The Gene and Linda Voiland School of
Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
James Petersen, Ph.D.
Director & Professor
Graduate Students Supervised
- Richards, Abigail, “Identification and structural characterization of siderophores produced by halophilic and alkaliphilic bacteria”, (PhD), 2007, co-advised with Brent M. Peyton.
- Viamajala, Sridhar, “Chromate reduction kinetics and Cr(VI) toxicity in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1” (PhD), 2003.
- Aiken, Abigail, “Use of Enzymes from Extremeophiles for Quantitative Determination of Metal Ion Concentrations”, M.S. 2002.
- Castleberry, Elita, “Chromium Reduction in Soil Column Reactors: Experimental Measurement and Predictive Confirmation”, M.S. 2001.
- Sha, Lin, “Use of Thermophilic Bacteria for the Remediation of Creosote Compounds in Treated Lumber”, M.S. 2000.
- Sherwood, J.L., “Development of Bacterial Activity for the Direct Dechlorination of Chlorinated Solvents”, (PhD), 1998.
- Johnson, Chris, “Evaluation of Systems for Continuous Biological Reduction of Selenate and Selenite”, M.S., 1997.
- Bussey, T., “Feasibility of Aerobic Degradation of Chloroform at Hanford’s VOC-Arid Integrated Demonstration Site”, M.S., 1996.
- Franzen,M., “Effects of Nutrient Pulsing on in situ Carbon Tetrachloride Destruction”, M.S., 1995
- Sherwood, J., “Effects of Nitrate and Acetate Availability on Chrlorofrm Production During Carbon Tetrachloride Destruction” M.S., 1995.
- Jennings, D., “Microbial Transport in Soil Columns and Implications on in situ Bioremediation”, M.S., 1994.
- Hill, J.S., “Biodegradation of Chloroform and Phenol Under Denitrifying Conditions Using a Bacterial Consortium Isolated from the Hanford Reservation”, M.S., 1994.
- Shouche, M.S., “Development of Strategies for in situ Bioremediation”, M.S., 1993
- Amos, K.M, “Biodegradation of Carbon Tetrachloride under Denitrifying Conditions”, M.S., 1993.
- Guan, L., “A Statistical Approach to the Factors Affecting the Biosorption of Cr6+ by a Consortia of Denitrifying Bacteria,” M.S., 1992.
- Wilhoit, Darrel L. (Ph.D.), “Improvements in the Design and Control of the Drying Operation in the French Fry Manufacturing Process”, 1990.
- Peters, Brian, “An ACS Simulation of a Pulp Mill Brown Stock Washer System”, M.S., 1989.
- Hicks, Allison A., “On-Line Optimization of Biological Processes”, M.S., 1989.
- Leung, Karen K., “A System for the On-Line Determination of Glucose Concentration”, M.S., 1989.
- Wooten, Scott L., “Control and Optimization of Cell Separations”, M.S., 1989.
- Oxford, Rex J., “Dynamics and Control of a Centrifugal Blood Cell Separator”, M.S., 1987.
- Chiang, Win-Chin (Ph.D.), “Analysis of Apple Drying”, 1987.
- Whyatt, Greg A., “On-line Adaptive Optimal Control”, M.S., 1986.
- Edwards, Dale A., “Stability and Multiplicity of Steady States in Systems of Biological Reactors: A Computer Simulation”, M.S., 1984.
- Sutherland, Nancy J., “Microcomputer Analysis and Presentation of Gas Chromatograph Data”, M.S., 1984.
- Chiang, Win-Chin, “Thin Layer Drying of French Fried Potatoes”, M.S., 1984.
- Shapton, Thomas W., “Optimal Control of an Emulsion Polymerization Reactor”, M.S., 1983.
- Tu, Chien-Hsiun, “Identification of Dynamic Processes in the Frequency Domain”, M.S., 1981.