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2008 Level III Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Awarded Nominations
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Level III awards - are for those who have accomplished an unusually notable research or technological effort. The awards are for a substantial revision or modification of a scientific/technological principle or procedure, or an important improvement to the value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research relates to a mission or organizational component of the EPA, or significantly affects a relevant area of science/technology.
| Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award ($2,000) -- Total of Thirty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nom. # | Titles and Citations of Submitted Paper | Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organization | Ineligible Authors and Organization | Citation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S08ER0011 | Depth-specific patterns in benthic-planktonic food web relationships in Lake Superior Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 63(7):1496-1503 (2006) |
Michael E. Sierszen Gregory S. Peterson Jill V. Scharold NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Refining Depth-Specific Food Web Relationships in the Great Lakes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08ER0014 | Juvenile coho salmon growth and survival across stream network seasonal habitats Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 135:1681-1697 (2006) |
Joseph L. Ebersole Parker J. Wigington, Jr. Joan P. Baker M. Robbins Church Michael A. Cairns Jana E. Compton Scott G. Leibowitz NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
Bruce A. Miller - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Bruce P. Hansen - U.S. Forest Service Henry R. LaVigne - Dynamac Corporation |
Innovative Research on the Value of Seasonal Habitats and Intermittent Streams to Coho Salmon Populations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08ER0020 | Characterizing seiche and tide-driven daily water level fluctuations affecting coastal ecosystems of the Great Lakes Journal of Great Lakes Research, 32(1):102-116 (2006) |
Anett S. Trebitz NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Providing Data and Analysis Tools Enabling Characterization of Seiche and Tide as Hydrologic Drivers for Coastal Ecosystems | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08ER0023 Linked with S08TF0130 |
The role of nitrogen in chromophoric and fluorescent dissolved organic matter formation Marine Chemistry, 103(1-2):46-60 (2007) |
Richard G. Zepp NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Erin J. Biers - University of Georgia Mary Ann Moran - University of Georgia |
Creative Elucidation of the Role of Nitrogen in the Production of Colored Organic Substances in Coastal Ecosystems | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08HE0024 | Pesticide Measurements from the First National Environmental Health Survey of Child Care Centers Using a Multi-Residue GC/MS Analysis Method Environmental Science and Technology, 40(20):6269-6274 (2006) |
Nicolle S. Tulve Paul A. Jones Carry W. Croghan Roy C. Fortmann NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Marcia G. Nishioka - Battelle Memorial Institute Joey Y. Zhou - U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine Alexa Fraser - Westat, Inc. Carol Cave - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Warren Friedman - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Improving Our Understanding of Pesticides in Children's Everyday Environments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08HE0027 | (1) Computational Pharmacokinetics During Developmental Windows of Susceptibility Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 68(11-12):889-900 (2005) (2) Predicting Age-Appropriate Pharmacokinetics of Six Volatile Organic Compounds in the Rat Utilizing Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Toxicological Sciences, 98(1):43-56 (2007) |
Hugh A. Barton Chester E. Rodriguez John C. Lipscomb NCCT, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Deirdre A. Mahle - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Jeff M. Gearhart - Man Tech Environmental Technology, Inc. David R. Mattie - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Robert S. Cook - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
Characterizing the Impacts of Age-Specific Dosimetry on Risk Assessment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08HE0030 | (1) Dimethylthioarsinic Anhydride: A Standard for Arsenic Speciation Analytical Chimica Acta, 583(1):78-83 (2006) (2) Comparison of a Chemical and Enzymatic Extraction of Arsenic from Rice and an Assessment of the Arsenic Absorption from Contaminated Water by Cooked Rice Environmental Science and Technology, 39(14):5241-5246 (2005) |
