Jared McGarrahan

B.S. Textile Sciences (2004)

University of Massachusetts � Dartmouth

Research Project:

•  Electrochemical Coagulation for Textile Effluent Decolorization

Instrumentation:

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Publication:

•  Jared McGarrahan and Chen-Lu Yang, Electrochemical Coagulation for Textile Effluent Decolorization, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 12 th UMass Dartmouth Research Exhibition, N. Dartmouth, MA, Apr. 25 - 26, 2006.

•  Chen-Lu Yang and Jared McGarrahan, Electrochemical Coagulation for Textile Effluent Decolorization, J. of Hazardous Materials , Vol. 127, pp. 40-47. 2005.

•  Jared McGarrahan and Chen-Lu Yang, Electrochemical Coagulation for Textile Effluent Decolorization, Proceedings of the 36 th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Oct. 8-10, 2004.

Research Project:

•  Hydrogen Peroxide for Dye Decomposition (Office of Technical Assistance, Boston, MA/STEP)

Instrumentation:

•  Perkin Elmer Lambda EZ-201 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Publication:

•  Chen-Lu Yang and Diogo Escudero, Green Technology Development Efforts at Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance, Toxic Use Reduction One-Day Continuing Education Conference, Waltham, MA, Nov. 16, 2004.

Research Project:

•  Absorption of NO 2 in Sodium Sulfite Aqueous Solutions (Bionomic Industries, Inc., Mahwah, NJ)

Instrumentation:

•  Buck Scientific 910/310 Gas Chromatograph

•  Horiba CLA-510SS NO x Analyzer

Publication:

•  Lauren Stence and Chen-Lu Yang, Absorption of NO 2 in Sodium Sulfite Aqueous Solutions, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 11 th UMass Dartmouth Research Exhibition, N. Dartmouth, MA, Apr. 26 - 27, 2005.

•  Chen-Lu Yang, Barry Roe and Lauren Stencel, Determination of Odor Sources and Potential Chemical Alternatives, Technical report, OTA, January 2005.

Research Project:

•  Autocatalytic Electroless Copper Plating for EMI Shielding (GBN Technologies, Cranston, RI)

Instrumentation:

•  Joel JSM 5610 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

•  Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AA)

Publication:

•  Kate Goodwin and Chen-Lu Yang, Auto-catalytic Surface Coatings for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 11 th UMass Dartmouth Research Exhibition, N. Dartmouth, MA, Apr. 26 - 27, 2005.

Research Project:

•  Determination of Odor Sources and Potential Chemical Alternatives (Office of Technical Assistance (OTA), Boston, MA)

Instrumentation:

•  Joel JSM 5610 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

•  Oxford 6587 Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

•  Hyphenated Advanced Confocal Microscopy

Publication:

•  Chen-Lu Yang, Barry Roe and Lauren Stencel, Determination of Odor Sources and Potential Chemical Alternatives, Technical report, OTA, January 2005.

Research Project:

•  TAML ä Activated Hydrogen Peroxide for Dye Decomposition (Office of Technical Assistance, Boston, MA)

Instrumentation:

•  Perkin Elmer Lambda EZ-201 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

•  Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AA)

Publication:

•  Melissa Medeiros and Chen-Lu Yang, Kinetic Study of Decolorization of Organic Dyes with Hydrogen Peroxide and TAML Catalyst, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 12 th UMass Dartmouth Research Exhibition, N. Dartmouth, MA, Apr. 25 - 26, 2006.

Research Project:

•  Electrochemical Activation for Water Disinfections (Nourjian Ventures, Boston, MA/STEP)

Publication:

•  Mariam Ismail and Chen-Lu Yang, Electrochemical Treatment of Cr-containing Aqueous Solutions, Hazardous Materials and Wastewater , Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY. 2007.

•  Mariam Ismail and Chen-Lu Yang, Disinfection of Water and Industrial Effluents by Electrochemical Activation, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 12 th UMass Dartmouth Research Exhibition, N. Dartmouth, MA, Apr. 25 - 26, 2006.

Research Project:

•  Electrochemical Coagulation for Oily Wastewater Treatment

Instrumentation:

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Publication:

•  Luke Chen, Chueh-Chen Hsieh, John Wetherbee and Chen-Lu Yang, Characteristics and Treatability of Oily-Bearing Wastes from Aluminum Alloy Machining Operations, J. of Hazardous Materials , in press.

•  Luke Chen, Chueh-Chen Hsieh, John Wetherbee and Chen-Lu Yang, Characterization and Treatment of Oil-Bearing Wastes from Aluminum Alloy Machining Operations, 100 th AWMA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 26-29 June, 2007.

•  Chueh-Chen Hsieh, Treatment of Industrial Wastewater with Cutting Oil by Electrochemical Process, M.S. thesis, Tamkang University, 2006.

Research Project:

•  Thin Film TiO 2 Coatings for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Instrumentation:

•  Joel JSM 5610 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

•  Oxford 6587 Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

Publication:

•  Kate Larson, TiO 2 Coatings for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 12 th UMass Dartmouth Research Exhibition, N. Dartmouth, MA, Apr. 25 - 26, 2006.

