Rachel Brennan

• Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering
• Professor in Charge of the Environmental Engineering Minor
• Director, Advanced Ecological Engineering Systems Laboratory
• 231-K Sackett Building
• University Park
• (814) 865-9428
• (814) 863-7304 Fax
• rbrennan@engr.psu.edu
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• Department faculty webpage
• Brennan Research Group

Keywords:

• Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)
• Acid Precipitation / Atmospheric Deposition
• Bioremediation
• Chemistry (Environmental)
• Environmental Education
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Microbiology
• Environmental Restoration or Remediation
• Groundwater
• Hazardous Wastes (Treatment or Cleanup)
• Industrial Ecology and Green Engineering
• Molecular/Microbial Ecology
• Mycology
• Phytoremediation
• Sustainability
• Toxic Substances - Environmental
• Waste Water Treatment
• Water Resources
• Water Treatment
• Wetlands

Active Research Projects:

• An Emerging Technology for Emerging Contaminants: Biocatalysis of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wastewater for Beneficial Reuse
• CAREER: Solving a Global Water Crisis in a Local Watershed: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chitin as a Multifunctional Substrate for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage
• Microbial Community Analysis of TCE-Contaminated Sediments Treated with Chitin
• Passive Remediation of Acid Precipitation in the South Branch of Kinzua Creek Using Crab-Shell Chitin: A Treatability Study
• Sustainable Treatment of Diesel Contaminated Sediments Using Spent Mushroom Compost

Completed Research Projects:

• Biological Denitrification of Drinking Water Supplies Using Chitin.
• In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Vadose Zone Soil Using Gaseous Electron Donors
• Passive Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage Using Chitin
• SBIR Phase II: Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents in Saturated, Low Permeability Soils