Tuskegee University Chair
Dr. Nosa O. Egiebor, P.E.

Before accepting the position of Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence in Environmental Engineering at Tuskegee University, Dr. Egiebor was a professor of Mineral and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He received his PhD in Mineral Process and Reaction Engineering from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada. Dr. Egiebor has taught and researched as a faculty member at the University of Alberta for the past 10 years. While there, Dr. Egiebor developed the only resource industry environmental research laboratory in Western Canada.

Since 1996, Dr. Egiebor has secured over five million dollars in research funding. His research interests include: environmental biotechnology, mineral and energy industry hazardous waste treatment, characterization of repository materials for high level radioactive waste disposal, industrial wastewater treatment by supercritical fluid technology, acid mine drainage, column flotation, flocculation and coagulation, and desulfurization of solid carbonaceous fuels. Dr. Egiebor also has research experience in coal conversion, catalysis and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, and precious metal hydrometallurgy.vHis research has been funded by a variety of public and private agencies including: Shell, Amoco, ABITIBI-PRICE, NSERC Canada, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR), Alberta Environmental Research Trust (AERT), Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA), and NATO.

Dr. Egiebor is a reader and reviewer for several international granting agencies including the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Australian Research Council (ARC). He is also a technical reviewer for several scholarly journals including, Energy & Fuels (an ACS Journal), and Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (a journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society or TMS), and is an associate editor for Developments in Chemical Engineering & Mineral Processing (an Australian Journal). He has also consulted for several national and international organizations including Esso Resources Ltd. of Canada, Abitibi-Price Inc., Amoco Petroleum Development Company, Shell, and GTZ Eschbome of Germany.

A Discussion with Dr. Egiebor on Program Goals

"Our Massie Chair Program at Tuskegee University seeks to establish a self-sustaining, nationally and internationally reputable research and training program in environmental engineering emphasizing the following specialized areas: (i) development and application of technologies for the treatment of organic, heavy metals, and radionuclide contaminated wastewater and soils, (ii) evaluation of the chemical factors affecting subsurface transport of non aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs), heavy metals and radionuclide contaminants in terms of their partitioning chemistry and physics between aqueous and solid phases for subsurface clean-up applications, (iii) bioremediation, and (iv) advanced oxidation technology development for the destruction of various organic contaminants. We hope to maintain the academic and research training of a continuous stream of minority engineers at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels for the long term. To achieve this outcome, we will attract 10-15 undergraduate students into the undergraduate environmental engineering training program within the chemical engineering department every year. In addition, at least two graduate students, five undergraduate research students, and two postdoctoral research fellows will be engaged and trained in environmental engineering research methods every year."

Recent Publications in Refereed Journals

1. "Development of a Biofilm Formation Method for Waste Forms Stability Evaluation," M. Idachaba, K. Nyavor, N.O. Egiebor and R.D. Rogers, Journal of
   Hazardous Materials, 2000.
   
2. "Batch Culture Biodegradation of Methylhydrazine Contaminated NASA Wastewater," A.U. Nwankwoala, N.O. Egiebor, C. Gilbert, and K. Nyavor, Biodegradation, 1999.
   
3. "Stochastic Analysis of Monthly Precipitation Data in Alabama," E. Udoh, N.O. Egiebor, and K. Nyavor, Transactions of Gulf Coast Geological Societies, 1998.
   
4. "Development of a Particle-Bubble Collision Model For Flotation Columns," N.O. Egiebor, Z.A. Zhou, and K. Nyavor, Dev. Chem. Engin. & Mineral Process, Vol. 5(1-2), 21-42, 1997.
   
5. "Suppression of Microbial Pyrite Oxidation by Fatty Acid Amine Treatment," K. Nyavor, N. O. Egiebor, and P. Fedorak, Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN), 1996.
   
6. "Activated Carbon Production From Syncrude Coke," R. DiPanfilo and N. O. Egiebor, Fuel Processing Technology, 1996.
   
7. "The Effect of Ferric Ions on The Rate of Ferrous Oxidation by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans," K. Nyavor, N. O. Egiebor, and P. Fedorak, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 1996.
   
8. "Structural Features of Activated Carbon Produced From Oil Sands Coke," R. DiPanfilo and N. O. Egiebor, Developments in Chem. Engineering & Mineral Processing, Vol. 3(l), 3-13, 1995.
   
9. "Control of Pyrite Oxidation by Phosphate Coating," K. Nyavor and N. O. Egiebor, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 162, 225-237, 1995.
   
10. "Feedstream Preheating Effect on Supercritical Water Oxidation of Dissolved Organics," N. O. Egiebor and L. Li, Energy & Fuels, Vol. 8(5), 1126-1130, 1994.
    
11. "Treatment of Natural Gas Plant Wastewater by UV Oxidation and Carbon Adsorption," N. O. Egiebor and J. Park, Intl. J. Env. Issues in Minerals & Energy Industry (IJEI), pp 79-82, 1993.
    

Professional Organizations/Associations

International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers (CSChE)
Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)
Canadian Institute for Mining and Metallurgy (CIM)

Timeline of Accomplishments

2002-1999

Massie Chairs Program Award for Most Outstanding Research and Educational Accomplishments

1998-1996

Member, National Research Council (NRC) Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment & Demilitarization Committee established by the US Congress

1995-1993

U.S. Patent #5,284,497, "Desulfurization of Solid Carbonaceous Fuels by Coagglomeration with Novel Sulfur Sorbents," N. O. Egiebor and J. U. Otaigbe

German Alexander von Humbodlt Eminent Scholar Award

Visiting Professor of Mineral & Environmental Engineering Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Outstanding Service Award

Chaired Symposium on Environmental Control for the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan Conference (PMP '93) in Honolulu.

Professor of Chemical Process & Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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