Chair and J.L. Constant Distinguished Professor Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering University of Kansas Lawrence, KS  66044 Tel: (785) 864-1921 email: cadams@ku.edu

Education

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer
State of Kansas
License No. 12048

Biography

Selected Professional Activities

Honors and Awards

Publications

In print and in press:

1. Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Adams, C., Tyagi, R., Noguerol, T., Pina, B. (2008) “Removal of estrogenic activity of natural and synthetic hormones from a municipal wastewater: Efficiency of horseradish peroxidase and laccase from Trametes versicolor,” Chemosphere, 70, 445-452.

2. Patni, A., Ludlow, D., Adams, C. (2008) “Characteristics of Ground Granular Activated Carbon for Rapid Small Scale Column Tests,” J. Environmental Engineering, 131, 216-221.

3. Adams, C. (2008) “Modeling Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Sewage Treatment,” Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, 12, 2-9.

4. K. Loftin, C. Adams, M. Meyer, and R. Surampalli (2008) “Effects of Ionic Strength, Temperature, and pH on Degradation of Selected Antibiotics,” Journal of Environmental Quality, 37, 378-386.

5. Kurwadkar, S., Adams, C., Meyer, M., Kolpin, D. (2007) “Effects of Sorbate Speciation on Sorption of Selected Sulfonamides in Three Loamy Soils,” J. Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 55, 1370-1376.

6. Adams, C., Witt, E., Wang, J., Shaver, D., Summers, D., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Shi, H., Luna, R., Anderson, N. (2007) “Chemical Quality of Depositional Sediments and Associated Soils in New Orleans and the Louisiana Peninsula following Hurricane Katrina,” Environmental Science Technology, 41, 3437-3443.

7. Daigger, G., Adams, C., Stellar, H. (2007) “Diffusion of Oxygen Through Activated Sludge Flocs: Experimental Measurement, Modeling, and Implications for Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification,” Water Environmental Research, 79, 375-387.

8. K. Loftin, C. Adams, M. Meyer, and R. Surampalli (2007) “Effects of Ionic Strength, Temperature, and pH on Degradation of Selected Antibiotics,” (in press; Journal of Environmental Quality).

9. Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Tyagi, R., Adams, C. (2007) “Oxidation of Natural and Synthetic Hormones by the Horseradish Peroxidase Enzyme in Wastewater,” (in press; Chemosphere; currently available on line).

10. Filali-Meknassi, Y., Auriol, M., Adams, C., Surampalli, R. (2007) “Quantification of Steroid Sex Hormones using Solid-Phase Extraction followed by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry,” Water Environment Research, 79 (in press; web preprint at “http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wef/wer/pre-prints”)

11. Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Tyagi, Adams, C. (2007) “Laccase-catalyzed Conversion of Natural and Synthetic Hormones from a Municipal Wastewater,” Water Research (in press; available on-line).

12. Adams, C. (2007) “Modeling Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Sewage Treatment,” (in press; Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management).

13. Sutherland, J., Adams, C. (2007) “Determination of Hydroxyl Radical Rate Constants for Fuel Oxygenates,” Environmental Engineering Science, 24:8 (in press).

14. Patni, A., Ludlow, D., Adams, C. (2007) “Characteristics of Ground Granular Activated Carbon for Rapid Small Scale Column Tests,” (accepted; J. Environmental Engineering).

15. Chamberlain, E., Adams, C. (2006) “Oxidation of Sulfonamides and Macrolides with Free Chlorine and Monochloramine,” Water Research, 40, 2463-2592.

16. Qiang, Z., Macauley, J., Mormile, M., Surampalli, R., Adams, C. (2006) “Treatment of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Swine Wastewater with Free Chlorine,” J. Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 54, 8144-8154.

17. Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Adams, C., Tyagi, R. D. (2006) “Natural and Synthetic Hormone Degradation using Horseradish Peroxidase Enzyme: Temperature and pH Effects,” Water Research, 40, 2847-2856.

18. Graziano, N., McGuire, M., Adams, C., Roberson, A., Jiang, H., Blute, N. (2006) “Using the ELISA method to track atrazine occurrence in a national monitoring program,” J. American Water WorksAssociation, 98:10, 111-123.

