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Nirupam
Pal
Professor
&
Associate Director
of
Dept.
of Civil and Environmental Engineering
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407.
Phone: (805) 756-1355
e-mail: npal@calpoly.edu
and
Associate Director
of
Education
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology,
MS in Chemical Engineering,
BS in Chemical Engineering,
BS in Chemistry (Honors),
Professional Experience
September 2002 till
Date: Professor Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering,
September 1999 – August
02: Associate Professor, Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering,
September ‘95 – August ‘99: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering,
October '93 - August ‘95: Research Assistant Professor, Center for Environmental Engineering,
Stevens Institute of Technology,
October '92 - September '93: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Environmental
Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology,
January '90 - August '92: Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering,
July '86 - March '89: Executive
Engineer (Production), Oil & Natural Gas Commission, Arabian Sea
offshore
Associate Director
of
Teaching
Courses
at Cal Poly, SLO
¨ Biological Process for Engineers (ENGR 213)
¨ Thermodynamics for Flow Process (ENVE 304)
¨ Introduction to Environmental Engineering (ENVE 330)
¨ Introduction to Environmental Engineering (ENVE 331)
¨ Air Quality (ENVE 325)
¨ Air Pollution Measurement (ENVE 426)
¨ Air Pollution Control (ENVE 411)
¨ Environnemental Design (ENVE 444)
¨ Bioenvironmental Engineering I (ENVE 443)
¨ Graduate Seminar (CE 591)
¨ Biochemical Engineering I (ENGR 581)
¨ Biochemical Engineering II (ENGR 582)
¨ Biochemical Engineering III (ENGR 583)
Scholastic Achievements
¨
Invited speaker as one of top 20 researchers
(expenses paid) in Annual Conference of International Association on Water
Quality,
¨
Topper in both BS and MS in
¨ Awarded in "Minitech Competition-1992" for excellence in presenting a paper.
Cal Poly Research Projects
A longterm multimillion dollar research project to study the various aspects of swimming pool Industry. See
· Development
of a Bioarosol Sampling Method from Composting facilities
Funding Agency:
·
Effect of
Lagoon Cover on Odor Emission from Digester Lagoon
Funding Agency: Unocal Corporation
·
Biodegradation Studies of UNOCAL Guadalupe Dunes
Funding Agency:
·
Feasibility
of Bioremediation of
Funding Agency: Unocal Corporation
·
Design of
a Permanent Land-Treatment Unit for Guadalupe Oil Field
Funding
Agency: Unocal Corporation
Adsorption
of Heavy Metals by Microbial Mats
Funding Agency: Cal Poly
Development
of a Novel Technique to Treat VOC’s
Funding Agency: Cal Poly
Production
of b-Carotene by Microalgae
Amount: $ 2000.000 (July 1996-June
1997)
Funding Agency: Cal Poly
Pre-Poly Research Projects
Anaerobic
Biodegradability of Pentachlorophenol under Subsurface Environment Using EPA
Protocol CFR 40.1 Part 795.54., (Co-Principal Investigator).
Amount: $ 503,000.00 (9/92 to 3/95)
Funding Agency: Bellcore Research and
Engineering,
Biodegradation
of PAHs using Slurry Reactor with Enhanced Bioavailability (PI)
Amount: $ 50,000/yr (7/93 to 8/95).
Funding Agency: Hazardous
Treatment
and Containment of Groundwater Using Biosparge:
(PI)
Amount: $ 183,000.00 (12/93 to 6/96)
Funding Agency: Hazardous
Development
of a Treatment Technology for Decontamination and Reuse of Pentachlorophenol
Treated Wood Using Combined Chemical-Biological Process.
Development
of Novel Membrane Reactor for combined Anaerobic-Aerobic Treatment for VOCs.
Non Research Funding/Donation
·
Donation
of New Respirometer, Soil phase and Liquid Phase Bioreactors, Gas
Chromatography, and Other accessories from Unocal Corporation a total worth
about $ 250,000 (1997)
Development of State-of-the
art Environmental Protection Laboratory (with Professors Jeffery Sczechowski
& Edward Sullivan)
Source: Cal Poly
Plan
Amount: $
116,000
Instrumental Development Grant
from US Air Force (1994) (with George Korfiatis)
Source: US Air
Force
Amount: $ 448,557
Lab expenditure
Support
Source: E-Tech Corporation
Amount: $2000
Pending Proposals
·
Simultaneous
Removal of SO2 and Production of H2SO4 using
HFC and Sulfate reducing Bacteria.