Patricia A. Creed John T. Creed Carol A. Schwegel NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Michael W. Fricke - Schering Corporation Amanda H. Ackerman Amy N. Parks - Dynamac Corporation Douglas T. Heitkemper - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nohora Vela Shockey - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Matthias Zeller - Youngstown State University William R. Cullen - The University of British Columbia Mark Witkowski - U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
The Speciation of Arsenic in Uncooked and Cooked Rice to Support Exposure Assessment in Endemic Areas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08HE0031 | Elevated PBDE Levels In Pet Cats: Sentinels for Humans? Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), 41(18):6350-6 (2007) |
Janice A. Dye Linda S. Birnbaum NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Marta Venier - Indiana University Lingyan Zhu - Indiana University Ronald A. Hites - Indiana University Cynthia R. Ward - University of Georgia |
Pet Cats as Sentinels to Assess Health Risk Related to Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08HE0033 | (1) Tissue dosimetry, metabolism and excretion of pentavalent and trivalent monomethylated arsenic in mice after oral administration Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 208(2):186-197 (2005) (2) Tissue dosimetry, metabolism and excretion of pentavalent and trivalent dimethylated arsenic in mice after oral administration Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, :9 (2007) |
Michael F. Hughes Blakely Adair - (currently National Institute of Standards and Technology) Elaina M. Kenyon David J. Thomas John T. Creed NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Vicenta Devesa Miroslav Styblo - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sean Conklin |
Research in Determining the Disposition of Pentavalent and Trivalent Methylated Arsenicals in a Rodent Model | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08HE0035 | Pesticide loadings of select pyrethroid and organophosphate pesticides in urban public housing Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, : (2007) |
Rhona Julien Region 1, Boston, MA |
Gary Adamkiewicz - Harvard School of Public Health Jonathan Levy - Harvard School of Public Health John Spengler - Harvard School of Public Health Deborah Bennett - University of California Marcia Nishioka - Battelle Laboratory |
Research Examining Possible Linkages between Exposures to Indoor Contaminants and Adverse Health Outcomes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08HE0042 | Modeling population exposures to outdoor sources of hazardous air pollutants Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 18(1):45-58 (07/08) |
Haluk Ozkaynak Ted Palma James Thurman Jawad S. Touma NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Demonstrating the Importance of Exposure-Modeling Methods in Conducting Air Pollution Health Research | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08IR0049 | Impact of Underestimating the Effects of Cold Temperature on Motor Vehicle Start Emissions of Air Toxics in the United States Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 57(12):1469-1479 (2007) |
James Richard Cook Antonio M. Fernandez David Brzezinski James A. Thurman Madeleine L. Strum Chad R. Bailey Carl A. Scarbro Richard W. Baldauf NVFEL, Ann Arbor, MI |
Jawad S. Touma - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Darrell B. Ensley - Computer Sciences Corporation |
Assessment of Impacts of an Uncharacterized Source of Vehicle Emissions, Leading to New Emission Standards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08MM0053 | Open burning of agricultural biomass: Physical and chemical properties of particle-phase emissions Atmospheric Environment, 39(40):6747-6764 (2005) |
Michael D. Hays Christopher D. Geron Brian K. Gullett NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Philip M. Fine - South Coast Air Quality Management District Michael J. Kleeman - University of California, Davis |
The Chemical and Physical Characterization of PM2.5 Emitted from Agricultural Burning | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08MM0056 | Interlaboratory evaluation of "Hyalella azteca" and "Chironomus tentans" short-term and long-term sediment toxicity tests Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(10):2662-2674 (2006) |
Teresa J. Norberg-King David Mount Scott Ireland NHEERL, Duluth, MN |
Paul K. Sibley - University of Guelph Christopher Ingersoll - Columbia Environmental Research Center Nile Kemble - Columbia Environmental Research Center G. Allen Burton - Wright State University Carrie Rowland - Wright State University |
