Ning Zhang, Department of Chemical, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, McNeese State University, Xiao Han, Department of Chemical, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, McNeese State University; and Susan Regmi, Department of Chemical, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, McNeese State University Two immersed boundary methods (IBM) have been developed previously by the authors for…
Richard F Keim, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, Lincoln Dugué, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, Karen Latuso, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803; and Sanjeev JoshiSchool of Renewable Natural Resources,…
J. Rodney Dickerson, P.E., Dickerson Consultants, LLC, P.O. Box 338, Homer, LA 71040 : jrodneyd@bellsouth.net The total mass of the microbiology in soil exceeds all other life on the planet combined, several times, yet very little is actually known about how bacteria function outside of specific areas of scientific interest,…
Changyoon Jeong, Red River Research Station, AgCenter, Louisiana State University, Bossier City, LA 71112, cjeong@agcenter.lsu.edu; and Ernest Girouard, Louisiana Master Farmer Program, AgCenter, Louisiana State University, Rayne, LA 70578, EGirouard@agcenter.lsu.edu Water availability is one of the major limitations to crop production and sustainability in many regions. In most cases, water…
Keith B. Hall, Paul M. Herbert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803: keith.hall@law.lsu.edu Oil and gas activities in the United States generate large volumes of wastewater—about 890 billion gallons of wastewater in 2012. Some of this water is wastewater from hydraulic fracturing operations (sometimes called “flowback”), but…
Samendra Sherchan, Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University, , New Orleans, LA, 70115, sshercha@tulane.edu Naegleria fowleri, also known as “the brain-eating amoeba”, is a free living amoebae found naturally in hot springs and warm surface waters. N. fowleri can cause primary meningoencephalitis (PAM), most often leading to death…
Mary L. Barrett, Department of Geology & Geography, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA 71104: mbarrett@centenary.edu EXTENDED ABSTRACT At the Lake St. John (LSJ) Field, Concordia Parish, LA, dissolved arsenic in shallow groundwater (8 ft to 22 ft below ground surface) occurs in former emergency pit areas associated with tank…
Hai V. Pham, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: hpham28@lsu.edu; Frank T.-C. Tsai, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: ftsai@lsu.edu This study develops a high-resolution three-dimensional groundwater model to simulate saltwater encroachment due to the massive…
Hays Town, hays@hays.town The Southern Hills Aquifer located in southeastern Louisiana has provided residents of Baton Rouge and surrounding communities with high-quality, fresh drinking water for many decades. However in recent years increasing pumping rates, evidence of saltwater intrusion, and concerns about the equitable and sustainable use of the aquifer…
Jeffrey S. Hanor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: hanor@lsu.edu Potable Na-HCO3 groundwaters are characteristic of siliciclastic aquifers in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastal plains. The origin of these waters has been variously attributed to cation (base) exchange and to silicate hydrolysis.…