Extramural Research
2002 Honorable Mention Scientific And Technological Achievement Awards (STAA)
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Honorable Mention - The Subcommittee has also added a fourth non-cash level award for research efforts which are noteworthy but which do not warrant a Level I, II or III award. Honorable Mention applies to research that: (1) may not quite reach the level described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research that the Subcommittee wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of research that the Subcommittees feels is too preliminary to warrant an award recommendation (yet).
| Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention (No Cash Award) Total of Thirty-Nine |
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Nom. # |
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers |
Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organization |
Recommended Award Level |
Suggested Citation from Nominating Organization |
| S2CS0005 | Fine Particle Emissions from Residual Fuel Oil Combustion: Characterization and Mechanisms of Formation Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 28:2651-2658 (2000) |
William P. Linak (40%) Charles Andrew Miller (40%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Research Contributing to a Fuller Understanding of Particle Formation Mechanisms in Oil-Fired Combustion Systems |
| S2CS0006 | Preliminary Estimates of Performance and Cost of Mercury Control Technology Applications on Electric Utility Boilers Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 51:1460-1470 (2001) |
Ravi K. Srivastava (60%) Charles B. Sedman (10%) James D. Kilgroe (10%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | A Comprehensive Analysis of Performance and Cost Characteristics of Mercury Control Technologies for Utility Boilers |
| S2CS0008 | Issues Related to Solution Chemistry in Mercury Sampling Impingers Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 51:688-698 (2001) |
William P. Linak (35%) Jeffrey V. Ryan (35%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Advances in the Understanding and Development of Improved Mercury Speciation Measurement Methods |
| S2CS0013 | (1) An Expeditious Solvent-Free Route to Ionic Liquids Using Microwaves Chemical Communications, N/A(N/A):643-644 (2001) (2) Solvent-Free Preparation of Ionic Liquids Using a Household Microwave Oven Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 73(8):1309-1313 (2001) |
Rajender S. Varma (90%) NRMRL, Cincinnate, OH |
Level HM | Outstanding Research in "Green" Synthesis of Non-Volatile Ionic Liquid Solvents Using Microwaves |
| S2CS0015 | Long-Term Performance Monitoring for a Permeable Reactive Barrier at the U.S. Coast Guard Support Center, Elizabeth City, North Carolina Journal of Hazardous Materials, 68:109-124 (1999) |
Robert W. Puls (80%) NRMRL, Ada, OK |
Level HM | Pioneering Research on the Long-Term Performance of Permeable Reactive Barriers for Groundwater Remediation |
| S2CS0016 | (1) Basic Combustion and Incineration Handbook of Environmental Engineering Calculations, N/A(N/A):2.147-2.31 (2000) (2) Incineration Technologies and Facility Requirements Handbook of Environmental Engineering Calculations, N/A(N/A):2.491-2.57 (2000) (3) Air Emissions Control Handbook of Environmental Engineering Calculations, N/A(N/A):3.3-3.141 (2000) |
C. C. Lee (45%) George L. Huffman (45%) J. C. S. Chang (6%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Providing the Public with an Extremely Useful Set of Calculations Regarding Waste Destructor Designs and Add-On Emission Controls |
| S2CS0017 | Phyto-Removal of Trinitrotoluene from Water with Batch Kinetic Studies Water Research, 34(10):2713-2722 (2000) |
Steven C. McCutcheon (40%) Amy E. Bergstedt (10%) NERL, Athens, GA |
Level HM | Establishment of Critical Design Data to Translate Scientific Discoveries into Protocols for Cleanup of Wetlands |
| S2ER0022 | Sediment Chemical Contamination and Toxicity Associated with a Coastal Golf Course Complex Env. Toxicology and Chemistry, 20(7):1390-1398 (2001) |
Michael Lewis (65%) Stephen Foss (10%) Peggy Harris (10%) Roman Stanley (10%) James Moore (5%) NHEERL, Gulf Breeze, FL |
Level HM | Impact of a Golf Course Complex on Adjacent Sediment Toxicity and Quality |
| S2ER0023 | (1) Latitudinal Gradients in Benthic Community Composition in Western Atlantic Estuaries Journal of Biogeography, 26(5):1007-1023 (1999) (2) Biogeography of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Estuaries Along the Gulf of Mexico and Western Atlantic Coasts Hydrobiologia, 436(1-3):17-33 (2000) |
