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  Erik R. Coats, P.E., Ph.D.
  Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

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Thomas, P.K., G.P. Dunn, A.R. Good, M.P. Callahan, E.R. Coats, D.T. Newby, and K.P. Feris, A natural algal polyculture outperforms an assembled polyculture in wastewater-based open pond biofuel production. Algal Research, 2019. 40: p. 101488.

Thomas, P.K., G.P. Dunn, E.R. Coats, D.T. Newby, and K.P. Feris, Algal diversity and traits predict biomass yield and grazing resistance in wastewater cultivation. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019.

Guillen, D.P., E.R. Coats, A.G. McDonald, and K. Feris, An Eco-Friendly System for the Production of Value-Added Materials from Dairy Manure. JOM, 2018.

Romenesko, T. and E.R. Coats, Co-Fermenting Algal Biomass with Municipal Primary Solids to Enhance Carboxylate Production. Water Environ. Res., 2018.

Coats, E.R., K. Eyre, C. Bryant, T. Woodland, and C.K. Brinkman, Assessing the Impacts of RAS Fermentation on EBPR Performance and associated Microbial Ecology. Water Environ. Res., 2018. 90(7): 659-671.

Coats, E.R. and P.I. Wilson, Toward Nucleating the Concept of the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF): Perspective from the Principal Actors. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017. 51(8): p. 4158-4164.

Coats, E.R., Brinkman, C.K. and Lee, S. (2017) Characterizing and contrasting the microbial ecology of laboratory and full-scale EBPR systems cultured on synthetic and real wastewaters. Water Res. 108, p. 124-136.   Supp Data

Coats, E.R., B. Watson, and C.K. Brinkman, Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthesis by Mixed Microbial Consortia cultured on Fermented Dairy Manure: Effect of Oxygen Mass Transfer on Process Rates/Yields and Microbial Ecology. Water Res., 2016. 106: p. 26-40   Supp Data

Coats, E.R. (2016) Design Model Parameter Analysis for Nitrifying Trickling Filters. Water Environ. Res. 88(9), 888-897.

Hanson, A.J., Guho, N.M., Paszczynski, A.J. and Coats, E.R. (2016) Community proteomics provides functional insight into polyhydroxyalkanoate production by a mixed microbial culture cultivated on fermented dairy manure. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 1-20.

Hanson, A.J., Paszczynski, A.J. and Coats, E.R. (2016) Proteomic profiling of an undefined microbial consortium cultured in fermented dairy manure: Methods development. Electrophoresis 37(5-6), 790-794.

Smith, S.A., Hughes, E., Coats, E.R., Brinkman, C.K., McDonald, A.G., Harper, J., Feris, K., Newby, D. Toward sustainable dairy waste utilization: Enhanced VFA and biogas synthesis via upcycling algal biomass cultured on waste effluent. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 2016. 91(1). p. 113-121. DOI 10.1002/jctb.4706.

Stowe, E.J., E.R. Coats, and C.K. Brinkman. Dairy Manure Resource Recovery utilizing Two-stage Anaerobic Digestion - Implications of Solids Fractionation. Bioresour. Technol., 2015. 198: p. 237-245.

Dai, J., E.R. Coats, A.G. McDonald, Multivariate near infrared spectroscopy for predicting polyhydroxybutyrate biosynthesis by mixed microbial consortia cultured on crude glycerol. Biomass Bioenerg., 2015. 81: p. 490-495.

Passero, M.L., Cragin, B., Coats, E.R., McDonald, A.G., Feris, K. (2015) Dairy wastewaters for algae cultivation, polyhydroxyalkanote reactor effluent versus anaerobic digester effluent. Bioenergy Research. DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9619-9.

Coats, E. R.; Dobroth, Z. T.; Brinkman, C. K. (2015). EBPR using crude glycerol: Assessing process resiliency and exploring metabolic anomalies.1 Water Environ. Res., 87, 68-79.

1We were awarded the Water Environment Federation Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal for this publication.

Coats, E. R.; Watson, B.; Lee, K.; Hammer, M. (2015). Performance of a pilot-scale nitrifying trickling filter treating municipal aerated lagoon effluent. Water Environ. Res., 87, 35-43.

Liang, S.; Gliniewicz, K.; Mendes-Soares, H.; Settles, M. L.; Forney, L. J.; Coats, E. R.; McDonald, A. G. (2015). Comparative analysis of microbial community of novel lactic acid fermentation inoculated with different undefined mixed cultures. Bioresour. Technol., 179, 268-274.

Dai, J.; Gliniewicz, K.; Settles, M. L.; Coats, E. R.; McDonald, A. G. (2015). Influence of organic loading rate and solid retention time on polyhydroxybutyrate production from hybrid poplar hydrolysates using mixed microbial cultures. Bioresour. Technol., 175, 23-33.

Passero, M.L., B. Cragin, A.R. Hall, N. Staley, E.R. Coats, A.G. McDonald, and K. Feris, Ultraviolet radiation pre-treatment modifies dairy wastewater, improving its utility as a medium for algal cultivation. Algal Res., 2014. 6, Part A(0): p. 98-110.

