ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, MANHATTAN COLLEGE

John S. Jeris, Emeritus Professor - Professional Activities

"Industrial Wastewater Management," with I. Kugelman. Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, Seventh Edition, pp. 25-58 thru 25-80. McGraw-Hill, 1997.

"Estimating Parameters for Activated Sludge Plants" (with John Hermann), Pollution Engineering, pp. 56-60, December 1992.

"Operational Relationships in Municipal Activated Sludge Treatment Plants" (with J. Hermann), NY Water Pollution Control Assn, Annual Winter Meeting, January, 1989.

"Wastewater Treatment & Process Alternatives in Nassau and Suffolk Counties," Forum on Waste Water Treatment Alternatives, SUNY Stony Brook, October, 1989.

"Using Batch Toxicity Bioassay to Observe the Effects of Choloroform and a Petrochemical Waste on Municipal Anaerobic Sludge" (with Laura Gavin) 60th Annual Winter Meeting, New York Water Pollution Control Association, January, 1988.

Panelist, "Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries," Inter-American Association of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences; Columbia University, January 14, 1988.

"Industrial Waste Treatment Using High Rate Anaerobic Processes", Seventeenth Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference on Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Lehigh University, June 23-25, 1985.

"Anaerobic Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Using the Fluidized Bed Process", Conference at University of Massachusetts on Anaerobic Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Sponsored by the National Science Foundation., June 25-27, 1985.

"Secrets to the Success of Anaerobic Digestion", (with I. J. Kugelman), Water Engineering and Management, 32-35, July 1985.

"Diffusion and Partitioning of Hexachlorobiphenyl in Sediments" (with D.M. Di Toro and D. Ciarcia), Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 12, December 1985.

"Biological Fluidized Bed Treatment - An Alternative Method for the Removal of Nitrates from Drinking Waters", Long Island Water Conference, January, 1985.

"Use of Various Neutralizing Chemicals on Sick Anaerobic Digesters", (with P. Assolone). Annual Meeting New York Water Pollution Control Association, January, 1985.

"Determining the Stability of Treated Municipal Wastewater Sludges" (with D. Ciarcia, E. Chen, and M. Mina), EPA Research Report, EPA/600/52-85/001, March 1985.

"Design and Start Up of a Full Scale Anaerobic Fluidized Bed" (with R. Gasser, R. Hickey, R. Owens), New York Water Pollution Control Association., Annual Winter Meeting, January, 1984.

"Effect of Diameter To Height Reactor Ratio on Anaerobic Treatment of Municipal Sludge", (with J. F. Ziaya and M. G. Mahoney). Annual Meeting, New York Water Pollution Control Association, January, 1984.

"Nutrient Control." A manual of practice of the Water Pollution Control Federation; Captain, Chapter 5, Biological Nitrification; Contributor in Chapter 6, Nitrogen Removal. October, 1983.

"Biological Fluidized Bed Treatment of Industrial Waste Streams", American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Conference, Washington, D. C., November, 1983.

"Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Reactors", Water Science Technology, Vol. 15, No. 8/9, pp. 169-176, 1983.

"The Unique Methane Bacteria: Biomass to Bio-Gas", Sigma Xi Lecture, College of St. Vincent, February, 1983.

"Anaerobic Toxicity Testing of Several Soft Drink Additives", (with P. Witkowski), 38th Purdue Industrial Waste Conference, May, 1983.

"Biological Fluidized Beds - Innovative Secondary Treatment, Regulations, Design and Technology", (with S. Fangmann and F. Flood), ASCE Spring Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May, 1983.

"Anaerobic Sludge Digestion" (with Y.S. Chen and A.K. Mureebe). 1983 People to People International Environmental Water Management Conference, Beijing, People's Republic of China, September, 1983.

"Anaerobic Biological Fluidized Reactors for Treatment of Industrial Effluents", N. Y. Water Pollution Control Association Winter Meeting, N.Y.C., January, 1983.

"The Migration of PCB in Sediment" (with D. Ciarcia and D.M. Di Toro), N.Y. WPCA Annual Winter Meeting, Jan. 19, 1982.

"Anaerobic Systems-Case Study", EPA Seminars on "Assessment and Evaluation of Emerging Innovative and Alternative Technologies", Cherry Hill, N. J. , New York, Boston, 1982.

"Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Reactors". International Assoc. Water Pollution Research Specialized Seminar on Anaerobic Treatment of Wastewater in Fixed Film Reactors; Copenhagen, Denmark; June 18, 1982.

"Anaerobic Digestion Theory", Anaerobic Digestion Workshop, N. Y. S. Operators Program, N. Y. W. P. C. A., Annual Meeting, January 19, 1982.

