Student Research

 

 

 Chandra, S., Sherrard, J. H. and Mines, R. O., “Evaluation of Oxygen Uptake Rate as an Activated Sludge Process Control Parameter”, Proceedings 19th Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 51 (1987).

 

Mines, R. O. and Woods, C. W., “Assessment of BNR Systems in Florida”, Proceedings: 1994 ASCE National Conference on Environmental Engineering, Boulder, CO, pages 436-443. 

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O. and Robertson, Robert R., “Biological Treatment of a Seafood Processing Wastewater”, ASCE 1998 National Conference on Environmental Engineering, Chicago, IL, June 6-10, 1998, pages 506-511.

 

Gill, Julia, Mines, Jr., R. O., Sherrard, J. H. and Tucker, D. P., “Dengue Fever: Potential Threat to the Southern States”, ASCE 1998 National Conference on Environmental Engineering, Chicago, IL, June 6-10, 1998, 482-487.

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O. and Milton, G. Dean, “Bionutrient Removal with A Sequencing Batch Reactor”, Journal Water Air Soil Pollution, 197, 81-89 (1998).

 

Mines, Jr., R. O., and Kalch, R. S., “Sludge Minimization Using Aerobic/Anoxic Treatment Technology”, Proceedings of the ASCE - CSCE National Conference on Environmental Engineering, July 25-28, 1999, Norfolk, VA, 506-515.

 

Mines, Jr., R. O. and Vilagos, J. L., “AWT & Conventional Mixed Liquor Settling Velocities”, Proceedings of the ASCE National Conference on Environmental Engineering, July 23-26, 2000, Kansas City, MO, 437-446.

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O., Vilagos, Jeffrey L., Echelberger, Jr., Wayne F., and Murphy, R. Jerry, “Conventional and AWT Mixed-Liquor Settling Characteristics”, Journal Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, 127, 249-258, (2001).

 

Mines, R. O., Lackey, L.W., Whiteman, R., Eden, J.N., Wilson, C.P., Cooper, J.A., and Pellos, R. A., “Sludge Minimization Achieved Through Grinding and Reaeration”, Proceedings CSCE/EWRI of ASCE Environmental Engineering Conference, July 21-24, 2002, Niagara Falls, Canada.

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O. and Robertson, Robert R., “Treatability Study of a Seafood Processing Waster”, Journal Environmental Science and Health, A38 (10), 1927-1937, (2003).

 

Mines, Jr., R. O and Horn, C. R., “Misconceptions About Unstirred SVI”, Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, June 27-July 1, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

Mines, Jr., R. O., Behrend, G., and Bell, H.G., “Assessment of AWT Systems in the Metro Atlanta Area”, Journal of Environmental Management, 70, 309-314, (2004).

 

Sheppard, J., Mines, R. O., Behrend, G. R., and Lackey, L. W., “BOD Performance Correlation at Georgia’s WWTP”, Proceedings of the 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 22-26, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska.

 

Mines, Jr., Richard, Lackey, Laura, and Behrend, Glen, “The Impact of Flow and Loading on Wastewater Treatment Plant Performance”. Journal Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, published on-line, 8 August 2006, DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9220-0.

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O., Lackey, Laura W., and Behrend, Glen R., “Performance Assessment of Major Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in the State of Georgia”, Journal Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 41(10) 2175-2198 (2006).

 

Mines, Jr., R.O., Lackey, L.W., Murchison, M.B., and Northenor, C.B., "Parallel Bench-Scale Digestion Studies," Proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 15-19, 2007, Tampa, FL.

 

Mines, Jr., Richard. O., Lackey, Laura, W., and Tribble, David, “Bench-Scale Ozonation of Waste Activated Sludge, Proceedings of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 12-16, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O., Northenor, C. Brett, and Murchison, Mitchell, “Oxidation and Ozonation of Waste Activated Sludge”, Journal Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 43(6) 610-618 (2008).

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O., Oglesby, Cary M., and Lackey, Laura W., “Bench-Scale Ozonation of Raw Industrial and Municipal Wastewater,” Proceedings World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Great Rivers, May 17-21, 2009, Kansas City, Missouri, 5538-5549. 

 

Hyde, Elizabeth, Lackey, L., Mines, Richard O., Sumner, Loren, and Wyckoff, Kristen, Providing Sub-Saharan Africans with Drinking Water through Service Learning,” Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference April 10-12, 2011, Charleston, SC.

 

Lackey, Laura, Smith, Cassie, Poole, Timothy, Fair, Arneshia, Hyde, Elizabeth, McCreanor, Philip, and Mines, Richard. “Design, Operation, and Analysis of a Biological Sand Filter using Copper as a Disinfectant,” Proceedings World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Show Casing the Future, May 19-23, 2012, Cincinnati, OH.

 

Bremm, T., Rossati, B., Viveiros, J., Fernandes, L., Braga, T., Schmidt, T. and Mines, Jr., R. O., “Oxygen Transfer Studies in the Activated Sludge Process,” Proceedings World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Critical Infrastructure Needs: Water and the Environment, May 22-26, 2016, West Palm Beach, FL, 380-387. doi: 10.1061/9780784479889.040.

