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Proceedings of the 2013 National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Godfrey A. Uzochukwu

    1. North Carolina A & T State University , Greensboro, USA

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  2. Keith Schimmel

    1. North Carolina A & T State University , Greensboro, USA

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  3. Vinayak Kabadi

    1. North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, USA

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  4. Shoou-Yuh Chang

    1. North Carolina A&T State University , Greensboro, USA

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  5. Tanya Pinder

    1. North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, USA

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  6. Salam A. Ibrahim

    1. North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, USA

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  • This book contains current, emerging and diverse topics on climate change, economics and environmental justice, fate and transport of contaminants, food bio-processing, innovative environmental technologies, sustainable energy and water resources and waste management
  • Contains research tools for accelerating environmental solutions
  • Contains 26 articles: Climate Change, Fate and Transport of Contaminants, Food Bio-Processing, Sustainable Energy and Waste Management

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Watershed Hydrology

      • Somsubhra Chattopadhyay, Manoj K. Jha
      Pages 3-11

    3. Trend of Climate Variability in North Carolina During the Past Decades

      • Mohammad Sayemuzzaman, Manoj K. Jha
      Pages 13-19

    4. Arctic Storm and Its Impact on the Surface Winds over the Chukchi-Beaufort Seas

      • Wei Tao, Jing Zhang, Xiangdong Zhang, Junming Chen
      Pages 21-34

    5. Designing a Remote In Situ Soil Moisture Sensor Network for Small Satellite Data Retrieval

      • Rawfin Zaman, William W. Edmonson, Manoj K. Jha
      Pages 35-46

    6. Alaskan Regional Climate Changes in Dynamically Downscaled CMIP5 Simulations

      • Jing Zhang, Jeremy Krieger, Uma Bhatt, Chuhan Lu, Xiangdong Zhang
      Pages 47-60

  3. Fate and Transport of Contaminants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Application of Kalman Filter Embedded with Neural Network in 3-Dimensional Subsurface Contaminant Transport Modeling

      • Godwin Appiah Assumaning, Shoou-Yuh Chang
      Pages 63-73

    3. Application of Adaptive Extended Kalman Filtering Scheme to Improve the Efficiency of a Groundwater Contaminant Transport Model

      • Shoou-Yuh Chang, Elvis B. Addai
      Pages 75-85

    4. Application of Ensemble Square Root Kalman Filter in a Three-Dimensional Subsurface Contaminant Transport Model

      • Shoou-Yuh Chang, Torupallab Ghoshal
      Pages 87-95

    5. Application of 3D VAR Kalman Filter in a Three-Dimensional Subsurface Contaminant Transport Model for a Continuous Pollutant Source

      • Shoou-Yuh Chang, Anup Saha
      Pages 97-104

    6. Groundwater Flow Modeling in the Shallow Aquifer of Buffalo Creek, Greensboro

      • Jenberu Feyyisa, Manoj K. Jha, Shoou-Yuh Chang
      Pages 105-115

  4. Food Bioprocessing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 on Rocket Leaves by Eucalyptus and Wild-Thyme Essential Oils

      • Saddam S. Awaisheh
      Pages 119-130

    3. Decontamination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Leafy Green Vegetables Using Ascorbic Acid and Copper Alone or in Combination with Organic Acids

      • Rabin Gyawali, Salam A. Ibrahim
      Pages 131-135

    4. Enzymatic Activity of Lactobacillus Grown in a Sweet Potato Base Medium

      • Saeed A. Hayek, Salam A. Ibrahim
      Pages 137-143

    5. Effect of Metal Ions on the Enzymatic Activity of Lactobacillus reuteri Growing in a Sweet Potato Medium

      • Saeed A. Hayek, Salam A. Ibrahim
      Pages 145-155

    6. Using Sweet Potatoes as a Basic Component to Develop a Medium for the Cultivation of Lactobacilli

      • Saeed A. Hayek, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Salam A. Ibrahim
      Pages 157-164

    7. Impact of Gums on the Growth of Probiotic Microorganisms

      • Bernice D. Karlton-Senaye, Salam A. Ibrahim
      Pages 165-170
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About this book

​This book contains peer reviewed papers accepted for presentation at the National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science & Technology. Topics include environmental regulations, groundwater remediation technologies, waste to energy, climate change, economics, environmental justice, fate and transport of contaminants, food bio-processing, innovative environmental technologies, sustainable energy and water resources and waste management.  Federal agencies, private agencies and university professors set the stage for the September 12, 2013 National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology. The purpose of the National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology which was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, was to provide a forum for agencies to address advances in environmental science and technology including problems, solutions and research needs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • North Carolina A & T State University , Greensboro, USA

    Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, Keith Schimmel

  • North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, USA

    Vinayak Kabadi

  • North Carolina A&T State University , Greensboro, USA

    Shoou-Yuh Chang

  • North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, USA

    Tanya Pinder, Salam A. Ibrahim

About the editors

Godfrey A. Uzochukwu teaches interdisciplinary courses in environmental sciences. Research areas include: soil and mineral properties for better land use, uses of natural resources data, assessment and evaluation of environmental technologies, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environmental processes and ecology.

Keith Schimmel's research interests include bioremediation, membrane separations and membrane reactors, nondispersive extraction, bioseparations, engineering education, and multimedia courseware development.

Shoou-Yuh Chang teaches graduate courses and conducts research in environmental engineering (solid waste management), including fate and transport of contaminants.

Vinayak Kabadi conducts research on simulation studies and pollution particle dynamics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Proceedings of the 2013 National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology

  • Editors: Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, Keith Schimmel, Vinayak Kabadi, Shoou-Yuh Chang, Tanya Pinder, Salam A. Ibrahim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19923-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19922-1Published: 25 September 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37269-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19923-8Published: 07 September 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 266

  • Topics: Climate Change, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Ecotoxicology

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