Northeastern University

Akram N. Alshawabkeh

Professor
400 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373 - 3994
Fax: (617) 373 - 4419
aalsha@neu.edu
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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Degree(s):
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 1994
M.S. Jordan University of Science & Technology, 1990
B.E. Yarmouk University, 1988

Akram

Areas of Research/Interest: Electrokinetic Remediation, BOD/DO and Tracer Transport, EK-Bioremediation and Phytoremediation

Selected Publications:

  • Siegel, L. S., Alshawabkeh, A. N. Hamilton, M. A. (2002) "Modeling the Fate of Root Exhudates and their Effects on Cesium Partitioning in the Rhizosphere" Journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination, AEHS, in press.
  • Gent, D., Larson, S, Fetters, C., Granade, S., Alshawabkeh, A. N. and Bricka, R. M. (2002) "Enhanced Pilot-Scale Remediation of Chromium by Electrokinetics," Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, August 11-15, 2002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Alshawabkeh, A. N. and Shen, Y. (2002) "Effect of dc electric fields on COD in aerobic mixed cultures," Environmental Engineering Science, tentatively accepted.
  • Siegel, L. S., Alshawabkeh, A. N. and Hamilton, M. A. "Modeling Cesium Partitioning in the Rhizosphere," Proceedings of Wetlands & Remediation: The Second International Conference, Burlington, Vermont (in press)

    External Affiliations:

  • Geoenvironmental Engineering Committee, ASCE - GeoInstitute
  • Environmental Geotechnics Committee (TC5), ISSMGE
  • Publications Committee, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Editorial Board, AEHS, Soil and Sediment Contamination Journal (SSCJ)
  • Committee on Physicochemical Phenomena in Soil, A2L03, Transportation Research Board