E-mail : Mingming.Lu@uc.edu
Office  :797 Rhodes Hall
Phone :(513)-556-0996
Fax     :(513)-556-2599

 Publications

• Book Chapter, “COMBUSTION AND INCINERATION MANAGEMENT”, in Biosolids Engineering And Management, Handbook of Environmental Engineering, Volume 7, The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, USA, 2008, pp607-646.
• K. Unapumnuk, T.C. Keener, M. Lu and F. Liang, “Investigation into the Removal of Sulfur from Tire Derived Fuel by Pyrolysis”, Fuel, 87:951-956 (2008).
• M. Lu, P. Lamichhane, F. Liang, E. Imerman and M. Chai, “Identification of Odor Causing Compounds in a Commercial Dairy Farm”, Water, Air, Soil Pollution, Focus: 8:359-367 (2008), doi: 10.1007/s11267-007-9150-x.
• P. Saiyasitpanich, TC Keener, S J Khang, and M. Lu, “Removal of Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) in a Tubular Wet Electrostatic Precipitator”, J. Electrostatics, 65: 618-624 (2007), doi:10.1016/j.elstat.2007.01.005. 
• J. Yang, and M. Lu, “Global Kinetic Analysis of Pyrolysis of Methylnaphthalenes”, submitted to Energy & Fuels, 2006.
• Z. Liu, M. Lu, M. E. Birch, and F. Liang, “Investigation of Organic DPM Sampling Artifacts of a High-volume Sampling System”, submitted to Atmos. Environ., 2006.
• F. Liang and M. Lu, “The Load Variations of the Organic Composition of Diesel Emissions”, submitted to EST, 2006.
J. Yang, and M. Lu, “Byproduct formation from 1-ethylnapthalene pyrolysis”, Combustion and Flame, in review, 2007. 
• P. Saiyasitpanich, TC Keener,M. Lu, S J Khang,   and D. Evans, “Collection of Nano-Sized Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) in Cylindrical Single-Stage Wet Electrostatic Precipitators: Environmental Science and Technology, 40: 7890 - 7895 (2006).
• K. Unapumnuk, M. Lu and T.C. Keener, “Carbon Distribution from the Pyrolysis of Tire Derived Fuels”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45:8757-8764 (2006).
• F. Liang, M. Lu, M. E. Birch, T. Keener, and Z. Liu, “Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Sulfur Heterocycles in Diesel Particulate Matter and Diesel Fuel by Gas Chromatography with Atomic Emission Detection”, J. Chromatography A, 1114 (1): 145-153 (2006).
• H. Bravo A., P. Sanchez A., R. Sosa E., T.C. Keener and M. Lu, “The Potential Impact of Gasoline Additives on Air Quality in Developing Countries”,  Clean Technologies and  Environmental Policy, 8:174-181 (2006).
• Unapumnuk, K., Keener, T. C., Khang, S., and Lu, M., “Pyrolysis Behavior of Tire Derived Fuels at Different Temperatures and Heating Rates”, the Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 56 (5):618-627 (2006).
• J. Yang, and M. Lu, “Thermal growth and decomposition of methylnaphthalenes”, Environmental Science and Technology, 39:3077-3082 (2005).
• Z. Liu,  M. Lu, T. Keener, E. Birch, S. Khang, F. Liang, “Variations  of the particulate carbon distribution for a nonroad diesel generator”, Environmental Science and Technology, 39: 7840-7844 (2005).
• P. Saiyasitpanich, M. Lu, T.C. Keener, S. J. Khang and F. Liang, “The Effect of Diesel Fuel Sulfur Content on Particulate Matter Emissions for a Nonroad Diesel Generator”, the Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 55(7):993-998, (2005). 
• F. Liang,  M. Lu, T C. Keener and Z. Liu, “The organic composition of diesel particulate matter, diesel fuel, and engine oil of a non-road diesel generator”, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 7: 983-988 (2005).
• D.P. Agrawal, M. Lu, T. C. Keener, M. Dong, and V. Kumar, “Exploiting the use of Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring,” EM, August 2004, pp27-34.
• M. Lu and J.A. Mulholland, “PAH Growth from the Pyrolysis of CPD, Indene and Naphthalene Mixture”, Chemosphere, 55: 605-610 (2004).
• M. Lu and J.A. Mulholland, “Aromatic hydrocarbon growth from indene”, Chemosphere, 42: 625-633 (2001).
• J.A. Mulholland, M. Lu and D. Kim, “Aromatic growth from cyclopentadienyl moieties in flames”, Proc. Combust. Inst. 28:2593-2599 (2000). 
• L. Qi, J. Hao and M. Lu,” “SO₂ emission scenarios of eastern China”, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, Vol. 85, pp. 1873-1878, 1995. 

Research Projects and Grants

• Acquisition of Instrumentation for sensor, cluster, and network-based distributed computing, funded by National Science Foundation, $ 286,150, Co-PI (PI: Jerry Paul), Sept. 05-Aug. 08

• RET Site: Summer Research Experiences for Seventh to Twelfth Grade Teachers in Civil Infrastructure Renewal and Rehabilitation, funded by National Science Foundation, Co-PI (PI: Anant Kukreti), $357,372, Mar. 06-Feb. 09

• The Development and Evaluation of an Enhanced Electrostatic Precipitator for Poultry Dust Removal", SBIR, Phase I, funded by Environmental Protection Agency, PI on UC subcontract (PI: Tisch Environmental), $40,690,  March 06-Sept. 06

• Measurements and Control of Diesel Emissions in Underground Mines, funded by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, $ 509,978, Sep02 - Aug06

• SST: Enabling Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring of Critical Air Pollutants, funded by National Science Foundation, $ 300,000, Sept. 05-Aug. 08