Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 2009

The Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology contains current and emerging issues and advances in pollution prevention, fate and transport of contaminants, bioremediation, bio-processing, innovative environmental technologies, global climate change, and environmental justice and ethics. Several discussions about these topics among federal environmental agencies, private environmental agencies and university environmental professors set the stage for the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology and this book. The purpose of the conference was to address pollution prevention, solutions, and research needs, and foster relationships that could result in partnerships needed to protect and sustain the environment and improve the quality of life.

BIOPROCESSING.- Synthesis of Poly(L(+) Lactic Acid) by Polycondensation Method in Solution.- The Feasibility of Using Cattails from Constructed Wetlands to Produce Bioethanol.- Significance of Bile Salt Tolerant Lactobacillus reuteri.- The Effect of Insulin from Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) Extract on Growth and Viability of Lactobacillus salivarius in Fermented Milk.- Lactic Acid Production from Apple Skin Waste by Immobilized Cells of Lactobacillus reuteri.- BIOREMEDIATION.- Cu and Zn Uptake Inhibition by PAHs as Primary Toxicity in Plants.- Metagenomic Environmental Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems.- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ETHICS.- Water Quality in an Environmental Justice Community in Durham, NC.- The Impact of Social Capital on Environmental Risk Reduction in Moncure.- Air Quality Issues for an Aging Population.- Environmental Pollution, Race and Place: Research and Policy Implications.- Financial Reporting of Environmental Risks and Liabilities.- Oak Biodiesel: State Building and Fire Codes Affecting Biodiesel Manufacturing.- The Ecological Effects of Salt Water Intrusion on the Agriculture Industry After Hurricane Katrina.- Municipal Wastewater Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Xeno-Estrogens: Wildlife and Human Health Implications.- Challenges in the Devolution of Environmental Health Service Delivery in South Africa.- A Review of Health and Hygiene Promotion as Part of Sanitation Delivery Programmes to Informal Settlements in the City of Cape Town (South Africa).- Pollution, Environmental Justice, and the North Carolina Pork Industry.- Reducing Community Exposure to Toxics: A Critical Component in Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities.- Environmental Ethics of Health Mission To Enugu Nigeria.- FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS.- Use of Kalman Filter and Particle Filter in a One Dimensional Leachate Transport Model.- Organic Pollutant Transport in Groundwater Using Particle Filter.- Modeling the Sorption Behavior of Aromatic Amine Onto Sediment Under Acidic Conditions.- Radioactive Contaminanant Transport in Subsurface Porous Environment.- Transport and Degradation of a Trichloroethylene Plume Within a Stream Hyporheic Zone.- GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.- Using a Spoken Diary and Heart Rate Monitor in Modeling Human Exposure to Airborne Pollutants for EPA’S Consolidated Human Activity Database.- Proposal for Focus Shift in Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Assesment.- Sensor Webs in Digital Earth: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts.- Thermal Characterization of Biodegradable Poly (Lactic Acid)/Clay Nanocomposites.- Tools for Carbon Management: Potential Carbon Footprint Reduction Through Fuel Switching.- Coral Disease and Global Climate Change.- Climate Change, Drought, and Wetland Vegetation.- Dynamics of Soil Organic Nitrogen and its Functions in Soil Carbon Stabilization Processes.- Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Corn Ethanol: Accounting for Corn Acreage Expansion.- Comparative Effects of Sea Level Rise Versus Hurricane Event on Coastal Erosion.- Global Warming in Asheville, North Carolina.- INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND SENSORS.- Tuckaseegee Watershed Observatory: A Collaborative Environmental Research Tool.- Encapsulation of Potassium Permanganate Oxidant in Polymers.- C. Elegans Chemotaxis and Reproduction Following Environmental Exposure.- Storing Weather Data and Dissemination Via the Web.- Rapid and Simple Method for the Encapsulation of Lactobacillus reuteri in the Production of Lactic Acid.- POLLUTION PREVENTION/SOLVENTS AND PROCESSES.- Analysis of Partition Coefficients and Ternary Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Highly Non-Ideal Systems.- Application of Chitosan in Remediation of Dyes.- An Apparatus for Density and VLE Measurements for Gas-Liquid Systems.- MSE Walls in Solid Waste Applications.- Study of the Molecular Weight Dependence of Glass Transition Temperature for Amorphous Poly(L-Lactide) by Molecular Dynamics Simulation.- Channel Catfish Estrogenicity and Sewer Overflows; Implications for Xenoestrogen Exposure.- Sorption and Desorption of Nitrogen and Phosphorus by Zeolite and Shale.