Interim Director of Environmental Research Center Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering Interim Director Environmental Research Center (573) 341-6547 Fax: (573) 341-4729 Office Hours: M W F 9:30AM - 11:30AM, By Request burken@mst.edu

 Burken Resume

Education

Biography

Honors and Awards

National

• Board of Directors Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 2008-2011
• Lecturer 2009 Linda Hall Lecture Series, Linda hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
• Missouri Waste Control Coalition Outstanding Achievement in Education, 2009
• 2007 AEESP Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science Award, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science (International)
• 2007 Rudolph Hering Medal for the Most Valuable Contribution to the Environmental Branch of Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, for the paper "Impacts of Component-ion Molar Ratios and pH in Struvite Precipitation" (International)
• Water Environment Federation VIP Circle (new member recruiting), 200
• OECD Research Fellowship (Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development - Paris) Fellowship conducted at Danish National Environment Research Institute, Roskilde, DK
  
• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award 2000, National Science Foundation
  
• 1998 Rudolph Hering Medal for the Most Valuable Contribution to the Environmental Branch of Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, for the paper “Phytoremediation:Plant Uptake of Atrazine and Role of Root Exudates.”
  
• Best Paper Award: 4th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds; Battelle Memorial Institute, 2004 (G.C.Struckhoff lead author)
  
• Who’s Who Among American Teachers 2002
  
• Who’s Who in America 2001, 55th Edition
  
• American Chemical Society 1996 Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award

Regional/Local

• School of Engineering, Most Outstanding Advisor Award, 2007
• Four University of Missouri-Rolla Faculty Excellence Awards, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
  
• Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Missouri Rolla, 2004
  
• Dean of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, UMR, 2004
  
• 2004 Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District Outstanding Contribution Award
  
• Joseph Senne Award—2003 “Most Outstanding Professor in Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering” —UMR Academy of Civil Engineers
  
• Nominated by UMR for the 2001 ASEE Midwest Section Outstanding Teaching Award
  
• Nominated for the 2002 James Robbins Outstanding Teaching Award from Chi Epsilon
  
• University of Iowa Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Fellowship (1993 - 1996)
  
• 1992 Neil B. Fisher Environmental Engineering Fellowship, University of Iowa
  
• State of Iowa Transportation Scholar (May 1991 - May 1992)
  

Publications

In print and in press:

1. Dominguez-Faus, R., Powers, S.E., Burken, J.G., and Alvarez, P.J.(In Press – Accepted) The Water Footprint of Biofuels: A Drink or Drive Issue? Environmental Science and Technology.
2. Weishaar, J.A., D.T. Tsao, and J.G. Burken (In Press: Accepted) Rhizodegradation Of BTEX: Influence Of Diurnal Groundwater Fluctuations,Accepted 9/2008 to Int. Journal of Phytoremediation.
3. Wang, J.., T. Wang, J.G. Burken, C.C. Chusuei, H. Ban, K. Ladwig, and C.P. Huang (2008) Adsorption of Arsenic(V) onto Fly Ash:  A Speciation-Based Approach,  Chemosphere 72, 381-388.
4. Larsen, M., U. Karlson, J.G. Burken, J. Machackova, and S. Trapp (2008) Using Tree Core Samples to Monitor Natural Attenuation and Plume Distribution of a PCE Contamination. Environmental Science and Technology. 42 (5); 1711-1717.
5. Baduru, K.K., S.T. Trapp, and J.G. Burken (2008) Direct Measurement of VOC Diffusivities in Tree Tissues: Impacts on Tree-based Phytoremediation. Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (4); 1268-1275.
6. Wang, J., T. Wang, C. Chusuei., J.G. Burken, H. Ban, and K. Ladwig  (2007) Modeling Arsenic(V) Adsorption by Fly Ash using A Speciation-Based Adsorption Model Journal of Environmental Quality, 36 1784 - 1792.
7. Gilbertson, A.W., M.W. Fitch, J.G. Burken, and T.K. Wood (2007) Transport and survival of GFP-tagged root-colonizing microbes: potential for enhanced rhizodegradation European Journal of Soil Biology 43 (4), July-August, 224-232.
8. Legind, C.H., U. Karlson, J.G. Burken, F. Reichenberg, and P. Mayer (2007) Determining chemical activity of (semi)volatile compounds by headspace solid phase microextraction Analytical Chemistry, 79(7); 2869-2876
9. Wang, J., J.G. Burken, and X. Zhang (2006) Effect of Seeding Material and Mixing Strength on Struvite Precipitation. Water Environment Research. 78 (2) 125-132.
10. Wang, J., J.G. Burken, X. Zhang, and R. Surampalli (2005) Impacts of Component-ion Molar Ratios and pH in Struvite Precipitation Journal of Environmental Engineering 133 (10), 1433-1440.
11. Burken, J.G., X. Ma, G.C. Struckhoff, and A.W. Gilbertson (2005) Volatile Organic Compound Fate in Phytoremediation Applications: Natural and Engineered Systems  Z. Naturforsch, 60c(3/4) 208-215.
12. Struckhoff, G; J.G. Burken, and J.G. Schumacher (2005) Phytoremediation of Vadose Zone VOCs; Environmental Science and Technology, 39(6) 1563 - 1568.
13. Ma, X. and J.G. Burken (2004) Modeling of TCE Diffusion to the Atmosphere and Distribution in Plant Stems. Environmental Science and Technology, 38 (17); 4580-4586.
14. Ma, X, A.Richter, J.G Burken, and S. Albers (2004) Phytoremediation of MTBE with Hybrid Poplar Trees International Journal of Phytoremediation, 6 (2) 157-167.