Current projects
- Does the Disposal of Per- and Polyfluoralkyl Substances (PFAS)-Containing Special Waste Impact Leachate PFAS Concentrations?
- Anaerobic Decomposition of Cotton Fabric Under Simulated Landfill Conditions
- AI-Enabled Hyperspectral Imaging Augmented with Multi-Sensory Information for Rapid/Real-time Analysis of Non-Recyclable Heterogeneous MSW for Conversion to Energy
- Characterization and Quantification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in landfill gas and estimate of emissions from U.S. landfills
- Understanding and Predicting Temperatures in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
- Microbial Community Profiling of Anaerobic Refuse Decomposition: Response to Acidic Conditions, Shock Loads and Moisture Addition
Previous projects
- Development of Test Methods to Characterize Heat Production from Special Wastes Disposed in Landfills
- The release of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances from solid waste to North Carolina's drinking water sources
- SAVI: International Institute for Solid Waste Management Life-Cycle Modeling
- Development of a predictive model to estimate emissions from open dumps in emerging economies
- Maximizing Energy for Waste While Minimizing Life-Cycle Environmental Burdens and Cost
- Solid Waste Management Planning for Wake County in Consideration of Cost, Energy and Environmental Emissions
- Collaborative Research: Fluorochemical Signatures in Municipal Waste and Landfill Leachate
- The Environmental Sustainability of Integrated Solid Waste Management in a Carbon Constrained World
- Life-Cycle Analysis of Alternatives for Food Waste Management
- Barlaz, M. A., “Development of Methods to Measure the Hydrogen Sulfide Production Potential of Sulfur-Containing Wastes
- Integrated Solid Waste Management and Its Environmental Sustainability in a Carbon Constrained Environment
- Modernizing Models and Data on Methane Production from Landfills Development of Methods to Measure Anaerobic Biodegradability Under Simulated Landfill Conditions
- Collection and Synthesis of Existing Data into a Model to Assess Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biodegradable Materials Discarded to Landfills
- Monitoring the Behavior of Biogenic Organic Carbon in Bioreactor Landfills,” Environmental Research and Education Foundation
- Predictive Tools for Sustainable Solid Waste Management Using Bioreactor Landfills
- Decision Support Tool and Guidance Document for Management of Debris from Incidents of National Significance,
- Assessment Landfill Gas Pathway – Laboratory Simulation of Partitioning of Chemical and Biological Contaminants under Anaerobic Decomposition in a Landfill.
- Landfill Gas Management: A Roadmap for EREF Directed Research
- Barlaz, M. A., “North Carolina Landfill Capacity Study
- Application of Municipal Solid Waste Decision Support Tool to Wake County, North Carolina
- Non-Residential Solid Waste Management Life-Cycle Inventory Model
- Hydrogen Production at the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill: A Proposal to Explain Landfill Behavior
- The State of Municipal Solid Waste Bioreactor Landfills
- Laboratory Columns in Support of Field-Scale Research on Peak Energy Production from Bioreactor Landfills
- Laboratory Columns in Support of Field-Scale Research on Peak Energy Production from Bioreactor Landfills
- Solid Waste Management Life-Cycle Inventory (SWM-LCI) Model Capabilities
- Sequestration Mechanisms & Bioavailability of Tetrachloroethene and Toluene in Solid Waste
- Assessment of the Behavior of Chemical and Biological Contaminants in Landfills
- Production of Non-Methane Organic Compounds (NMOCs) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) During Refuse Decomposition
- Implications of Greenhouse Gas Limits for the Waste Management Industry
- A Global Assessment of Recycling Policy and Markets,” Environmental Research and Education Foundation
- New Methods for Assessment of Pollution Prevention Technologies: Integration of Probabilistic Process Modeling and Design; Life-Cycle Analysis; and Regional Environmental Benefits Assessment,
- Life-Cycle Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Management Alternatives The effects of Aging and Sorbent Decomposition on the Bioavailability of Toluene and Xylene in Solid Waste
- Long Term Nitrogen Management in Bioreactor Landfills: Mechanisms for Denitrification
- Luscent/NSF Industrial Ecology Fellowship for Research on Integrated Solid waste Management
- Closing the Gaps in the Regulations of Solid Waste Landfills: Determining the End of the Post-Closure Monitoring Period and the Stability of Leachate Recirculation Landfills
- Effect of Spatial Heterogeneity on the Natural Bioattenuation of Dissolved Hydrocarbons
- An Environmental Assessment of Management Alternatives for Municipal Solid Waste
- Evaluating the Potential for Futures Markets for Recyclable Materials
- Anaerobic Biodegradability of Polymers in a Laboratory-Scale Simulated Landfill
- Factors Controlling the Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane During Subsurface Transport
- National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow
- Effect of Cover Installation on Contaminant Fate and Groundwater Quality at the West KL Landfill
- Anaerobic Biodegradation of Benzene in Contaminated Aquifer Sediment
- Effect of Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludges and Construction and Demolition Waste on Hydrogen Sulfide Concentrations in Landfill Gas
- Influence of Iron Reduction on the Natural Bioremediation of Petroleum Spills
- Contamination of Groundwater by Grout Leachate
- Evaluation of the Anaerobic Biodegradability of Radio Labeled Test Materials in a Laboratory-Scale Simulated Landfill
- Integrated Analysis of Solid Waste Management Alternatives
- Biodegradative Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste in Laboratory- and Field-Scale Landfills
- Methanogenic Biodegradation of Alkylbenzenes in Petroleum Contaminated Aquifers
- The Fate of Trace Organics During Refuse Decomposition in a Simulated Sanitary Landfill
- Biodegradative Analysis of the Paper Component of Municipal Solid Waste
- Environmental Effects of Sodium Silicate Based Grouts
- Anaerobic Biodegradation of Hazardous Organics in Groundwater Down Gradient of a Sanitary Landfill
- Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Refuse Shredder and High Performance Liquid Chromatograph
- Use of Lime Treated Sludge-Soil Mixtures for Daily Cover in Solid Waste Landfills
- Assessment of Technology Capacity Needed to Develop Recycle Markets for Plastics and Tires in North Carolina
- Chemical Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste
- Methane Potential Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste