Resume

Publications

Degree Programs:

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Environmental Science

 Research Interests:

• Arsenic in drinking water 

• Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in the environment

• Resource recovery: protein and chitin from crab processing waste

• Chitin and chitosan-based adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment

• Bioavailability and biodegradation of organic pollutants

• Microbial fuel cells for sediment bioremediation

 Students:

   Graduate Students:

• Jennifer Weldon, M.S., Ph.D. candidate, CIE

• Rebecca Martin, M.S. candidate, EES

• Eric Para, M.S., CIE (graduated May, 2006)

• Erin McCormick, M.S., CIE (graduated December, 2005)

• Ingrid Lavine, M.S., CIE (graduated May, 2004)

• Kevin McCaffery, M.S., CIE (graduated August, 2002)

    Undergraduate Students:

• Jackie Cobb, undergraduate researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Kyle Killip, undergraduate researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Clarissa Livingston, undergraduate researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Steven Gaik, summer undergraduate researcher, Hollings fellowship recipient

• Ben Erker, summer undergraduate researcher 

• Krista Ricupero, undergraduate researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Seth Robertson, Honors student, BMMB (graduated!)

• Lynn Farrington, undergraduate researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering (graduated!)

• Christine Gagnon, undergraduate researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering (graduated!)

• Kyle Corbeil, undergraduate researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering (graduated!)

• Jason Tillotson, undergraduate researcher, Math and Environmental Quality (graduated!)

• Chen Cheng, undergraduate researcher, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (graduated!)

• Cullen Wilson, Honors student, Biological Sciences (graduated!)

Teaching:

CIE 231 – Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering  

GEE 250 – Sustainable Solutions in the Developing World

CIE 434 – Wastewater Process Design

CIE 534 – Environmental Microbiology

CIE 535 – Water Pollution  

CIE 598 – Biological Processes

CIE 498 – Air Pollution and Solid Waste

Other Activities:

Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Coordinator  

Graduate Advisor for UMaine Engineers Without Borders

Other Links:

University of Maine Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

University of Maine home page  

University of Maine Graduate School Application  

University of Maine Ecology and Environmental Science graduate program

Society of Women Engineers

Expanding Your Horizons  

*Jean’s Arsenic Page*