Kenneth C. Carroll Research Laboratory

12/07/2022

12/07/2022

Join our last 2022 Science Cafe “Nano-Petrophysical Studies for Energy and Resources Geosciences,” by Qinhong Hu https://mentis.uta.edu/explore/profile/qinhong-hu from The University of Texas at Arlington on Dec 20 at 5:30p MST on zoom ID 813 5775 9108 with Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, NMSU-Agricultural Experiment Station, NMSU News

06/27/2022

Pleased to share links to a few recent water treatment publications (email [email protected] if you would like pdf files):
Study the activation mechanism of peroxymonosulfate in iron copper systems for trichloroethane degradation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266682112200103X

Cadmium removal mechanistic comparison of three Fe-based nanomaterials: Water-chemistry and roles of Fe dissolution
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11783-022-1586-8

A mechanistic study of ciprofloxacin adsorption by goethite in the presence of silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1001074221003570

05/12/2022

Please join us this Tuesday for the next Science Cafe webinar with Dr. Loren Williams discussing “The Origins of Life: Remembered by (your) Biochemistry" 5:30pm MST May 17. The webinar will be through zoom; http://zoom.us with ID 895 1559 9922. NMSU Alumni and Friends & NMSU News

04/19/2022

I am excited to host Dr. Jennifer McIntosh from University of Arizona discussing “Evolution of Groundwater and Life in the Earth’s Crust over Geologic Time". Please join us tonight the next Science Café (April 19) at 5:30pm (MST or NM Time) through zoom. Please see the description below and attached.



To join this webinar through zoom, please type “zoom.us” into your web browser, select “join a meeting” at the top of page, and then type in the meeting ID in the box. For the Science Café, please use the webinar ID 841 3939 3694.

Using natural tracers and the Colorado Plateau as a natural laboratory, we will explore the extent and drivers of deep meteoric circulation and flushing vs. retention of ancient, saline fluids over geologic time. We will also discuss how the habitability of the deep subsurface has evolved through geologic time and been influenced by groundwater recharge. This work has implications for groundwater resources, as well as storage of anthropogenic waste products (e.g., oil/gas produced waters, CO2, and spent nuclear fuel) and alternative energy (e.g., H2).



Jennifer McIntosh is a Professor and Distinguished Scholar in the department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona (UA) and joint Faculty in Geosciences. She also held an Adjunct Research Geologist position with the United States Geological Survey from 2007-2017 and is currently an adjunct faculty at the University of Saskatchewan. McIntosh is a fellow of the Geological Society of America and the CIFAR Earth 4D: Subsurface Science and Exploration Program. She received her BS in Geology-Chemistry from Whitman College, PhD in Geology from the University of Michigan and was the Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University in Earth and Planetary Sciences before starting at UA in 2006.

02/09/2022

Excited to share a few recent papers focused on produced water from oil and gas production within the Permian Basin. These 3 papers include:
1. "Analysis and prediction of produced water quantity and quality in the Permian Basin using machine learning techniques" accessible through link: https://lnkd.in/gxaWKQVB.
(https://lnkd.in/gNjQf_Ds)
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 801, 20 December 2021, 14969350
2. "Toxicological characterization of produced water from the Permian Basin" 50 day free download link:
https://lnkd.in/ggECmBSf
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 815, 1 April 2022, 152943
3. "Characterization of produced water and surrounding surface water in the Permian Basin, the United States" 50 day free download link:
https://lnkd.in/gBteSq2s
Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 430, 15 May 2022, 128409

A thorough understanding of produced water (PW) quality is critical to advance the knowledge and tools for effective PW management, treatment, risk as…

10/08/2021

Very happy to share our new paper just out on "Comparison of fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing and high-sensitivity sensor spatial surveying of stream temperature".

It was a pleasure working on this with Ruba A. M. Mohamed, Chris Gabrielli, John Selker, Frank Selker, Scott Brooks, and Tanzila Ahmed in East Fork Poplar Creek near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory supported by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

50 day free download through this link:

Measuring surface water temperature spatial variability is needed to estimate the interaction between surface water and groundwater, evaluate fish hab…

08/24/2021

Appropriate produced water (PW) management is critical for oil and gas industry. Understanding PW quantity and quality trends for one well or all simi…

08/13/2021

Please check out our recent paper on Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) water contamination sorption in soils and groundwater aquifers. The link is for 50 free download access.

PFAS and Cr are present at some sites as co-contaminants. The objective of this research was to investigate the co-transport behavior of per- and poly…

07/13/2021

Hope you can join us for another free webinar next week, July 20 at 5:30pm (MST).

Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science and NMSU's Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, are
presenting “Science Café – Changing the Way Liquids Boil on Surfaces” with guest speaker Krishna Kota!

To join, just go to http://zoom.us with webinar ID 842 6394 9460.

06/07/2021

Check out our most recent paper with 50 day free download link below.

Spatial geostatistical interpolation of point measurements of streambed attributes in the hyporheic zone may be constrained by the streambed anisotrop…

05/18/2021

Please join us in Salt Lake City for the Soil Science Society of America Conference https://lnkd.in/e3JutZ6 this November. Hope you can contribute a presentation in the session "Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes Controlling Solute Transport and Remediation of Contaminants", which includes a student competition. Abstracts are due June 22! https://lnkd.in/eHz_qEK

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