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Former Students

1. Arturo A. Burbano Ph.D., Graduated March 18, 2004
(Professor Makram T. Suidan served as co-advisor)
Dissertation Title: "Chemical Degradation of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) by Fenton Reagent"
Job Placement: Montgomery Watson Harza, Pasadena, California
2. George P. Anipsitakis Ph.D., Graduated December 11, 2005
Dissertation Title: "Cabalt/Peroxymonosulfate and Related Oxidizing Reagents for Water Treatment"
Job Placement: Senior Environmental Scientist Chastain-Skillman, Inc.

Master's Students

3. Evangelia Bekou M.S, Graduated March 18, 2003.
Thesis Title: "Extraction of Organic Contaminants Using Room Temperature Water-Immiscible Ionic Liquids"
Job Placement: Montgomery Watson, Soft, Pasadena, California.
4. Qianrui Wang M.S., Graduated December 2003
Thesis Title: "Mercury Pollution in Natural Waters"
Job Placement: ENSR (Guangzhou) Environmental Technology Consulting Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China
5. Qiaolin Yang M.S., Graduated March 18, 2004.
Thesis Title: "Photolytic Degradation of Environmentally Important Organic Contaminants in Novel Room Temperature Ionic Liquids"
Job Placement: SBR Technologies, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
6. Rachel Copeland M.S., Graduated December 11, 2005.
Thesis Title: "Dissolved Arsenic release from Drinking Water Distribution System Solids"
Job Placement: currently at U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio

Current Students

Ph.D. Students

7. Hyeok Choi March 2002-pres. (Proposal Defense: Passed, March 11,2005)
8. Yongjun Chen Sep. 2002-pres. (Ph.D. Qual. Exam: Passed, Oct., 2004)
9. Shirish Agarwal Sep. 2003-pres. (Qualifying Exam: Passed Dec. 2005)
10. Maria Antoniou Sep. 2003-pres. (Qualifying Exam: Passed Dec. 2005)
11. Debbie Metz March 2004-pres.

Master's Students

Sep. 2004-pres.
12. Bhargavi Subramanian
13. Verna Arnette Sep. 2004-pres.
14. Aditya Rastogi Dec. 2004-pres.

Untergraduate Students Advised (in research)

(CEE)
1. Shannon J. Campell Design Project, 2000
2. Joseph Stallard (CEE) Jan. 2001 - June 2001
3. Brian Yates (CEE) Sep. 1. 2003-August 10, 2005.
4. Daniel Breetz (CEE) Sep. 1, 2004-August 31, 2005.
5. Elizabeth Myre Sep. 1, 2004-May 31, 2005.
6. Robert HerrickJune 15, 2005-Sep. 15, 2005.
7. Anna Sofranko (ChE) Summer 2005
  (as an REU student from the University of Virginia)

High School Students Advised (in research)

1. Charles Clay (Mount Healthy/11th) Summer 2000
2. Alison Long Summer 2002
3. Alex J. Semertzides (Indian Hill/12th) Summer 2002
4. Lauren Ford (Mt. Heathy/11th) Summer 2003
5. Carol Kao (Sycamore/11th) Summer 2004