M.S.-Earth Resources Engineering Theses (to 2010)

  • María Gaviota Velasco Pérez Alonso (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Generation and disposition of MSW in Mexico and potential for improving waste management in Toluca municipality
  • Ljupka Arsova (Advisors: Prof. Chandran and Themelis): Anaerobic digestion of food waste: Current status, problems and an alternative product
  • Yohann Benhamou (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Comparison of environmental performance of waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in France with Denmark and Germany
  • Jawad Bhatti (Advisor: Prof. Themelis) : Current state and potential for increasing plastics recycling in the U.S.
  • Caroline Ducharme (Advisors: Profs. Themelis and Castaldi) : Technical and economic analysis of Plasma-assisted Waste-to-Energy processes
  • Lital Yinon(Advisor: Profs. McNeill and Themelis): Ultrafine particle emissions: Comparison of waste-to-energy with coal- and biomass-fired power plants
  • Garrett C. Fitzgerald: (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Technical and Economic Analysis of Pre-Shredding Municipal Solid Wastes Prior to Disposal
  • Rob van Haaren: (Advisors: Prof. Themelis and Prof. Barlaz): Large scale aerobic composting of source separated organic wastes: A comparative study of environmental impacts, costs, and contextual effects
  • Giselle Balaguer Datiz (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Life Cycle Assessment and Comparison of the Environmental Impacts of Thermal Treatment and Landfilling in Puerto Rico
  • Priscilla Ulloa(Advisors: Prof. Themelis and Ms. Bettina Kamuk): Potential for Combined Heat and Power and District Heating and Cooling from Waste-to-Energy Facilities in the U.S. – Learning from the Danish Experience
  • Noah W. Whitmore (Advisor: Prof. Castaldi): Green House Gas Catalytic Reforming to Syngas
  • Perinaz Bhada (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Feasibility Analysis of Waste-To-Energy as a Key Component of Integrated Solid Waste Management in Mumbai, India
  • Adam Penque(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Examination of Chlorides in Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Combustion Residue: Origins, Fate and Potential for Treatment
  • Kimberly Llewellyn(Advisor: Prof. Castaldi) : Incineration, Waste-to-Energy and Catalytic Gasification: The Past, Present and Future of Medical Waste Management
  • Paula Estevez Weinstein(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): WTE for Santiago, Chile: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Georgia Columbus(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Management of Municipal Solid Wastes in Attica Region of Greece, and Potential for Waste-to-Energy
  • Pearl Moy (Advisors: Prof. Brandt Rauf and N.J. Themelis): A Health Risk Comparison of Landfill Disposal and Waste-to-Energy Treatment of Municipal Solid Wastes in New York City (NYC)
  • Alexander P. Whitworth (Advisors: Prof. Castaldi and Themelis): Part I. Thermal Breakdown Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste Components in Varying Oxygen Environments and Part II. Municipal Solid Waste Management in China
  • Michael P. Hyland(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Evaluation of the Chemical Effects of Waste to Energy (WtE) Ash used for the Remediation of Abandoned Coal Mines and Potential for Removal of Chlorine from WtE Fly Ash
  • Monica M. DeAngelo (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Siting of Waste-To-Energy Facilities in New York City Using GIS Technology
  • Panagiotis G. Deriziotis (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Substance and Perceptions of Environmental Impacts of Dioxin Emissions
  • Scott M. Kaufman (Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Analysis of Technology and Infrastructure of the Paper Recycling Industry in New York City
  • Karena Ostrem(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Greening Waste: Anaerobic Digestion for Treating the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes
  • Brian Weiss(Advisor: Prof. Themelis) : Effect of Mercury Emissions in China on North America
  • Mandi Caudill(Advisor: Prof. Somasundaran): The Effects of Arsenic on Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
  • Emily Ayers(Advisor: Prof. Versteeg): Development and implementation of a flexible system for monitoring a created wetland (Great Kills Park, Staten Island, New York)
  • Alexander Klein(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Gasification: An Alternative Disposal and Energy Recovery Process for MSW
  • Ko Matsunaga(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Comparison of Environmental Impacts and Physical Properties of Refrigerants
  • Claire Todd(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Technical and Economical Analysis of the NYC Recycling System
  • Shefali Verma(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Anaerobic Digestion of Biodegradable Organics in Municipal Solid Wastes
  • Elisabeth Law-wai(Profs. Themelis and Yegulalp): Mobilization and Transport of Arsenic by Landfill Leachates and Contamination of Groundwater at Winthrop, Maine
  • Alexander F. Gregory(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Assessment of Mercury Contamination in Surficial Sediments of Newark Bay
  • Joseph Di Dio, III(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): PART I: Demonstration Site for "Green Building" Technologies; PART II: Using Geothermal Energy In Place of Fossil Fuels
  • A.J. Dubanowitz(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Design of Automated Materials Recovery Facility for Processing the NYC Recyclables
  • M. Sasha Mackler(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Estimation of the Total PCB Mass in the Hudson River System
  • Mark H. Brady(Advisor: Prof. Themelis): Materials and Energy Recovery from the Dry Stream of New York City's Municipal Solid Waste

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