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

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Berrin Tansel

Florida International University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Florida International University
10555 W. Flagler Street, EC 3680
Miami, FL 33174

tanselb@fiu.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 - 9
2016
Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2016). Partitioning of fresh crude oil between floating, dispersed and sediment phases: Effect of exposure order to dispersant and granular materials. Journal of Environmental Management, 175, 40–45.
Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2016). Gravity induced densification of floating crude oil by granular materials: Effect of particle size and surface morphology. Science of The Total Environment, 556, 146–153.
Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2016). Encapsulation of light hydrophobic liquids with fine quartz sand: Property based characterization and stability in aqueous media with different salinities. Chemical Engineering Science, 145, 90–96.
Boglaienko, D., Tansel, B., & Sukop, M. C. (2016). Granular encapsulation of light hydrophobic liquids (LHL) in LHL-salt water systems: Particle induced densification with quartz sand. Chemosphere, 144, 1358–1364.
2015
Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2015). Instantaneous stabilization of floating oils by surface application of natural granular materials (beach sand and limestone). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 91(1), 107–112.
Tansel, B., Arreaza, A., Tansel, D. Z., & Lee, M. (2015). Decrease in osmotically driven water flux and transport through mangrove roots after oil spills in the presence and absence of dispersants. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 98(1-2), 34–39.
2014
Tansel, B. (2014). Propagation of impacts after oil spills at sea: Categorization and quantification of local vs regional and immediate vs delayed impacts. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 7(2014), 1–8.
Tansel, B., Lee, M., Berbakov, J., Tansel, D. Z., & Koklonis, U. (2014). Dispersion of Louisiana crude oil in salt water environment by Corexit 9500A in the presence of natural coastal materials. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 143(20), 58–64.
2013
Tansel, B., Lee, M., & Tansel, D. Z. (2013). Comparison of fate profiles of PAHs in soil, sediments and mangrove leaves after oil spills by QSAR and QSPR. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 73(1), 258–262.
Conference Presentations - 2
2014
Arreaza, A., Boglianko, D., & Tansel, B. (2014). Surface tension of crude oil contaminated saltwater in the presence and absence of Corexit dispersants: Effect of hydrostatic pressure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Boglianko, D., Tansel, B., & Lee, M. (2014). Efficiency and effectiveness of Corexit dispersants for removing Louisiana crude oil from contaminated natural surfaces in salt water environment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.