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Currently—funded research projects, administered by the PSIEE, are listed below, sorted alphabetically
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108 Active Projects
| Project Title: |
A synthesis of community data and modeling for advancing river basin science: the evolving Susquehanna River Basin experiment |
| Sponsor: |
CUAHSI |
| Investigator(s): |
Chris Duffy
Patrick Reed
Kevin Dressler
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| Project Title: |
Activation of the Ah Receptor by Tetranor 12-HETE |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Gary Perdew
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| Project Title: |
Aircraft Noise and Avaiation Emissions Mitigation |
| Sponsor: |
US Department of Transportation |
| Investigator(s): |
Maurie Kelly
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| Project Title: |
An Assessment of the Effects of Temperature and Acidity Gradients on the Distribution of Trout in Southwestern and Central Pennsylvania |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
William Sharpe
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| Project Title: |
An Integrated Numerical and Experimental Study of Scaling Effects in Stirred Tank Reactors |
| Sponsor: |
American Chemical Society |
| Investigator(s): |
David Hill
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| Project Title: |
Applying MODIS estimated radiation budget and biophysical parameters with multi-scale soils and weather data for crop modeling |
| Sponsor: |
NASA |
| Investigator(s): |
Eric Warner
William Easterling
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| Project Title: |
Arsenic Removal by Iron-Modified Activated Carbon |
| Sponsor: |
AWWARF |
| Investigator(s): |
Fred Cannon
Brian Dempsey
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| Project Title: |
Assistance to State of Maryland to Format Inland Lake and Stream Data for Inclusion in MARIS |
| Sponsor: |
American Fisheries Society |
| Investigator(s): |
Maurie Kelly
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| Project Title: |
Biochemical Characterization of PPAR (Year 11) |
| Sponsor: |
NIH |
| Investigator(s): |
Gary Perdew
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| Project Title: |
Biochemical Characterization of PPAR (Year 11) |
| Sponsor: |
NIH |
| Investigator(s): |
Jack Vanden-Heuvel
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| Project Title: |
Climate Impact Modeling and Analysis Project (CIMAP) |
| Sponsor: |
Michigan Technological University |
| Investigator(s): |
William Easterling
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| Project Title: |
CUAHSI/CLEANER Project for Demonstration and Development pf a Test-bed Digital Observatory for the Susquehanna River Basin & Chesapeake Bay |
| Sponsor: |
National Science Foundation |
| Investigator(s): |
Patrick Reed
Kevin Dressler
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| Project Title: |
Demonstration Project: Linn Run Road Improvements |
| Sponsor: |
PA DCNR |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Scheetz
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| Project Title: |
Determining Variation in Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Hunter J. Carrick
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| Project Title: |
Developing an Invertebrate Diversity Monitoring and Management Plan for Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site |
| Sponsor: |
US Department of the Interior |
| Investigator(s): |
K.C. Kim
Jason Rohr
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| Project Title: |
Development and Testing of Standard Operating Procedures for the ERMN Surface Water-Hydrology and Water-Quality Monitoring Protocol |
| Sponsor: |
US Department of the Interior |
| Investigator(s): |
Scott Sheeder
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| Project Title: |
Dirt & Gravel Road Program Support |
| Sponsor: |
PA DCNR |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Scheetz
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| Project Title: |
Dirt and Gravel Road Cooperative Program 2007-08 |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Scheetz
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| Project Title: |
Educating Pond Owners about the Safe Use and Alternatives to Aquatic Herbicides |
| Sponsor: |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Investigator(s): |
Bryan Swistock
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| Project Title: |
Education and Biological Effects Research as Related to Ground-level Ozone II |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Dennis Decoteau
Donald Davis
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| Project Title: |
Education and Biological Effects Research as Related to Ground-level Ozone III |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Dennis Decoteau
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| Project Title: |
Effectiveness of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) Profiling to Determine Sources of Microbial Pollution in Chester Creek Watershed |
| Sponsor: |
USGS |
| Investigator(s): |
David DeWalle
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| Project Title: |
Electrochemically Assisted Microbial Fermentation of Acetate |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Bruce Logan
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| Project Title: |
Enhancing End-of-Tap Activated Carbon with Nanofibers |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Fred Cannon
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| Project Title: |
Evaluation of Modified Media for Treatment of Perchlorate and Arsenic |
| Sponsor: |
Private sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Fred Cannon
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| Project Title: |
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure |
| Sponsor: |
US Department of the Interior |
| Investigator(s): |
Maurie Kelly