Virginia D. Engle (60%) J. Kevin Summers (40%) NHEERL, Gulf Breeze, FL |
Level HM | Establishing Biogeographical Estuarine Benthic Species Distribution Boundaries for Application in Environmental Stressor Assessments |
| S2ER0092 | Sediment Toxicity Assessment: Comparison of Standard and New Testing Designs Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 39:462-468 (2000) |
Kay Ho (45%) Anne Kuhn (20%) Marguerite Pelletier (20%) Robert Burgess (5%) Jonathan Serbst (5%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
Level HM | Development of a New Miniaturized Method for Short-Term, Multi-Species Sediment Testing |
| S2ER0093 | Using Winter Flounder Growth Rates to Assess Habitat Quality in Rhode Island's Coastal Lagoons Marine Ecology Progress Series, 201:287-299 (2000) |
Lesa Meng (50%) Bryan Taplin (20%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
Level HM | Winter Flounder Growth and Stable Isotope Ratios as Indicators of Habitat Quality |
| S2ER0094 | Organic Contaminant Distributions in Sediments, Polychaetes ('Nereis Virens') and American Lobster ('Homarus Americanus') from a Laboratory Food Chain Experiment Marine Environmental Research, 49:19-36 (2000) |
Richard Pruell (35%) Bryan Taplin (35%) Doug McGovern (15%) Rick McKinney (10%) Susan Norton (5%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
Level HM | Providing New Information on the Accumulation and Trophic Transfer of Toxic Organic Contaminants in Marine Biota |
| S2ER0096 | Using Energy Systems Theory to Define, Measure, and Interpret Ecological Integrity and Ecosystem Health Ecosystem Health, 6(3):181-204 (2000) |
Daniel Campbell (100%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
Level HM | Progress Toward Quantifying the Concepts of Integrity and Health as They Relate to Ecosystems |
| S2ER0114 | Comparison of Correlations Between Environmental Characteristics and Stream Diatom Assemblages Characterized at Genus and Species Levels Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 20(2):299-310 (2001) |
Brian H. Hill (75%) Philip R. Kaufmann (5%) NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Level HM | Analysis of Taxonomic Levels for Identifying Stream Diatom Assemblages |
| S2ER0116 | Metapopulation Dynamics and Amphibian Conservation Conservation Biology, 15(1):40-49 (2001) |
Peter Trenham (50%) NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Level HM | Amphibian Metapopulations: Assumptions and Implications for Monitoring Strategies |
| S2ER0120 | (1) Fish-Mediated Nutrient and Energy Exchange Between a Lake Superior Coastal Wetland and Its Adjacent Bay Journal of Great Lakes Research, 27(1):98-111 (2001) (2) Factors Influencing Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Content of Fish from a Lake Superior Coastal Wetland: Life History Versus Morphonmetrics Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquaitc Sciences, 57:1243-1251 (2000) |
Danny K. Tanner (40%) John C. Brazner (40%) John A. Morrice (10%) NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Level HM | Ecological Linkages Between Coastal Wetlands and the Adjacent Great Lakes |
| S2ER0131 | Effect of 'Vallisernia americana' (L.) on Community Structure and Ecosystem Function in Lake Mesocosms Hyrobiologia, 418:137-146 (2000) |
Cathleen Wigand (75%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
Level HM | Effect of the Native Submersed Macrophyte "Vallisneria americana" (L.) on Community Structure and Ecosystem Function |
| S2ER0132 | Importance of Maternal Transfer of the Photoreactive Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Fluoranthene from Benthic Adult Bivalves to Their Pelagic Larvae Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19(11):2691-2698 (2000) |
Marguerite Pelletier (70%) Robert Burgess (10%) Mark Cantwell (5%) Jonathan Serbst (5%) Kay Ho (5%) Stephan Ryba (5%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
Level HM | Benthic Populations with Pelagic Larvae at Greater Risk to PAH Contaminated Sediments Due to Maternal Transfer of Contaminants |
| S2HE0123 | (1) Semen Quality and Reproductive Health of Young Czech Men Exposed to Seasonal Air Pollution Environmental Health Perspectives, 108(9):887-894 (2000) (2) Evaluation of Aneuploidy and DNA Damage in Human Spermatozoa: Applications in Field Studies Andrologia, 32:247-254 (2000) (3) Air Pollution and Sperm Aneuploidy in Healthy Young Men Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, 1:125-131 (1999) |
