CONTACT INFORMATION:
View contact information...
OBJECTIVE
Attain a professional position in water-wastewater engineering and bio-chemical treatment processes to use and develop skills valuable to the professional practice of environmental engineering.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (1999-Present)
Concentration: Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver,CO
Thesis: Biodegradation and Biostabilization of DNAPL coal tar.
M.S. in Civil Engineering (May 1998)
Concentration: Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Thesis: Arsenic removal from ground water using zero valent iron
B.S. in Environmental Engineering (June 1992)
Environmental Engineering Department of the Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
Thesis: Optimization and chemical characterization of the wastewater caused by Erzurum Meat Industry.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University Instructor:
Civil Engineering Department of University of Colorado, Denver, CO (2002 – Present)
* Teaching " CE2200: Computing Methods in Civil Engineering" undergraduate civil engineering class.
Research Assistant:
Civil Engineering Department of University of Colorado, Denver, CO
* Biodegradation and Biostabilization of DNAPL Coal Tar (1999 – present)
Civil and Environmental Engineering of Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
* Nitrate Removal from Groundwater using Zero Valent Iron (1998 – 1999)
Civil Engineering Department of University of Colorado at Denver, CO (1996 – 1998)
* Arsenic removal from water and contaminated water using Zero-Valent iron (Fe )
Environmental Engineering Department of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
* Nitrogen removal from groundwater using membrane processes. (1993 – 1994)
Teaching Assistant:
Civil Engineering Department of University of Colorado, Denver, CO (1997 – 1998)
* CE3414 Design of Water and Wastewater Systems
* CE5811 Multimedia Transport & Fate of Environmental Pollutants
* CE5504 Introduction to Environmental Engineering.
*
Environmental Engineering Department of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey (1993 –1995)
* Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering-II
* Environmental Engineering Chemistry-II
* Water Pollution & Quality Control
* Environmental Engineering Chemistry-I
* Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering-I
* Wastewater Treatment
* Air Pollution & Control Lab.
Environmental Engineer: (1993-1995)
Environmental Problems and Research Center of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Student Intern: (1990 – 1991)
Environmental Problems and Research Center of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
* Water – Wastewater Laboratory
PUBLICATIONS
* Isleyen, M., A. Ramaswami, K. Morrison, A.R. Bielefeldt, T. Illangasekare, and K. Kelly. " Biodegradation Kinetics of Complex PAH Mixtures Released from Coal Tar" (in review)
* Ramaswami, A., K. Kadrmas, M. Isleyen, T. Illangasekare, A.R. Bielefeldt, and K. Kelly. "Sensitivity Analysis of DNAPL Pool Dissolution: Experimental Evaluation with Multicomponent Coal Tar" (in review)
* Ramaswami, A., P.K. Johansen, M. Isleyen, A.R. Bielefeldt, T. Illangasekare. "Assessing multicomponent DNAPL Biostabilization I: Coal Tar." Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 12, 2001
* Ramaswami, A., S. Tawachsupa, and M. Isleyen " Batch-mixed iron treatment of high arsenic waters." Water Res. Vol. 35, No. 18, 2001
* Isleyen, M., K.A. Morrison, A. Ramaswami, A. Bielefeldt, and T. Illangasekare. "Biodegradation of PAH Mixtures" Hazardous Waste Research Conference, Manhattan, KS, 2001
* Isleyen, M., S. Tawachsupa, and A. Ramaswami. "Zero-valent iron for treatment of high arsenic water." Hazardous Waste Research Conference, Denver, CO, 2000.
* Keskinler, B., N. Topcu, E. Yildiz, M. Isleyen, E. Kocadagistan, and T. Pakdemir. "Cross-flow ultrafiltration of domestic waste water by addition of powder activated carbon." Environmental Conference, Erzurum-Turkey, 1995
* Nugoglu, Yasar, E. Yildiz, and M. Isleyen. " Environmental pollution caused by the thermal plants of Yatagan and Yenikoy." Energy and Environmental Conference, Mersin-Turkey, 1994
AWARDS
* Special Poster Recognition for "Zero-Valent Iron for Treatment of High Arsenic Water." Hazardous Waste Conference, Denver, CO, 2000
* Graduate Scholarship of Civil Engineering Department, Denver, CO (Spring 1998)
* Graduated as the second successful student from Environmental Engineering Department of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey (1992)
* Fellowship from the Ministry of Education, Turkey (1996 –2001)
SPECIAL SKILLS
Environmental Analysis:
* HPLC, GC, and IC
Programing & Softwares
* Proficient in FORTRAN and BASIC programming languages.
* Proficient in Maple and SPSS.
* Proficient in MS-DOS, Windows and Mac Operating Systems.
* Highly experienced with spreadsheet and graphical packages such as Excel, KaleidaGraph, and Sigma Plot.
* Proficient in groundwater & air modeling program such as MODIME (MODFLOW / MT3D) and TSCREEN.
References available upon request
View contact information... |