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School of Engineering
The Superfund Research Program (SRP) at Brown University
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
US EPA

Recent Publication

2013

Y. Yao, R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. The influence of oxygen concentration dependence on biodegradation rate laws in vapor intrusion modeling. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, just accepted

R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Analytical Modeling of the Subsurface Volatile Organic Vapor Concentration in Vapor Intrusion. Chemosphere. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.051.

R. Shen, Y. Yao, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Modeling Quantification of the Influence of Soil Moisture on Subslab Vapor Concentration. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2013, 15, 1444

R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Influence of Soil Moisture on Soil Gas Vapor Concentration for Vapor Intrusion. Environ. Eng. Sci. 2013, 30(10): 628-637. doi:10.1089/ees.2013.0133.

Y. Yao, R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Estimation of Contaminant Subslab Concentration in Vapor Intrusion Including Lateral Source-Building Separation. Vadose Zone J. 2013, 12(3).  doi: 10.2136/vzj2012.0157

Y. Yao, R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Examination of the U.S. EPA’s Vapor Intrusion Database Based on Models. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (3), pp 1425–1433

Y. Yao, R. Shen, E.M. Suuberg. Examination of the Influence of Environmental Factors in Contaminant Vapor Concentration Attenuation Factor with U.S. EPA’s Vapor Intrusion Database. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (2), pp 906–913

2012

Y. Yao, R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. A Review of Vapor Intrusion Models. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (6), pp 2457–2470

R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. A Numerical Investigation of Vapor Intrusion — the Dynamic Response of Contaminant Vapors to Rainfall Events. Sci Total Environ 2012; 437: 110–20.

Y. Yao, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Simulating the effect of slab features on vapor intrusion of crack entry. Build Environ. 2013(1);59:417-425.

Y. Yao, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Estimation of subslab concentration in vapor intrusion. J.Hazard.Mater. 2012, 231-232, 10-17

Fu, J., Suuberg, E.M. Thermochemical properties and phase behavior of halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environ.Toxicol. Chem. 31(3) 486-493.

Fu, J., Suuberg, E.M. Vapor pressure of three brominated flame retardants determined by using the Knudsen effusion method . Environ.Toxicol. Chem. 31(3) 574-578.

2011

Fu, J., Suuberg, E.M. Solid Vapor Pressure for five Heavy PAHs via the Knudsen Effusion Method. J. Chemical Thermodynamics 43(11) 1660-1665.

Rice, J.W., Fu, J., Suuberg, E.M. Thermodynamics of Multicomponent PAH Mixtures and Development of Tar-like Behavior. Ind Eng Chem Res. 50(6) 3613-3620.

Fu, J., Suuberg, E.M. Vapor Pressure of Solid Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Determined via Knudsen Effusion Method. Environ.Toxicol. Chem. 30(10) 2216-2219.

Suuberg, E.M. Yao, Y., Shen, R., Bozkurt, O., Pennell, K.G. Modeling Vapor Intrusion Processes and Evaluating Risks Using Subslab Data. Environ. Health & Biomedicine 115-125.

Pennell, K. G., Suuberg, E.M. Vapor Transport from Soil and Groundwater: Numerical Modeling Approach. In Vapor Emission to Outdoor Air and Enclosed Spaces for Human Health Risk Assessment, Saponaro, S., Sezenna, E., and Bonomo, L. (Eds.), Nova Science Publishers, New York, pp. 73-90, 2011.

Y. Yao, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Vapor intrusion in urban settings: effect of foundation features and source location. Procedia Environ. Sci. 4, 245-250.

Y. Yao, R. Shen, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. Comparison of the Johnson-Ettinger Vapor Intrusion Screening Model Predictions with Full Three-Dimensional Model Results. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45, 2227-2235.

Rice, J. Fu, J. Suuberg, E.M. Thermodynamics of Multicomponent PAH Mixtures and Development of Tarlike Behavior. I&EC Research 50, 3613-3620.

J. Fu, J. Rice and E.M. Suuberg, “Phase Behavior and Crystal Structure of Polycyclic Aromatic Compound Mixtures” in Crystallization/Book 2, Y. Mastai, Ed. , Intech Publishing, Rijeka, Croatia, 2011.

