Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Salon K (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown)

Topical 7: Trace Contaminants in Water: Genesis, Rapid Detection and Sustainable Removal Processes (T7)

#50 - Organic Trace Contaminants in Water (Invited) (T7000)
The objective of this session is to bring together lead researchers and speakers to discuss the progress made on issues pertaining to organic trace contaminants, its genesis and engineered processes. Both fundamentals and applied contributions are sought in these areas of research and development.
Chair:Arup K. Sengupta
CoChair:Dongye Zhao
CoSponsor(s):Transport Processes (01d)
Environmental Division (09)
Water (09b)
Process Development (09d)
Separations Division (02)
8:30 AMThe Fate, Transport and Control of Persistent Organic Chemicals In Sediments
Danny D. Reible
9:00 AMSynthetic Organic Contaminant Uptake by Carbon Nanotubes
James Kilduff, Hyung-Nam Lim
9:30 AMNanoparticle-Based Functionalized Membrane Reactor for Chloro-Organic Detoxification at Room Temperature: An Overview (Invited Paper)
D. Bhattacharyya, Jian Xu, Yit Hong Tee, L. Bachas, David Meyer
10:00 AMIn-Situ Reductive Transformation of Chlorinated Solvents and Immobilization of Chromium In Soils Using Polysaccharide-Stabilized Iron Nanoparticles
Dongye Zhao, Feng He, Lucida Xu, Christopher B. Roberts
10:30 AMBiosensors for Organophosphate Nerve Agents
Ashok Mulchandani

See more of Topical 7:Trace Contaminants in Water: Genesis, Rapid Detection and Sustainable Removal Processes

See more of The 2008 Annual Meeting