Grantee Research Project Results

Institution Information
Name:	University of Colorado at Boulder
Dept:
Center:	Airborne PM - Rochester PM Center
EPA Region:	8
Street Address:	Campus Box 17
City:	Boulder
State:	CO
Zip Code:	80309

Associated Project Details for: University of Colorado at Boulder

104 Projects listed for this institution:
Grant Number	Grant Title	Project Type	Project Period
R825549C063	Extension of Laboratory Validated Treatment and Remediation Technologies to Field Problems in Aquifer Soil and Water Contamination by Organic Waste Chemicals	Center	May 19, 1995 through October 2, 2000
R829402	Center for Integrating Statistical and Environmental Science	Center	March 12, 2002 through March 11, 2007
R829402C001	Detection of a Recovery in Stratospheric and Total Ozone	Center	March 12, 2002 through March 11, 2007
R835570	Center for Comprehensive, optimaL, and Effective Abatement of Nutrients	Center	September 1, 2013 through August 31, 2018
R835603	Design of Risk-reducing, Innovative-Implementable Small-System Knowledge(DeRISK) Center	Center	September 1, 2014 through July 31, 2017
F08C20433	Preparing for the Impacts of Climate Change on Source Water Quality: A Decision Tool for Drinking Water Managers	Fellowship	January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
F13B10163	Development of an Ion Mobility Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (IMS-CIMS) for the In-Situ Analysis of Secondary Organic Aerosol	Fellowship	September 1, 2014 through September 1, 2016
F13B10165	Laboratory and Field Studies of Secondary Aerosol Formation and Aging Using a Flow Reactor	Fellowship	August 1, 2014 through August 1, 2016
F13E20911	Biotic and Abiotic Controls Over Mercury Methylation in the St. Louis River Estuary: An Examination of Seasonal and Vegetative Influences	Fellowship	August 1, 2014 through August 1, 2015
F5B10198	Acid-catalyzed Reactions in Sulfuric Acid Aerosols: Characterization and Impact on Ice Nucleation	Fellowship	August 1, 2005 through July 31, 2008
F5B10206	Enhanced Characterization of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Through Complementary Data Integration and Improved Measurement Instrumentation	Fellowship	January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2007
F5B30517	Wildfire Risk Reduction: Homeowners and Decision-Making in the Wildland Urban Interface	Fellowship	September 1, 2005 through April 1, 2008
F5C20420	Environmental perceptions and traditional environmental knowledge among ethnic groups of Altai Mountains of Russia and Mongolia	Fellowship	August 1, 2005 through August 1, 2008
F6C30157	Future Decision-Makers: Children's Perceptions of Environmental Problems	Fellowship	September 1, 2006 through September 1, 2008
FP916939	Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicles Powered by Gasoline, Diesel and Alternative Fuels: Emissions and Field Measurements	Fellowship	August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2011
FP917090	Pilot Scale Water Reuse System	Fellowship	August 1, 2010 through July 31, 2013
FP917102	Effects of Nutrient and Pesticide Loading on Aquatic Ecosystems as Pertaining to the Emergence and Transmission of Human Disease: The Case of “Swimmers’ Itch”	Fellowship	September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2013
FP917136	Oxidation of Antibiotics in Wastewater: Identifying Products and Impacts on Antibacterial Activity	Fellowship	August 31, 2010 through August 30, 2013
FP917198	Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation and Ecosystem Services in the Colorado Front Range	Fellowship	August 23, 2010 through August 22, 2013
FP917283	Sanitation Networks in Developing Communities	Fellowship	September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014
FP917300	Degradation of Trace Organic Pollutants in Drinking Water Biologically Active Filters	Fellowship	August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2014
FP917435	Tailored Activated Carbons for Sustainable Removal of Environmental Contaminants	Fellowship	August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2014
FP917451	Experimental Analysis of the Environmental Behavior of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Compounds Prioritized by Potential of Environmental or Health Risk	Fellowship	August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2015
FP917460	Characterizing Combustion and Biogenic Particulate Matter Present in the Indoor Environment	Fellowship	August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2015
FP917472	Evaluation of Traditional Charcoals and Gasifier Biochars as Sustainable Low-Cost Adsorbents for Water Treatment Serving Developing Communities	Fellowship	August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2015
FP917488	The Role of Photochemical Processes for Pathogen Inactivation in Non-Conventional Wastewater Treatment Systems	Fellowship	August 27, 2012 through August 26, 2015
