{"id":297,"date":"2014-08-27T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cee.engr.ucdavis.edu\/kayhanian\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2014-08-27T18:00:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:00:05","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/kayhanian\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Research interests<\/h3>\n<p>My research activities are primarily focused on two general areas: (1) conversion of waste into energy, and (2) characteristics, fate and transport, and treatment of surface runoff pollutants.\u00a0 Major research topics of interest include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Particle-bound organic and inorganic pollutant characterization;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mathematical modeling of roadway runoff pollutants;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source identification of non-point source pollutants from environments;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Innovative stormwater runoff treatment;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Permeable pavement for stormwater runoff management;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 High-solids bio-gasification of organic waste for energy recovery; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Methods to assess the biodegradability of organic wastes for bio-fuel production.<\/p>\n<h3>Recently Completed Research Projects<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Clogging investigation of open graded friction course under heavy vehicle simulator and rainfall simulations.<\/li>\n<li>Methodologies to identify sources of pollutants from highway runoff in Tahoe Basin.<\/li>\n<li>Micro particle (&lt;20 mm) size fractionation and contaminates associated with them.<\/li>\n<li>Clogging investigation of porous asphalt and pervious concrete pavement surfaces.<\/li>\n<li>Methods to measure the permeability of permeable pavements.<\/li>\n<li>Mathematical modeling of pollutograph.<\/li>\n<li>Water quality and toxicity evaluation of leachate produced from open and dense-graded pavement materials.<\/li>\n<li>Hydrographic toxicity evaluation of urban highway runoff.<\/li>\n<li>First flush treatment strategies.<\/li>\n<li>Performance evaluation of detention basin based on the fine particles and toxicity removal.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Hydraulic simulations of full depth permeable pavements on highway shoulder for stormwater runoff management.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0First flush characteristics of organic and inorganic pollutants generated from urban highway runoff.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Funded Research Proposals (as PI and Co-PI)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Application of inclined plate settlers for stormwater runoff treatment (PI)<\/li>\n<li>Ammonia toxicity in high-solids anaerobic digestion process (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Characterization of California statewide highway runoff from construction sites (Co-PI).<\/li>\n<li>Clogging investigation of porous asphalt and pervious concrete pavements in parking lots (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Clogging study of open graded porous asphalt under heavy vehicle and rainfall simulations (C0-PI)<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive California statewide highway runoff characterization studies (Co-PI).<\/li>\n<li>Computer model to estimate the quality and quantity of biogas from municipal landfills (Co-PI).<\/li>\n<li>Continuous on line flow-through particle size measurement (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Development of data analysis software to analyze censored water quality data (Co-PI)<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating field and laboratory data for developing surrogate indicators to monitor fine sediment in the Tahoe Basin (Co-PI)<\/li>\n<li>Guidance for permeable pavement systems (Co-PI)<\/li>\n<li>Hydraulic performance evaluation of permeable pavements under heavy traffic and load (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Fate of wastewater nitrogen discharged to the aquatic and soil environment (Co-PI).<\/li>\n<li>First flush highway runoff characterization (PI)<\/li>\n<li>Impact of annual average daily traffic on highway runoff pollutant concentration (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Importance of nutrients availability on the performance of high-solid anaerobic digestion (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Isotopic approach to identify sources of nitrogen and phosphorus from Tahoe basin (Co-PI).<\/li>\n<li>Kinetic model to simulate the biodegradation of a high-solids anaerobic digestion process (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Managing biosolids by using the biodegradable organic fraction of MSW as a primary substrate and source of energy in a high-solids anaerobic composting process (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Mass balance modeling approach to identify sources of pollution from highway runoff (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Mathematical model to predict chemical constituents\u2019 pollutographs (PI)<\/li>\n<li>Methods to fractionate particle size distribution and contaminants associated with them (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Methods to measure the biodegradability of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Micro-particles processing and analysis guidance manual for Tahoe Basin (Co-PI).<\/li>\n<li>New method to measure C\/N for design and performance evaluation of biogasification (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Numerical methodology to define first flush pollutants mass loading (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Nutrient requirements for methanogens in high-solids anaerobic digestion (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Review of particle size distribution and contaminants associated with them (Co-PI)<\/li>\n<li>Source identification of total phosphorus originated from motor oil (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Source identification of nitrate and phosphate and fine sediments from highway runoff (PI)<\/li>\n<li>Structural performance evaluation of permeable pavements under heavy traffic and load (C0-PI).<\/li>\n<li>Technical assistance on stormwater runoff management and BMP treatment (Co-PI)<\/li>\n<li>Toxicity evaluation of highway stormwater runoff (PI)<\/li>\n<li>municipal solid waste as a fuel supplement in a fluidized bed (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Water quality of leachate produced from asphalt and concrete surfacing materials under control laboratory investigations (PI).<\/li>\n<li>Utilization of humus produced from anaerobic composting of the biodegradable organic fraction of<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Research Funding Sources (over $23,000,000)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>California Department of Air Resources Board<\/li>\n<li>California Department of Health<\/li>\n<li>California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)<\/li>\n<li>California Energy Commission<\/li>\n<li>California Integrated Waste Management Board<\/li>\n<li>California Prison Industry (PIA)<\/li>\n<li>California Waste Recovery Systems Inc.<\/li>\n<li>City of San Diego<\/li>\n<li>Delta Diablo Sanitation District<\/li>\n<li>Integrated Recycling Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Microgen Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota Department of Transportation<\/li>\n<li>National Science Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Protech 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