 

Mines, Jr., Richard O., Callier, Matthew C.; Drabek, Benjamin J., and Butler, Andre’ J., “Comparison of Oxygen Transfer Parameters and Oxygen Demands in Bioreactors Operated at Low and High Dissolved Oxygen Levels”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, published online 07 Dec 2016. Pages 1-9 | Received 29 Jul 2016, Accepted 13 Oct 2016, Published online: 07 Dec 2016

 

Rexhausen, Victoria C., Dietsch, Jon M., Moore, Tyre H., and Mines, Jr., Richard O., “Residential Anaerobic Digester: Recommendations for Food Waste to Methane,” Proceedings 2019 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Groundwater, Sustainability, Hydro-Climate/Climate Change, and Environmental Engineering, May 19-23, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA, pp 417-423.

 

 

Educational Presentations

  1. Mines, Jr., Richard O., “Observations on Using the Flipped Classroom Model in an Introduction to Environmental Engineering Course,” Proceedings 2017 ASEE Zone 2 Spring Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 2-5, 2017, podium presentation, Friday, March 3, 2017 at 8:00am.
  2. Mines, Jr., Richard O., “The Impact of Testing Frequency and Final Exams on Student Performance,” Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, March 30-April1, 2014.
  3. Mines, Jr., Richard O. and Burtner, Joan M.“A Preliminary Investigation of the Effectiveness of Peer Ratings in Engineering Design Teams,” Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, March 10-13, 2013, Cookeville, TN.
  4. Mines, Jr., Richard O. and Mines, Beth P.“Integrating Digital Storytelling into an Engineering Design Course,” Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, April 10-12, 2011, Charleston, SC.
  5. Mines, Jr., Richard O. and Lofton, Greg, “Demographics and Diversity of Mercer University's Graduate Engineering Programs,” Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, April 18-20, 2010, Blacksburg, VA.
  6. Lackey, Laura. W., Mines, Richard. O., and Jenkins, Hodge E., “Engineering Student Self-Assessment in a Capstone Design Course,” Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference , April 2-4, 2006, Tuscaloosa , AL.
  7. Mines, Jr., R. O., “Bringing Reality into the Classroom”, Proceedings of the 2003 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, June 23-26, 2003, Philadelphia, PA.
  8. Mines, Jr., Richard O. Mines, Powell, Janet Carlson, and Lackey, Laura W. “Encouraging High School Students to Learn About Bioremediation”, Proceedings of the National ASEE Conference, June 16-19, 2002, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  9. Mines, Jr., Richard O. Mines, “Strategies for Enhancing Learning in the Classroom”, Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, April 7-9, 2002, Gainesville, FL.
  10. Mines, R. O., “PowerPoint Presentations: Do They Really Work?”, Proceedings: 2001 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, Charleston, SC, CD ROM.
  11. Mines, R. O., “An Environmental Engineering Curriculum for the New Millennium”, Proceedings 2000 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, Roanoke, VA, CD ROM.

Technical Presentations

  1. Mines, Jr., R.O., Lackey, L.W., Murchison, M.B., and Northenor, C.B., "Parallel Bench-Scale Digestion Studies," Proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 15-19, 2007, Tampa, Florida.

  2. Mines, Jr., R.O., Lackey, L. W., and A.J. Butler, “Bench-scale Digestion Studies,” Proceedings of the 2006 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress , May 21-25, 2006, Omaha, Nebraska.
  3. Sheppard, J., Mines, R. O ., Behrend, G. R., and Lackey, L.W., “BOD Performance Correlation at Georgia's WWTP”, Proceedings of the 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress , May 22-26, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska.
  4. Lackey, L. W. and Mines, Jr., R. O., “Ozone Treatment of Acid Yellow Dye 17”, Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress , June 27-July 1, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.

  5. Mines, Jr., R. O and Horn, C. R., “Misconceptions About Unstirred SVI”, Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress , June 27-July 1, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.

  6. Mines, Jr., R. O. and Cochran, R., “Are Land Application Programs in Georgia Complying with the Part 503 Regs?”, Proceedings of the 2003 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, June 23-26, 2003, Philadelphia, PA.
  7. Mines, R. O., Lackey, L.W., Whiteman, R., Eden, J.N., Wilson, C.P., Cooper, J.A., and Pellos, R. A., “Sludge Minimization Achieved Through Grinding and Reaeration”, Proceedings CSCE/EWRI of ASCE Environmental Engineering Conference, July 21-24, 2002, Niagara Falls, Canada.
  8. Mines, Jr., Richard. O., “Designing Single-Sludge Bionutrient Removal Systems”, Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 20-24, 2001, Orlando, FL.
  9. Mines, Jr., R. O. and Vilagos, J. L., “AWT & Conventional Mixed Liquor Settling Velocities”, Proceedings of the ASCE National Conference on Environmental Engineering, July 23-26, 2000, Kansas City, MO, 437-446.
  10. Mines, Jr., R. O., and Kalch, R. S., “Sludge Minimization Using Aerobic/Anoxic Treatment Technology”, Proceedings of the ASCE - CSCE National Conference on Environmental Engineering, July 25-28, 1999, Norfolk, VA, 506-515.