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| Project Title: |
Foundation Elements fo Naval Low-Rise Buildings |
| Sponsor: |
Office of Naval Research |
| Investigator(s): |
Paul Smith
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| Project Title: |
Functional Classification of Susquehanna River Basin Watersheds in an Uncertainty Framework |
| Sponsor: |
USGS |
| Investigator(s): |
Thorsten Wagener
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| Project Title: |
Gift Account for Don Davis's Research Projects |
| Sponsor: |
International Society of Aboriculture |
| Investigator(s): |
Donald Davis
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| Project Title: |
Gift account for Forest Research |
| Sponsor: |
International Society of Arboriculture |
| Investigator(s): |
John Skelly
Donald Davis
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| Project Title: |
GIS Research in the Office of Remote Sensing of Earth Resources |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Gary Petersen
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| Project Title: |
Global Change Research Program (GCRP) |
| Sponsor: |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Investigator(s): |
James Shortle
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| Project Title: |
Great Lakes Basin Program - Soil Erosion and Sediment Control |
| Sponsor: |
USDA |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Scheetz
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| Project Title: |
Halfmoon/Spruce Creek Riparian Restoration |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Lysle Sherwin
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| Project Title: |
ICEAS Process Sustantiation |
| Sponsor: |
Private sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Raymond Regan
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| Project Title: |
Impact of Changing Atmospheric Emissions Policies on Stream Chemistry in the Northern Appalachian Plateau III |
| Sponsor: |
US Department of the Interior |
| Investigator(s): |
David DeWalle
William Sharpe
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| Project Title: |
Implications of an Environmental Certification Program for the US Kitchen Cabinet Industry |
| Sponsor: |
USDA |
| Investigator(s): |
Judd Michael
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| Project Title: |
Improved Quantification of Stream-Aquifer Interactions for Tracking Nitrate Transport Along a River Continuium: Implemention of a Cost-effective Distributed Temperature Sensing Technology |
| Sponsor: |
USGS |
| Investigator(s): |
Kamini Singha
David DeWalle
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| Project Title: |
Improving Passive Mine Treatment Through Better Understanding of Biogeochemistry and Mineralogy Asociated with Mn(II) Oxidation |
| Sponsor: |
USDI |
| Investigator(s): |
William Burgos
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| Project Title: |
Integrated Modeling and Basin-Scale Water Budgets |
| Sponsor: |
University of Arizona |
| Investigator(s): |
Thorsten Wagener
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| Project Title: |
Integrated Modeling and Basin-Scale Water Budgets |
| Sponsor: |
University of Arizona |
| Investigator(s): |
Chris Duffy
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| Project Title: |
Integrated modeling of snow, soil moisture, groundwater, and lake-levels for long range forecasting of water resources the Great Salt Lake Basin |
| Sponsor: |
NOAA |
| Investigator(s): |
Chris Duffy
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| Project Title: |
Interactive Web Mapping |
| Sponsor: |
Pa Environmental Council |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Evans
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| Project Title: |
Isolation and analysis of novel electochemically active bacteria for enhanced power generation in microbial fuel cells |
| Sponsor: |
U.S. Air Force |
| Investigator(s): |
Bruce Logan
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| Project Title: |
Management of Skills Development for Hardwood Industry Managers |
| Sponsor: |
USDA |
| Investigator(s): |
Judd Michael
Charles Ray
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| Project Title: |
MARIS Integration Project |
| Sponsor: |
US Fish & Wildlife Service |
| Investigator(s): |
Maurie Kelly
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| Project Title: |
Microbial Fuel Cell Architectures for a New Wastewater Treatment System |
| Sponsor: |
NSF |
| Investigator(s): |
Bruce Logan
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| Project Title: |
Mid-Atlantic Wetlands Work Group (MAWWG) |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Denice Wardrop
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| Project Title: |
Modulation of Skin Cancer by PPAR Beta/Delta |
| Sponsor: |
NIH |
| Investigator(s): |
Jeffrey Peters
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| Project Title: |
Monitoring and Assessing PADEP Wetland Mitigation and Restoration Projects |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Robert Brooks
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| Project Title: |
National Weather Service |
| Sponsor: |
University of Arizona |
| Investigator(s): |
Thorsten Wagener
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| Project Title: |
Optimization of Electrocoagulation & Coagulation Pretreatment for Ultrafiltration |
| Sponsor: |
Department of Army |
| Investigator(s): |
Brian Dempsey
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| Project Title: |
Pa DEP Ozone Monitoring |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Donald Davis
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| Project Title: |
PA DEP TMDL Project |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
William Burgos
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| Project Title: |
PEC Nutrient Trading Support |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Evans
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| Project Title: |