FP917780	A Life Cycle Analysis of Conventional Drinking Water Treatment with and without Biological Filters for Small Systems	Fellowship	September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018
GF9500040	Modeling Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Emissions from Forest Canopies	Fellowship	September 1, 1995 through
GF9500572	Study of Land Use Issues Characterizing the Ambalavao-Andringitra Region of Madagascar	Fellowship	September 1, 1995 through
GF9500918	Development of an Incentive Compatible Mechanism to Assist in Environmental Remediation Site Pioritization and Allocation of Other Public Goods	Fellowship	September 1, 1995 through
U914748	Measurement of the Carbon Isotopic Ratio of Atmospheric Methane	Fellowship	January 1, 1995 through January 1, 1996
U914934	Biological Control of Acid Mine Drainage	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through January 1, 1999
U914940	Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Actinide Surrogates fFrom Environmental Matrices	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through January 1, 1999
U914953	Stratospheric Descent Rates Within the Polar Vortex	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through July 15, 1999
U914957	Effects of Soil Resources and Interspecific Competition on Patterns of Exotic Grass Invasion in Arid Landscapes	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through January 1, 1999
U914960	Elucidation of the Signaling Pathway in Plant Defenses	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through January 15, 2001
U914986	Investigation of Ion Transport and Selectivity Achieved With Crown Ether Fixed-Site Carrier Membranes	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through
U914998	Spatial and Temporal Quantification of Bush Encroachment in Overgrazed South African Rangelands	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through December 7, 1999
U915019	An Examination of the Controls and Consequences of Nitrogen Limitation Among Ecosystems of the Colorado Front Range	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through January 1, 1997
U915021	Determining Responses of Tropical Rain Forest Canopy Photosynthesis to Changes in Cloud Cover: A Bottom-Up Approach	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through April 13, 1999
U915141	Physiological Controls of NO2 Uptake by Corn (Zea Mays)	Fellowship	January 1, 1997 through January 1, 1999
U915178	The Sociopolitical Dimensions of Change in Customary Marine Tenure in Southern Fiji	Fellowship	January 1, 1997 through
U915305	The Cellulase System of Acidothermus cellulolyticus	Fellowship	January 1, 1998 through January 1, 2001
U915357	Effects of Fluvial Disturbance and Flow Regulation on Great Plains Riparian Trees	Fellowship	August 1, 1998 through June 1, 2001
U915367	The Effect of Cirrus Clouds on Climate and Chemistry	Fellowship	September 1, 1998 through January 1, 2001
U915389	Environmental Estrogens and Breast Cancer Therapeutics: Characterization of the Diverse Ligand Binding Properties of the Estrogen Receptor	Fellowship	August 24, 1998 through August 1, 2001
U915593	The Effect of Windthrow Disturbance and Salvage Logging on Nutrient Cycling in a Coniferous Forest Ecosystem	Fellowship	August 1, 1999 through August 1, 2002
U915767	Frozen Ground Control on Snowmelt Flowpaths and Surface Water Chemistry in Two Alpine Basins	Fellowship	August 1, 2000 through August 1, 2002
U915835	13C/12C and D/H Isotopic Analysis of Atmospheric Methane	Fellowship	August 1, 2000 through August 1, 2003
U915889	Modeling Wildfire Mitigation and Ecological Restoration on the Urban-Wildland Interface of Colorado	Fellowship	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916220	Effects of Introduced Plants on Native Phytophagous Insect Species	Fellowship	January 1, 2003 through January 1, 2006
R822462	Investigation and Optimization of Dual Coagulation Processes	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R822493	Arsenic Removal by Softening and Coagulation	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R823364	Estimating Ownership and Use of Older Cars	Grant	June 12, 1995 through June 11, 1996
R823419	Lagrangian Modeling of Pollutant Dispersal in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1997
R823442	The Effects of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition on the Functioning of Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems Nitrogen Cycling and Trace Gas Fluxes	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 1, 1998
R824671	Environmental Values and National Economic Accounts	Grant	October 1, 1995 through June 1, 1997
R824688	Can Contingent Valuation Measure Passive Use Values	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1997
