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Marc A. Edwards
Title : Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Area : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Address : NEB 407
E-mail : edwardsm(at)vt.edu
Telephone : (540) 231-7236

Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/edwards.html
 
Areas of Interest :
 
  • Water treatment, corrosion, arsenic removal, applied aquatic chemistry
 
Education :
 
  • B.S. Bio-Physics, SUNY Buffalo, 1986
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 1988
  • Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 1991
 
Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions :
 
  • 2003 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from American Society of Civil Engineers
  • 2002 Elected Vice-president Association of Environmental Eng. and Science Professors (AEESP)
  • 2003 Invited keynote speaker at 1st IWA Conference on Corrosion and Scaling in Water and Wastewater Systems
  • 2002 Invited Speaker at Gordon Research Conference on Aqueous Corrosion
  • 2001 Invited keynote speaker at Australasian Corrosion Association Annual Conference
  • 1996 National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship.
  • 1994 and 1995 Outstanding Paper in Journal American Water Works Association
  • 1994 Outstanding Paper in Journal American Water Works Association.
  • 1990 H.P. Eddy Medal. Outstanding Paper in Journal Water Pollution Control Federation for 1989
 
Courses Taught :
 
  • Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
 
Selected Research Projects :
  • NSF MUSES: Towards a Sustainable Potable Water Infrastructure 9/1/03-8/28/07 ($400,000)
  • NSF. Role of Reduced Phosphorus in the Environment and in Anaerobic Iron Corrosion 6/1/02-5/29/05 ($365,000)
  • American Water Works Association Research Foundation. Occurrence Survey for B and Cr in US Drinking Water 11/1/01-11/1/03 $100,000
  • Various Sources. Role of Cl2 and Al(OH)3 in non-uniform copper corrosion. 1/1/02-1/01/05 ($150,000)
 
Selected Publications :
  • Glindemann, D., Edwards, M., and P. Kuschk. Phosphine (PH3) gas in the upper troposphere. V. 37, N. 18 2429-2433 (2003).
  • Morton, S.C., Glindemann, D., and M. Edwards. Behavior of Phosphates, Phosphites and Phosphides in Environmental Sampling. Environmental Science and Technology. V 37, N. 6 1169 1174 (2003).
  • Rushing, J.C., L.S. McNeill and M. Edwards. Some Effects of Aqueous Silica on Corrosion of Iron. Water Research. V. 37, 1080-1090 (2003).
  • Davis, C.C., H-w Chen and M. Edwards. Modeling Silica Sorption to Iron Hydroxide. Environmental Science and Technology. V. 36, No. 4, 582-587 (2002).
  • Kvech, S., and M Edwards. Solubility controls on aluminum in drinking water at relatively low and high pH. Water Research, V. 36, 4356-4368 (2002).
  • Smith, S., and M. Edwards. Bench Scale Testing of Innovative Arsenic Removal Processes. Journal American Water Works Association, V. 94, No. 9, 78-87 (2002).
 
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