FY 2013 New Start Projects Selected for the Environmental Solicitation

Sixty-six SERDP and ESTCP FY 2013 new start projects have been selected for funding. These projects responded to the following FY 2013 solicitations: SERDP Core, SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED), and ESTCP Environmental Technologies.

Topics being addressed by these projects include assessing and optimizing remediation technologies for chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater; remediation of emerging contaminants, particularly 1,4-dioxane; managing contaminants on testing and training ranges; munitions response in land and underwater environments; climate change impacts and adaptive responses for Pacific Island installations; soil ecology ties to natural resource management; watershed management; wildland fire management; marine mammal ecology and management; green manufacturing and maintenance; green energetics; and particulate matter emissions.

The tables below list the FY 2013 new start projects for SERDP (Environmental Restoration, Munitions Response, Resource Conservation and Climate Change, and Weapons Systems and Platforms) and ESTCP (Environmental Restoration, Munitions Response, Resource Conservation and Climate Change, and Weapons Systems and Platforms). As project overviews become available, links from the project numbers are provided below. Information on these and other SERDP and ESTCP projects is also available under Program Areas.

SERDP PROJECTS

Environmental Restoration

ERSON-13-01: In Situ Remediation of 1,4-Dioxane-Contaminated Groundwater
ER-2300	In Situ Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane: Effects of Metals and Chlorinated Solvent Co-Contaminants	Dr. Shaily Mahendra	University of California, Los Angeles
ER-2301	Developing and Field-Testing Genetic Catabolic Probes for Monitored Natural Attenuation of 1,4-Dioxane with a One-Year Timeframe	Dr. Pedro Alvarez	Rice University
ER-2302	Facilitated Transport Enabled In Situ Chemical Oxidation of 1,4-Dioxane-Contaminated Groundwater	Dr. Kenneth Carroll	New Mexico State University
ER-2303	Evaluation of Branched Hydrocarbons as Stimulants for In Situ Cometabolic Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane and Its Associated Co-Contaminants	Dr. Michael Hyman	North Carolina State University
ER-2304	Development of a Passive Flux Meter Approach to Quantifying 1,4-Dioxane Mass Flux	Dr. Michael Annable	University of Florida
ER-2305	Proof-of-Concept Study: Novel Microbially-Driven Fenton Reaction for In Situ Remediation of Groundwater Contaminated With 1,4-Dioxane, Tetrachloroethene (PCE) and Trichloroethene (TCE)	Dr. Thomas DiChristina	Georgia Institute of Technology
ER-2306	In Situ Bioremediation of 1,4-Dioxane by Methane Oxidizing Bacteria In Coupled Anaerobic-Aerobic Zones	Dr. Charles Schaefer	Shaw Environmental, Inc.
ER-2307	In Situ Treatment and Management Strategies for 1,4-Dioxane-Contaminated Groundwater	Dr. David Adamson	GSI Environmental, Inc.

ERSON-13-02: Improved Assessment and Optimization of Remediation Technologies for Treatment of Chlorinated Solvent-Contaminated Groundwater

ER-2308

Practical Assessment and Optimization of Redox-Based Groundwater Remediation Technologies

Dr. Paul Tratnyek

Oregon Health and Science University

ER-2309

Development of Field Methodology to Rapidly Detect Dehalococcoides and Dehalobacter Spp. Genes On-Site

Dr. Alison Cupples

Michigan State University

ER-2310

A Practical Approach for Remediation Performance Assessment and Optimization at DNAPL Sites for Early Identification and Correction of Problems Considering Uncertainty

Dr. Jack Parker

University of Tennessee

ER-2311

Development of an Integrated Field Test/Modeling Protocol for Efficient In Situ Bioremediation Design and Performance Uncertainty Assessment

Dr. Linda Abriola

Tufts University

ER-2312

Advanced Environmental Molecular Diagnostics to Assess, Monitor, and Predict Microbial Activities at Complicated Chlorinated Solvent Sites

Dr. Frank Löffler

University of Tennessee

ER-2313

Forecasting Effective Site Characterization and Early Remediation Performance

Dr. Michael Kavanaugh

Geosyntec Consultants

ER-2338

CO₂ Radiocarbon Analysis to Quantify Organic Contaminant Degradation, MNA, and Engineered Remediation Approaches

Dr. Thomas Boyd

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Munitions Response

MRSON-13-01: Advanced Technologies for Detection, Classification, and Remediation of Military Munitions on Land

MR-2318

Strategies and Methods for Effective UXO Classification

Dr. Len Pasion

Black Tusk Geophysics, Inc.

MRSON-13-02: Improvements in the Detection, Classification, and Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater

MR-2319

Continuous Monitoring of Mobility, Burial and Re-exposure of Underwater Munitions in Energetic Near-Shore Environments

Dr. Peter Traykovski

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

MR-2320

Long Time Series Measurements of Munitions Mobility in the Wave-Current Boundary Layer

Dr. Joe Calantoni

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

MR-2321

Development and Testing of an Engineering Prototype for a Marine Version of the Berkeley Unexploded Ordnance Discriminator (BUD): Phase II

Dr. Frank Morrison

Marine Advanced Research, Inc.

MR-2322

Advanced SAS Imaging Methods for Resonating Underwater Acoustic Targets

Mr. Ira Ekhaus

BAE Systems

MRSEED-13-01: Improvements in the Detection, Classification, and Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater

MR-2323

Haptically-Enabled Co-Robotics for Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater

Dr. Howard Chizeck

University of Washington

MR-2324

Modeling Buried Target Acoustic Response by Component

Mr. Lane Owsley

University of Washington

MR-2325

Surf-Zone Underwater Robotic Demonstration Platform

Dr. Robert Hughes

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

Resource Conservation and Climate Change

RCSON-13-01: Department of Defense Pacific Island Installations: Impacts of and Adaptive Responses to Climate Change

RC-2334

The Impact of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on Department of Defense Installations on Atolls in the Pacific Ocean

Dr. Curt Storlazzi

U.S. Geological Survey

RC-2335

Advancing Best Practices for the Formulation of Localized Sea Level Rise/Coastal Inundation “Extremes” Scenarios for Military Installations in the Pacific Islands

Dr. John Marra

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RC-2336

Impacts of Changing Climate on Pacific Island-Based Defense Installations

Dr. Jeffery Donnelly

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

RC-2340

Water Resources on Guam: Potential impacts and adaptive response to climate change for Department of Defense Installations

Dr. Stephen Gingerich

U.S. Geological Survey

RCSON-13-02: Improved Understanding of Soil Ecology to Meet Department of Defense Natural Resource Management Challenges
RC-2326	Restoration of Soil Microbial Function Following Degradation on Department of Defense Lands: Mediating Biological Invasions in a Global Change Context	Dr. Kristina Stinson	Harvard College
RC-2327	Role of the Soil Microbial Community in Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and Squirreltail (Elymus elymoides) Seedling Establishment in Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)-Invaded Habitats	Dr. Paul Dijkstra	Northern Arizona University
RC-2328	Controls Regulating Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Ecosystems: The Role of Fire and Military Training	Dr. Nina Wurzburger	University of Georgia
RC-2329	Achieving Dryland Restoration Through the Deployment of Enhanced Biocrusts to Improve Soil Stability, Fertility and Native Plant Recruitment	Dr. Nichole Barger	University of Colorado
RC-2330	Soil Microbial Communities: Critical Roles in Control of Non-Native Invasive Species and Restoration of Ecosystem Functions	Dr. James Bever	Indiana University – Bloomington