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CURRICULUM VITAE

Miriam Steinitz-Kannan
Regents Professor
Department of Biological Sciences,
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099-0400
Telf. (859) 572-5522, email: kannan@nku.edu,  Fax (859) 572-5639

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Zoology. The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1979: Dissertation: Comparative Limnology of Ecuadorian Lakes: A Study of Species Number and Composition of Plankton Communities of the Galapagos Islands and the Equatorial Andes.

M.Sc. Zoology The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1977

B.A. Biology Rider University, Lawrenceville, N.J., 1973

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights KY.Regents Professor 1993-present, Professor 1990-1993, Associate Professor 1986-1990, Tenure-track Assistant Professor 1981-1986, Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) 1979-1981

University of Cincinnati, Claremont College, Batavia, OH. Lecturer on Biology, 1979.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH., Teaching Associate, Zoology Dept. 1975-1979

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. Training in Phycology. Work and training on Diatom Taxonomy with Drs. Ruth Patrick and Charles Reimer. 1978.

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, 1973-1974.

SELECTED HONORS/AWARD:

2012 NKU SPARK Award for commitment to diversity.

2012 Cyncy Magazine’s Outstanding Educator

2011 Milburn NKU Outstanding Professor Award

2011 YMCA Black and Latino Achievers Award

2011 ELLF Educator of the Year Award

2011 Regents Professor Award, Northern Kentucky University (3 Year Reappointment)

2009 Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society “Outstanding Advisor Award”

2009 Presidential Ambassadors Lamplighter “Spark” Award, Northern Kentucky University

2008 Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society Yokley Faculty Service Award                 2005 Regents Professor Award, Northern Kentucky University (6 year reappointment)
2005, 04, 94,95 Nominated for Kentucky Council for Higher Education Acorn Award for teaching
2003-04 America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
2002, 03, 04, 05 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
2003 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society District 2 “The Outstanding Advisor” Award
1999,1993 Regents Professor Award, Northern Kentucky University (6 year reappointments)
1999 Nominated for Council of Undergraduate Reseach -Fellow Award
1994 NKU Alumni Association "Strongest Influence Award"
1993 Kentucky Academy of Sciences Distinguished Scientists Award

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/COMMITTEES:

 

Foundation for Ohio River Education – Board Member

Ohio River Foundation, Educator

Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education/ Executive Committee President 2008-2011, Ex-officio member 2012-Present

NKU Latino Institute for Excellence (LIFE) Academic Director

Licking River Watershed Watch Scientific Advisory Panel

Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Executive Board, VP (03-04) Pres. Elect (04-05), President (2005-06), Past President (06-07). 

Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society / Mu Iota Chapter advisor since 1993

ECOS (Environmental Concerned Organization of Students) NKU chapter founder and co-advisor until 1995-2005.

Council on Undergraduate Research

Sigma Xi - The Research Society of North America

International Society for Diatom Research

Ohio Biological Survey – Advisory Council - NKU representative

American Water Works Association –Student Activities Committee for Annual Conference.- Host to AWWA algae workshops.

      Northern Kentucky University Latino and Multicultural Center Academic Advisory Board.

English Language Learners Foundation:  Program Committee member

Greater Cincinnati Water Works: Scientific Advisory Board member 2008-Present

Educating Latinos for Kentucky’s Future – Member of organizing committee

Silicon:  Member of Journal’s Editorial Board

SELECTED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2012-2013. Characterization of Environmental strains of Cyanobacteria and Their Corresponding Toxic and Allergenic Components U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.                                         

2011-2013 The Ohio River STEM Institute. University-Community Partnership Regional Stewardship Grants.

       2012. Reinventing Ourselves: Higher education in a new era: Embracing     Technology in Science Teaching and Learning COEHS Mini-Grant with S. Kerlin and C. Rider (funds to develop a water quality app).

     

2008-2010. Using Technology and the Environment to Entice Students and the Community into the World of Science. Ky Council for Post-Secondary Education (CPE) Regional Stewardship Grant.

2007-2009. Analysis of Periphyton Samples from the Ohio River. Contract with ORSANCO for diatom analysis to include diatoms as a biological indicator in large river biological assessment for the Ohio River Basin.

