Faculty Grant Activities

USF New Investigator Research Grant. “Examination of oil emulsion Nanoscale iron for remediation of PCBs” Kathleen M. Carvalho-Knighton. Amount funded $9,334 Period: May 1, 2004 – May 1, 2005

USF St. Petersburg New Investigator Research Grant. “Evaluation of Biological Interactions and Feasibility Utilizing Emulsified Zero Valent Iron (EZVI) for In Situ Remediation of TNT” Kathleen M. Carvalho-Knighton. Amount funded $6,173. Period: January 1, 2005 – June 30, 2005

“Reactive Metal Particle Emulsions for Removal of PCBs “2005-2008. Kathleen Carvalho-Knighton, Cherie Geiger, Christian Claussen. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Science and Policy Application for Coastal Environments (SPACE) ($77,978)

“USF Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence award” 2004. Deby Cassill. ($10,000).

“Experiments in cooperation: When does it pay to be nice rather than hostile to neighbors?” 2005. Deby Cassill. USF St. Petersburg NIRG. ($3,082) to convert from VHS to DVD.

“An Historical Perspective on the Economic and Environmental Impacts of the Phosphate Industry on the Tampa Bay Region.” 2005-2008. Antoinette Criss and J. Krest. U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Science and Policy Application for Coastal Environments (SPACE). ($41, 725)

“Ground Water Vulnerability Delineation using Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and Neuro-Fuzzy techniques: Arkansas.” Barnali Dixon. USDA-CSREES: $305,000 [Duration: 2001 – 2004].

“Application of Neural Networks and Neuro-Fuzzy Methods to Ground Water Vulnerability Mapping: A GIS-based Integrated Approach in Hillsborough County, FL.” Barnali Dixon. Dept. of Environmental protection, FL: $ 58,921 [Duration 2003 – 2005]

“Ground Water Vulnerability Delineation Using Integrated GIS and Neuro-Fuzzy Methods for DeSoto, Pinellas and Marion County.” Barnali Dixon. USGS- FWRRC $152,237 [Duration 2003 – 2004]

“Development of an integrated methodology to assess vulnerability of ground water to pathogen intrusion using GIS, remote sensing, neural networks and neuro-fuzzy methods.” Barnali Dixon. USGS-Florida Water Resources Research (FWRRC). $186,119 [Duration 2005 - 2006]

“Web-based ground water pollution mapping contrast.” Barnali Dixon. Intergraph Corp. $116, 165 [Duration 2005 – 2006]

“Interfacing SWAT and PHABSIM: A potential GIS-based Water Resource Management Tool” 2005-2006. Barnali Dixon (PI) and James A. Gore, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. [SPACE project] ($183,811).

“Roanoke River Instream Flow Study. Clover Power Station. 2002-2005. James A. Gore Dominion Electric/Virginia Power ($150,000)

”Minimum Low Flow evaluations and allocation alternatives for the Myakka, Alafia, and Middle Peace Rivers.” 2002-2004. James A. Gore. Southwest Florida Water Management District. ($60,000)

“Minimum Low Flow evaluations and management alternatives for the Hillsborough and Braden Rivers.” 2003-2004. James A. Gore. Southwest Florida Water Management District. ($60,000) (2004-2004)

“Sample Reallocation Analysis” 2004-2005. James A. Gore. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Section 319(h))/Georgia Department of Natural Resources. ($17,715)

“Weeki Wachee River, Little Manatee River, and Anclote River PHABSIM Analysis with development of new habitat suitability criteria for locally common fish species” 2004-2005. James A. Gore. Southwest Florida Water Management District. ($90,000)

“Rainbow River PHABSIM analysis with development of habitat suitability criteria for common fish guilds.” 2004-2007. James A. Gore. Southwest Florida Water Management District ($30,000)

“Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates, fish, and meiofauna along the Rainbow River and spring boils” 2005-2007. James A. Gore. Southwest Florida Water Management District ($30,000)

“Macroinvertebrate distributions in the lower Hillsborough River related to MFL evaluations. 2005. James A. Gore. Southwest Florida Water Management District ($17,000)

“Analysis of the impacts of stormwater treatment BMP’s on macroinvertebrates in an urban stream, Weracoba Creek” 2005-2007. James A. Gore. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [CWA §319(h)]. ($20,000)

“Acquisition of Counters for Gamma-emitting Radioisotopes”, Krest, J. (PI) and J.M. Smoak, 2005-2008, U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Science and Policy Application for Coastal Environments (SPACE), ($129,655)

“Cyanobacteria Proliferation and Eutrophication in Florida Lakes” 2005-2008. Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore and Thomas J. Whitmore. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Science and Policy Application for Coastal Environments (SPACE). ($22, 012)

“Sources of Radium to a Groundwater-Augmented Lake” 2001-2004, Smoak, J.M. (PI) and P.W. Swarzenski. Southwest Florida Water Management District, ($80,125)

Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, Environmental Science, 2005, Smoak, J.M., Council for International Exchange of Scholars, ($5,440).

“Past and Present Water Quality in Florida Coastal Waters”, Smoak, J.M. (PI) and M. Riedinger-Whitmore; 2005-2008. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Science and Policy Application for Coastal Environments (SPACE), ($97,991)

“The Cultural Construction of Environmental Attitudes: Investigating Receptivity to and Benefits of Xeriscaping in Florida,” Tom Smucker (PI), Rebecca A. Johns, Daanish Mustafa, Joseph Dorsey and Jim Krest, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [SPACE project] ($40,691)

Greenwell Foundation – Eric Steimle - $16,000 January, 2005

“Guided Surface Vehicles” 2005-2008. Eric Steimle. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Science and Policy Application for Coastal Environments (SPACE). ($65,200)