RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

 

Funding Source

Amount

Title

Dates

1

UCLA Academic Senate

$6,100

Concentration on Rate of Effect of Dissolved Oxygen Nitrification

1/1/78-6/30/80

2

University of California Appropriate Technology Program

$9,300

Application of Rotating Biological Surfaces to Wastewater Treatment

4/1/78-4/1/79

3

University of California, Water Resources Center

$27,000

Alternatives for Wastewater Disinfection

10/1/78-9/30/80

4

Water Resources Dept. State of California (with J. McCutchan, Co-PI)

$123,300

Development of Improved Pre-treatment Techniques for Reverse Osmosis

10/8/78-6/30/82

5

Southern California Edison (with R. Mah, PI)

$172,000

Production of Methane from Classified Urban Solid Waste

5/1/79-4/30/80

6

National Science Foundation

$102,000

Oxygen Limited Nitrification

12/1/79-11/31/83

7

County of Los Angeles (with J. Valentine, PI)

$25,000

Mercury Contamination Study Apollo County Park

10/9/79-11/13/80

8

Cal Recovery Systems

$48,000

Biogas Productions from Classified Urban Solid Waste

6/1/80-9/30/81

9

Department of Energy

$27,000

Anaerobic Treatment of Low Strength Wastewaters

9/1/80-12/31/81

10

Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory

$19,900

Tubular Fabric Filter Concept Development

4/1/81-6/30/82

11

Association of Bay Area Governments

$15,000

Oil and Grease Control the Richmond Bay Area

4/1/81-9/30/81

12

Standard Oil Company of Ohio

$57,000

Powdered Activated Carbon for Refinery Wastewater Treatment

9/1/81-8/30/83

13

University of California, Appropriate Technology Program

$3,000

Anaerobic Filtration of Low Strength Wastewaters

9/1/82-6/30/84

14

Water Resources Dept., State of California

$200,240

Reverse Osmosis Fouling Materials in Aquaculture Effluents

7/1/83-6/30/86

15

Hewlett Foundation (with R.L. Perrine, PI)

$210,000

Policy Oriented Environmental Research

1/1/84 -12/30/87

16

Association of Bay Area Governments

$18,000

Evaluation of Toxic Hydrocarbon Controls

4/15/84-1/14/85

17

ESACT

$139,980

Fate of Toxic Compound in Wastewater Plants

7/1/85-6/30/90

18

AT&T

$985,000

Computing Equipment Grant

12/85-12/86

19

Water Resources Dept., State of California

$50,000

Reverse Osmosis Fouling Materials in Aquaculture Effluents

7/1/86-6/30/87

20

Water Resources Dept., State of California (J.B. Neethling, PI)

$164,563

Reverse Osmosis Fouling Materials in Agricultural

7/1/86-6/30/89

21

American Society of Civil Engineers

$126,500

Acid Gas Cleaning of Fine Bubble Diffusers

3/1/86-9/30/88

22

Water Resources Research Center, University of California (L. Lake, Co-PI)

$25,000

Public Policy Issues Regarding Well Closures in California

7/1/86-6/30/88

23

SOHIO/BP America

$50,000

Environmental Engineering Fellowship

9/1/86-8/30/91

24

NSF-Engineering Research Center for the Control of Hazardous Substances

$73,778

Comprehensive Groundwater Modeling

5/1/87- 4/30/89

25

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (J.B. Neethling, PI)

$45,000

Corrosion Control in Sewers

6/1/88-5/31/89

26

Water Resources Dept. State of California

$25,000

Reverse Osmosis Fouling

5/1/88-12/31/88

27

IBM

$3,500,000

AIX Competency Center

8/8/88-8/8/93

28

Apple

$750,000

Macintosh Computing Grant

6/89-6/91

29

CH2M-Hill

$34,886

High Purity Oxygen Activated Sludge Process Modeling

1/15/89-9/15/89

30

NSF-Engineering Research Center for the Control of Hazardous Substances

$400,000

Hazardous Wastewater Treatment

4/30/89-4/30/94

31

Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project

$145,000

Assessment of Non-point Source Pollutants to Santa Monica Bay

10/1/90-10/31/92

32

Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project(with M. Suffet Co-PI)

$135,000

Assessment of Contaminants in Storm Drain Biological Impacts

4/1/92-12/31/92

33

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

$148,000

Development of Biochemical Methods to Treat Waters Containing RDX

2/6/90-9/31/92

34

Ahmanson Foundation (with M. Suffet Co-PI)

$700,000

Advanced Wastewater Reclamation

7/8/91-6/30/95

35

Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power

$40,000

Urban Stormwater Runoff Pollution Reduction from Parking Facilities

9/15/92-9/14/93

36

State of California, Dept. of Water Resources

$74,000

Development of a Model Categorical General Permit for Storm Water Discharge from Auto-Dismantling

6/23/1993-4/30/1995

37

Mason and Hanger (Pantex, US. DOE)

$80,000

RDX Treatment Concept

8/9/93-9/30/93

38

Chevron (with D. Okrent principal investigator)

$90,000

Development of an Expert System for Nitrification Control

12/01/93-1/31/95

39

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

$10,000

Research Activity Supporting Biological Degradation of Energetic Materials

1/13/94-9/30/94

40

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

$50,000

Chemical Regeneration of Carbon Filters Laden with Energetic and Biological Degradation of Energetic Material in Desorption Fluid:

