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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Ram B. Gupta

Virginia Commonwealth University

School of Engineering

601 West Main Street
Suite 331
Richmond, VA 23284

rbgupta@vcu.edu

Project List:

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5
2016
Owoseni, O., Nyankson, E., Zhang, Y., Adams, D. J., He, J., Spinu, L., et al. (2016). Interfacial adsorption and surfactant release characteristics of magnetically functionalized halloysite nanotubes for responsive emulsions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 463, 288–298.
2015
Nyankson, E., DeCuir, M. J., & Gupta, R. B. (2015). Soybean Lecithin as a Dispersant for Crude Oil Spills. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 3(5), 920–931.
Nyankson, E., Owoseni, O., John, V. T., & Gupta, R. B. (2015). Surfactant-Loaded Halloysite Clay Nanotube Dispersants for Crude Oil Spill Remediation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 54(38), 9328–9341.
2014
Nyankson, E., Ober, C. A., DeCuir, M. J., & Gupta, R. B. (2014). Comparison of the Effectiveness of Solid and Solubilized Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS) on Oil Dispersion Using the Baffled Flask Test, for Crude Oil Spill Applications. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53(29), 11862–11872.
Owoseni, O., Nyankson, E., Zhang, Y., Adams, S. J., He, J., McPherson, G. L., et al. (2014). Release of Surfactant Cargo from Interfacially-Active Halloysite Clay Nanotubes for Oil Spill Remediation. Langmuir, 30(45), 13533–13541.
Conference Presentations - 3
2014
Decuir, M., & Gupta, R. (2014). Smart Dispersant Formulation for Reduced Environmental Impact. In 2014 AlChE Southern Regional Conference. Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands 03/21/2014-03/23/2014: Poster.
Nyankson, E., & Gupta, R. (2014). Using the baffled flask test to investigate the effectiveness of solid dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DOSS) on oil dispersion. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
2012
Ober, C. A., DeCuir, M. J., & Gupta, R. B. (2012). A Smart Oil Spill Dispersant Formulation for Reduced Environmental Impact and Consumption. In American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, October 28 - November 2, 2012.