19. Jiang, H., Adams, C., Graziano, N., Roberson, A., McGuire, M. (2006) “Enzyme Linked Immunoassay Analysis (ELISA) of Atrazine in Raw and Finished Drinking Water,” EnvironmentalEngineering Science, 20, 503-515.

20. Auriol, M., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Tyagi, R., Adams, C., Surampalli, R. (2006) “Endocrine disrupting compounds removal from wastewater, a new challenge,” Process Biochemistry, 41, 525-539.

21. Jiang, H., Adams, C. (2006) “Treatability of Chloro-s-triazines by Conventional Drinking Water Treatment Technologies,” Water Research, 40, 1657-1667.

22. Graziano, N., McGuire, M., Roberson, A., Adams, C., Jiang, H., Blute, N. (2006) “2004 National Atrazine Occurrence Monitoring Program Using the Abraxis ELISA Method,” Environmental Scienceand Technology, 40, 1163-1171.

23. Jiang, H., Adams, C., Graziano, N., Roberson, A., McGuire, M., Frey, M. (2006) “Occurrence and Removal of Total and Individual Chloro-s-triazines in Full-Scale Water Treatment Plants,” Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 3609-3616.

24. Macauley, J., Qiang, Z., Adams, C., Surampalli, R., Mormile, M. (2006) “Disinfection of Swine Wastes Using Chlorine and Ultraviolet Light,” Water Research, 40, 2017-2026.

25. Wu, W., Goldtein, G., Adams. C., Mathews, R., Ercal, N. (2006) “Separation and Quantification of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and N-acetyl-cysteine-amide (AD4) by HPLC with Fluorescence Detection,” Biomedical Chromatography, 20, 415-422.

26. Qiang, Z., Demirko., O., Ercal, N., Adams, C. (2005) “Impact of Food Disinfection using Ozone and other Oxidants on the Beneficial Antioxidant Biothiol Contents in Vegetables,” J. Agriculture and FoodChemistry, 53, 9830-9840.

27. Yu, L., Adams, C., Ludlow, D. (2005) “Adsorption of MTBE and Alternative Fuel Oxygenates on Granular Activated Carbon,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, 131, 983-987.

28. Sutherland, J., Adams, C., Kekobad, J. (2005) “Treatability of Alternative Fuel Oxygenates using Advanced Oxidation, Air Stripping and Carbon Adsorption,” J. Environmental Engineering, 131, 623-631.

29. Loftin, K., Henny, C., Adams, C., Surampalli, R., Mormile, M. (2005) “Inhibition of Microbial Metabolism in Anaerobic Lagoons by Selected Sulfonamides, Tetracyclines, Lincomycin, and Tylosin Tartrate,” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24:4, 782-788.

30. Adams, C., Seitz, T., Lane, J., Timmons, T., Levotch, S. (2005) “Disinfection Byproduct Formation in Missouri Drinking Water Distribution Systems,” J. Environmental Engineering, 131, 526-534.

31. Demirkol, O., Adams, C., Ercal, N. (2004) “Biologically Important Thiols in Various Vegetables and Fruits,” J. of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 52, 8151-8154.

32. Jiang, H., Adams, C., Koffskey, W. (2004) “Determination of Chloro-s-Triazines including Didealkylatrazine using Solid Phase Extraction Coupled with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry,” J. of Chromatography, 1064, 219-226.

33. Qiang, Z., Adams, C. (2004) “Determination of Monochloramine Formation Rate Constants with Stopped-flow Spectrophotometry,” Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 1435-1444.

34. Gale, N., Adams, C., Wixson, B., Loftin, K., Huang, Y. (2004) “Lead, Zinc, Copper, and Cadmium in Fish and Sediments from the Big River and Flat River Creek of Missouri’s Old Lead Belt,” Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 26, 37 - 49.

35. Adams, C., Jiang, H., Graziano, N., Roberson, A., McGuire, M. (2004) “Characterization of Interferences for Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay Tests for Atrazine,” J. American Water WorksAssociation, 96:12, 126-139.

36. Qiang, Z., Adams, C. (2004) “Potentiometric Determination of Acid Dissociation Constants (pKa) for Human and Veterinary Antibiotics,” Water Research, 38, 2874-2890.

