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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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David Riehm

University of Minnesota

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

151 Amundson Hall
421 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis , MN 55455

riehm011@umn.edu

Project List:

Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Safe Materials for the Treatment of Oil Spills

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2017
Riehm, D. A., Rokke, D. J., Paul, P. G., Lee, H. S., Vizanko, B. S., & McCormick, A. V. (2017). Dispersion of oil into water using lecithin-Tween 80 blends: The role of spontaneous emulsification. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 487, 52–59.
2016
Riehm, D. A., Rokke, D. J., & McCormick, A. V. (2016). Water-in-Oil Microstructures Formed by Marine Oil Dispersants in a Model Crude Oil. Langmuir, 32(16), 3954–3962.
2015
Riehm, D. A., Neilsen, J. E., Bothun, G. D., John, V. T., Raghavan, S. R., & McCormick, A. V. (2015). Efficient dispersion of crude oil by blends of food-grade surfactants: Toward greener oil-spill treatments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 101(1), 92–97.
Conference Presentations - 5
2019
Corcoran, L. G., Almaraz, B., Amen, K., Riehm, D. A., Lee, H., Frethem, C., et al. (2019). Marine Oil Dispersion--Insights Into Dispersant Efficacy From Phase Equilibria and Nanostructure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
2017
McCormick, A., Athas, J., Neilsen, K., Bothun, G., John, V., Raghavan, S., et al. (2017). Efficient Dispersion of Crude Oil by Blends of Food-Grade Surfactants: Toward Greener Oil Spill Treatments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
McCormick, A., Athas, J., Neilsen, K., Bothun, G., John, V., Raghavan, S., et al. (2017). Efficient Dispersion of Crude Oil by Blends of Food-Grade Surfactants: Toward Greener Oil Spill Treatments. In 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN : 10/29/17-11/03/17.
2014
Riehm, D., & McCormick, A. (2014). How do oil dispersants work? The role of dispersants' dynamic interfacial tension in effective crude oil dispersion. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
2012
Riehm, D., & McCormick, A. (2012). Elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of chemical oil dispersion. In UMN Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN, May 29-31, 2012: Poster.