| Current Funded
Projects: |
|
Title |
Principal
Investigators |
Grant period |
Amount |
Source |
|
Potential role of
earthworms in controlling methane fluxes in
temperate and tropical pastures |
J Amador |
2009-2011 |
$149,438 |
USDA/AFRI |
|
Integration of novel
molecular and chemical bacteria source tracking
methods into current water quality assessment
protocols in Rhode Island |
J Amador, E Herron |
2009-2010 |
$29.012 |
RI Agricultural
Experiment Station |
|
Development of
quantitative tools to determine the expected
performance of unit processes in wastewater soil
treatment units |
Colorado School of
Mines: J McCray et al.; U Rhode Island:
J Amador,
T Boving,
G Loomis; U Georgia:
D Radcliffe |
2008-2010 |
$225,000 |
Water Environment
Research Foundation |
|
Solving a squid
processing waste disposal problem through
bioconversion into aquaculture feed stock and
organic fertilizer |
C Lee,
J Amador,
R Brown |
2008-2010 |
$150,000 |
NOAA/SeaGrant |
| Recent Completed
Projects: |
|
Title |
Principal Investigators |
Grant period |
Amount |
Source |
|
Interpretation of and
recommendations for addressing soil quality on sod farms
|
M Stolt,
J Amador,
A Gold |
2005-2007 |
$40,000 |
USDA/ NRCS |
|
Evaluation of leachfield
aeration technology for improvement of water quality and
hydraulic function in onsite wastewater treatment
systems |
U Rhode Island: J Amador,
J Gorres,
G Loomis, D Kalen, E Patenaude; Geomatrix:
D Potts |
2004-2007 |
$232,000 |
NOAA/ CICEET |
| Other Collaborations: |
|
Research
Area |
Collaborators |
|
Microbial
ecology of septic system leachfield soils |
U Rhode Island: D Nelson,
A Staroscik, J Atoyan, J Amador;
Geomatrix: D Potts |
|
Effects of cultivation
practices on the soil ecosystem of coffee plantations in
Puerto Rico |
U Puerto Rico: D Sotomayor,
C Ramos,
E Schroeder;
U Rhode Island:
K Winiarsky, J Atoyan; J Amador |
|
Role of eelgrass in the
retention of human pathogens and nitrogen in coastal
lagoons |
Rhode Island NRCS: J
Richard;
U Rhode Island: J Dyer, J Atoyan, J
Amador;
Georgia State Coll. & U.:
D Bachoon |
|
Identification of sources of
human fecal contamination in tropical reservoirs |
U Puerto Rico: D Sotomayor,
G Martinez;
Georgia State Coll & U:
D Bachoon |
|
