Research Projects

Photo: Clarkson University's Andrea Ferro.

SyracuseCoE’s Collaborative Activities for Research and Technology Innovation (CARTI) projects—supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)—conduct basic and applied research in two thrust areas: air quality and water resource management. An independent Scientific Advisory Committee of nationally recognized researchers recommends projects for CARTI awards following a rigorous process used by the National Science Foundation and the US EPA for competitively awarded projects. For more information on CARTI, click here.

SyracuseCoE also has a number of research projects associated with its headquarters building. For more information about research on the SyracuseCoE green roof, click here.

Project summaries are listed in alphabetical order by Primary Investigator.

To watch research and demonstration projects presentations to the SyracuseCoE Scientific Advisory Committee in April 2010, click here.

Ahmadi, Goodarz

• Computational and Experimental Techniques for Human Health and Security in Indoor Environments
• Computational and Experimental Study of Airflow and Particulate Pollutant Transport and Concentration around the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems Headquarters

Anagnost, Susan

• Membrane-based DNA Technique to Simultaneously Detect Opportunistic, Pathogenic and Wood-decay Fungi in Buildings

Asefa, Tewodros

• Antibody-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Use as Sensors to Detect Pathogens in Water

Borer, Philip

• Direct Sequence Analysis Method for Rapid Discovery of DNA Ligand Binding Sequences
• Biosensors with Low Cross-reactivity for Waterborne Contaminants

Boyer, Gregory

• Development and Deployment of a Remote Observing System for Determination of Taxon-specific Phytoplankton

Dang, Thong Quoc

• Interaction between Building Envelope Pressure Loading and Indoor Air Distribution

Dhaniyala, Suresh

• Urban Airshed Monitoring: New Tools for Aerosol Characterization at Meso-Scale Spatial Resolution
• Spatial Distribuion of Ultrafine Aerosol Population from Local Sources

Driscoll, Charles

• An Intelligent Urban Environmental System (i-UES) for Central New York Water Resource Management
• Mercury Transport and Contamination in the Lake Ontario Basin

Faraone, Stephen

• Epigenetic Influences of Cigarette Smoke and Nicotine on ADHD Candidate Genes

Ferro, Andrea

• Investigation of Electrostatic Forces Caused by Walking on Floor and Its Effect on Particle Resuspension in an Indoor Environment

Findlay, Stuart and Donald Siegel

• Characterizing Non-Point Salt Contamination to Streams and Groundwater

Hassett, John

• Development of a Real-time Self-contained Buoy Detection System for Water-Borne Trace Organic Contaminants
• Real-time Sensing and Time-resolved Sampling of Organic Chemicals in Onondaga Lake

Higuchi, Hiroshi

• Controlling the Microclimate around the Head with Local Ventilation

Hopke, Philip

• Initial Development of a Semicontinuous Monitor of Particle and Gas Phase Reactive Oxygen Species in the Urban Atmosphere
• Characterization of the Ambient Air Quality in Syracuse, NY and Identification of its Origins

Jacques, Peter

• Personal Exposures and Cardiopulmonary Responses of Children Riding Diesel Powered School Buses

Khalifa, Ezzat

• Distributed Demand-controlled Ventilation for Improving Indoor Air Quality

Limburg, Karin

• An Integrated Monitoring/Modeling Framework for Assessing Human-Nature Interactions in Urbanizing Watersheds: Onondaga and Wappinger Creeks

Luk, Yan-Yeung

• Real Time Monitoring of Specific Airborne Pollutants on Nanostructured Smart Surfaces
• Development of an Antigen-Responsive Hydro-Shell for Detecting Aqueous Toxins
• Laser Holographic Biosensing Mechanism Using Porous Protein Laden Hydrogel

McGrath Kathleen

• Life Down Under: The Forgotten Hyporheic Zone in Stream Restoration and Development of a Bioindicator of Subsurface Recovery

Mountrakis, Giorgos

• Bridging the Temporal Mismatch between Remotely Sensed Land Use Changes and Field-based Water Quality/Quantity Observations

Ojo, Temitope

• Water Quality Measurements Using a Novel Buoyancy Controlled Drifting Sensor Platform (BCDSP)

Raina, Ramesh

• Near-Real-Time Detection of Microbial Waterborne Agents to Inform Risk Analysis

Ren, Dacheng

• Monitoring and Controlling Biofilm Formation in Waters: Development of a Platform for Studying Bacterial-surface Interactions
• Analysis and Optimization of a Novel Regenerative Bio-filter System for Enhanced VOC Removal from Indoor Environments

Satish, Usha

• Impact of Carbon Dioxide on Human Decision Making and Productivity

Shoemaker, Christine

• Integrating Sensor Network Design with Weather Forecasts and a Watershed Model to Predict and Manage Water Quality

Stenson, Timothy

• High Environmental Performance 2 (HEP 2) - Residential Housing for New York State

Tavlarides, Lawrence

• Reactive Oxygen Species in Particulate Matter: Formation, Elimination, and In Vitro Assessment of Relative Toxic Effects

Utell, Mark

• Ultrafine Particles and Cardiac Responses: Evaluation in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center

Varshney, Pramod

• Intelligent Sensor Networks for Improved Indoor Air Quality

Zhang, Jianshun

• Development of a Living Testbed for Built (Indoor) and Urban (Outdoor) Environmental Systems
• Prediction of the Mold Fungus Formation Probability on Critical Building Components in Residential Dwellings