Eric A. Seagren, Ph.D.

Refereed Journal Publications

  • Note:  Student co-authors are underlined; order of authors reflects relative contribution.

    Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi.  (1993).  "Quantitative evaluation of flushing and biodegradation for enhancing in situ dissolution of nonaqueous phase liquids."  Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 12(1-2), 103-132.

    Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi.  (1994).  "Quantitative evaluation of the enhancement of NAPL-pool dissolution by flushing and biodegradation."  Environmental Science & Technology, 28(5), 833-839.

    Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi.  (1999).  "An experimental investigation of NAPL pool dissolution enhancement by flushing."  Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 37(1-2), 111-137.

    Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi.  (1999).  "A critical evaluation of the local-equilibrium assumption in modeling NAPL-pool dissolution."  Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 39(1-2), 109-135.

    Hao, O.J., M.H. Kim, E.A. Seagren, and H. Kim.  (2002).  "Kinetics of phenol and chlorophenol utilization by Acinetobactor species."  Chemosphere, 46(6), 797-807.

    Seagren, E.A., B.E. Rittmann, and A.J. Valocchi.  (2002).  "Bioenhancement of NAPL-pool dissolution:  Experimental evaluation."  Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 55(1-2), 57-85.

    Seagren, E.A., and J.G. Becker.  (2002).  "Review of natural attenuation of BTEX and MTBE in groundwater."  Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management (ASCE), 6(3), 156-172.

    Seagren, E.A., R. Clarke and M. Johnson.  (2002).  "Visualizing reductive dechlorination in support of intrinsic bioremediation using multivariate plots and GIS."  Remediation, 12(4), 5-21.

    Seagren, E.A., H. Kim, and B.F. Smets.  (2003).  "Identifiability and retrievability of unique parameters describing intrinsic Andrews kinetics."  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 61(4), 314-322.

    Kim, H., E.A. Seagren, and A.P. Davis.  (2003).  "Engineered bioretention for removal of nitrate from stormwater runoff."  Water Environment Research, 75(4), 355-367.

    Seagren, E.A., and T.O. Moore.  (2003).  "Nonaqueous phase liquid pool dissolution as a function of average pore water velocity." Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 129(9):786-799.

    Shin, K.-H., K.-W. Kim, and E.A. Seagren.  (2004).  "Combined effects of pH and biosurfactant addition on solubilization and biodegradation of phenanthrene." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 65(3):336-343. 

    Gupta, S., and E.A. Seagren.  (2005).  "Bioenhancement of NAPL pool dissolution for variable order kinetics."  Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 131(1):165-169.

    E.A. Seagren, and A.P. Davis.  (2006).  "Sustainable oil and grease removal from stormwater runoff hotspots using bioretention."  Water Environment Research, 78(2): 141-155. 

    Nataraja, M., Y. Qin, and E.A. Seagren.  (2006).  "Ultraviolet spectrophotometry as an index parameter for estimating the biochemical oxygen demand of domestic wastewater."  Environmental Technology, 27(7): 789-800.

    Demirkan, M.M., E.A. Seagren, and A.H. Aydilek.  (2006).  "Reuse of fly ash amended petroleum contaminated soils in highway embankments."   Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academies-TRB, 1975:104-111. 

    North, J.M., J.G. Becker, E.A. Seagren, M. Ramirez, and C. Peot.  (2008).  "Methods for quantifying lime incorporation into dewatered sludge.  I: Bench-scale evaluation."   Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 134(9):750-761. 

    North, J.M., J.G. Becker, E.A. Seagren, M. Ramirez, C. Peot and S. Murthy.  (2008).  "Methods for quantifying lime incorporation into dewatered sludge.  II: Field-scale application."   Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 134(9):762-770.

    Song, X. and E.A. Seagren.  (2008).  "In situ bioremediation in heterogeneous porous media:  Dispersion-limited scenario."  Environmental Science & Technology, 42(16):6131-6140.

    Becker, J.G. and E.A. Seagren.  (2009).  "Modeling the effects of microbial competition and hydrodynamics on the dissolution and detoxification of dense non-aqueous phase liquid contaminants."  Environmental Science & Technology, 43(3):870-877.

    Zhang, L, E.A. Seagren, A.P. Davis, and J.S. Karns.  (2010).  "The capture and destruction of Escherichia coli from simulated urban runoff using conventional bioretention media and iron oxide-coated sand."  Water Environment Research, 82(8):701-714. 

    Demirkan, M.M., A.H. Aydilek, E.A. Seagren, and J.C. Hower.  (2011).  "Naphthalene and o-xylene adsorption onto high carbon fly ash."  Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 137(5):377-387.

    Zhang, L, E.A. Seagren, A.P. Davis, and J.S. Karns.  (2011).  "Long-term sustainability of Escherichia coli  removal in conventional bioretention Media."  Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 137(8):669-677.

    Seagren, E.A., and A.P. Davis.  (2011).  "Integrating fundamental science and engineering concepts into a civil engineering sustainability course."  Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice (ASCE), 137(4):183-188.

    Chou, C.-W., E.A. Seagren, A.H. Aydilek, and M. Lai.  (2011).  "Biocalcification of sand through ureolysis."  Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), 137(12):1179-1189.

    Zhang, L, E.A. Seagren, A.P. Davis, and J.S. Karns.  (2012).  "Effects of temperature on bacterial transport and destruction in bioretention media:  Field and laboratory evaluations."  Water Environment Research, 84(6):485-496.     

    Morar, D.L., A.H. Aydilek, E.A. Seagren, and M.M. Demirkan.  (2012).  "Leaching of metals from fly ash-amended permeable reactive barriers."  Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 138(8):815-825.

    Johnson, M.A., X. Song, and E.A. Seagren.  (2013).  "A quantitative framework for understanding complex interactions between competing interfacial processes and in-situ biodegradation."  Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 146:16-36.

    DeJong, J.T., K.S. Soga, E. Kavazanjian, S. Burns, L. van Paassen, R. Fragaszy, A. Al Qabany, A. Aydilek, S.S. Bang, M. Burbank, L. Caslake, C.Y. Chen, X. Cheng, J. Chu, S. Ciurli, S. Fauriel, A.E. Filet, N. Hamdan, T. Hata, Y. Inagaki, S. Jefferis, M. Kuo, J. Larrahondo, D. Manning, B. Martinez, B. Mortensen, D. Nelson, A. Palomino, P. Renforth, J.C. Santamarina, E.A. Seagren, B. Tanyu, M. Tsesarsky, T. Weaver  (2013).  "Biogeochemical Processes and Geotechnical Applications:  Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges."  Geotechnique, 63(4):287-301.

    Becker, J., A.H. Aydilek, A.P. Davis, and E.A. Seagren.  (2013).  "Evaluation of leaching protocols for testing of high carbon coal fly ash/soil mixtures." Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 139(5):642-653.

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