Monitoring

Monitoring remains the foundation of groundwater cleanup efforts. SERDP and ESTCP efforts focus on improving performance and compliance monitoring needed to design, optimize, and operate treatment systems.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

A Portable Fiberoptic Surface Enhanced Raman Sensor for Real-Time Detection and Monitoring of Perchlorate and Energetics

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1602
Principal Investigator: Dr. Baohua Gu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
SERDP Jan 2012

Accelerated Tri-Services SCAPS Sensor Development

Project Information
Project ID: ER-729
SERDP Oct 1998

Application of Microarrays and qPCR to Identify Phylogenetic and Functional Biomarkers Diagnostic of Microbial Communities that Biodegrade Chlorinated Solvents to Ethene

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1587
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen, University of California at Berkeley
SERDP Jan 2013

Application of Neural Networks Coupled with Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Soil Cleanup Operations in Cold Climates

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1049
SERDP Oct 1998

Cryogenic Collection of Complete Subsurface Samples for Molecular Biological Analysis

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1559
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rick Johnson, Oregon Health and Science University
SERDP May 2012

Detection and Measurement of Explosives in Groundwater Using In Situ Electrochemical Sensors (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1220
Principal Investigator: Mr. Khris Olsen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
SERDP Oct 2001

Development of a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-Based Sensor for the Long Term Monitoring of Toxic Anions

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1296
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pamela Boss, SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego
SERDP Aug 2005

Hydraulic Tomography and High-Resolution Slug Testing to Determine Hydraulic Conductivity Distributions

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1367
Principal Investigator: Dr. Carl McElwee, University of Kansas
SERDP Feb 2011

Impacts of Sampling and Handling Procedures on DNA- and RNA-Based Microbial Characterization and Quantification

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1560
Principal Investigator: Dr. Francis de los Reyes III, North Carolina State University
SERDP Jul 2012

In-Situ Bioremediation of Fuel and Efficacy Monitoring

Project Information
Project ID: ER-30
Principal Investigator: Dr. Barry Spargo, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
SERDP Oct 1997

Inexpensive Chemiresistor Sensors for Real-Time Groundwater Contamination Measurement (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1218
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Hughes, Sandia National Laboratories
SERDP Apr 2002

Integrated Automated Analyzer for Monitoring of Explosives in Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1297
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yuehe Lin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SERDP Sep 2005

Integrated Protocol for Assessment of Long-Term Sustainability of Monitored Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvent Plumes

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1349
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Widdowson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
SERDP Feb 2008

Integration of Multi-Tension Permeametry and Photogrammetric Textural Segmentation for Estimating Directional Permeability

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1366
Principal Investigator: Dr. Anderson Ward, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
SERDP Apr 2010

Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor for Monitoring Perchlorate in Ground and Surface Water

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1706
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald Cropek, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Feb 2012

Lanthanide-Containing Cyclophanes for the Detection of Explosives and Propellants

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1418
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicholas Prokopuk, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
SERDP Jul 2007

Long-Term Monitoring for Explosives-Contaminated Groundwater

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1298
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Fisher, Nomadics, Inc.
SERDP Aug 2005

MEMS Sensors with Chemically Selective Coatings of Ionic Liquids

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1464
Principal Investigator: Dr. Costas Tsouris, Oak Ridge National Lab
SERDP Nov 2007

Metal Ion Sensor with Catalytic DNA in a Nanofluidic Intelligent Processor

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1459
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald Cropek, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Dec 2011

Metal Ion Sensor with Catalytic DNA in a Nanofluidic Intelligent Processor

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1265
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald Cropek, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Feb 2005