Advancing the Use of Biological Test Methods as Monitoring Tools for Assessing Contaminated Sediments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08MM0057 | (1) Effect of Single Wide Tires and Trailer Aerodynamics on Fuel Economy and NOx Emissions of Class 8 Line-Haul Tractor-Trailers Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Technical Paper Series, Paper Number 2005-01-3551, :9 (2005) (2) Fuel Economy Improvements and NOx Reduction By Reduction of Parasitic Losses: Effect of Engine Design Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Technical Paper Series, Paper Number 2006-01-3474, :10 (2006) |
L. Joseph Bachman Cheryl Bynum Anthony Erb OAR, Washington, DC |
Brent Shoffner - Southwest Research Institute Carl Ensfield - Sensors, Inc. Hector De LaFuente - c/o Southwest Research Institute |
Providing Scientific Documentation of Emissions-Reduction Technologies That Increase Fuel Efficiency | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08MM0070 | (1) A null model for the expected macroinvertebrate assemblage in streams Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 24(1):178-191 (2005) (2) Selecting discriminant function models for predicting the expected richness of aquatic macroinvertebrates Freshwater Biology, 51:359-372 (2006) (3) Exclusion of rare taxa affects performance of the O/E index in bioassessments Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 26(2):319-331 (2007) |
John Van Sickle D. P. Larsen NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
C. P. Hawkins - Utah State University A. T. Herlihy - Oregon State University D. D. Duff - University of Minnesota |
Developing New Methods to Build and Evaluate Bioassessment Models of Species Assemblages in the Nation's Surface Waters | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08MM0073 | Opportunistic "Aspergillus" pathogens measured in home and hospital tap water by Quantitative PCR (QPCR) Journal of Water and Health, 5(3):427-431 (2007) |
Stephen J. Vesper Richard A. Haugland NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Melissa E. Rogers - Ohio State University Alice N. Neely - Shriners Hospital |
Demonstrating a Rapid Method to Protect People from Exposure to Pathogenic Fungi in Drinking Water | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08OR0074 | Occurrence of Antibiotic-Resistant Urpathogenic "Escherichia coli" Clonal Group A in Wastewater Effluents Applied and Environmental Microbiolgy, 73(13):4180-4184 (2007) |
Laura A. Boczek Eugene W. Rice NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
James R. Johnson - Minneapolis VA Medical Center Brian Johnston - Minneapolis VA Medical Center |
Research Showing the Significance of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Waste-Water, in Relation to Public Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08OR0079 | Characterization of Air Emissions and Residual Ash from Open Burning of Electronic Wastes during Simulated Rudimentary Recycling Operations Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 9(1):69-79 (2007) |
Brian K. Gullett William P. Linak Staci Gatica Shirley J. Wasson NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Abderrahmane Touati - ARCADIS-U.S., Inc. Charles J. King - ARCADIS-U.S., Inc. |
Determining Emissions of Hazardous Substances from Rudimentary Electronic Waste Recycling Methods | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08OR0083 | Impact of Test Cycle and Biodiesel Concentration on Emissions Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Technical Paper Series, 2144(2007-01-4040):1-13 (2007) |
Chien Sze Rafal A. Sobotowski Joan K. Whinihan - (currently Mitsubishi Motors R&D American) Brian A. Olson Charles R. Schenk NVFEL, Ann Arbor, MI |
Enhancing the Understanding of Biodiesel Impact on Emissions and Developing New Correlation Factors to Predict NOx Emissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08OR0086 | (1) A Probabilistic Arsenic Exposure Assessment for Children Who Contact Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)-Treated Playsets and Decks, Part 1: Model Methodology, Variability Results, and Model Evaluation Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 26(2):515-531 (2006) (2) A Probabilistic Arsenic Exposure Assessment for Children Who Contact Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)-Treated Playsets and Decks, Part 2: Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 26(2):533-541 (2006) |
Valerie Zartarian Jianping Xue Haluk Ozkaynak Winston Dang NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Luther Smith - Alion Science and Technology, Inc. Graham Glen - Alion Science and Technology, Inc. Casson Stallings - Alion Science and Technology, Inc. |
Probabilistic Exposure Modeling Used in EPA's Risk Assessment of Children Contacting CCA-Treated Playsets and Decks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08RA0088 | Critical Analysis of the Mathematical Relationships and Comprehensiveness of Life Cycle Impact Assessment Approaches Environmental Science & Technology, 40(4):1104-1113 (2006) |
