Tuskegee University Chair
Dr. Nosa O. Egiebor, P.E.
 Before
accepting the position of Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence in
Environmental Engineering at Tuskegee University, Dr. Egiebor was a
professor of Mineral and Environmental Engineering at the University of
Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He received his PhD in Mineral Process and
Reaction Engineering from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada. Dr.
Egiebor has taught and researched as a faculty member at the University
of Alberta for the past 10 years. While there, Dr. Egiebor developed the
only resource industry environmental research laboratory in Western
Canada.
Since 1996, Dr. Egiebor has secured over
five million dollars in research funding. His research interests
include: environmental biotechnology, mineral and energy industry
hazardous waste treatment, characterization of repository materials for
high level radioactive waste disposal, industrial wastewater treatment
by supercritical fluid technology, acid mine drainage, column flotation,
flocculation and coagulation, and desulfurization of solid carbonaceous
fuels. Dr. Egiebor also has research experience in coal conversion,
catalysis and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, and precious metal
hydrometallurgy.vHis research has been funded by a variety of public and
private agencies including: Shell, Amoco, ABITIBI-PRICE, NSERC Canada,
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR), Alberta Environmental Research
Trust (AERT), Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA),
and NATO.
Dr. Egiebor is a reader and reviewer for
several international granting agencies including the Natural Sciences &
Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Australian
Research Council (ARC). He is also a technical reviewer for several
scholarly journals including, Energy & Fuels (an ACS Journal), and
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (a journal of the Minerals,
Metals, and Materials Society or TMS), and is an associate editor for
Developments in Chemical Engineering & Mineral Processing (an Australian
Journal). He has also consulted for several national and international
organizations including Esso Resources Ltd. of Canada, Abitibi-Price
Inc., Amoco Petroleum Development Company, Shell, and GTZ Eschbome of
Germany.
A Discussion with Dr. Egiebor on Program Goals
"Our Massie Chair Program at Tuskegee
University seeks to establish a self-sustaining, nationally and
internationally reputable research and training program in environmental
engineering emphasizing the following specialized areas: (i) development
and application of technologies for the treatment of organic, heavy
metals, and radionuclide contaminated wastewater and soils, (ii)
evaluation of the chemical factors affecting subsurface transport of non
aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs), heavy metals and radionuclide
contaminants in terms of their partitioning chemistry and physics
between aqueous and solid phases for subsurface clean-up applications,
(iii) bioremediation, and (iv) advanced oxidation technology development
for the destruction of various organic contaminants. We hope to maintain
the academic and research training of a continuous stream of minority
engineers at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels for
the long term. To achieve this outcome, we will attract 10-15
undergraduate students into the undergraduate environmental engineering
training program within the chemical engineering department every year.
In addition, at least two graduate students, five undergraduate research
students, and two postdoctoral research fellows will be engaged and
trained in environmental engineering research methods every year."
Recent Publications in Refereed Journals
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"Development of a Biofilm Formation
Method for Waste Forms Stability Evaluation," M. Idachaba, K.
Nyavor, N.O. Egiebor and R.D. Rogers, Journal of
Hazardous Materials, 2000.
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"Batch Culture Biodegradation of
Methylhydrazine Contaminated NASA Wastewater," A.U. Nwankwoala, N.O.
Egiebor, C. Gilbert, and K. Nyavor, Biodegradation, 1999.
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"Stochastic Analysis of Monthly
Precipitation Data in Alabama," E. Udoh, N.O. Egiebor, and K. Nyavor,
Transactions of Gulf Coast Geological Societies, 1998.
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"Development of a Particle-Bubble
Collision Model For Flotation Columns," N.O. Egiebor, Z.A. Zhou, and
K. Nyavor, Dev. Chem. Engin. & Mineral Process, Vol. 5(1-2), 21-42,
1997.
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"Suppression of Microbial Pyrite
Oxidation by Fatty Acid Amine Treatment," K. Nyavor, N. O. Egiebor,
and P. Fedorak, Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN), 1996.
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"Activated Carbon Production From
Syncrude Coke," R. DiPanfilo and N. O. Egiebor, Fuel Processing
Technology, 1996.
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"The Effect of Ferric Ions on The Rate
of Ferrous Oxidation by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans," K.
Nyavor, N. O. Egiebor, and P. Fedorak, Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology, 1996.
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"Structural Features of Activated Carbon
Produced From Oil Sands Coke," R. DiPanfilo and N. O. Egiebor,
Developments in Chem. Engineering & Mineral Processing, Vol.
3(l), 3-13, 1995.
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"Control of Pyrite Oxidation by
Phosphate Coating," K. Nyavor and N. O. Egiebor, Science of the
Total Environment, Vol. 162, 225-237, 1995.
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"Feedstream Preheating Effect on
Supercritical Water Oxidation of Dissolved Organics," N. O. Egiebor
and L. Li, Energy & Fuels, Vol. 8(5), 1126-1130, 1994.
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"Treatment of Natural Gas Plant
Wastewater by UV Oxidation and Carbon Adsorption," N. O. Egiebor and
J. Park, Intl. J. Env. Issues in Minerals & Energy Industry (IJEI),
pp 79-82, 1993.
Professional Organizations/Associations
International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers (CSChE)
Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)
Canadian Institute for Mining and Metallurgy (CIM)
Timeline of Accomplishments
2002-1999
Massie Chairs Program
Award for Most Outstanding Research and Educational Accomplishments
1998-1996
Member, National Research Council (NRC)
Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment & Demilitarization Committee
established by the US Congress
1995-1993
U.S. Patent #5,284,497, "Desulfurization of
Solid Carbonaceous Fuels by Coagglomeration with Novel Sulfur Sorbents,"
N. O. Egiebor and J. U. Otaigbe
German Alexander von Humbodlt Eminent
Scholar Award
Visiting Professor of Mineral &
Environmental Engineering Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Outstanding Service Award
Chaired Symposium on Environmental Control
for the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and Mining and Materials
Processing Institute of Japan Conference (PMP '93) in Honolulu.
Professor of Chemical Process &
Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical & Materials
Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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