James E. Alleman - Professor
Address:
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Town Engineering, Rm. 426
Ames, Iowa 50011-3232 USA
Phone:
FAX
Email 515.294.3892
515.294.8216
jea@iastate.edu
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Education: University of Notre Dame [PhD-1978; MS-1972; BSCE-1971]
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Registration: Professional Engineer (Indiana)
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Resume:
Resume [December 2011; 16 pgs]
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Interests:
Biological wastewater treatment, wastewater nitrogen removal, innovative residuals management, thermophilic wastewater processing, bioassay testing [wastewater and industrial wastes environmental engineering history [activated sludge, trickling filters, flush toilet, etc.]
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Classes:
CE204 Engineering Economics and Communications
CE293 WEBCT: Computers and Computer Programming for Civil Engineers
CE350 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CE456 - Wastewater Treatment
CE498 - Senior Design
CE597z Wastewater and Residuals Treatment
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Historical:
Papers
ISU - CCEE History (Professor Almon Fuller @ 1954)
Activated Sludge - History (Paper #1)
Activated Sludge History (Paper #2)
Trickling Filters - History
"Aerobic Biological Oxidation Using Dowpac," Bryan, E.H. & Moeller, D.H., 1960
Professor Don Bloodgood - History of Purdue's Environmental Legend
(Authors: Prof Emeriti John Bell & Jim Etzel)
Area Historical Chronological - Purdue's Environmental & Hydraulic Area 1891 - 1997
Thomas Crapper - History of the Flush Toilet ["Flushed With Success"] (Author: William Ecenbarger)
Milorganite - History of Special Milwaukee Sludge Product (Author: William Fantle)
Ellen H. Swallow Richards - 1842-1911: 'Godmother' of US Environmental Movement - Biographical Sketch
Ellen H. Swallow Richards - 1911: Conservation by Sanitation, Air and Water Supply, Disposal of Wastewater (Introducing a Lab Guide for Sanitation)
Historical Chronology of Major Medical and Sanitary Engineering Discoveries
Golden_Gate_Master_Blueprint
TVA_History
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Nitrifier:
Details
Nitrifier Behaviour and Physiology
Free-Ammonia Calculator & Background
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Current:
Research
Aerobic Thermophilic Wastewater Treatment
Aerobic Thermophilic Sludge Digestion
Nitrifying Bacteria Bioassay
Constructive Reuse of Foundry Sand & Coal Ash
Constructive Reuse of Wastewater Sludge
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Search:
Engines
Nitrification & Denitrification Literature Database (1896-1997)
Purdue Industrial Waste Conference Database: 1944-1997 Table of Contents
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PhD:
Advisees
PhD-Current: Joel Sikkema (2013)
/ TX Active Concrete and Environmental Water-Air Benefits
PhD-Current:
Neil Mackey (2012) / Aerated Biofilter Activity (i.e., BIOFOR System)
PhD-Current:
Kevin Staton (2012)
/ ATAD Process Control Using ORP
PhD-Former (14): Jeff Schmidt (2007) / NASA-Liquid Freeze Thaw Treatment
PhD-Former (13): Dawn Whitaker (2006) / NASA-Closed Loop Life Support Waste Treatment
PhD-Former (12): Keith Sears (2004) / Feasibility of Recovering Active Nitrifying Bacteria from Waste Activated Sludge
PhD-Former (11):
Tim LaPara (1999)
/ Aerobic Thermophilic Wastewater Treatment
PhD-Former (10): Lu Chen (1999) / Nitrifier Sensitivity and Bioassay Response
PhD-Former(9): Barry Partridge (1998) / Waste Foundry Reuse and Characterization
PhD-Former (8): Mark Bricka (Co-adv/1998)) TCE Release With Waste Solidification-Stabilization
PhD-Former (7): K. Chad Bastian (1996) (1996) / Bioassay Characterization of Foundry Sands
PhD-Former (6): Nirmala Saraswat (1995) / Nitrifier ELISA (Immunoassay) Quantification
PhD-Former (5): David Quivey (1994) / Munitions Nitrocellulose Alkaline Hydrolysis
PhD-Former (4): Kurt Preston (1992) / Wastewater Treatment Using Immobilized Nitrifiers
PhD-Former (3): Mike Sweeney (1990) / Real-Time Wastewater Treatment Facility Characterization
PhD-Former (2): Ray Yang (1990) / Nitrifier Inhibition Due to Hydroxylamine Production
PhD-Former (1): Carol Engelder (1987) / Heavy Metals Uptake Within Biofilms
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Specific:
URLs
ISU Department - Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
ISU College - College of Engineering
ISU University - Iowa State University
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PIWC - Purdue Industrial Waste Conference
PIWC - Historical Table of Contents Search Engine (1944-1997)
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AEESP Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
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Email:
jea@iastate.edu /
Page Date:
27 June 2010 /
Page Author:
JEA