Jane C. Bare NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Thomas P. Gloria - Life-Cycle Services, LLC | Providing LCIA Analysis and Developing Mathematical Relationships of Midpoint, Endpoint, Damage and Areas of Protection | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08RA0091 | A review of the mutagenicity and rodent carcinogenicity of ambient air Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research, 636(1-3):36-94 (2007) |
Larry D. Claxton George M. Woodall, Jr. NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Providing a Scholarly Review and Analysis of the Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity of Urban Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08RA0095 | Assessing Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(9):1125-1133 (2005) |
Hugh A. Barton Lynn Flowers Woodrow Setzer Tracey Woodruff - (currently University of California, San Francisco) V. James Cogliano - (currently International Agency for Research on Cancer) Larry Valcovic NCEA, Washington, DC |
Analysis of the Risk Assessment Implications of Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens Considering Mode of Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08RA0106 | Toxicoproteomics and its application to human health risk assessment Proteomics-Clinical Application, 1(12):1613-1624 (2007) |
Yue Ge R. Julian Preston Russell D. Owen NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Reviewing the Role of Toxicoproteomics in Assessing Key Events in the Risk Assessment Process | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08RA0107 | Interactive effects of solar UV radiation and climate change on biogeochemical cycling Photochemical and Photobiological Science, 6(3):286-300 (2007) |
Richard G. Zepp NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Nigel D. Paul - Lancaster University Barbara Sulzberger - EAWAG David J. Erickson - Computational Earth Sciences Group |
Innovative Assessment of Current Research on the Effects of Ozone and Climate Changes on Biogeochemical Cycles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08RM0109 | Enhanced Corrosion-Based Pd/Mg Bimetallic Systems for Dechlorination of PCBs Environmental Science & Technology, 41(10):3722-3727 (2007) |
Souhail Al-Abed NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
Shirish Agarwal - University of Cincinnati Dionysios Dionysiou - University of Cincinnati |
Developing Bimetallic Particles for Reductive Dechlorination of Calcitrant Organic Contaminants in Sediments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08TF0120 | Development and analysis of air quality modeling simulations for hazardous air pollutants Atmospheric Environment, 40:5087-5096 (2006) |
Deborah Luecken William Hutzell Gerald Gipson NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Demonstrating the Capability to Predict Concentrations of Hazardous Air Pollutant Concentrations in the U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08TF0121 | Use of GIS and ancillary variables to predict volatile organic compound and nitrogen dioxide levels at unmonitored locations Atmospheric Environment, 40(20):3773-3787 (2006) |
Shaibal Mukerjee Melissa Gonzales - University of New Mexico School of Medicine Lucas Neas Gary Norris Haluk Ozkaynak NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Luther Smith - Alion Science and Technology, Inc. Casson Stallings - Alion Science and Technology, Inc. |
Contributions in Monitoring and Modeling Traffic and Urban Air Pollution for Children's Health Studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08TF0128 | (1) Analysis of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids in Soils: Detection and Quantitation Issues at Low Concentrations Journal of Chromatography A, 1154(1-2):111-120 (2007) (2) Analysis of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids in Soils II: Optimization of Chromatography and Extraction Journal of Chromatography A, (10.1016): (2007) |
John W. Washington J. Jackson Ellington W. Matthew Henderson NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Thomas M. Jenkins John J. Evans |
Developing Methods That Establish the Essential Basis for Flurotelomer Research That is a High Priority for EPA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S08TF0130 Linked with S08ER0023 |
Production of Hydrated Electrons from Photoionization of Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters Environmental Science & Technology, 41(5):46-60 (2007) |
Richard G. Zepp NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
Wei Wang - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Oliver C. Zafiriou - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Neil V. Blough - University of Maryland Iu-Yam Chan - Brandeis University |
Creative Experimental Techniques Used to Evaluate Pollutant Reductions by Photoionization of Natural Organic Matter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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