37. Qiang, Z., Adams, C., Surampalli, R. (2004) “Determination of Ozonation Rate Constants for Lincomycin and Spectinomycin,” Ozone Science and Engineering, 26, 1-13.

38. Sutherland, J., Adams, C., Kekobad, J. (2004) “Treatment of MTBE by Air Stripping, Carbon Adsorption, and Advanced Oxidation: Technical and Economic Comparison for Five Groundwaters,” Water Research, 38, 193-205.

In review:

39. Macauley, J., Adams, C., Mormile, M. (2006) “Presence and Absence of Known tet-Resistant Genes in Tetracycline Resistant Isolates from an Anaerobic Swine Lagoon,” (in review by Canadian J.Microbiology).

40. Wang, T., Chamberlain, E., Shi, H., Adams, C., Ma, Y. (2007) “Identification of Hydrolytic Metabolites of Dyfonate in Alkaline Aqueous Solutions by using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry,” (in review by WaterResearch).

41. Chamberlain, E., Wang, T., Ma, Y., Shi, H., Fulmer, A., Adams, C. (2007) “Comprehensive Investigation of Degradation Products of Diazinon by Various Oxidation Systems and Hydrolysis Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled with Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer,” (in review by Environmental Science and Technology).

Advising

Research Group and Selected Research Collaborators

Ph.D. Students

Chamberlain, E. “Fate and Control of Antibiotics in Drinking Water Treatment Processes,” (Ph.D. expected May 2008)

Ding, J. “Release and Control of Cyanobacterial Toxins During Water Treatment

Wang, T. “Determination of Degradates of Diazinon, Fonofos, Alidicarb and Oxamyl by Ion - Trap LC/MS,” Ph.D. 2007

Wang, C. “Determination of Pesticide Degradate by Ion-Trap LC/MS," Ph.D. 2007

MS Students

Ding, Jie “pH Effects on the Adsorption of Saxitoxin by Powdered Activated Carbon,” MS 2007

Patel, Rohiniben “Determination of Chemical Rate Constants for Pharmaceuticals using Stopped Flow Spectrophotometry," MS 2007

Cheeti, Arshita, “Cross Impacts of Simultaneous Ozonation and Powdered Activated Carbon Adsorption,” MS 2007

Marincelle, Michelle “Development of Tailored Activated Carbon Adsorbents,” MS 2007

Mathew, Frency Powathu “Comparison of Coconut Pithe, Rice Hulls, and Bamboo Stalk for Treatment of Cadmium in Metal-Platin Waste," M.S. Chemical Engineering (December 2007) (Advisor: Doug Ludlow)

Lueders, M., M.S. Environmental Engineering

Teaching

This course examines the concepts regarding the continued advancement of humankind while maintaining our ecological niche on earth. The course is targeted towards students in engineering, science, and non-science fields of study. Key topics include: population growth, poverty, and impacts of development; energy consumption, sources, storage, conservation and policy; water quality and quantity; materials and buildings; and policy implications.

CE/EnvE 263 (3 hr) Chemical Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (Fall 2007)

Introduction to the key chemical and physical concepts integral to environmental systems and processes. This course provides a fundamental background in those chemical and environmental engineering principles that are common to all environmental engineering disciplines.

CE/EnvE 362 (3 hr) Public Health Engineering (unscheduled)

This course provides fundamental aspects of public and environmental health. Topics include population dynamics and effects, chronic and communicable disease, principles of toxicology, radiological health, water supply protection, water treatment and disinfection, vectors and their control, air quality and public health administration.

CE/EnvE 380 (1 of 3 hr) Water Resources and Wastewater Engineering

This course provides key engineering principles and design concepts related to wastewater treatment and water resources. Course provides 1 of 3 total credit hours for officers in Ft. Leonard Wood graduate programs.

CE/EnvE 462 (3 hr) Physicochemical Operations in Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (Spring 2008)

Course covers principles and design aspects of physicochemical operations used in water and wastewater treatment. Topics include coagulation/flocculation/ clarification, softening, precipitation, gas absorption and stripping, chemical oxidation-reduction operations, membrane operations, filtration, and adsorption.