Pennsylvania Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Program: Acidic Deposition Network, Mercury Deposition Network, Trace Metals Network |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Hunter J. Carrick
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| Project Title: |
Pipeline Road Relocation and Daugherty Road Improvements |
| Sponsor: |
PA DCNR |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Scheetz
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| Project Title: |
Reation-based Reactive Transport Modeling of Iron Reduction and Uranium Immobilization at Area 2 of the NABIR Field Research Center |
| Sponsor: |
DOE |
| Investigator(s): |
William Burgos
Brian Dempsey
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| Project Title: |
Reclaiming Waste Green Sand in Foundries |
| Sponsor: |
EPA |
| Investigator(s): |
Fred Cannon
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| Project Title: |
Reducing ion exchange treatment costs by up to 40% using tailored activated carbon |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Fred Cannon
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| Project Title: |
Regulation of TCDD-Mediated Gene Expression and Liver Toxicity by the Human vs. Mouse Ah Receptor |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Gary Perdew
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| Project Title: |
Research Program on the Development and Toxicity of PPAR Agonists |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Jeffrey Peters
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| Project Title: |
Research Program on the Effect of PPAR Alpha Ligand Administration During Gestation on Postnatal Development |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Jeffrey Peters
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| Project Title: |
Research Program on the Role of PPARa in Modulating the Hepatic Effects of Perflurobutyrate |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Jeffrey Peters
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| Project Title: |
Role of PPAR Beta in Colon Carcinogenesis IV |
| Sponsor: |
NIH |
| Investigator(s): |
Jeffrey Peters
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| Project Title: |
Role of PPAR Beta in Colon Carcinogenesis V |
| Sponsor: |
NIH |
| Investigator(s): |
Jeffrey Peters
|
| Project Title: |
Sea-Level Changes along the Atlantic Coast of the United States: Implications for Glacial Isoostatic Adjustment Models and Curent Rates of Sea-Level Change |
| Sponsor: |
NSF |
| Investigator(s): |
David Hill
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| Project Title: |
Sediment Load Reduction Study: Empirical Quantification and Documentation of Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance Practices of the Dirt and Gravel Road Program |
| Sponsor: |
Chesapeake Bay Commission |
| Investigator(s): |
Barry Scheetz
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| Project Title: |
Stream Plethodontids in Mercury and Selenium Contaminated Headwaters: Assessment of Assemblage Response |
| Sponsor: |
US Department of Interior |
| Investigator(s): |
Robert Brooks
Gian Rocco
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| Project Title: |
Technician Support for Real-Time Hydrologic Sensor Systems within the Penn State Experimental Forest |
| Sponsor: |
CUAHSI |
| Investigator(s): |
Patrick Reed
Douglas A. Miller
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| Project Title: |
Testing and Evaluation of System Materials for Creating a Scaleable Bioelectrically Assisted Microbial Reactor (BEAMR) |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Bruce Logan
|
| Project Title: |
The effect of management practices on rural drinking water quality |
| Sponsor: |
PA Center for Rural Pennsylvania |
| Investigator(s): |
William Sharpe
Bryan Swistock
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| Project Title: |
The Effect of Oxygen Availability on Fe Cycling Microbial Communities Within an Acid Mine Drainage-induced Kill Zone |
| Sponsor: |
USGS |
| Investigator(s): |
David DeWalle
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| Project Title: |
Tidal circulation modeling in Glacier Bay National Park: From basic science to practical tools |
| Sponsor: |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
| Investigator(s): |
David Hill
|
| Project Title: |
Treatability Study of American Eagle Paper Effluent Stream for Use as Feedstock for Microbial Fuel Cell Operation |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Bruce Logan
Thomas Richard
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| Project Title: |
Understanding and Modeling the Scope for Adaptive Management in Agroecosystems in the Pampass in Response to Interannual and Decadal Climate Variability and other Risk Factors |
| Sponsor: |
University of Miami |
| Investigator(s): |
William Easterling
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| Project Title: |
Understanding Customer Value in the Oriented Standboard Industry |
| Sponsor: |
Private Sponsor |
| Investigator(s): |
Paul Smith
|
| Project Title: |
Use of Periphyton Taxonomic Composition to Evaluate Stream Health |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Hunter J. Carrick
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| Project Title: |
Use of Periphyton to Estimate TMDL End-Points |
| Sponsor: |
PA DEP |
| Investigator(s): |
Hunter J. Carrick
|
| Project Title: |
Using Food Web Theory to Predict Ecosystem Responses to Pesticides |
| Sponsor: |
USDA |
| Investigator(s): |
Peter Hudson
Jason Rohr
|
| Project Title: |
Verification of Gap Habitat Models for Birds for Conservation Planning |
| Sponsor: |
PA Wild Resource Conservation Fund |
| Investigator(s): |
Robert Brooks
|
| Project Title: |
Water quality assessment for the Yellow Breeches, Beaverdam and Conestoga Watersheds, Pennsylvania |
| Sponsor: |
Susquehanna River Basin Commission |
| Investigator(s): |
Hunter J. Carrick
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