Research and Teaching Interests
Dr. Mihelcic’s research focuses on chemical/biological
transformation and treatment of pollutants in natural and engineered systems;
bioavailability of hydrophobic organic chemicals; industrial ecology and
sustainability, and application of appropriate sustainable technology in
the developing world. He has served as co-principal investigator or project
director for more than $5 million in extramural research supported by the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. National Science
Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, and many municipalities and industry. He has published over 40 papers
in the peer-reviewed scientific and engineering literature and advised over
60 M.S. and Ph.D. students. Dr. Mihelcic teaches courses in environmental
engineering, engineering in the developing world, sustainability/industrial
ecology, and environmental regulations. He is also active in environmental
outreach to secondary schools.
Related Activities
Board of Directors, Association of Environmental Engineering
and Science Professors
Recipient of Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors-Wiley
Interscience Award for Outstanding Contributions to Environmental Engineering & Science
Education
Lead Author of Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, (John Wiley & Sons,
Inc. New York, 1999) that has been translated into Spanish (Fundamentos
de Ingenieria Ambiental, Limusa Wiley, Mexico, 2001).
Selected Publications
Mihelcic, JR, “Educating the Future’s Water Professional,
Water Environment Technology, in press, September, 2004.
Martin, Jr., RW, CR Baillod, JR Mihelcic, “Low Temperature
Inhibition of the Activated Sludge Process by an Industrial Discharge Containing
the Azo Dye Acid Black 1” in press, Water Research, 2004.
Mihelcic, JR, et al., “Sustainability Science and Engineering:
Emergence of a New Metadiscipline,” Environmental Science & Technology,
37(23), 5314-5324, 2003.
Zhang, Q, JC Crittenden, D Shonnard, and JR Mihelcic, "Development
and Evaluation of an Environmental Multimedia Fate Model CHEMGL for the
Great Lakes Region," Chemosphere, 50(10), 1377-1397, 2003.
McNally, DL, JR Mihelcic, JM Stapleton, “Bioremediation
of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater,” in Environmental and Ecological
Chemistry, Edited by Aleksandar Sabljic, in Encyclopedia of Life Support
Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers
Co, Oxford, UK, 2003.
Baker, JR, JR Mihelcic, A Sabljic, “Reliable QSAR for
Estimating Koc for Persistent Organic Pollutants: Correlation with Molecular
Connectivity Indices,” Chemosphere, 45(2): 213-221, 2001.
Zhang, Q, JC Crittenden, JR Mihelcic, “Does Simplifying
Transport and Exposure Yield Reliable Results? An Analysis of Four Risk
Assessment Methods,” Environmental Science & Technology, 35(6),
pp. 1282-1288, 2001.
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