. level. Through Center funding, students are trained to do fundamental research and outreach activities in a broad range of disciplines.
The goals of the technology transfer program are as follows:
- Promote teamwork and information exchange among researchers using listservs, Web pages, and seminars.
- Promote information transfer with practitioners using Web pages, electronic newsletter, workshops, faculty presentations and publications.
- Test new technologies through laboratory and pilot-scale testing and demonstrations, and developing online project databases.
- Implement full-scale demonstration projects.
Progress Summary:
Technology Transfer
Rationale: In order for research advances to be effective, information must be effectively transferred among researchers and between researchers and practitioners.
Status: In 2005, tech transfer activities included maintenance of the WRHSRC Web Site, writing and distribution of Research Briefs and WRHSRC News by e-mail, development of a groundwater remediation online tutorial, and workshop presentations.
The Web site (http://wrhsrc.oregonstate.edu/ Exit ) provides an overview of the WRHSRC and links to publications and project information. Since its launch in January 2001, usage has steadily increased. During the past three years, the number of visits has more than tripled, from about 800 visits per month in September 2002 to 3,000 visits per month in September 2005. Web usage statistics demonstrate that site visitors are a diverse group. In a typical month, about 70% of visitor’s affiliations can be determined. Of these, about 30% are from U.S. educational institutions (.edu), about 20-25% are from U.S. commercial domains (.com), 1-5% are from the U.S. government (.gov and .mil), and 15% are from other countries (for example, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, India, and Great Britain).
The Web site includes:
- A description of the HSRC program and WRHSRC goals and management.
- Links and contact information for center research and outreach staff.
- Descriptions of research focus areas and projects.
- A database of WRHSRC publications and previous projects, 1989-2004. This database has been made available in a searchable format (http://wrhsrc.oregonstate.edu/publications/index.htm Exit ).
- Descriptions of Center outreach programs and links to the separate Web sites for the Western Region Technical Outreach Services for Communities (TOSC)/Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (TAB) programs.
- A News and Events page with regular postings.
- Research Briefs—short Web articles that summarize Center research projects.
- An opportunity to sign up to receive electronic newsletters from the WRHSRC and the TOSC/TAB programs.
The Center’s Research Briefs are one way that the Center hopes to communicate with cleanup practitioners and others interested in emerging cleanup technologies. They are short summaries of Center projects that emphasize the research applications and demonstration projects. Four Research Briefs were produced during 2005 and can be found at: http://wrhsrc.oregonstate.edu/briefs/index.htm Exit . They included:
- Brief #6: Strategies for cost-effective chemical delivery and mixing for bioremediation. (Profile of research by Dr. Kitanidis and his research team at Stanford University.)
- Brief #7: Soil and mineral nanopores and their role in contaminant fate and transport. (Profile of research by Dr. Reinhard and his research team at Stanford University.)
- Brief #8: Bioremediation by aerobic cometabolism with butane-grown microorganisms. (Profile of research by Drs. Arp and Bottomley and their research team at Oregon State University.)
- Brief #9: A novel approach for determining transverse dispersion, a process that facilitates dilution and mixing of contaminants in groundwater. (Profile of research by Dr. Kitanidis and his research team at Stanford University.)
Research Briefs are advertised through the Center electronic newsletter and announced on other electronic mailing lists read by the groundwater remediation community. In 2005, briefs were advertised on mailing lists such as: Tech Direct, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 Science Forum (Intranet site), and EPA Region 9 Hazardous Substance Technical Liaison Newsletter. We have also coordinated with the other HSRCs to run special announcements about HSRC Research Briefs on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) research brief distribution list.
In 2005, we also launched a new Web site with lessons and tutorials for simulating groundwater remediation with a free, windows-based model called the Interactive Groundwater Model 3.5.6 (IGW) (http://ccee.oregonstate.edu/enve/igw/ Exit ). The Web site contains explanations of fundamental groundwater cleanup principles and step-by-step instructions for running several simulations, including a pump-and-treat example where the model is used to compare various pumping scenarios. IGW’s accessibility and easy operation make it a useful tool for visualizing the physical processes involved in groundwater cleanup. It was developed by Michigan State University.
