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Daniel K. Cha
Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley
Professor

Office: 346A DuPont Hall
Phone: (302) 831-2435
Fax: (302) 831-3640
Email: cha@udel.edu
Curriculum Vitae:  pdf
Web Page:  http://www.ce.udel.edu/~cha/

[ Short Bio | Education | Select Publications ]

Short Bio

Research Interests:
 Population dynamics of biological wastewater treatment processes; biotransformation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered systems

Education

1990: Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley
1986: Master, University of British Columbia
1984: Bachelor, McGill University

Select Publications

Lee, J.W., Cha, D.K., Oh, Y.K., KO, K.B., and Song, J.S.  Zero-valent Iron Pretreatment for Detoxifying Iodine in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Manufacturing Wastewater.  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 164, 67-72 (2009).
 
Ryu, H.W., Yoo, S.K., Choi, J.M., Cho, K.S., Cha, D.K., Thermophilic biofiltration of H2S and isolation of a thermophilic and heterotrophic H2S-degrading bacterium, Bacillus sp. TSO3, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 168, 501-506 (2009).
 
Shin, K. H. and Cha, D. K. "Microbial Reduction of Nitrate in the Presence of Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron" Chemosphere, 72, 257-262 (2008).
 
Ahn, S. C., Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K. "Enhanced Reduction of Nitrate by Zero-Valent Iron at Elevated Temperatures."  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 156, 17-22 (2008)
 
Lee, J. W, Cha, D.K., Kim, I. K., Son, A., and Ahn, K. H. "Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) technology for monitoring biological foaming in activated sludge: Full scale plant verification." Environmental Technology, 29, 199-206 (2008).
 
Shin, K. H, Son, A., Cha, D. K., and Kim, K. W. "Review on Risks of Perchlorate and Treatment Technologies"  Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineering, 29(9), 1060-1068 (2007).
 
Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K., Chiu, P. C., and Kim, B. J. "Zero-valent iron treatment of RDX-containing and perchlorate-containing wastewaters from an ammunition-manufacturing plant at elevated temperatures."  Water Science and Technology, 54(10), 47-53 (2006).
 
Oh, S. Y., Lee, J., Cha, D. K. and Chiu, P. C. "Reduction of Acrolein by Elemental Iron: Kinetics, pH Effect, and Detoxification" Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 27652770 (2006).
 
Son, A., Lee, J. W., Chiu, P. C. and Cha, D. K. "Microbial Reduction of Perchlorate with Zero-valent Iron." Water Research, 40, 2027-2032 (2006).
 
Oh, S. Y., Chiu, P. C., Kim, B. J. and Cha, D. K. "Enhanced reduction of perchlorate by elemental iron at elevated temperatures." Journal of Hazardous Materials, B129, 304-307 (2006).
 
Perey-Saxe, J., Lubenow, B. L., Chiu, P. C., Huang, C. P. and Cha, D. K. "Enhanced biodegradation of azo dyes using an integrated elemental iron-activated sludge system: I. Evaluation of system performance."  Water Environment Research, 78, 19-25 (2006).
 
Perey-Saxe, J., Lubenow, B. L., Chiu, P. C., Huang, C. P. and Cha, D. K. "Enhanced biodegradation of azo dyes using an integrated elemental iron-activated sludge system: II. Effects of physical-chemical parameters."  Water Environment Research, 78, 26-30 (2006).
 
Oh, S. Y., Chiu, P. C., Kim, B. J. and, Cha, D. K. "Zero-Valent Iron Pretreatment for Enhancing the Biodegradability of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5 triazine (RDX)."  Water Research, 39, 5027-5032 (2005).
 
Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K., Kim, B. J. and Chiu, P. C., "Reductive Transformation of Hexahydro1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), Octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine(HMX), and Methylenedinitramine (MDNA) with Elemental Iron", Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24, 2812-2819 (2005).
 
Kim, S. D., Bae, J. E., Park, H. S., and Cha, D. K. "Bioleaching of cadmium and nickel from synthetic sediments by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans." Environmental Geochemistry and Health , 27, 229-235 (2005).
 
Chang, J. S, Radosevich, M., Jin, Y. and Cha, D. K.
Enhancement of phenanthrene solubilization and biodegradation by trehalose lipid biosurfactants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23, 2816-2822 (2004). 
 
Oh, S.Y., Cha, D. K., Kim, B. J., and Chiu, P. C. Reduction of nitroglycerin with cast iron: pathway, kinetics, and mechanisms. Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 3723-3730 (2004).
 
Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K., Chiu, P. C. and Kim, B. J. Conceptual technology comparison for pink water treatment: zero-valent iron/fenton reagent reactor, anaerobic fluidized bed reactor, and granular activated carbon, Water Science and Technology, 49(5-6), 129-136 (2004).
 
Oh, S. Y., Chiu, P. C, Kim, B. J., and Cha, D. K., Enhancing fenton oxidation of TNT and RDX through pretreatment with zero-valent iron. Water Research, 37, 4275-4283 (2003).


Highlights
Jack Puleo has won the NSF Early Career Development Award
Jack Puleo, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study swash zone sediment transport. The swash zone is the area near the shoreline where waves wash up and down the beach face.

The five-year $444,229 award is aimed at developing a broader understanding of the physics of coastal sediment transport in this area, thereby leading to significant improvement in the ability to predict such coastal phenomena as beach erosion and beach nourishment performance.

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