Fernando Cadena
Inventions:
Computerized constant-pressure
respirometer
Computerized constant-pressure gas meter for anaerobic
reactors
Patent on invention of Paralite
(paraffin coated zeolite)
Languages:
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Experience Record:
1977-1979 Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores
de Monterrey (ITESM), México.
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department. Responsible for teaching undergraduate
and graduate level courses in civil and environmental engineering. Industrial
Pollution Consultant for the Dirección
Asociada de Ingeniería. Consulting studies include industrial wastewater
plant designs, evaluation of contaminants in water supplies and industrial
wastewaters.
1980 Engineering-Science,
Inc. Arcadia, CA, Civil and Environmental Engineer.
Responsible for study, research and design of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Projects include preparation of industrial wastewater pollution control studies and writing of an industrial pollution ordinance for Aleppo and Lattakia, Syria; design of influent pumping station for the Flint River WPCP; design of tertiary treatment system for Pepperdine University; and preparation of feasibility study for the use of digester gas for power generation for the City of Atlanta, Georgia.
1980-Date New Mexico State
University. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering. Researcher. Responsible
for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Civil and Environmental
Engineering. Graduate level courses include Physico- chemical Processes,
Environmental Chemistry, Detection of Environmental Contaminants, Industrial
Pollution Control. Chemistry courses based on use of computer-generated pH-pC
diagrams for understanding chemical equilibrium. Visiting Researcher, and Special
Term Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory. Research studies at NMSU include:
· Department of Energy, Waste Management Education and Research Consortium. a) Physico-chemical treatment of oilfield wastes. b) Removal of hazardous contaminants from drinking waters contaminated with petrochemicals and heavy metals.
· New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute. a) Volatilization of hazardous pollutants from rapid streams. b) Sulfide oxidation in drinking waters using hydrogen peroxide. c) Use of tailored clays for the removal of hazardous VOC. d) Removal of arsenic from water using ferrous iron oxidation.
· City of Albuquerque. Liquid Wastes Division. Odor and corrosion control program optimization New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division. Sulfides Control in Drinking Water using hydrogen peroxide.
· Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois. a) Computer modeling hazardous waste transport in groundwater. b) Environmental aspects of the Great Plains Coal Gasification Plant. c) Environmental evaluation of transportation and processing of oil and natural gas. d) Evaluation of treatment alternatives for the Otis Waste Water Treatment Plant. e) VOC inventory at DOD facilities. f) Removal of hazardous materials in groundwaters.
· National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Adsorption of Hazardous Pollutants on Tailored Smectites.
· Petroleu Environmental Reseach Forum (Texaco, UNOCAL, Shell Oil, AMOCO and Elf Acutane). Use of organozeolites for BTEX removal.
· Sandia National Lab (PSL). Environmental assessment studies at collision and explosive sites.
· International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. Mission expert on radioactive waste disposal in developing countries. Evaluated radioactive waste disposal practices in several developing countries.
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