Cell-based Assays of Ecotoxicity: An Alternative to Animal Testing

According to Dr. Vulpe, current toxicity tests rely on expensive, slow, whole animal toxicity studies on many species, including fish. The current approach, he adds, is impractical and requires the use of whole animals to determine risks related to
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Studies of Slime Molds

The slime molds (myxomycetes and dictyostelids) are common and often abundant organisms in all types of terrestrial ecosystems, where they appear to have an ecologically important role in nutrient cycling. However, members of the group remain unders
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Study Melting Antarctic Peninsula

We will build a network of robots to measure the physics, chemicstry and biology offshore Plamer Station Antarctica. The robots outfitted with global phones that will allow the robots controlled by undergraduates and faculty on campus. All the dat
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Pyrolysis of Biomass: A Source of Renewable Fuels

The overall objective of my tar model compound studies is to optimize pyrolysis processes for the production of useful hydrocarbons that can be converted to gasoline and diesel, or be converted to aromatics and other refinery and chemical feedstocks
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Generator to Produce Electricity from Waste

The significance of this study is its potential to generate multiple micro anaerobic digester projects, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This research will present a body of knowledge that could verify the economics of methane to electrici
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