Sally Perreault Darney (25%) Sherry G. Selevan (25%) NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Innovations in Male Reproductive Risk Assessment: Loss of Genetic Integrity in Human Spermatozoa After Exposure to Air Pollution |
| S2IR0113 | Projecting Population-Level Response of Purple Sea Urchins to Lead Contamination for an Estuarine Ecological Risk Assessment Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery, 7:177-185 (2000) |
Timothy Gleason (60%) Wayne Munns, Jr. (20%) Dianne Nacci (20%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
Level HM | Projecting Population-Level Responses in Ecological Risk Assessments |
| S2MM0027 | Field Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen: A Comparison of Methods Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, :1-10 (2001) |
Richard T. Wilkin (45%) Mary Sue McNeil (25%) Cherri Adair (25%) John Wilson (5%) NRMRL, Ada, OK |
Level HM | Research that Improves the Quality of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Studies by Evaluating Field Measurement Practices |
| S2MM0029 | Influence of Reagent Purity on the Ion Chromatographic Determination of Bromate in Water Using 3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine as a Prochromophore for Photometric Detection Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2(6):571-575 (2000) |
Edward Todd Urbansky (60%) Stephanie K. Brown (40%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Advancing the Analysis of Potable Water for Bromate, a Disinfection Byproduct |
| S2MM0031 | Dissociation of Sulfur Hexafluoride Tracer Gas in the Presence of an Indoor Combustion Source Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 51:616-622 (2001) |
Zhishi Guo (30%) Ronald B. Mosley (15%) Shirley J. Wasson (15%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Investigation into SF6 Breakdown and Its Potential Impact on Measurements of Air Pollutants and Ventilation Rates |
| S2MM0033 | Stable Association Complex Electrospray Mass Spectrometry for the Determination of Cyanuric Acid Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 12(10):1085-1091 (2001) |
Matthew L. Magnuson (34%) Catherine A. Kelty (33%) Ricardo Cantu (33%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Development of Stable Association Complex Electrospray Mass Spectrometry for Regulatory and Environmental Research |
| S2MM0040 | Application of DNPH Derivatization with LC/MS to the Identification of Polar Carbonyl Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water Ozone Science & Engineering, 22(6):653-675 (2000) |
Susan D. Richardson (75%) Tashia V. Caughran (15%) NERL, Athens, GA |
Level HM | Developing a Method to Detect and Identify Highly Polar DBPs in Drinking Water |
| S2MM0044 | A Comparison of Four Antibody-Based Methods for Purifying, Detecting, and Confirming 'Cryptosporidium parvum' in Surface Water Journal of Parasitology, 87(5):1124-1131 (2001) |
H. D. Alan Lindquist (50%) Michael Ware (25%) Ronald E. Stetler (20%) Larry Wymer (4%) Frank W. Schaefer (1%) NERL, Cincinatti, OH |
Level HM | Describing and Characterizing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Currently Available "Cryptosporidium" Detection Methods |
| S2MM0048 | Development of an Index of Biotic Integrity for the Mid-Atlantic Highlands Region Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 130:857-877 (2001) |
Frank H. McCormick (50%) Philip R. Kaufmann (10%) David V. Peck (10%) John L. Stoddard (5%) NERL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Advances in Indicator Development and Assessment of Conditions in Aquatic Ecosystems |
| S2MM0051 | Determination of Perchlorate in Tobacco Plants and Tobacco Products Environmental Science & Technology, 35(15):3213-3218 (2001) |
J. Jackson Ellington (25%) Nelson L. Wolfe (25%) Arthur W. Garrison (25%) NERL, Athens, GA |
Level HM | A Creative Approach to Understanding Perchlorate Uptake by Tobacco Plants and Occurrence in Tobacco Products |
| S2MM0109 | Estimating Separately Personal Exposure to Ambient and Non-Ambient Particulate Matter for Epidemiology and Risk Assessment: Why and How J. Air and Waste Management Association, 50(7):1167-1183 (2000) |
William E. Wilson (60%) David T. Mage (30%) Lester D. Grant (10%) NCEA, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Presenting New and Original Techniques for the Separation of Personal Exposure Into Its Ambient and Nonambient Components |
| S2MM0125 | A Test of Watershed Classification Systems for Ecological Risk Assessment Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19:1174-1181 (2000) |