Liang, S., McDonald, A.G., Coats, E.R. Lactic acid production with undefined mixed culture fermentation of potato peel waste. Waste Management. 34(11). 2014, p. 2022-2027.

Briones, A.M., Coats, E.R., and Brinkman, C.K. Should we build “obese” or “lean” anaerobic digesters? PLoS ONE 9(5): e97252. doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0097252

Wei, L.; Guho, N. M.; Coats, E. R.; McDonald, A. G. (2014) Characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) biosynthesized by mixed microbial consortia fed fermented dairy manure. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 131

Artrip, Kyle, Shrestha, Dev, Coats, Erik, Keiser, Dennis. 2013. GHG Emissions Reduction from an Anaerobic Digester in a Dairy Farm: Theory and Practice. ASABE. 29(5), 729-737.

Coats, E.R., Searcy, E., Feris, K., Shrestha, D., McDonald, A.G., Briones, A., Magnuson, T., Prior, M. An Integrated 2-Stage Anaerobic Digestion and Biofuel Production Process to Reduce Life Cycle GHG Emissions from U.S. Dairies. BioFPR. 7 (4), 459–473, July/August 2013.

Alhamlan, F.S., Ederer, M.M., Brown, C.J., Brinkman, C.K., Coats, E.R., Crawford, R.L. 2013. A Novel Screening Tool Using Microarray and PCR to Detect Pathogens in Agriculturally Impacted Waters. International Journal of Environmental Protection. 3 (3), March. 2013, 17-32.

Hu, Shengjun, McDonald, Armando G., Coats, Erik R. Characterization of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Biosynthesized from Crude Glycerol Waste Using Mixed Microbial Consortia. 2013. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 129 (3), 1314-1321.

Alhamlan, F.S., Ederer, M.M, Brown, C.J., Coats, E.R., Crawford, R.L. 2013. Metagenomics-Based Analysis of Viral Communities in Dairy Lagoon Wastewater. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 92(2013), 183-188.

Coats, Erik R., Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Aurelio Briones, Cynthia K. Brinkman. Methane Production on Thickened, Pre-fermented Manure. Bioresource Technology. 2012.

Winkler, Matt J., Coats, Erik R., Brinkman, Cynthia K. Advancing Post-anoxic Denitrification for Biological Nutrient Removal. Water Research. 2011.

Al-Najjar, M.M., Coats, Erik R., Loge, Frank J. The Role of the Microbial Stringent Response in Excess Intracellular Accumulation of Phosphorous in Mixed Consortia Fed Synthetic Wastewater. Water Research. 2011.

Coats, Erik R., Watkins, David L., Kranenburg, Daniel. A Comparative Environmental Life Cycle Analysis for removing Phosphorus from Wastewater: Biological versus Physical/Chemical Processes. Water Environment Research. 2011.

Coats, Erik R., Watkins, David L., Brinkman, C.K., Loge, F. J. Effect of Anaerobic HRT on Biological Phosphorus Removal and the Enrichment of Phosphorus Accumulating Organisms. Water Environment Research. 2011.

Coats, Erik R., Gregg, Matthew, Crawford, Ronald L. Effect of Organic Loading and Retention Time on Dairy Manure Fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 2011.

Dobroth, Zach, Coats, Erik R., McDonald, Armando G. Polyhydroxybutyrate Synthesis on Biodiesel Wastewater using Mixed Microbial Consortia. Bioresource Technology. 2011.

Coats, Erik R., Mockos, Alexander, Loge, Frank J. Post-anoxic Denitrification driven by PHA and Glycogen within Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal. Bioresource Technology. 2011.

Coats, Erik R.; VanderVoort, Kristen E.; Darby, Jeannie L.; Loge, Frank J. Toward Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production concurrent with Municipal Wastewater Treatment in a Sequencing Batch Reactor System. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering. 2011.

Horgan, Christopher J., Coats, Erik R. (corresp. author), Loge, Frank J. Assessing the effects of solids residence time and volatile fatty acid augmentation on biological phosphorus removal using real wastewater. Water Environment Research. 2010.

Coats, Erik R.; Loge, Frank J.; Englund, Karl; Wolcott, Michael P.; McDonald, Armando G.  2008.  Production of natural fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites through the use of PHB-rich biomassBioresource Technology.

Liu, Hsin-Ying; Hall, Patrizia V.; Darby, Jeannie L.; Coats, Erik R.; Green, Peter G.; Thompson, Donald E.; Loge, Frank J.  Production of poly(hydroxyalkanoate) during treatment of tomato cannery wastewaterWater Environment Research.  2008.

Coats, Erik R.; Loge, Frank J.; Smith, William A.; Thompson, David N.; Wolcott, Michael P.  2007.  Functional stability in a mixed microbial consortia producing PHA from waste carbon sourcesApplied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

Coats, Erik R.; Loge, Frank J.; Englund, Karl; Wolcott, Michael P.; McDonald, Armando G.  2007.  Synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates in municipal wastewater treatmentWater Environment Research..

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