2005

Task 1: Mobile Manure Collection and Separation vehicle for use in Dairies and Feedlots Design and engineer a mobile mechanized dairy manure collection/separation unit (vehicle) for use on unpaved surfaces at dairies and other livestock feedlots

Task 2: Use of Calcium Hypochlorite as a Sanitizer for Seeds used for Sprouting 
Develop a simple and practical system to use calcium hypochlorite (sanitizer) to treat seeds used for sprouting.  The solution must be cost effective and take into account all aspects of chemical treatment (e.g., storage, handling, waste, etc.)

Task 3: Ammonia and hydrogen peroxide wastewater treatment in semiconductor facilities. 
Develop and demonstrate treatment technology for wastewater containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.

Task 4: Arsenic Treatment for Rural Isolated Communities
Develop and demonstrate a cost-effective, energy- efficient, treatment technology to remove arsenic and nitrate from drinking water in presence of other competing ions such as silica and phosphate in rural isolated communities.

Task 5: Carbon Sequestration 
Develop new and innovative techniques for removal and permanent storage of carbon dioxide from flue gas.  Your proposed solution must address permanent storage of captured CO2; environmental impacts; as well as the total costs associated with the process.  The ideal solution will be able to achieve these objectives at a cost of $10 or less per metric ton of extracted carbon.

Task 6: Quantification of the Extend to which PE/HDPE will ultimately be consumed by microbes in Saline and/or Non-Saline Environments
Develop and demonstrate an experimental approach to ideally quantify the rate and ultimate extent of possible microbial consumption of PE or HDPE and other poorly biodegraded plastic materials.

Task 7: Remote Monitoring System for Radioactive Environments that have Limited Access and Difficult Terrain
Develop and demonstrate an innovative system that will access difficult terrain with limited physical openings into hazardous environments.

Task 8: Controlling Dust for Surface Activities
Develop and demonstrate a technology for control of dust/particulate emissions

HS Task: Ammonia and hydrogen peroxide wastewater treatment in semiconductor facilities
Develop and demonstrate treatment technology for wastewater containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.