"Stability of Treated Municipal Sludges", (with M. Mena), NYWPCA Annual Winter Meeting, January 19, 1982.

"Anaerobic Digestion", (with I. Kugelman), Chapter 7 of text "Sludge Treatment", Edited by W. Eckenfelder and C. Santhanam, Marcel Decker. 1981.

Chapter in text, "Biological Fluidized Bed Treatment of Water and Wastewater", edited by P. F. Cooper and B. Atkinson, Wiley, New York, 1981.

"The Anaerobic Fluidized Bed for Treatment of Thermally Conditioned Sludge Decand Liquor" (with B. Bell and J. Welday), Dept. of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory, Anaerobic Filters/An Energy Plus for Wastewater Treatment. ANL/CNSV-TM-50, pp. 171-178, January, 1981.

"Application of Fluidized Bed Technology to Wastewater Treatment", Seminar, Illinois Institute of Technology, April, 1981.

"Treatment of Liquors from Thermally Conditioned Sludges by Conventional and Fluid Bed Anaerobic Systems" (with B. Bell and J. Welday), National Conference on Environmental Engineering ASCE, July 1980.

"Bottling Industry Wastewater Treatment-Pilot to Full Scale Anaerobic Fluidized Bed" (with R.W. Owens, R.F. Hickey and S. Mascitelli). Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the WPCF, Las Vegas, NV, October, 1980.

"Secondary Treatment of Municipal Wastewater with Fluidized Bed Technology", (with R. W. Owens), Conference on Biological Fluidized Bed Treatment of Water and Wastewater, Water Research Center, Stevenage and University of Manchester, Manchester, England. April 1980.

"Water - A God Given Necessity", Alpha-Omega, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. April-May Issue, 1980.

"Fluidized Beds Improve Treatment, Cut Costs" (with M. Barbara and F. Flood), Water & Wastes Engineering, pp. 35-37, June 1980.

"Fluidized Bed Biological Reactors", Workshop '79. New Developments in Wastewater Treatment, University of Toronto, March 1979.

"The Influence of Light on Coliform Mortality Rates in Fresh Water and Seawater", (with K. J. Chojnowski and J. L. Mancini). A communication, J. W. P. S. F. 51, 2538-2539, 1979.

"Innovative Technology, The Fluidized Bed Process" (with M. Barbara and F. Flood), Clearwaters, New York Water Pollution Control Association., Vol. 9, No. 2, 6-9, 1979.

"Anaerobic Digester Process Control", Seminar New Jersey Water Pollution Control Association, Oct. 1979.

"High Flow Fluidized Bed Treatment" Speaker at Applied Technology Seminar NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY, August, 1978.

"Biological Fluidized Beds for Nitrogen Control", (with R. W. Owens), "Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment, Biological Nutrient Removal". An Arbor Science, pp. 199-213, 1978.

"Biological Fluidized Bed Treatment for BOD & Nitrogen Removal" (with R. Owens, R. Hickey and F. Flood), JWPCF 49, 816-831, 1977.

"Biological/Biochemical Aspects of Anaerobic Digestion", Seminar speaker, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Anaerobic Digestion Workshop, Albany, NY, October, 1977.

"Biochemical Mechanisms in the Methane Fermentation of Glutamic and Oleic Acids", (with C. Weng), Water Research, 10, pp. 918, 1976.

"Nitrogen and BOD Treatment Using Biological Fluidized Beds", Seminar at Polytechnic Institute of New York, March 16, 1976.

"Contaminants Entering the New York Bright: Sources, Mass Loads, Significance", (with J. A. Mueller, and A. R. Anderson), American Society Limnol. Oceanography, Special Symposia, Vol. 2, 162-170, 1976.

"Contaminants in the New York Bright", (with J. A. Mueller and A. R. Anderson), Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 48, 2309-2326, 1976.

"Biological Treatment Using Fluidized Bed Technology at Nassau County's Bay Park Facility", American Society of Civil Engineers, Technical Meeting, New York, April, 1975.

"Pilot Scale, High Rate Biological Denitrification", Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 47, No. 8, pp. 2043-2057, 1975.

"Optimum Conditions for Composting", Chapter II.11, (with Raymond Regan), Solid Wastes, Editor C. L. Mantell, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1975.

"Nitrate Removal from Wastewater Using Fluid Bed Technology" (with R. Gasser and R. Owens), 30th Purdue Industrial Waste Conference, 1202-1207, Ann Arbor Science, 1975.

"Plant Gets New Process" (with Frank J. Flood), Water and Wastes Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 45-48, 1974.