(Under submission to NSF jointly with New Jersey Institute of Technology, $ 387,564)
Consulting Activities:
(a)
Broad Street Site, SLO: In the
vicinity of
(b)
Weferling Site,
(c)
Dewar Site, Guadalupe,
(d)
Orcutt Gas Tank Site,
Patent
Sonically Enhanced method for removing chemical preservative from chemically treated wood products (US Patent # 5629199)
Recent Reports:
Durability of Plastered Swimming
Pool: New Materials, Phase Four, (with
Dr. Damian Kachlakev), September 2006- September 2007
Nationwide Water Chemistry Test Kits Evaluation and Comparison" (with Dr. Damian Kachlakev), Feb.
2006- Sept. 2006
Durability of Plastered Swimming
Pool: Effects of Plaster Compressive Strength, Porosity, Pozzolan and Quartz
Sand modifications, and Surface Sealants on Surface Deterioration and Long-Term
Effects of Start-up Procedures, Sanitizers and Water Chemistry on Durability of
Plastered Swimming Poll Surfaces, (with
Dr. Damian Kachlakev), June 2006
The Effects of Water Chemistry,
Sanitizers, Start-Up Procedures, Calcium Chloride Percentages and Other Factors
on Surface Deterioration of Plastered Swimming Pools, (with Dr. Damian Kachlakev), June 2005
Establishment of the Cal Poly's
Etching Deterioration of Swimming Pools Plaster Subjected to Various Water
Chemistry Conditions (National Plasters Council) (with Dr. Nirupam Pal), June 2004
Etching Deterioration of Swimming Pool (National Plasters Council,
www.npconline.org; picture) (with Dr. Nirupam Pal), June 2003
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Lehman, S., Dragich, B. and N. Pal. “A Novel Technique to Quantify TPH Reduction During Natural Attenuation Studies by Measuring Electron Acceptor Concentrations” Accepted for publication in In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation.
Nirupam
Pal and Dong Li. "Assessment of Natural Attenuation from Secondary
Lines of Evidences” Proceedings of 5th International Petroleum
Environmental Conference. October, 20 – 23, 1999 Albuquerque, NM.
Bhaumik, S. Christodoulatos, C., Broadman, B. and N.Pal. "Biodegradation of Glycerol Trinitrate by Activated Sludge: Cosubstrate requirement, inhibition, and Kinetics. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Health (1998) 14: 511-517.
Pal, N.
“ Adsorption and Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium to Trivalent Chromium”
In-situ and On-site Bioremediation,
(1997) 2: 511-517.
Pal, N., G.P. Korfiatis, and V. Patel.
‘Chemo-Biological Treatment of Pentachlorophenol Treated Wood for Reuse’ J. of Hazardous Materials. (1997) 53:
165-182.
Christodoulatos, C., Korfiatis, G., and N. Pal. ‘In-situ Groundwater Treatment in a Trench Biosparge’ J. of Hazardous Substance and Hazardous Materials,(1996, ). 13, 223-239.
Pal, N. and C. Christosdoulatos. ‘Fungal Biodegradation of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene and Nitroglycerine’ (1995), Journal of Energetic Materials. 13: 259-282.
Pal, N., Armenante, P.M., and G. Lewandowski. 'Process Optimization and Degradation Modeling for Biodegradation of Chlorophenols by Phanerochaete chrysosporium.' (1995) Biotechnology & Bioengineering. 46: 599-609.
Christodoulatos, C., Pal, N., and R. Vemuri. ‘Biodegradation of PAHs in Soil-Water Slurries with Enhanced Bioavailability’. (1995) American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. I, 46: 1493-1501.
Armenante, P.M., Pal, N., and G. Lewandowski. 'Role of Mycelium Protein and Extracellular Protein in Biodegradation of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol by Phanerochaete chrysosporium.' (1994) Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60:1711-1788.
