Students
MS
Students
Sarah Roberts
Research topic: Quantitative tool development for assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in soil treatment units
email: sroberts@mines.edu
Assaf Wunsch
Research topic: Nitrogen removal in onsite wastewater soil treatment units.
email: awunsch@mines.edu
PhD
Students
Graduates
Kathy Conn, Ph.D. Dissertation (2008)
Occurrence and Fate of Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds and Other Trace Organic Contaminants in Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems.
Kathleen Lindstrom, M.S. Thesis (2008)
James W. McKinley, Ph.D. Dissertation (2008)
Environmental Behavior of Humic Substances and Polysaccharides Accumulating in Soil During Wastewater Infiltration.
Bryce E. Tillotson, M.S. Thesis (2008)
The Longer Term Removal of Organic Matter and Nutrients from Within the Vadose Zone of Onsite Watewater Treatment Systems as Affected by Key System Design Parameters.
Rebecca E. Parzen, M.S. Thesis (2007)
Nitrogen Movement and Fate in a Wastewater Drip Dispersal System in a Semi-Arid Climate.
Maria Tucholke, M.S. Thesis (2007)
Statistical Assessment of Relationships Between Denitrificaiton and Easily Measurable Soil Properties:
A Simple Predictive Tool for Watershed-Scale Modeling.
Nathan K. Rothe, M.S. Thesis (2006)
Comparison of Raw Wastewater and Septic Tank Effluent Composition through Literature and Field Investigations.
D.
Ryan Walsh, M.S. Thesis (2006)
Infiltration Rate Behavior in Sand Porous Media as Affected by Effluent
Quality, Infiltrative Surface Architecture, and Hydraulic Loading
Rate.
Sarah
Doyle, M.S. Thesis (2006)
Phosphorus Transport and Fate During Onsite Wastewater Treatment.
Charlotte
Dimick, M.S. Thesis (2005)
Field Evaluation of Vadose Zone Purification and the Effects of
Applied Wastewater Quality and Hydraulic Loading Rate.
Kirkley
Heatwole, M.S. Thesis (2005)
Modeling Subsurface Fate and Transport of Nitrogen from Onsite Wastewater
Systems.
Elin
Larsson and Johanna Persson, M.S. Thesis, Luleå University
of Technology incorporation with Colorado School of Mines (2004)
Viability of Membrane Bioreactor Technology as an Advanced Pre-treatment
for Onsite Wastewater Treatment.
Kyle
Tackett, M.S. Thesis (2004)
Vadose Zone Treatment During Effluent Reclamation as Affected by
Infiltrative Surface Architecture and Hydraulic Loading Rate.
Kathleen
Dano, M.S. Thesis (2004)
The fate of individual sewage disposal system effluent in Turkey
Creek Basin, Colorado.
Heather
Smith, M.S. Thesis (2004)
Watershed Scale Impacts of Pollutants in an Alpine Groundwater System.
Angelique
Diaz, M.S. Thesis (2003).
Wastewater Infiltration Rate Behavior in Soil as Affected by Infiltrative
Surface Architecture: Methods Development and Experimental Results.
Paula
Jo Lemonds, M.S. Thesis (2003).
Simulation of Onsite Wastewater System Pollutants in Summit County,
Colorado, using Two Watershed Water Quality Models.
Abigail
Wren, M.S. Thesis (2003).
A Field-scale Performance Assessment of Advanced Pre-treatment Units
Utilizing Textile Media Filtration for Nitrogen Removal in Onsite
Wastewater Treatment Systems.
Sheila
Van Cuyk, Ph.D. Dissertation (2003).
Fate of Virus during Wastewater Renovation in Porous Media Biofilters.
John
Albert, M.S. Thesis (2002).
Assessment of Bacterial Source Tracking Using Rep-PCR and Classification
Methods for Identification of Fecal Contamination.
Jennifer
Guelfo (Bagdol), M.S. Thesis (2002).
Water Quality Monitoring in the Lake Dillon Watershed, Colorado
to Enable Assessment of Development Impacts.
Andy
Logan, Ph.D. Dissertation (2002).
Hydrophobic Contributions to Cryptosporidium Parvum Collection in
Granular Media Filters During Municipal Drinking Water Treatment.
Deborah
(Huntzinger) Beach, M.S. Thesis (2001).
The Use of One-Dimensional Columns and Unsaturated Flow Modeling
to Assess the Hydraulic Processes in Soil-Based Wastewater Treatment
Systems.
Shiloh
Kirkland, M.S. Thesis (2001).
Coupling Site-Scale Fate and Transport with Watershed-Scale Modeling
to Assess the Cumulative Effects of Nutrients from Decentralized
Wastewater Systems.
Elizabeth
Fischer, M.S. Thesis (1999).
Nutrient Transformation and Fate During Intermittent Sand Filtration
of Wastewater.
Sarah
Masson, M.S. Thesis (1999).
Fate of Microorganisms in a Soil Infiltration System as Affected
by Infiltrative Surface Character and Depth.
Emily Troxell, M.S. Thesis (1999).
Onsite Wastewater Nitrogen Removal using Zeolites.