1997- 2009.- .Ohio River Algal Monitoring Services - The NKU Water Research Laboratory and Diatom Herbarium. Contracts with ORSANCO for bimonthly monitoring of drinking water utilities along the River.

2004-Present- Collaborative Research: Continuous Holocene Climate Records from the Galapagos – NSF/NOOA subcontracts with University of Arizona, Florida Institute of Technology, M.I.T. and Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA. 

2004-07. Collaborative Research: Vegetation and Paleoecology of an Amazon-Andean elevational transect. The National Science Foundation. Collaboration: Florida Institute of Technology and Wake Forest University.

2001-2003. Developing and evaluating a standard method for identification and enumeration of potentially toxic cyanobacteria. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contract. With Judy Westrick.

 

1995-1997.  NOAA Climate and Global Change Program- Collaborative research: A record of El Niño events from Galapagos Lake Cores.

1991-1994 National Science Foundation - Atmospheric Sciences - Late Holocene History of Precipitation Events in the Equatorial Pacific: A Record from Galapagos Lake Cores.

1991-1992 National Geographic Society - History of Strong El Niño events from the Galapagos Islands.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ( * = student) :

S. Guglielmi*, A. Rice*, and M. Steinitz Kannan.  Collection and identification of potentially toxic and allergenic cyanobacteria from the Greater Cincinnati area. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013: Showcasing the Future © ASCE 2013 pgs 3142- 3153.

Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam and Nicole Lenca* 2012. Field guide to algae and other “scums” in ponds, lakes, streams and rivers.  Booklet published by the Boone, Kenton and Campbell County Conservation Districts, KY. 19pp. In Press.

Restrepo Alejandra*, Paul Colinvaux, Mark Bush, Alexander Correa-Metrio*, Jessica Conroy*, Mark R. Gardener, Patricia Jaramillo, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan and Jonathan Overpeck. 2012. Impacts of climate variability and human colonization on the vegetation of the Galápagos Islands. Ecology, 93(8) pp. 1853–1866

Allameh, Seyed, Sharon Sarowa *, and Miriam Steinitz Kannan .2011.  Algae-base Biodiesel for Household Applications. In:  Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition.  November 11-17, 2011, Denver, Colorado.

Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam, Joshua T. Cooper* and Diana K. McCubbin*  2010. Bacillariophyta – The Diatoms Chapter  7.  IN: Algae: AWWA Manual 48.  American Water Works Association (In Press)

Bush Mark, P.A. Colinvaux, M. Steinitz Kannan, J. Overpeck, J. Sachs, J.Cole, J. Conroy*, A. Restrepo*   2010. 40 years of paleoecology on the Galapagos. Submitted to Charles Darwin Research Station. Special Publication to celebrate its 50th Anniversary (In Press) 

Clarson, Stephen J., Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, S. V. Patwardhan*, R. Kannan, Ryan Hartig*, Louis Schloesser*, Douglas W. Hamilton*, Jeffrey K.A. Fusaro and Ryan Beltz*. 2009. Some Observations of Diatoms Under Turbulence. Silicon.1:79–90

Conroy, J.L., J.T. Overpeck, J.E. Cole, and M. Steinitz-Kannan. 2009. Variable oceanic influences on western North American drought over the last 1200 years. Geophysical Research Letters 36: 10.1029/2009GL039558.

Conroy, Jessica* L, Alejandra Restrepo*, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, Julia E. Cole, Mark B. Bush, and Paul A. Colinvaux. 2009. Unprecedented recent warming of surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Nature Geoscience 2:47-50

Hillyer, Rachel* B.G. Valencia*, M. B. Bush, M. R. Silman and Miriam Steinitz-Kannan. 2009. A 24,700-yr paleolimnological history from the Peruvian Andes.  Quaternary Research.  71: 71-82

Conroy, Jessica* L., J. Overpeck, J. Cole, T. M. Shanahan and Miriam Steinitz-Kannan.  2008.  Holocene changes in eastern tropical Pacific climate inferred from a Galápagos lake sediment record. Quaternary Science Reviews 27: 1166-1180.
 
Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam and Roxanne Kent-Drury  (Editors) 2007-2008. Norse Scientist-  Issue 5. April 08.  A collection of undergraduate research papers in Science and Mathematics.  Northern Kentucky University Publication.
 
