William Burgos

• Professor of Environmental Engineering
• 212 Sackett
• University Park
• Telephone: (814) 863-0578
• FAX: (814) 863-7304
• E-mail: bburgos@psu.edu
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• Department faculty webpage
• Burgos Research Webpage

Keywords:

• Aromatic Compounds
• Bioremediation
• Chemical Reactions/Kinetics
• Chemistry (Aquatic)
• Chemistry (Environmental)
• Chemistry (Inorganic)
• Chemistry (Organic)
• Environmental Engineering
• Groundwater
• Homeland Security
• Iron-reducing Bacteria
• Metals or Alloys
• Microbial Degradation
• Pollutant Fate and Transport
• Radionuclides
• Soil Chemistry
• Toxic Substances - Environmental
• Transport Phenomena
• Water Resources

Active Research Projects:

• Aeration Terraces for Biological Low-pH Fe(II) Oxidation
• Improving Passive Mine Treatment Through Better Understanding of Biogeochemistry and Mineralogy Asociated with Mn(II) Oxidation
• PA DEP TMDL Project
• Reation-based Reactive Transport Modeling of Iron Reduction and Uranium Immobilization at Area 2 of the NABIR Field Research Center

Completed Research Projects:

• Bioavailability and Toxicity of Ionic Organic Compounds in Estuarine Sediments
• Impact of Iron-Reducing Bacteria on Metals and Radionuclides Adsorbed to Humic-Coated Iron (III) Oxides (NABIR I)
• Improving Passive Mine Treatment through Better Understanding of Biogeochemistry and Mineralology Associated with Low pH Oxidation
• Iron Reduction and Radionuclide Immobilization: Kinetic, Thermodynamic and Hydrologic Controls & Reaction-Based Model (NABIR II )
• Iron Reduction and Radionuclide Immobilization: Kinetic, Thermodynamic and Hydrologic Controls & Reaction-Based Model (NABIR III)
• TMDL Project