University of Ottawa: Civil Engineering

Leta F. Fernandes, B.Eng., M.A.Sc., Ph.D.

Professor , Civil Engineering

Member of the School of Graduate Studies and Research

B.Eng. (Civil Engineering), Lisbon (1979)

M.A.Sc. ( Environmental Engineering), McGill (1983)

Ph.D. ( Environmental Engineering), McGill (1989)

~ Graduate Supervision ~

Majid Sartaj (Ph.D.), Attenuation of Leachate Contaminants in an Engineered Wetland, Sept.1995-

Septa Rendra (Ph.D), Solid Waste Biodegradation Under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions, Sept. 1998-

Eva Maciaszek (M.A.Sc), Natural Systems for Wastewater Treatment, Jan. 2001

Michelle Leduc (M.A.Sc.) Composting Organic Waste Using Adsorbents, Jan.2000-

Lina Salem (M. Eng.) Emission of Green House Gases from Landfills, Sept.1999 -

John Critchley (M.A.Sc.), Composting Contaminated Soils, Sept.1996-Dec.1999 (PT)

Zuojun Ning (Ph.D.), Modeling of Simultaneous Removal of Easily Degradable Substrates and Chlorinated Phenols in UASB Reactors, Sept.1993- June 1997.

Nicole Gaudet (M.A.Sc.), In Situ Microbial Filters for the Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Jan.1994- Dec.1996.

Yisu Zeng (M.A.Sc.), Biodegradation of 2,4- Dichlorophenol in Sequencing Batch Anaerobic Reactors, Jan.1994 –Dec.1995.

Darrell Ball (M.A.Sc.), Comparison of the PACT and Activated Sludge Processes for the

Teatment of a Kraft Pulp Mill Wastewater, Sept. 1993 – Dec.1995.

Francois LaForge (M.A.Sc.), Contaminant Transport Within a Marshland Environment, Jan.1992- April 1994.

Majid Sartaj (M.A. Sc.), Comparative Study of Methods of Aeration for Composting Manure Slurries, Jan.1992 – June 1994.

Weiguo Zhan (M.A.Sc.), Static Pile Passive Aeration Composting of Poultry Manure Slurry, Sept.1991 -June 1993.

Xiaoyan Sun (M.A.Sc.), Comparative Study on Substrate Removal Kinetics for Continuous Flow and Sequencing Batch Reactors, Sept.1990 –June 1993.

Renata Kedzior, (M.Eng.), Treatment of Hexachlorobenzene in UASB Reactor, 1993-1998.

Lyne Monastesse,(M. Eng), Experimental Methodology for Evaluating Mixing Efficiency in Anaerobic Digesters at R. O. P. Environmental Centre, 1994-1998.

Jocelyn Rutherford, (M. Eng.), Optimization of an Activated Sludge Plant Treating Coffee Wastewater, Sept. 1993 – Dec. 1995.

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