Dr. Eric A. Seagren (eseagren@eng.umd.edu)

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994.
• M.S., Iowa State University, 1988.
• B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1985.

Academic Experience

• 2003 - Present, Associate Professor, University of Maryland
• 1997 - 2003, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
• 1994 - 1996, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University,

Teaching Interests

• ENCE 215 - Applied Engineering Science
• ENCE 315 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering
• ENCE 435 - Sanitary Engineering Analysis and Design
• ENCE 489T - Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering
• ENCE 637 - Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering
• ENCE 688S - Bioremediation
• ENCE 688Y - Unit Operations Laboratory
• Environmental and Water Resources Seminar Series
• I was a Center for Teaching Excellence/Lilly Fellow for the 1998-1999 academic year.

Research Interests

• Biological waste treatment
• Bioremediation of contaminated surface and subsurface environments, especially the bioremediation of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) contaminants
• Monitoring and evaluation of the performance of biological processes, including bioremediation projects

Professional Affiliations

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society for Engineering Education
• American Society for Microbiology
• Water Environment Federation
• International Water Association
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors

Selected Publications

1. Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi. (1993). "Quantitative evaluation of flushing and biodegradation for enhancing in situ dissolution of nonaqueous phase liquids." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 12(1-2), 103-132.

2. Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi. (1994). "Quantitative evaluation of the enhancement of NAPL-pool dissolution by flushing and biodegradation." Environmental Science & Technology, 28(5), 833-839.

3. Rittmann, B.E., E. Seagren, B.A. Wrenn, A.J. Valocchi, C. Ray, and L. Raskin. 1994. In situ Bioremediation, second edition, Noyes Publishers, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ.

4. Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi. (1999). "An experimental investigation of NAPL pool dissolution enhancement by flushing." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 37(1-2), 111-137.

5. Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi. (1999). "A critical evaluation of the local-equilibrium assumption in modeling NAPL-pool dissolution." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 39(1-2), 109-135.

6. Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi. (2002). "Bioenhancement of NAPL-pool dissolution: Experimental evaluation." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 55(1-2), 57-85.

7. Seagren, E.A., and J.G. Becker. (2002). "Review of natural attenuation of BTEX and MTBE in groundwater." Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management (ASCE), 6(3), 156-172.

8. Seagren, E.A., H. Kim, and B.F. Smets. (2003). "Identifiability and retrievability of unique parameters describing intrinsic Andrews kinetics." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 61(4), 314-322.

9. Kim, H., E.A. Seagren, and A.P. Davis. (2003). "Engineered bioretention for removal of nitrate from stormwater runoff." Water Environment Research, 75(4), 355-367.

10. Seagren, E.A., and T.O. Moore. (2003). "Nonaqueous phase liquid pool dissolution as a function of average pore water velocity." Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 129(9):786-799.

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