2010

Hower, J.C., Senier, C.L., Suuberg, E.M., Hurt, R.H., Wilcox, J.L., Olson, E.S., Mercury capture by native fly ash carbons in coal-fired power plants. Prog Energ. Combust. 36(4) 510-529.

J. Fu, J.W. Rice, E.M. Suuberg. Phase behavior and vapor pressures of the pyrene+9,10-dibromoanthracene system. Fluid Phase Equilibri. 298 219-224.

J.L. Goldfarb and E.M. Suuberg. Deviations from Ideal Sublimation Vapor Pressure Behavior in Mixtures of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds with Interacting Heteroatoms. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 42, 1009-1015.

Y. Yao, K.G. Pennell, E.M. Suuberg. The Influence of Transient Processes on Vapor Intrusion Processes. Paper for the AWMA Vapor Intrusion Conference, September 2010.

J.W. Rice and E.M. Suuberg. Thermodynamic Study of (Anthracene plus benzo[a]pyrene) Solid Mixtures. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 42 1356-1360.

J.W. Rice, J. Fu, E.M. Suuberg. Anthracene + Pyrene Solid Mixtures: Eutectic and Azeotropic Character. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 55 3598-3605.

J.L. Goldfarb and E.M. Suuberg. Vapor pressures and sublimation enthalpies of seven heteroatomic aromatic hydrocarbons measured via the Knudsen effusion technique. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 42, 781-786.

V. Oja and E.M. Suuberg “The Chemistry and Technology of Oil Shale and Its Processing” in Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Springer, Accepted for publication, 2010.

K. G. Pennell and E.M. Suuberg “Vapor Transport from Soil and Groundwater: Numerical Modeling Approach” in Vapors in Risk Assessment, S. Saponaro, E. Sezenna, L. Bonomo, Eds., Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, In press, 2010.

2009

R.M. Burgess, M.M. Perron, C.L. Friedman, E.M. Suuberg, K. G. Pennell, M.G. Cantwell, M.C. Pelletier, K.T. Ho, J.R. Serbst, S.A. Ryba. Evaluation of the Effects of Coal Fly Ash Amendments on the Toxicity of a Contaminated Marine Sediment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 28 26-35.

Bozkurt, O., Pennell, K.G. Suuberg, E.M. Simulation of the Vapor Intrusion Process for Non-Homogeneous Soils Using a Three Dimensional Numerical Model. Ground Water Monit. Remediat. 29(1) 92-104

Pennell KG, Bozkurt O, Suuberg EM. Development and Application of a Three-Dimensional Finite Element Vapor Intrusion Model. J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 59(4) 447-460.

Suuberg EM, Aarna I.Kinetics of tire derived fuel (TDF) char oxidation and accompanying changes in surface area. Fuel. 88 179-186.

R.M. Burgess, M.M. Perron, C.L. Friedman, E.M. Suuberg, K. G. Pennell, M.G. Cantwell, M.C. Pelletier, K.T. Ho, J.R. Serbst, S.A. Ryba. Evaluation of the Effects of Coal Fly Ash Amendments on the Toxicity of a Contaminated Marine Sediment.Environ.Toxicol. Chem. 28 26-35.

Pennell KG and Suuberg EM. Chapter 4: Vapor Transport From Soil and Groundwater: Numerical Modeling Approach. Vapor Emission to Outdoor Air and Enclosed Spaces for Human Health Risk Assessment: Site Characterization, Monitoring and Modeling. Editors: Sabrina Saponaro, Elena Sezenna and Luca Bonomo (Politecnico di Milano, Italy). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

2008

Goldfarb, J.L., Suuberg, E.M. Raoult's Law and its application to sublimation vapor pressures of mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons . Environ. Eng. Sci. 25(10) 1429-1437.

Goldfarb, J.L., Suuberg, E.M. The effects of halogen hetero-atoms on the vapor pressures and thermodynamics of polycyclic aromatic compounds measured via the knudsen effusion technique. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 40(3) 460-466.

Goldfarb, J.L., Suuberg, E.M. Vapor pressures and enthalpies of sublimation of ten polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons determined via the knudsen effusion method. J. Chem. Eng. Data. 53 670-676.

Goldfarb, J.L., Suuberg, E.M. Vapor pressures and thermodynamics of oxygen-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons measured using knudsen effusion. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27(6) 1244-1249.

Selected earlier publications