•  Kate Larson and Chen-Lu Yang, Thin Film TiO 2 Coatings for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, World Year of Physics 2005, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA, Nov. 2005.

Research Project:

•  Decolorization of Reactive Blue by Chemical and Electrochemical Coagulation

Instrumentation:

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Publication:

•  Luke Chen, Feng Hung Tseng and Chen-Lu Yang, Removal of Reactive Blue from Aqueous Solutions by Chemical and Electrochemical Coagulation, to be published in Chemical Engineering Communications .

•  Luke Chen, Feng Hung Tseng and Chen-Lu Yang, Adsorption of Organic Dyes by Electrochemically Generated Iron-Based Sorbents, 100 th AWMA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 26-29, June 2007.

•  Feng Hung Tseng, Removal of Reactive Blue from Aqueous Solutions by Chemical and Electrochemical Coagulation, M.S. thesis, Tamkang University, 2006.

Research Project:

•  Determination of Metal Contents in Waste Effluents from Paper Making Processes (SouthCoast Technical Products, New Bedford, MA)

•  Process Dewaxing � Solvent Substitution (Morgan Advanced Ceramics, New Bedford, MA)

Instrumentation:

•  Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AA)

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Publication:

•  Luke Chen, Chueh-Chen Hsieh, John Wetherbee and Chen-Lu Yang, Characteristics and Treatability of Oily-Bearing Wastes from Aluminum Alloy Machining Operations, J. of Hazardous Materials , in press.

•  Luke Chen, Chueh-Chen Hsieh, John Wetherbee and Chen-Lu Yang, Characterization and Treatment of Oil-Bearing Wastes from Aluminum Alloy Machining Operations, 100 th AWMA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 26-29, June 2007.

Research Project:

•  Development of Antibody-Nanoparticle Conjugates for Rapid Detection of Residual Antibiotics (Phoxphorex, Inc., Fall River, MA)

Instrumentation:

•  Hyphenated Advanced Confocal Microscopy

•  Joel JSM 5610 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

•  Oxford 6587 Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

Research Project:

•  Electrochemical Etching for Micromachining

Instrumentation:

•  Hyphenated Advanced Confocal Microscopy

•  Joel JSM 5610 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

•  Oxford 6587 Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

Publications:

•  Hong-Kue Tsai, Electrochemical Etching for Micromachining, M.S. thesis, University of Massachusetts � Dartmouth, 2007.

Research Projects:

•  Preparation and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite Crystals

•  Nanoparticle-encapsulated Molecular Probes (Phosphorex, Inc., Fall River, MA)

Instrumentation:

•  Joel JSM 5610 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

•  Oxford 6587 Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

•  Hyphenated Advanced Confocal Microscopy

•  Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AA)

Publications:

•  Alison Mello and Chen-Lu Yang, Reactive Crystallization of Calcium Hydeoxyapatite, to be published in J. of Materials Science.

Abigail Toltin

B.S. Biology (2008)

University of Massachusetts � Dartmouth

Research Project:

•  Validation and Verification of AUV Mobile Water Quality Measurement (Ocean Server, Fall River, MA; Endeco/YSI, Marion, MA)

Instrumentation:

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

•  YSI 6-Series Monitoring System

Research Project:

•  Effect of Anions on Electrochemical Coagulation for Cadmium Removal

Instrumentation:

•  Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AA)

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Publications:

•  Chien-Hong Hwang, Effect of Anions on Electrochemical Coagulation for Cadmium Removal, Ph.D. dissertation, Tamkang University, 2008.

Research Project:

•  Water Use Sensitivity Analysis for Cranberry Bogs in Southeastern Massachusetts (Cranberry Research Grant Program)

Publication:

•  Wenjun Hou and Chen-Lu Yang, Water Use Sensitivity Analysis for Cranberry Bogs in Southeastern Massachusetts, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 13 th UMass Dartmouth Research Exhibition, N. Dartmouth, MA, Apr. 25 - 26, 2007.

Research Project:

•  Validation and Verification of AUV Mobile Water Quality Measurement (Ocean Server, Fall River, MA; Endeco/YSI, Marion, MA)

Instrumentation:

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

•  YSI 6000-Series Monitoring System

Publications:

•  Kate Demello, Keith Mackenzie and Chen-Lu Yang, Development of Autonomous Sensor Platform for Environmental Monitoring, Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Nov. 4-8, 2007, Providence, RI.

Research Project:

•  Chemical and Electrochemical Oxidation for Organic Dye Decomposition

Instrumentation:

•  Hach DR-4000 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

•  Buck Scientific BGS-20 HPLC

•  TOC/COD analyzers

Publications:

•  Chih-Hsuan Ho and Chen-Lu Yang, Electrochemical Oxidation of Reactive Blue 19 in Aqueous Solutions, 101 st AWMA Annual Conference, Portland, OR, 26-29, June 2008.

•  Chih-Hsuan Ho and Chen-Lu Yang, Decomposition of Reactive Blue 19 with Sodium Hypochlirite, J. of Dahan Institute of Technology, Oct. 2007.