Many WRHSRC researchers presented at the August 14-19, 2005, Joint International Symposia for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM 2005) and Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB XVII) in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For abstracts and the complete symposium program visit: http://wrhsrc.oregonstate.edu/ Exit .
Training
Western Regional Lead Training Center, OSU
Hazardous Waste Training
Peter O. Nelson, Ann Kimerling, and Kenneth Williamson, Oregon State University
The Western Regional Lead Training Center at Oregon State University (WRLTC-OSU), originally established with EPA grant funding in 1993, is an accredited non-profit training provider of lead-based paint (LBP) abatement training and inspection courses. All WRLTC-OSU certification courses are accredited by EPA, the State of Oregon DHS Lead Program, and the State of Washington CTED Lead Program. Additional WRLTC-OSU lead abatement training courses are provided with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) curriculum.
Status: In 2005, WRLTC-OSU offered 29 certification courses, which were attended by 266 students. These courses were conducted in Oregon City, OR (16), Spokane, WA (2), Medford, OR (3), and Salem (3).
Under the Oregon DHS Lead Program/EPA Community Outreach Training Grant, 208 students attended 12 Lead-Safe Work Practices and EBLL workshops. These workshops were held in Baker City, Oregon City (3), Bend, Medford (2), Tigard, Astoria, and Salem (3). The State of Oregon DHS Lead Program has extended grant funding through September 2006 for additional LBP abatement training and outreach activities throughout Oregon.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 8 publications for this subprojectSupplemental Keywords:
RFA, Health, Scientific Discipline, PHYSICAL ASPECTS, Geographic Area, Waste, Health Risk Assessment, Risk Assessments, Hazardous Waste, Physical Processes, Ecology and Ecosystems, Groundwater remediation, Hazardous, Environmental Engineering, EPA Region, Region 9, outreach material, contaminant transport, contaminant dynamics, environmental risks, remediation technologies, risk communication workshops, exposure, human exposure, contaminated groundwater, groundwater contamination, Region 10, technology transfer, contaminated aquifers, innovative technologies, human health risk, technical outreach, aquifer remediation, bioremediation, groundwater, community supportRelevant Websites:
http://wrhsrc.oregonstate.edu/ Exit
Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractMain Center Abstract and Reports:
R828772 National Research Program on Design-Based/Model-Assisted Survey Methodology for Aquatic Resources Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R828772C001 Developing and Optimizing Biotransformation Kinetics for the Bio- remediation of Trichloroethylene at NAPL Source Zone Concentrations
R828772C002 Strategies for Cost-Effective In-situ Mixing of Contaminants
and Additives in Bioremediation
R828772C003 Aerobic Cometabolism of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Compounds with Butane-Grown Microorganisms
R828772C004 Chemical, Physical, and Biological Processes at the Surface of Palladium Catalysts Under Groundwater Treatment Conditions
R828772C006 Development of the Push-Pull Test to Monitor Bioaugmentation
with Dehalogenating Cultures
R828772C007 Development and Evaluation of Field Sensors for Monitoring
Bioaugmentation with Anaerobic Dehalogenating Cultures for In-Situ Treatment of
TCE
R828772C008 Training and Technology Transfer
R828772C009 Technical Outreach Services for Communities (TOSC) and Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (TAB) Programs
R828772C010 Aerobic Cometabolism of Chlorinated Ethenes by Microorganisms that Grow on Organic Acids and Alcohols
R828772C011 Development and Evaluation of Field Sensors for Monitoring Anaerobic Dehalogenation after Bioaugmentation for In Situ Treatment of PCE and TCE
R828772C012 Continuous-Flow Column Studies of Reductive Dehalogenation with Two Different Enriched Cultures: Kinetics, Inhibition, and Monitoring of Microbial Activity
R828772C013 Novel Methods for Laboratory Measurement of Transverse Dispersion in Porous Media
R828772C014 The Role of Micropore Structure in Contaminant Sorption and Desorption
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.
Project Research Results
Main Center: R828772
168 publications for this center
69 journal articles for this center