Civil, Architectural,
and Environmental
Engineering
211 Butler-Carlton Hall
1401 N. Pine St.
Rolla, MO 65409
(573) 341-4461
civil@mst.edu
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Location
220 Butler-Carlton Hall
1401 North Pine Street
Rolla, MO 65409
Phone: 573-341-4041
Fax: 573-341-4729
Email:
adams@mst.edu
Website :
http://erc.mst.edu/
Education
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Kansas,
M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Kansas,1988
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas,1983
Professional Registrations
Registered Professional Engineer
State of Kansas
Courses
Sustainability: Population, Energy, Water, and Materials, Chemical Fundamentals
of Environmental Engineering, Public Health Engineering, Water Resources and
Wastewater Engineering, Physicochemical Operations in Water and Wastewater
Treatment Systems
Research Areas/Interests
Honors and Awards
Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Adams, C., Tyagi, R., Noguerol, T., Pina, B. (2008) Removal of estrogenic activity of natural and synthetic hormones from a municipal wastewater: Efficiency of horseradish peroxidase and laccase from Trametes versicolor, Chemosphere, 70, 445-452.
Patni, A., Ludlow, D., Adams, C. (2008) Characteristics of Ground Granular Activated Carbon for Rapid Small Scale Column Tests, J. Environmental Engineering, 131, 216-221.
Adams, C. (2008) Modeling Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Sewage Treatment, Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, 12, 2-9.
K. Loftin, C. Adams, M. Meyer, and R. Surampalli (2008) Effects of Ionic Strength, Temperature, and pH on Degradation of Selected Antibiotics, Journal of Environmental Quality, 37, 378-386.
Kurwadkar, S., Adams, C., Meyer, M., Kolpin, D. (2007) Effects of Sorbate Speciation on Sorption of Selected Sulfonamides in Three Loamy Soils, J. Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 55, 1370-1376.
Adams, C., Witt, E., Wang, J., Shaver, D., Summers, D., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Shi, H., Luna, R., Anderson, N. (2007) Chemical Quality of Depositional Sediments and Associated Soils in New Orleans and the Louisiana Peninsula following Hurricane Katrina, Environmental Science Technology, 41, 3437-3443.
Daigger, G., Adams, C., Stellar, H. (2007) Diffusion of Oxygen Through Activated Sludge Flocs: Experimental Measurement, Modeling, and Implications for Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification, Water Environmental Research, 79, 375-387.
Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Tyagi, R., Adams, C. (2007) Oxidation of Natural and Synthetic Hormones by the Horseradish Peroxidase Enzyme in Wastewater, Chemosphere. (in press; currently available on line)
Filali-Meknassi, Y., Auriol, M., Adams, C., Surampalli, R. (2007) Quantification of Steroid Sex Hormones using Solid-Phase Extraction followed by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Water Environment Research, 79 (in press; web preprint at “http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wef/wer/pre-prints”)
Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Tyagi, Adams, C. (2007) Laccase-catalyzed Conversion of Natural and Synthetic Hormones from a Municipal Wastewater, Water Research. (in press; available on-line)