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J. Bruell, Ph.D.
Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854
Email: Clifford_Bruell@UML.EDU
Web page: http://www.eng.uml.edu/Dept/civ
Dr. Clifford J. Bruell is an
environmental engineer whose research interests concern the
development of remediation technologies for soils
contaminated with hazardous wastes. He has investigated
innovative technologies such as: soil vapor extraction (SVE),
in-situ sparging (IAS), surfactant enhanced soil flushing of
NAPLs, in-situ chemical oxidation and in-situ biological
treatment, for the remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon
contaminants in soils and ground waters. Additionally, he
has investigated the use of electro-kinetics (E-K) for the
mobilization of organics and metals from fine-grained soils.
His research interests also include investigations
concerning the fate and transport of organic contaminants in
aquifers, and the role of natural attenuation.
Dr. Bruell has served as a
hazardous waste research and consultant to government
agencies such as the U. S. EPA and U. S. Geologic Survey and
several national and international environmental firms
including Envirogen, ENSR Consulting and Engineering, and
Delft Geotechnics (The Netherlands). He is a member of the
Center for Environmental Engineering and Science
Technologies (CEEST) and the Consortium for Contaminated
Soils Research at the University of Massachusetts. He is a
member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the annual
Conference on Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils - Analysis,
Site Assessment, Fate, Environmental and Human Risk
Assessment, Remediation and Regulation held at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has published
numerous technical articles and serves as a technical
reviewer for several journals in the area of soil
remediation.
Dr. Bruell has conducted
research funded by the American Petroleum Institute (API) to
review site files and produce a database detailing the use
of in-situ air sparging (IAS) at 59 sites for the
remediation of petroleum product-contaminated soils. He has
also served as a consultant to the U.S. Geological Survey on
the Air Sparging and In-Situ Bioremediation Research and
Demonstration Project at the Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
(U.S. DOD) which was funded by the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program (SERDP).
As a professor of civil and
environmental engineering at the University of
Massachusetts, Lowell, Dr. Bruell teaches graduate courses
which focus on physical and chemical hydrogeology, site
remediation and environmental chemistry of organic
contaminants. He holds a Ph.D. (1987) in environmental
engineering from the University of Connecticut, an M.S.
(1976) in environmental studies from the University of
Lowell, and a B.S. (1974) in biological sciences from Lowell
Technological Institute. From 1978 to 1981, he worked as a
Sanitary Engineer for Adolph Coors Company in Golden,
Colorado. From 1976 to 1977, he was a wastewater treatment
plant supervisor at Miller Brewing Company in Fulton, New
York.
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