R824711	Mortality Risk Valuation And Stated Preference Methods: An Exploratory Study	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1997
R824728	Replacement of Organic Solvents by Carbon Dioxide for Forming Aerosols in Coating Processes	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1997
R824792	Quantification of Uncertainty in Air Quality Models Used for Analysis of Ozone Control Strategies	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R825221	Development of Techniques for Eddy-Correlation Measurements of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound Fluxed in the Atmosphere	Grant	December 1, 1996 through November 30, 2001
R825222	Development of Lightweight Instrumentation for Measurement of Long-Lived Trace Gases	Grant	December 1, 1996 through November 30, 2001
R825224	Design and Synthesis of Dendrimer Block Copolymers as Nanoporous Membranes for Environmental Separation Applications	Grant	November 1, 1996 through September 30, 2001
R825259	Biogenic Ozone-Precursors: From Mechanism to Algorithm	Grant	November 15, 1996 through November 14, 1999
R825417	Measurements of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds in the Lower Troposphere From Tethered Balloon and Kite Sampling Platforms by Internal Standard Calibration Using Ambient CFC Reference Compounds	Grant	October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1999
R825465	Multi-scaled assessment methods: Prototype development within the Interior Columbia River Basin.	Grant	February 1, 1997 through January 31, 2000
R825961	Bioavailability and Biostabilization of Multicomponent Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in the Subsurface	Grant	October 1, 1997 through September 30, 2000
R826160	Buoyant Plume Dispersal in the Convective Boundary Layer: Analysis of Experimental Data and Lagrangian Modeling	Grant	February 3, 1998 through February 2, 2001
R826179	Virus Attachment, Release, and Inactivation During Groundwater Transport	Grant	January 13, 1998 through January 12, 2001
R826608	The Valuation of Mortality Risk Reductions: Application of Two New Survey Instruments	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2000
R826649	Photochemical Processes Controlling Manganese Chemistry in Pristine and Contaminated Mountain Streams	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001
R826736	Optimal Operation of Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF) to Minimize the Generation of Air Pollutants at the Source	Grant	October 1, 1998 through October 1, 2001
R826788	Source Apportionment of Exposure to Toxic Volatile Organic Compounds	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2000
R826831	Mechanistic-Based Disinfection and Disinfection Byproduct Models	Grant	December 15, 1998 through December 14, 2001
R827057	Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network (BASIN)	Grant	November 1, 1998 through October 31, 2000
R828178	Lagrangian Modeling of Plume Dispersal in the Urban Boundary Layer	Grant	September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2002
R828577	Rapid Mapping for Clean Air in Commerce City	Grant	January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2002
R829010	Microbial Pathogen Removal During Bank Filtration	Grant	September 1, 2001 through August 31, 2004
R829091	Habitat Alteration and Disease Effects on Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs	Grant	December 15, 2001 through December 14, 2004
R829640	The Influence of Climate-Induced Alterations in Dissolved Organic Matter on Metal Toxicity and UV Radiation in Rocky Mountain Streams	Grant	April 1, 2002 through April 1, 2005
R831079	Atmospheric Aerosols from Biogenic Hydrocarbon Oxidation	Grant	October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2006
R831080	Development and Application of a Mass Spectra-Volatility Database of Combustion and Secondary Organic Aerosol Sources for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer	Grant	October 1, 2003 through August 14, 2006
R831453	New Biogenic VOC Emissions Model	Grant	January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006
R832161	Highly Time-Resolved Source Apportionment Techniques for Organic Aerosols Using the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer	Grant	December 1, 2004 through November 30, 2007
R832741	Developing Rapid Assessment Tools to Evaluate the Biological Effects of Complex and Biologically Active Chemical Mixtures	Grant	November 1, 2005 through October 31, 2008
R833744	Health Effects and Characterization of Urban and Rural Coarse ParticulateMatter in Northeastern Colorado	Grant	January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2012
R833747	Improved Treatment of Atmospheric Organic Particulate Matter Concentrations from Biomass Combustion Emissions	Grant	September 1, 2007 through December 31, 2010