4/14/94 -2/28/95

41

Mason and Hanger (Pantex, US. DOE)

$56,000

RDX Treatment Concept

6/23/94-9/30/94

42

IBM (with J. Curry, PI)

$320,000

UCLA/IBM Joint Study in Supercomputing

7/01/94-6/30/97

43

DOD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (with D. Allen, PI and 8 other Co-PIs)

$858,598

Defense Environmental Education Program (DEEP)

9/27/94-9/30/95

44

State of California, Dept. of Water Resources

$224,000

Assessments of Biological Impacts of Contaminants in Storm Drains-Wet Weather Flow

11/15/94-11/30/95

45

State of California, State Water Resources Control Board

$98,980

Development of Filter Media Devices for Transportation Drainage Systems

1/01/95-10/31/96

46

Glacier Water Systems

$30,800

Evaluation of Bottle Water Systems

3/01/95-11/15/96

47

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

$56,040

Regeneration of Activated Carbon Laden with High Explosives

4/07/95 -3/31/96

48

Earth Shell Container Corporation(with I.H. Suffet, PI)

$37,500

Environmental Fate of Food Containers

11/15/95-12/15/96

49

Mason and Hanger (Pantex, US. DOE)

$47,970

RDX and HMX Biodegradation Research

8/15/1996-9/30/96

50

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

$23,930

Equipment Grant

9/01/96-8/31/97

51

US EPA

$90,000

Integrated Urban Watershed Analysis: the Los Angeles Basin and Coastal Environment

12/01/96-11/30/00

52

Woodward Lungren Association (with I.H. Suffet, Co-PI)

$80,750

Development of Catch Basin Insert Devices

9/01/96-12/31/97

53

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

$48,000

Alkaline Hydrolysis of TNT and Energetic Materials.

7/01/97-6/30/98

54

City of Santa Monica

$27,000

Catch Basin Insert Devices

6/98-6/99

55

Calif. Dept. of Transportation

$65,955

Litter Technical Assistance

8/01/99-7/1/00

56

Calif. Dept of Parks & Recreation

$53,870

Policy Analysis, Conflict Resolution and Strategic Planning

7/01/99-10/30/00

57

Calif. Dept. of Transportation

$1,270,000

First Flush Technical Assistance

8/01/99-12/30/04

58

Calif. State Water Quality Control Board

$50,000

Sanitary Survey Protocols

7/1/00-6/30/01

59

Calif. Regional Water Quality Control Board

$90,000

Storm Water Industrial Activities Sampling Program Evaluation

7/1/03-6/30/04

60

Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans)

$231,105

Methodology to Measure Small Particles and the Associated Contaminants

5/01/04-5/30/05

61

Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans)

$296,106

Hydrographic Evaluation of Highway Runoff Toxicity

5/01/04-5/30/05

62

Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans)

$17,600

Infiltration Basin Study

7/01/04-5/30/05

63

Southern Calif. Edison

$440,776

Development and Demonstration of a Digital System for Control and Monitoring of OTE

7/1/04-12/31/07

64

California Integrated Waste Management Board

$83,968

Catch Basin Insert Study

10/1/04-4/30/05

65

Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans)

$130,573

Investigation of Particle-Based Pollutant Removal BMPs

10/1/05-5/31/07

66

Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans)

$93,492

Practical Application of First Flush in Treatment BMPs

10/1/05-5/31/07

67

Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (with IH Suffet, PI)

$180,500

Determining the Primary Source of Chlorinated Pesticides that Enter Ballona Creek.

10/17/05-10/17/07

68

Calif. Water Resources Control Board

$140,000

Watershed Industrial Storm Water Permitted Strategy to Meet TMDLs

2/25/08-12/17/08

69

Calif. Water Resources Control Board

$98,815

Technical Support for Development of Historic Pesticides TMDL

5/9/08-2/28/09

70

Southern Calif. Edison

$200,000

Development of a Self Audit for Treatment Plants

5/09-12/10

71

California Water Resources Control Board

$34,206

Valuation of Aquatic Life Beneficial Uses in Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach

4/1/10-5/1/11

72

California Energy Commission

$150,000

Self-Audit of Wastewater Treatment Processes to Mange Energy Consumption

12/08/11-7/04/14

73

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

$10,000

Water Sustainability in Chocantariy, Guatemala

5/5/12-6/30/13

74

Southern Calif. Edison

$50,000

Dynamic Energy Footprint Monitoring and Reduction

4/1/11-10/31/14

75

City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation (with I.H. Suffet, PI)

$100,000

Ballona Creek Estuary Pyrethroid Special Study

 

10/01/12-12/31/13

 

76

Orange County Sanitation Districts (with I.H. Suffet, PI)

$134,000

Odor Monitoring Investigation at OCSD Wastewater Treatment Facilities

5/22/13-12/31/13

 

77

National Science Foundation (with S. Mahendra, PI)

$200,000

Copper Nanoparticle Interaction with Nitrogen Cycling Bacteria
10/01/11-9/30/15

78

Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans, with S Mohanty, PI)

$1,000,000

Soil Amendment Guidance for Infiltration and Stormwater Treatment

7/1/18-6/30/24

79

Water Research Foundation

$74,154

Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens in Full-Scale Activated Sludge Processes

7/1/19-6/30/21