Jasmine Dufreche
Contact Info
E-mail: jasmine.galjour@gmail.com
Website:
www.louisiana.edu
Biography
I am originally from
Ponchatoula, LA, the self-proclaimed Strawberry Capital of
the World (hmmm). I earned my undergraduate degree in civil
engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in
May 2006 and I am proud to be a Ragin’ Cajun alum. While
pursuing my degree in Lafayette, I was employed for two
years with Lafayette Utilities System as an engineering aide
in the Wastewater Division.I
finished my
M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at UT
with Dr. Reible in 2008.
Research
My research involves in-situ
remediation of contaminated sediments for control of
contamination and erosion through active capping. Active
capping is more desirable than the conventional passive
capping because instead of simply isolating the
contaminants, the cap has the potential to neutralize or
stabilize the contaminants. We hope to be able to select a
combination of capping materials that best stabilizes the
inorganic and organic compounds of interest (metals, PAHs,
PCBs) as well as providing resistance to erosion. We are
beginning by evaluating the effectiveness of materials such
as apatite, organoclays, and biopolymer cross link products
on contaminant mobility and bioavailability. My current
focus is on determining the partition coefficient for PAH’s
in the various cap materials. Future tasks include combining
capping materials for determination of the best
combination/cap construction, evaluating the model caps for
resistance to physical disturbance, generation of
mathematical models, and finally deployment of the
technology in the field.