"High Rate Biological Denitrification Using a Granular Fluidized Bed", (with Carl Beer and James A. Mueller) Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 2118-2128, 1974.

"Linkage Between Composting of Municipal Solid Wastes, Land Disposal and Ground Water Quality", (with Raymond Regan), AEEP S. C., December, 1974.

"Biology, Chemistry, Engineering Interwoven in Waste Water Treatment", Sigma Xi, Public Lecture, Manhattan College, 1974.

"Controlling Environmental Parameters for Optimum Composting", 1. "Experimental Procedures and Temperature" (with Raymond W. Regan), Compost Science Vol. 1 14, No. 1, January-February, 1973, pp. 10-15.

"Controlling Environmental Parameters for Optimum Composting II Moisture, Free Air Space and Recycle" (with Raymond W. Regan), Compost Science, Vol. 14, No. 2, March-April, 1973, pp. 8-15.

"Controlling Environmental Parameters for Optimum Composting Part III" (with Raymond Regan), Compost Science Vol. 14, No. 3, May-June, 1973, pp. 16-22.

"Automated and Instrumental Methods in Water Analysis" (with L. Ciaccio and R. Cardenas, Jr.), Chapter 27 of Water and Waste Pollution Handbook, Vol. 4, pp. 1431-1555, Marcel Decker, Inc., New York 1973.

"What the Environmentalist Should Know About Pure Water and Wastewater", New York Botanical Gardens, February, 1972.

"Cellulose Degradation in Composting", final report for Research Project EC 00161 for U. S. Public Health Service Solid Waste Program, January, 1971.

"Still Wanted: Economical Controlled Denitrification" (with Frank Castaldi), Water and Waste Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 36-38, June, 1971.

"The Biochemistry of Anaerobic Digestion", final report of Research Grant 17070 DFK for Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, February, 1970.

"A Review of the Decomposition of Cellulose and Refuse" (with Raymond W. Regan) Compost Science, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 17-20, January-February., 1970.

Discussion participant on WELA radio program "Dialogue" concerning Environmental Pollution, Elizabeth, New Jersey, March, 1970.

Seminar participant, "What kind of People and Effort Will It Take To Abate Pollution?", Manhattan College, December 1970.

"Anaerobic Treatment and Solids Waste Disposal", American Society of Chemical Engineers, New Jersey Section, November, 1969.

"Cellulose Decomposition in the Composting of Urban Refuse", presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Miami, Florida, May, 1969.

"Comparison of Various Nitrogen Sources in Anaerobic Treatment", (with Robert F. Gasser) Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Part 2, pp. 91-100, February 1969.

"The Degradation of Cellulose", presented at the Cellulose Solids Wastes Seminar, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1969.

"Cellulose Degradation in Composting", (with R. Regan), presentation at Engineering Foundation Research Conference on Solid Waste Research and Development, II, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, July 1968.

"Progress Report on Cellulose Degradation in Composting", (with Raymond W. Regan) Compost Science, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 20-22, Spring, 1968.

"Anaerobic Treatment of Liquid Wastewater", Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 1968.

"A Rapid COD Test", Water and Wastes Engineering, 4, No. 5, pp. 89-91, May 1967.

"A Laboratory Procedure for the Study of The Kinetics of Biological Waste Treatment Systems", University of Texas, June, 1966.

"Glucose Disappearance in Anaerobic Digestion", (with R.R. Cardenas and Philip Farrell), Technicon Symposia, 1965, Automation in Analytical Chemistry, 237-240, Mediad, Inc., New York, 1966.

"Glucose Disappearance in Biological Treatment Systems", (with R. R. Cardenas) Applied Microbiology, Vol. 14, No. 6, 1966.

"Biochemistry of Methane Fermentation Using C14 Tracers" (with P.L. McCarty), Proceedings 17th Annual Purdue Industrial Waste Conference, 1962 and Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 37, February 1965.

"Biochemistry of Anaerobic Treatment". Workshop seminar on Anaerobic Waste Treatment, sponsored by Public Health Service, Chicago, Illinois, 1965.

"Individual Volatile Acids in Anaerobic Treatment", (with P.L. McCarty and W. Murdock), Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 35, p. 1501, 1963.

"Biochemical Mechanisms in Anaerobic Digestion", Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (1962).

"A Water Treatment Plant of Novel Design", (with R. P. Schmitt) Virginia Section Meeting, American Water Works Association, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, November, 1956.

"Metabolism of Low Molecular Weight Alcohols by Activated Sludge", (with R. E. McKinney) Sewage & Industrial Wastes Journal, 27, 728, 1955.

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