Energy, Environment and Resources Center

EERC ~ Projects

The following list presents EERC’s projects and activities reflecting key research themes. Click on the titles below for more information.

• Biotechnology
• Climate Change,  Energy, Emissions, Transportation
• Communications
• Design for the Environment, EPA
• Environmental Education
• Environmental Management
• Extended Product Responsibility
• Land-use Planning
• Recycling/Reuse
• Remediation
• Risk Assessment
• Waste Management
• Water Quality
• More to come

Biotechnology

    Activated Sludge Database Project

        1. Sludge Busters: A new technology allows scientists to decipher the mysterious, by Kris Christen

        2. Highlights and Initiatives - November 1997

    Biological Feedstock for Industrial Processes

        1. Diversionary Tactics: CEB applies biotechnology to reduce pollution . . . , by Laurie Varma

        2. From Waste to Kilowatts, by Lori Phan

    Gene-engineered Microorganisms

        1. Critters on a Chip, by Laurie Varma

        2. Engineered Organism Release--An Update

        3. Release of Engineered Organism Marks Biotechnology Milestone, by David Brill

        4. Nature's Microbial Wolf Packs, by Linda Moist

        5. Bridge Builder, by David Brill

    Health-risk-assessment Report/Models

        1. WMREI Team Publishes Biotechnology Book

        2. Highlights and Initiatives- September 1996

    International Symposium

        1. UT Hosts International Symposium To Explore Biotechnology's Future, by David Brill

        2. Biotechnology with a Blast, by Lori Phan

        3. Peering Down the Drain, by David Brill

        4. Kicking the Chemical Habit, by Lori Phan

    Restoring Contaminated Soil and Water

        1. Flower Power, by David Brill

        2. Bridge Builder, by David Brill

        3. Graduate Students Get the Scoop on Dirt, by Linda Moist

        4. New Cleanup Strategy: Let Nature Heal Itself, by Worth Wilkerson

 

Climate Change/Energy/Emissions/Transportation

 

    "Big-Box" Theory and Transportation Costs

        1. Highlights and Initiatives - September 1997

    Energy Efficiency, Emissions Trading

        1. Banking and Borrowing in Clean Air, by Kris Christen
        2. Highlights and Initiatives - October 1996

    Global Climate Change Research

        1. Setting Sail for Science, by Dana Williams

        2. An Eye on the Sky, by David Brill

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - August 1997

    Police Command and Control System Design

        1. Highlights and Initiatives - June 1996

   Pollution-levy System for China

        1. China Harnesses Market Power To Curb Pollution, Improve Air, By Elise LeQuire

        2. Highlights and Initiatives - January 1998

    Transitional Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Model

        1. Center Targets Sustainable Development, by Laurie Varma

        2. Where the Gas Is Always Greener, by Lori Phan

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - February 1997

 

Communications

 

    Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy (quarterly policy journal).

   Highlights and Initiatives (monthly info on research projects).

  InSites (quarterly newsletter of the Waste Management Research and Education Institute).

   Policy Studies Review (policy-research quarterly).

   Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The First Fifty Years (book).

   Videos, Solid Solutions and Living With Lead.

    World Wide Web Site.

 

Design for the Environment/EPA

 

