March, 2010 Waste Management Symposia FIU’s DOE Fellows participated in last week’s 2010 Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix, AZ. More Information....
January 28-29, 2010
DOE-EM’s Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) Visits FIU
The Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) D&D Working Group (WG) visited the Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. The purpose of the two day meeting was to better understand the capabilities and resources of each institution and to forge future collaborations and partnerships. More Information....
January, 2010
DOE Fellows Program highlighted in “Diversity @ EM” magazine
The DOE Fellows Program and its director Dr. Lagos were featured in this month’s DOE EM’s Diversity @ EM magazine. In the January/February edition of the magazine Dr. Lagos details the programs vision and mission and explain why is this program so important to EM and DOE. More Information....
About DOE Fellow Denny Alejandro Carvajal graduated from Florida International University (F.I.U.) in the summer of 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. During his studies, he worked as a Laboratory Assistant in the Cardiovascular Engineering Center (CVEC) at F.I.U. where he acquired experience in the field of drug delivery. His focus there was performing drug toxicity assays in cell culture, producing and implementing data processing algorithms using Matlab, microsphere fluid dynamics using COMSOL, fluorescent multiple indicator dilution method and permeability surface area product on cardiac tissue, assessing cardiac function, and performing optical drug washout studies in animals to name a few. He was also responsible for creating a prototype that improved the delivery system of Yttrium-90 microspheres used in Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRTEX) during his senior year. He starts his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University in fall of 2009 with a new project for the DOE.
DOE Related Projects:
Currently, Denny Carvajal is working with Dr. Katsenovich on uranium remediation of the 300 Area at the Hanford site in Washington State. Denny is studying uranium biosorption by Hanford site soil isolates in order to better understand uranium mobility and the reactions between uranium and polyphosphates. One way to prevent the movement of uranium is through polyphosphate technology. Polyphosphate technology uses polyphosphate injection, allowing phosphate to bind to aqueous uranium which produces an insoluble precipitate, in turn reducing the uranium concentrations. The project’s purpose is to improve remediation strategies aimed to prevent uranium from moving any further into the groundwater and the nearby Columbia River.
