Degrees

• PhD Environmental Engineering, University of Florida, 1998
• BS Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1984

Research Interests

• Photocatalytic Processes for Environmental Systems
• Waste Biomaterials for Enzymatic (Green) Synthesis
• Solar Processes for Environmental Sustainability

Selected Publications

• Watts, Michael and Adrienne T. Cooper. “Photocatalysis of 4-Chlorophenol Mediated by TiO2 Fixed to Concrete Surfaces” submitted to Solar Energy

• Watson, John M., Adrienne T. Cooper and Joseph R.V. Flora. 2005. “Preparation and Photocatalytic Efficiency Testing of Nanoglued Titanium Dioxide Aerogels” Environmental Engineering Science, Vol 22, No. 5, pp 666-675.

• Lloyd, Heath, Adrienne T. Cooper, Maohong Fan, Robert Brown, John Sawyer, J. (Hans) Van Leeuwen, Yonghui Shi, Na Li and Wei Zhang. “Pilot Plant Evaluation of PFS from Coal-Fired Power Plant Waste” submitted to Chemical Engineering and Processing

• Flora, J.R.V. and Adrienne T. Cooper. 2005. “Incorporating an Inquiry-Based Laboratory Experiment in an Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Laboratory” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice- ASCE. (in press)

• Fan, Maohong, Robert C. Brown, Adrienne T. Cooper, Thomas D. Wheelock, Masakatsu Nomura and Yahui Zhuang. 2005. “Production of a Complex Coagulant from Fly Ash” Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 106, No. 2, pp 269-277.

• Butler, Aron D., Maohong Fan, Robert C. Brown, Adrienne T. Cooper, J. (Hans) Van Leeuwen, and Shihwu Sung. 2004. “Absorption of Dilute SO2 Gas Stream with Converstion to Polymeric Sulfate for Use in Water Treatment” Chemical Engineering Journal Vol 9., No. 3, pp 265-273.

• Goel, Ramesh, Adrienne T. Cooper and Joseph R.V. Flora. 2003. “Sodium Azide Interference in Chemical and Biological Testing” Journal of Environmental Engineering Science Vol. 2, No. 5, pp 407-411.

• Fan, Maohong, Robert C. Brown, Yahui Zhuang, Adrienne T. Cooper and Masakatsu Nomura. 2003. “Reaction Kinetics for a Novel Flue Gas Cleaning Technology” Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 37, No. 7, pp 1404-1407.

• Cooper, Adrienne T. and D. Yogi Goswami. 2002. “Evaluation of Methylene Blue and Rose Bengal for Dye Sensitized Solar Water Treatment” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering Vol 124, No.3, pp 305-310.

• Cooper, Adrienne T., D. Yogi Goswami and Seymour S. Block. 1998. “Solar Photochemical Detoxification and Disinfection for Water Treatment in Tropical Developing Countries” Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies. Vol 3, No 2, pp 151-154.
  

Present Teaching (Spring 2008)

• SOLID WASTE
• SOLID WASTES ENGINEERING
• THE ENVIRONMENT