    Computer Display Project

        1. Highlights and Initiatives - May, 1998

        2. Highlights and Initiatives - October 1996

    Environmental Technology Initiative

        1. UT's Clean Products Center Awarded New EPA Grants, by Kris Christen

        2. UT's Clean Products Center Earns Major New EPA Grants, by Lori Phan

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - June 1996

    Ink-application Technologies Project

        1. UT's Clean Products Center Awarded New EPA Grants, by Kris Christen

        2. UT's Clean Products Center Earns Major New EPA Grants, by Lori Phan

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - October 1996

    Life-cycle Design Project for Saturn

        1. Back to the Drawing Board, by Lori Phan

        2. UT's Clean Products Center Awarded New EPA Grants, by Kris Christen

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - September 1997

        4. Highlights and Initiatives - June 1997

        5. Highlights and Initiatives - November 1996

    Life-cycle Assessment/Management

        1. U.S.–Swedish Exchange Program, by Elise LeQuire

        2. Make Less, Waste Less, by Marilyn Morgan

        3. Highlights and Initiatives- May, 1998

    Printed Wiring Boards Project/Toxicity Reduction

        1. WMREI Grant Program Supports UT Research, by Elise LeQuire

        2. UT's Clean Products Center Awarded New EPA Grants, by Kris Christen

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - July 1997

        4. Highlights and Initiatives - October 1996

        5. Highlights and Initiatives - February 1996

 

Environmental Education

 

    Curriculum Development

        1. Highlights and Initiatives - March 1997

    Environmental Ethics, Education, Economics

        1. Earth Day Turns 25, by Linda Moist

        2. From Alligators to Associations, by Kelly Harper

        3. Grooming Tomorrow's Environmental Pros, by Linda Moist

        4. The Czech Connection, by David Brill

        5. Making a Difference, Gaining a Skill, by Linda Moist

        6. Blazing New Trails, by David Brill

    Environmental Literacy and Citizenship Assessment Instrument

        1. Highlights and Initiatives- February 1997

    Rostov (Russia) and Tennessee Valley Educational Exchange

        1. Rivers and Valleys, by Elise LeQuire

        2. Communities as Classrooms, by Lori Phan

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - May 1996

    Tennessee Solid Waste Education Project

        1. WMREI Survey Indicates Tennesseans value recycling, by Ned O'Gorman

        2. Down in the Dumps, by Kris Christen

        3. Nothin' But Net, by Lori Phan

        4. Teaching Trash to Tennessee's School Children, by Lori Phan

    Landscape and Nature Development for Schoolyards, LANDS Project

        1. Nature Goes to School, by Kris Christen

 

Environmental Management

 

    Environmental Management Team

        1. A Bent for Quality, by Elise LeQuire

    Environmental Problem Solving

        1. WMREI Grant Program Supports UT Research, by Elise LeQuire

    Total Quality Environmental Management

        1. WMREI Grant Program Supports UT Research, by Elise LeQuire

 

Extended Product Responsibility (EPR)

 

    Case Studies of Voluntary EPR Implementation

        1. UT's Clean Products Center Awarded New EPA Grants, by Kris Christen

        2. Highlights and Initiatives- February 1997

    Cleaner, Greener Autos

        1. Back to the Drawing Board, by Lori Phan

   EPR Policies

        1. U.S.–Swedish Exchange Program, by Elise LeQuire

        2. A Little Healthy Give and Take, by Elise LeQuire

        3. Make Less, Waste Less, by Marilyn Morgan

        4. Highlights and Initiatives - April 1997

        5. Highlights and Initiatives - August 1997

 

Land-use Planning

 

    Saturn Land-use Project

        1. Center Targets Sustainable Development by Laurie Varma

        2. UT, Saturn Seek to Improve Carmaker's Land Management, by David Brill

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - February 1998

    Smart-growth Planning

        1. Center Targets Sustainable Development by Laurie Varma

        2. The Forecast is Clear When You Plan Ahead,. by Laurie Varma

 

Recycling/Reuse

 

    Analysis of National Solid-waste Recycling Efforts

        1. Highlights and Initiatives- October 1996

    Association of Radioactive Metal Recyclers Beneficial Reuse Conference

        1. From Half-Life To Second Life: A University of Tennessee co-sponsored conference, by Laurie Varma

        2. Conference Explores Future of U.S. Scrap Pile

        3. Hazardous Scrap Heap, by Marilyn Morgan

        4. Highlights and Initiatives - November 1997

    Rural Household Waste and Recycling Study

        1. WMREI Survey Indicates Tennesseans value recycling, by Ned O'Gorman

        2. WMREI Charts Recycling Trends, by David Brill

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - August 1997

    Vehicle Recycling Study

        1. Rein-CAR-nation, German Style, by Marilyn Morgan

        2. Highlights and Initiatives - July 1997

 

