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Welcome to the homepage of Andrea Dietrich
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 Andrea M. Dietrich
Title : Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Area : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Address : 413 Durham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
E-mail : andread(at)vt.edu
Telephone : (540) 231-5773
Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/dietrich.html
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| Areas of Interest : |
| | - Water quality and water treatment; sensory analysis for detection of odorous evironmental pollutants and tastes-and-odor compounds; fate and transport of organic and inorganic chemicals; environmental analytical chemistry.
For students interested in Ph.D. fellowships in Environmental Chemistry, read the attached informational PDF and please contact Dr. Andrea Dietrich and see the MILES IGERT home page.
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| Education : |
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- B.S. Chemistry and Biology, Boston College
- M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, Drexel University
- Ph.D. Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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| Work Experience : |
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- Faculty member active in teaching, research and outreach at Virginia Tech, since 1988.
- Consultant to the water industry for monitoring and identifying tastes and odors in drinking water.
- American Water Works Association (AWWA) Member since 1979 and current chair of Taste and Odor Committee
- Long-term participant and Member of Organizing Committee for International Water Association’s (IWA) International Symposium Series on Off-Flavours in the Aquatic Environment
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| Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions : |
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science; Science, Technology and Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation
- Program Committee member for the Sixth Interntional Water Association Symposium on Off Flavours in the Aquatic Environment, Barcelona, Spain (2002) and Cornwall, Canada (2005)
- Teaching Excellence Award, from Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association
- Visiting Scientist Award with NASA
- Environmental Science and Engineering EPA Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.
- American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry Award
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| Courses Taught : |
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- Techniques for Environmental Analysis
- Environmental Monitoring and Sampling
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Chemistry
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| Selected Research Projects : |
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- "Towards Sustainable Materials Use For Drinking Water Infrastructure"; Sponsored by the National Sceince Foundation
- "International and Educational Research in Honduras", Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
- "Impacts Of Lining Materials On Water Quality", Joint project of Virginia Tech and Weston Solutions, sponsored by Awwa Research Foundation
- "Pilot Study on the Integration of Customer Complaint Data with On-Line Water Quality Data as an Early Warning System", Sponsored by the American Water Works Association
- "Practical Taste-and-Odor Methods for Routine Operations: Decision Tree"; Sponsored by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation
- "Natural Resources and Environment", Sponsored by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture
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| Selected Publications : |
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- Glindemann, D., Andrea M. Dietrich, Hans-Joachim Staerk, and Peter Kuschk. 2006. The Two Smells of Touched or Pickled Iron (Skin) Carbonyl-Hydrocarbons and Organophosphines. Angewandte Chemie Intl. Edition ( European Journal "Applied Chemistry" ). 45:7006-7009. (DOI 10.1002/anie.200602100)
- Dietrich, A.M. 2006. Aesthetic Issues for Drinking Water. Journal of Water and Health, 4 (supplement 1):11-16, 2006.
- Cuppett, J.D., S. E. Duncan, A. M. Dietrich,.2006. Evaluation of copper speciation and water quality factors that affect aqueous copper tasting sensitivity, Chemical Senses Vol. 31, No. 7. 689-697, 2006. (also: July 13, 2006 electronic advanced access: doi:10.1093/chemse/bjl010).
- Cerrato, José M, L.P. Reyes, C.N. Alvarado, A. M. Dietrich. 2006. Effect of PVC and iron materials on Mn (II) deposition in drinking water distribution systems. Water Research, Vol. 40:14:2720-2726.
- Ömür-Özbek, P. and A.M. Dietrich. 2005. Determination of Temperature Dependent Henry’s Law Constants of Odorous Contaminants and Their Application to Human Perception; Environmental Science and Technology, 39:12, 3957-3963.
- Whelton, A. J. and A.M. Dietrich: “Relationship Between Odor Intensity, Concentration, and Temperature for Drinking Water Odorants”; Water Research, 38:6:1604-1614, 2004.
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