The Sustainable Technology Division is a component of the National
Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL). The Division Director is
Subhas K. Sikdar (513-569-7528). The mission of the Division is to advance
the scientific understanding, development and application of technologies
and methods for prevention, removal and control of environmental risks
to human health and ecology.
The Sustainable Technology Division is organized into four Branches.
These are:
Clean Processes Branch--The Branch Chief
is Douglas Young (513-569-7624). The major technical programs of the
Branch involve research in the areas of green chemistry and green engineering.
The objective of Branch research is to promote environmentally preferable
industrial production methods by developing and testing new processes
and technologies. Focus areas include catalyst design, reactor design,
alternative solvents, membrane separations, biomass fermentation, and
metal sorption.
Industrial Multimedia Branch--The Branch
Chief is Roger Wilmoth (513- 569-7509). The major technical programs
within the Branch are environmental technology verification, mine waste
technology, metal finishing pollution prevention, common sense initiative
support, metal forming, fuel cell applications, lead paint abatement,
and base catalyzed dechlorination for contaminated soil remediation.
Sustainable Environments Branch--The
Branch Chief is Heriberto Cabezas (513-569-7350). The objective of the
Branch is to construct a strategy for sustainable environmental management
using economics approaches, water resource and land use planning, physical
and ecological theory, and technological methods and knowledge implemented
through computer based tools, field data, and human experience to reduce
risks to human health and the ecology.
Systems Analysis Branch--The Branch Chief
is Gordon Evans (513-569-7684). The major technical activities within
the Branch are in the areas of life cycle assessment, cost engineering
and cost benefit, chemical simulation and measurement and Federal facility
pollution prevention.