Pal, N. ‘Investigation of Reactor Design
Parameters for Optimizing Biodegradation of Chlorophenols by Phanerochaete
chrysosporium’ (1993) Ph.D. dissertation, New Jersey Institute of Technology,
Invited Speaker:
Pal,
N., and C. Christodoulatos. ‘Fungal Biodegradation of Energetic
Materials’(1995). Alternative Technologies to Incinaration for Disposal of Explosive
Materials, Organized by Institute of Highly Filled Materials and the Center for
Environmental Engineering,
Pal, N. ‘Enhanced Biodegradation and
Modeling of Chlorophenols by P.
chrysosporium’ (1994). International Annual Conference, International
Association of Water Quality,
Selected Proceedings and Reports
Pal, N., Christodoulatos, C, and S. Kodali. ‘Enhanced Biodegadation of Dinitrotoluene by a White Rot Fungus in Packed-bed Bioreactor’ (1995) 27th Mid-Atlantic Industrial And Hazardous Waste Conference. pp. 284-294.
Christodoulatos, C., Pal, N., and S. Bhowmik. ‘Anaerobic Biodegradation of Nitroglycerin’ (1995) 27th Mid-Atlantic Industrial And Hazardous Waste Conference. pp. 187-293.
Pal, N. and C. Christosdoulatos. ‘Fungal Biodegradation of Energetic Materials’ Symposium on Alternative Technologies to Incineration for Disposal of Explosives and Chemical Munitions. June 5-6, 1995. Vol. 2: 1-15.
Christodoulatos, C. and N. Pal.
‘Biodegradation of Propellants’ (March 1995). Annual Report submitted to US
Army,
Korfiatis, G.P., Pal, N., Christodoulatos,
C., Kafkewitz, D., Mckenna, J.(April 1995) ‘Anaerobic Biodegradation of
Pentachlorophenol Under Subsurface Environment’ Report submitted Bell Core
Communications,
Selected Presentations
Pal, N.
“Microbial sequestration of Carbon Dioxide and Subsequent Conversion to Methane” First National Conference on
Carbon Sequestration. May 14-17th, 2001,
DC.
Pal, N.
“Development of a Simultaneous Aerobic Anaerobic Bioreactor” American Institute
of Chemical Engineers, November 12-17,
2000,
Lehman, S., Dragich, B. and N. Pal. “A Novel Technique to Quantify TPH Reduction
During Natural Attenuation Studies by Measuring Electron Acceptor
Concentrations” 6th International Conference on Bioremediation,
Pal, N
“Sequestration of CO2 to Biomass and
Conversion to Methane” American Institute of Chemical Engineers, November 12-17, 2000,
Nirupam
Pal and D. Petrides. “SuperPro Designer: An Interactive Software Tool for
Designing and Evaluating Integrated Chemical Manufacturing Processes” American
Institute of Chemical Engineers,
November 12-17, 2000,
Pal, N
“An Alternative Technology to trap Carbon Dioxide” American Institute of
Chemical Engineers, November 12-17,
2000,
Pal, N.
“Development of a Simultaneous Aerobic Anaerobic Bioreactor” American Institute
of Chemical Engineers, November 12-17,
2000,
Pal, N.
“ Natural attenuation of Guadalupe Oil Field: Secondary Assesment Issues”
(1998) 5th International Petroleum
Conference,
Pal, N. and D. Petrides. "Enviropro Designer: An Interactive Software Tool for Designing and Evaluating Pollution Prevention and Control Processes". (1997) AIChE annual meeting, Los Angels. November 17-21.
Pal, N. "A Novel Mechanism of Phanerochaete chrysosporium for reducing Hexavalent chromiunm to Trivalent Chromium" (1997) 4th International Conference on In-situ and On-site Bioremediation, New Orleans, April 19 to 23rd, 1997.
Pal, N.
‘Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and its Treatment Options’
Sczechowski, J. and N. Pal. and H.M. Cota “Teaching Chemical Engineering to Environmental Engineers’ American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Chicago, November, 1996.
Pal, N. ‘Reduction and Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium by a White Rot Fungus’ American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, (1995), Miami, November, 1995.
Sirkar, K,
and N. Pal. ‘Development of an Unique Single Stage Simultaneous Aerobic
Anaerobic Bioreactor’. American
Pal, N.,
Korfiatis, G., and V. Patel. ‘Development of a Chemobiological Treatment Train
for Decontaminating Chemically Treated Wood for Reuse’ American Institute of
Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, (1995),
Pal, N.,
Christodoulatos, C., and S. Kodali. ‘Effect of Reactor Configuration on
Biodegradation of Dinitrotoluene’. American
Pal, N.,
Korfiatis, G. P., and C. Christodoulatos. ‘Treatment and Containment of BTEX
Contaminated Groundwater Using Trench Biosparge Technology’ July 23-26, (1995),
Christodoulatos,
C., and N. Pal, and R. Vemuri. 'Surfactant Enhanced Desorption and
biodegradation of PAHs' (1995). Geotechnology 2000,
Korfiatis,
G., Rabah, N., Pal, N., and C. Okoye. ‘Sampling of Soil and Groundwater
for Anaerobic Biodegradability Studies’ (1995). Geotechnology 2000,
Pal, N.
