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Welcome to the homepage of Peter Vikesland
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 Peter J. Vikesland
Title : Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Area : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Address : 415 Durham Hall
E-mail : pvikes(at)vt.edu
Telephone : (540) 231-3568
Professional Registration : EIT (Iowa)
Personal Homepage : http://www.filebox.vt.edu/users/pvikes/webpage/index.htm
Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/pvikes.html
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| Areas of Interest : |
| | - Nanomaterials in the environment, Improved sensors for drinking water treatment.
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| Education : |
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- B.A. Grinnell College, Chemistry, 1993
- M.S. The University of Iowa, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995
- Ph.D. The University of Iowa, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998
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| Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions : |
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- NSF CAREER Awardee (2004-2009)
- Invited Participant at the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (2003)
- ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Fellow (2002)
- First Place - American Water Works Association (AWWA) Dissertation Award (2000)
- Honorable Mention - Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Dissertation Award (1999)
- American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Paper Award (1999)
- American Water Works Association Abel Wolman Doctoral Fellowship (1996-1998)
- American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award (1997)
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| Courses Taught : |
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- Unit Operations and Processes Laboratory
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- Fundamentals of Public Health Engineering
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| Selected Research Projects : |
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- CAREER: Formation and Reactivity of Nanoscale Corrosion Products –An Integrated Research and Education Plan. Funded by US National Science Foundation.
- Evaluation of Triclosan Reactivity in Chlorinated and Monochloraminated Waters. Funded by AWWARF.
- Assessment of Seasonal Chlorination Practices and Impacts to Chloraminating Utilities. With Nancy Love (CEE-VT) and Francis DiGiano (UNC-Chapel Hill). Funded by AWWARF.
- Effect of Dissimilatory Iron Reducing Bacteria on the Longevity of Iron Permeable Reactive Barriers. With Nancy Love (CEE-VT). Funded by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center.
- In-Situ Remediation of Three Recalcitrant Groundwater Chemicals. With Nancy Love (CEE-VT). Subcontract to a grant to Parsons Corp.
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| Selected Publications : |
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- Vikesland, P.J., Klausen, J., Zimmermann, H., Roberts, A.L., and Ball, W.P. (2003). “Longevity of Cast Iron in Groundwater Treatment Processes: Characterization of Changes in Column Hydraulic Residence Time Distributions.” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 64, pp. 3-33.
- Klausen, J., Vikesland, P.J., Kohn, T., Burris, D.R., Ball, W.P., and Roberts, A.L. (2003). “Longevity of Cast Iron in Groundwater Treatment Processes: Solution Composition Effects on Reactivity Towards Organohalides and Nitroaromatic Compounds.” Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 37, pp. 1208-1218.
- Vikesland, P.J. and Valentine, R.L. (2002). "Iron-Oxide Surface Catalyzed Reduction of Monochloramine by Ferrous Iron: Implications of Oxide Type and Carbonate on Reactivity." Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 512-519.
- Vikesland, P.J. and Valentine, R.L. (2002). "Ferrous Iron Oxidation by Monochloramine: Reaction and Kinetic Modeling." Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 662-668.
- Vikesland, P.J., Ozekin, K., and Valentine, R.L. (2001). "Modeling Monochloramine Decay in Model and Collected Distribution System Waters." Water Research, Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 1766-1776.
- Vikesland, P.J. and Valentine, R.L. (2000). "Reaction Pathways Involved in the Reduction of Monochloramine by Ferrous Iron." Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 34, pp. 83-90.
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