ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

"Nanostructured Microemulsions as Alternative Solvents to VOCs in Cleaning Technologies and Vegetable Oil Extraction," US Environmental Protection Agency, $314,966 [Co-PIs: D.A. Sabatini, J.H. Harwell] 07/2003 - 07/2006.

"Postdoctoral Fellowship: Natural and Anthropogenic Ground-Water Contamination: Engineered Remediation Technologies, Pollutant Natural Attenuation and Technologies for Pollution Avoidance," Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, $96,000 [Co-PIs: E.C. Butler, D.A. Sabatini] 07/2002 - /07/2004.

"Detergency Studies," Surfactant Associates, $9,801 [Co-PIs: D.A. Sabatini, J.F. Scamehorn] 07/2002 - /07/2004.

"Studies of Surfactant Properties," Surfactant Associates, $18,440 [Co-PIs: J.F. Scamehorn, D.A. Sabatini] 10/2003 - 09/2004.

"Acquisition and Development of Equipment for Unsaturated Soil Research;" National Science Foundation, $368,778 ($55,316) [Co-PIs: G. Miller, M. Mooney, K. K. Muraleetharan, T. Kibbey, R. Kolar, R. Knox, D. Sabatini, M. Zaman].

"The Influence of Amphiphilic Molecules on the Environmental Fate and Transport of Pharmaceuticals," US Environmental Protection Agency, $316,600, [PIs: T. Kibbey, D. Sabatini].

"The Oklahoma Wind Power Assessment Initiative," Oklahoma Department of Commerce, $199,711, [PI T. Hughes, Co-PIs: M. Meo, M. Shafer, M. Yuan] 7/2000-6/2001.

"Climate Prediction, Information, and Policy Response: A Retrospective Assessment of Drought Management in Oklahoma," National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; $192,845, [PI: M. Meo, Co-PIs: R. Gowda, S. Greene, M. Morrissey] 6/1997-4/2001.

"Innovation and the Transformation of Clean Technologies: A Life-Cycle Approach to the Management of Gas Turbine Systems," National Science Foundation; $427,886 [PI: M. Meo, Co-PIs: R. Anex, R. Ellington, M. Sharfman] 7/1997-6/2001.

"Ecological Risks, Stakeholder Values, and River Basins: Testing Management Alternatives for the Illinois River," @ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/National Science Foundation Partnership for Environmental Research; $873,496 [PI: M. Meo, Co-PIs: B. Vieux, J. Sipes, E. Sankowski] 10/1997-9/2001.

"Effectiveness of Tire Mattresses Used for Erosion Control and Streambank Stabilization," OK Conservation Commission, $19,993 [Co-PIs: R. Nairn, K. Strevett] 10/1999-9/2001.

"Use of Staged Wetlands for Mitigation of Acid Mine Drainage, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Oklahoma Conservation Commission," $209,650 ($125,000+$84,650 cost-share) [Co-PIs: R. Nairn, K.A. Strevett] 1997-2001.

"Development and Implementation of a Volunteer Monitoring Pilot Program for Wetlands," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Oklahoma Water Resources Board, $47,611($40,000+$7,611 cost-share) [PI: R. Nairn] 1998-2001.

"Functional Assessment of Wetlands: A Comparative Evaluation of Approaches," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Oklahoma Conservation Commission, $63,165 ($37,532+$25,633 cost-share) [PI: R. Nairn] 1999-2001.

"Beaver Creek Passive Treatment System Design", U.S Army Corps of Engineers, $100,000 [PI: R. Nairn] 2000 - 2001

Nanny, M.A., "REU Supplement to "Molecular-Level Characterization of Bonding and Bioavailability of Monoaromatic Pollutants Associated with Dissolved Organic Carbon," National Science Foundation CAREER Award BES9732969, $5,000, 2000.

Nanny, M.A., Suflita, J.M., and R.P. Philp, "Intrinsic Anaerobic Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Marine Sediments," U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, N00014-99-1-0076, $450,486, 1999 - 2001.

Nanny, M.A., and R.P. Philp, "Humate-Induced Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated Surface Soils, Integrated Petroleum Environmental Consortium $102,228 with OU matching $62,200, and Surbec ART matching $15,000, 7/01/00 - 6/30/01.

Nanny, M.A., Harris, T. M., and E. Butler "Development of an Improved Photocatalytic Oxidation Process for the NASA Advanced Water Recovery System" NASA EPSCoR Research Initiation Grant, $18,854, 9/15/00 - 12/15/00.

Nanny, M.A., "Sequestration Mechanisms and Bioavailability of Tetrachloroethene and Toluene in Soild Waste, National Science Foundation, with Detlef Knappe and Morton Barlaz, $153,625, 6/1/2000 - 5/31/2003.

Estimating Surface Water and Energy Fluxes Using Models and Observations from RADAR and the Oklahoma Mesonet, NASA-EPSCoR (Total = $1,500,000). [B. Vieux, C. Duchon]

NASA EPSCoR, Research Initiation Grant, PI (100%), (Total: $20,000 NASA) 6/1/00-12/31/00, [B. Vieux, F. Moreda]