Remediation

 

    Cleanup and Public Policy

        1. DOE Confronts its Hazardous Legacy, by Lori Phan

    Cleanup and Reuse of Brownfields

        1. UT Researchers Help Nation Assess, Revitalize "Brownfields," by David Brill

        2. Turning Brownfields Green, by David Brill

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - March 1998

    Cleanup Management Plan for Tinker Air Force Base

        1. New Cleanup Strategy: Let Nature Heal Itself, by Worth Wilkerson

    Restoring Contaminated Soil and Water (see "Biotechnology")

        1. Bridge Builder, by David Brill

        2. Graduate Students Get the Scoop on Dirt, by Linda Moist

        3. New Cleanup Strategy: Let Nature Heal Itself, by Worth Wilkerson

    Training Program for U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile

        1. Nothin' But Net (New Technology), by Lori Phan

 

Risk Assessment

 

   Case-study Approach to Assessing Risk

        1. Highlights and Initiatives- October 1997

    Chemical Ranking and Scoring

        1. Staff Citings

        2. WMREI Grant Program Supports UT Research, by Elise LeQuire

        3. Chemical Problems, Chemical Solutions, by Dana Kansky

        4. Make Less, Waste Less, by Marilyn Morgan

        5. Highlights and Initiatives - December 1997

        6. Highlights and Initiatives - September 1996

        7. Highlights and Initiatives - June 1996

    Cost of Hazard Prevention

        1. Costs, Risks Must Define Clean, by Lori Phan

        2. Valuing Life and Death, by Lori Phan

    Pollution Prevention (see also "Design for the Environment" and "Extended Product Responsibility")

        1. Waste Not, Treat Not, by Lori Phan

    Stakeholder Participation

        1. Opening Channels, by Linda Moist

   Survey of Environmental Risk-Assessment Projects

        1. Highlights and Initiatives - May 1996

 

Waste Management

 

    Permanent Hazardous Waste Facility

        1. No Burgers at This Drive-Through, by Kris Christen

    Solid Solutions Video

        1. Video Explores Garbage Crisis in the Rural South

    Tennessee Solid-waste Survey

        1. WMREI Survey Indicates Tennesseans value recycling, by Ned O'Gorman

        2. WMREI Charts Recycling Trends, by David Brill

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - November 1997

    Tennessee Solid-Waste Education Project

        1. WMREI Survey Indicates Tennesseans value recycling, by Ned O'Gorman

        2. Down in the Dumps, by Kris Christen

        3. Nothin' But Net, by Lori Phan

        4. Teaching Trash to Tennessee's School Children, by Lori Phan

        5. Communities as Classrooms, by Lori Phan

    Unit Pricing

        1. Pay-As-You-Throw Pricing Relieves Burden on Landfills, by Elise LeQuire

 

Water Quality

 

    Creation of Minipark

        1. Streams of Consciousness: WRRC staff join forces with other Knoxville organizations, by Laurie Varma

        2. Highlights and Initiatives- May, 1998

    Natural Methods of Stream Restoration

        1. The Native Language of Streams by Laurie Varma

        2. Tools of the Trade: WRRC’s toolbox is full of techniques meant to help nature help itself, by Laurie Varma

    Case Studies of Partnering in Urban Stream and Reservoir Restoration

        1. Highlights and Initiatives- April 1998

    Second Creek Task Force

        1. Staff Citings

        2. Volunteers Give New Life To Ailing Urban Creek, by Elise LeQuire

        3. Highlights and Initiatives - July 1997

        4. Highlights and Initiatives - April 1996

    Urban Watershed Restoration Project

        1. Highlights and Initiatives - July 1997

        2. Highlights and Initiatives - March 1997