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

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Lynn M. Walker

Carnegie Mellon University

Department of Chemical Engineering

5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

lwalker@andrew.cmu.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 - 2
2015
Kirby, S. M., Anna, S. L., & Walker, L. M. (2015). Sequential Adsorption of an Irreversibly Adsorbed Nonionic Surfactant and an Anionic Surfactant at an Oil/Aqueous Interface. Langmuir, 31(14), 4063–4071.
2013
Reichert, M. D., & Walker, L. M. (2013). Interfacial Tension Dynamics, Interfacial Mechanics, and Response to Rapid Dilution of Bulk Surfactant of a Model Oil-Water-Dispersant System. Langmuir, 29(6), 1857–1867.
Conference Presentations - 6
2014
Kirby, S. M., Walker, L. M., & Anna, S. L. (2014). Sequential adsorption studies of Tween 80 and Aerosol-OT at an oil/aqueous interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Walker, L. M., Reichert, M. D., & Anna, S. L. (2014). Complex surfactant layers at fluid-fluid interfaces and the impact on droplet coalescence. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
2013
Walker, L. M., Reichert, M. D., & Anna, S. L. (2013). Impact of irreversibly adsorbed surfactant layers at fluid-fluid interfaces on coalescence. In SES (ASME) Meeting. Providence, RI, July 2013.
2012
Reichert, M. D., & Walker, L. M. (2012). Characterization of a model dispersant-oil-aqueous interface using convection and dilatational rheology. In American Chemical Society Meeting -Colloid Surface Science Symposium. Baltimore, MD, June 10-13, 2012.
Reichert, M. D., & Walker, L. M. (2012). Dynamics of oil-brine-surfactant systems. In Gordon Research Conference. Ventura, CA, February 5-10, 2012: Poster.
Walker, L. M., Reichert, M. D., & Anna, S. L. (2012). Quantification of the interfacial dynamics of a model oil-brine-dispersant system for improved surfactant design. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 25-27, 2012.