R834250	Measures of Distribution System Water Quality and Their Relation to Health Outcomes in Atlanta	Grant	July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012
R834552	Coarse PM Emissions Model Development and Inventory Validation	Grant	June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2013
R834559	Constraining ammonia emissions and PM2.5 control efficiencies with a new combination of satellite data, surface observations and adjoint modeling techniques	Grant	May 1, 2010 through April 30, 2013
R834899	Exploring New Questions of Multiple Air Pollutants, Sources and Health in Denver	Grant	April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2013
R835037	Constraining Urban-To-Global Scale Estimates of Black Carbon Distributions, Sources, Regional Climate Impacts, and Co-Benefit Metrics with Advanced Coupled Dynamic - Chemical Transport - Adjoint Models	Grant	September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014
R835211	Source Attribution of Radiative Forcing in Chemical Transport Models	Grant	June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2014
R835408	Using Particle Functional Group Composition to Identify and Quantify the Effects of Anthropogenic Emissions on Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol	Grant	April 1, 2013 through March 31, 2017
R835424	How will cleaner cooking and lighting practices impact regional air quality and climate in the Sahel of Africa?	Grant	June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2017
R835752	Climate Change Mitigation in Low-Income Communities in Colorado: Home Weatherization Impacts on Respiratory Health and Indoor Air Quality during Wildfires	Grant	November 1, 2014 through October 31, 2017
R835865	An Integrated Modeling and Decision Framework to Evaluate Adaptation Strategies for Sustainable Drinking Water utility management under drought and climate change	Grant	September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018
R835877	Rethinking the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOA) Under Changing Climate by Incorporating Mechanistic and Field Constraints	Grant	January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018
R836880	Water Conservation and Water Quality: Understanding the Impacts of New Technologies and New Operational Strategies	Grant	October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019
R840010	Evaluating chemical mechanisms with recent field data to account for the contributions of volatile chemical product emissions to urban ozone pollution	Grant	August 1, 2020 through July 31, 2023
SU831879	Beyond Green Buildings: An Integrated Holistic Design Approach	Grant	October 1, 2004 through May 30, 2005
SU832500	Sustainability of the Filtrón for Microbial Disinfection	Grant	September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2006
SU832509	A Green Mind: A Sustainable, Smart Growth Plan for Muramba, Rwanda	Grant	October 17, 2005 through May 30, 2006

11 Additional Projects listed as performed at this location:2376

R828178	Lagrangian Modeling of Plume Dispersal in the Urban Boundary Layer	Grant	September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2002
R833224	Effects of Clouds and Tropospheric Air Quality on Surface UV at 6 UV Research Sites	Grant	October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2010
R840207	EcoGenoRisk : Identifying Potential Ecological Risks Posed by a Novel Genome	Grant	July 1, 2021 through April 22, 2025
R840232	Informing school decision-making during wildfire events: evaluation of indoor PM2.5 exposures and associated health impacts in children	Grant	September 1, 2021 through April 23, 2025
R840237	Assessing the Transport of Wildfire-Generated Particulate Matter Into Homes and Developing Practical Interventions to Reduce Human Exposure (WildPM)	Grant	September 1, 2021 through April 24, 2025
R840242	Filtration for Respiratory Exposure to wildfire Smoke from Swamp Cooler Air (FRESSCA)	Grant	September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024
R840462	Unlocking the Nationwide Potential of Water Reuse	Grant	September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026
R840626	Integrating Measurements Across Platforms to Feasibly Assess Emissions and Mitigation of Methane and VOCs from Landfills	Grant	September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026
R840855	Guidance on practical and affordable manganese treatment for small drinking water systems.	Grant	September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026
R841116	Biocompatible Polymer Database from Flavor & Fragrance Molecules	Grant	March 1, 2025 through February 29, 2028
SU840412	Developing the Chemical Health Risk Identification System (CHRIS) for Drinking Water Sources	Grant	July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023

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