Naomi Detenbeck (25%) Sharon Batterman (15%) John Brazner (15%) Jo Thompson (15%) Virginia Snarski (10%) Debra Taylor (10%) NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Level HM | Watershed Classification Strategy for Assessing Site-Specific Probability of Impairment |
| S2MM0136 | Establishing a Regional Monitoring Strategy: The Pacific Northwest Forest Plan Environmental Management, 23(2):179-192 (1999) |
Paul L. Ringold (60%) NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
Level HM | A New Approach to the Design of Environmental Monitoring |
| S2RA0072 | (1) Understanding, Deriving, and Computing Buffer Capacity Journal of Chemical Education, 77(12):1640-1644 (2000) (2) Carbinolamines and Geminal Diols in Environmental Chemistry Journal of Chemical Education, 77(12):1644-1647 (2000) (3) Don't Be Tricked by Your Integrated Rate Plot Journal of Chemical Education, 78(7):921-923 (2001) |
Edward Todd Urbansky (95%) Michael R. Schock (5%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Raising Awareness of Environmentally Relevant Topics Among Educators in Furtherance of Chemically Sound Environmental Research and Its Application in the Field |
| S2RA0078 | Environmental Applications of Raman Spectroscopy to Aqueous Systems Handbook of Raman Spectroscopy, :683-731 (2001) |
Timothy W. Collette (60%) NERL, Athens, GA |
Level HM | Seminal Assessment of the Importance of Modern Raman Spectroscopy for Environmental Application to Aqueous Systems |
| S2RA0089 | (1) Separation Methods for Environmental Technologies Environmental Progress, 20(1):1-11 (2001) (2) Membrane Technologies for Remediating Contaminated Soils: A Critical Review Journal Membrane Science, 151(1):75-85 (1998) |
Subhas K. Sikdar (65%) Douglas Grosse (10%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Role of Advanced Separation Technologies in Organic Compounds and Metals Removal from Dilute Matrices |
| S2RA0129 | Masculinization of Female Mosquitofish in Kraft Mill Effluent: Contaminated Fenholloway River Water is Associated with Receptor Agonist Activity Toxicological Sciences, 62:257-267 (2001) |
Christy S. Lambright (35%) Louise G. Parks (25%) Earl Gray (25%) Gerald T. Ankley (5%) NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Identification of Environmental Androgenic Activity in Pulp Mill Effluent |
| S2RM0083 | (1) Trace Metal Loading on Waterborne Soil and Dust Particles Characterized Through the Use of Split-Flow Thin Cell Fractionation (SPLITT) Analytical Chemistry, 73(11):3492-3496 (2001) (2) Characterization of Sub-Micrometer Aqueous Iron (III) Colloids Formed in the Presence of Phosphate by Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation with Multi-Angle Laser Light Scattering Detection Analytical Chemistry, 73(14):4815-4820 (2001) |
Matthew L. Magnuson (32%) Catherine A. Kelty (32%) Keith C. Kelty (12%) Darren A. Lytle (12%) Christina M. Frietch (12%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Development of Analytical Tools for Risk Management Decisions Involving Environmentally Significant Colloids and Contaminated Particles |
| S2TF0054 | Stimulation of Dispersion of a Power Plant Plume Using an Adaptive Grid Algorithm Atmospheric Environment, 35:4801-4818 (2001) |
Ravi K. Srivastava (80%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Developing an Efficient and Cost-Effective Adaptive Grid Algorithm for Use in Air Quality Modeling |
| S2TF0056 | Isoprene Emission Capacity for U.S. Tree Species Atmospheric Environment, 35(19):3341-3352 (2001) |
Chris D. Geron (85%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Level HM | Isoprene from Vegetation: Measurement Protocol and Emission Factor Development |
| S2TF0069 | 226Ra and 228Ra Activities Associated with Agricultural Drainage Ponds and Wetland Ponds in the Kankakee Watershed, Illinois-Indiana, USA Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 55:29-46 (2001) |
William C. Sidle (80%) Deborah L. Roose (5%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Level HM | Application of Radium Isotopes Measurement Methodologies to the Identification of Non-Point Fertilizer Pollution and Correction of Agricultural Drainage Practices |
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards OPP Office of Pesticide Programs ORIA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air ORCR Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery OSCP Office of Science Coordination and Policy *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. |
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