‘Optimization of Fixed-film Bioreactor for Degradation of Chlorinated Aromatics
by Phanerochaete chrysosporium’ (1994) International Association of Water
Quality, Annual Meeting on Fixed-film Bioreactor.
Pal, N., Lewandowski, G. and P.M. Armenante. ‘High Performance Fixed-film Bioreactor for Treatment of Highly Chlorinated Aromatics’ Dec 6, (1994). Elf Aquitance Inc. King of Prusia. PA.
Armenante,
P.M., Pal, N., and G. Lewandowski.
'Effect of Biomass and Extracellular Protein on Degradation of
2,4,6-trichlorophenol by Phanerochaete chrysosporium’ (1994) Presented in AICHE
Annual Meeting,
Pal, N., Armenante, P.M., and G. Lewandowski.
'Enhanced Biodegradation and Degradation Modeling of Trichlorophenols in a
Continuous Packed-bed Reactors
containing Phanerochaete chrysosporium' (1994). AICHE Annual Meeting,
Papers Submitted/Under Preparation
Nirupam Pal “Adsorption-Reduction & Desorption of Hexavalent Chromium by Phanerochaete chrysosporium” submitted to Environmental Science & Technology.
Nirupam Pal “Development of an Novel Single Unit Aerobic-Anaerobic Bioreactor to Enhance Biodegradation of Xenobiotic Chemicals” submitted to Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
Pal, N. and K. Sirkar. ‘Development of an
Unique Single Stage Simultaneous Aerobic-Anaerobic Bioreactor for Treatment of
Xenobiotics’ to Biotechnology and
Bioengineering (submitted)
Pal, N., C. Christodoulatos, ‘A comparative Study on Biodegradation of 2,4 DNT by Activated Sludge and Phanerochaete chrysosporium’ Water Research (Under Preparation)
Pal, N. and Catteneo,J. and F. Amon. 'Prediction of Hydrocarbon Plume Movement Using Bio F&T and Bioscreen' (Under Preparation)
Writing chapter in a Book:
Recently Kluwer Academic publishing invited me to write four sections in a possible textbook titled “Process Pollution Prevention and Zero Discharge”. Notable personalities from academia and industries selected all over the world has been chosen to contribute to this book. I will be contributing in the area of Biofiltration, Biopulping and Enzyme de-inking.
Masters
Thesis Advisor:
·
Stewart
Lehman & Brian Dragich “A
Novel Technique to Quantify TPH ReductionDuring Natural Attenuation Studies by
Measuring Electron Acceptor Concentrations” MS in Environmental Engineering, Cal Poly. (Under Progress)
·
Jason
Sathoff “ Development of Bioarosol Sampling Techniques” MS,
Biochemical Engineering, Cal Poly, Fall 2000.
·
Renee
Edwards “Effect of Hydrogen
Peroxide Treatment on TPH contaminated soil and its effect on Biodegradation
Potential” MS, Biochemical
Engineering, Cal Poly. Fall 1999.
·
Connie
Perkins & Roger kung “Laboratory
Estimation of Natural Attenuation via Electron AcceptorAnalyses” MS in Environmental Engineering, Cal Poly Fall 1999,
Patel, V. "Development of a Treatment Technology for Pentachlorophenol Treated Wood" MS thesis. Stevens Institute of Technology, June’95.
Sai, K. "Biodegradation of Dinitrotoluene in Batch and Immobilized-bed Bioreactors and Modeling the Co-metabolism". Stevens Institute of Technology MS thesis, August '95.
Prasad, M. ‘A Mechanistic Study on Adsorption and Reduction of Chromium by a fungal Culture’ MS thesis. Stevens Institute of Technology August ‘95.
Affiliation:
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
· Member of Americal Chemical Society (ACS)
Selected 'Honorary Life Member' by Phi Lambda Epsilon Honorary Chemical Society for academic excellence.
Community Outreach:
Geological Society of
Television Interview (CH 12): On March 1998, I was interviewed by
local TV to express my opinion on Bioremediation options at