Hamilton Doug* and. Miriam Steinitz Kannan 2008. Effect of the Environment on Morphology and Silica Deposition in Diatoms and Its Implications to Nanotechnology. Norse Scientist Vol. 5: 71-74. 

Cooper, Joshua* T., Diane K. McCubbin* and Miriam Steinitz-Kannan. Diatoms of the Upper Ohio River and Selected Tributaries: Atlas of Species and their significance in river ecology. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, OH. 240 pages. Submitted for publication.

Ryan Beltz*, Stephen J. Clarson, Douglas W. Hamilton*,Miriam Steinitz Kannan, and Siddharth V. Patwardhan 2006. Effect of flow on the structure of biological and synthetic minerals. Polymer Preprints 2006, 47(2), 1116


Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam, 2005. Effects of the Environment on morphology of the silica cell wall of freshwater diatoms. Polymer Preprints 2005, 46(1), 27. 

Cooper*, Joshua. T., Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, and Diane K. McCubbin. 2004. Preliminary analysis of the effects of ethylene glycol runoff on macroinvertebrate communities of Boone and Kenton Counties, Northern Kentucky. Norse Scientist Vol. 2 (1): 9-22.  

Patwardhan, Siddharth V., Niloy Mukherjee, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, and Stephen J. Clarson. 2003. Bioinspired synthesis of new silica structures. Chem. Commun., 2003:1122-1123.

Steinitz-Kannan, M. 2003. Undergraduate Research in the Sciences at Northern Kentucky University: An Integrated Approach to Hands-on Learning. Norse Scientist Vol 1 (1): 5-6  

Riedinger, Melanie*. Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, William Last and Mark Brenner. 2002. A ~6100 year 14 C record of El Niño activity from the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Paleolimnology. Vol 27(1):1-7.

 

Steinitz Kannan, M. et al. 2002. Identification of Algae in Water Supplies. CD 2nd edition. Published by American Water Works Association, Denver, CO. CD ROM.

Westrick, Judy. Kevin Kirby and Miriam Steinitz-Kannan 2001. Optimizing Drinking Water Treatment using Neural Networks. IN: Proceedings,: Water Quality and Technology Conference, Nov. 11-15,2001, Nashville, Tenn. Published by American Water Works Association. CD ROM.

Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam. 2001. Book review : Beyond El Niño: Decadal and Interdecadal Climate Variability. Edited by A. Navarra. Journal of Paleolimnology . Journal of Paleolimnology 25: 548-550.  

Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam. 2001. Book review: Common Freshwater Algae of the United States: An Illustrated Key to the Genera (Excluding the Diatoms). by Gary E. Dillard. J. Ky. Acad. Sci. 62 (1): 77-78.  

Steinitz-Kannan, M. , M.C. Miller, and P. Turcott. 1999. Andean lakes as sources and sinks for sustainable development: Part 1 . The lakes of the Ecuadorian Andes. - Part II. A case study: management of lake Llaviucu and the Sorucucho basin. Proceedings of the III International Symposium on Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions. Quito, EC.

Steinitz-Kannan, M., M. Riedinger*, W. Last, M. Brenner and M. C. Miller. 1998. Un registro de 6000 años de manifestaciones intensas del fenómeno de El Niño en sedimentos de lagunas de las islas Galápagos. Bull. Inst. fr. études andines.27 (3):581-92

Colinvaux, P.A., M. B. Bush, M. Steinitz-Kannan and M. C. Miller. 1997. Glacial and Postglacial Pollen Records from the Ecuadorian Andes and Amazon. Quaternary Research 48: 69-78.

Riedinger*, M. M. Steinitz-Kannan, W. Last and M. Brenner.1997. A High-Resolution Paleoenvironmental Record from Bainbridge Crater Lake, Galapagos Islands. In: Würzburger Geographische Manuskripte. (Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Palaeolimnology, University of Bern). Heft 41: 169.

Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam 1997. The Lakes in Andean National Parks and Other Protected Areas in Ecuador. The George Wright Forum (Journal of the George Wright Society. Special Edition on Mountain Protected Areas ). 14 (3): 33-43.  

Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam, Melanie A. Riedinger*, William Last, Mark Brenner and Michael C. Miller. 1997. Un registro de 6000 años de manifestaciones intensas del fenómeno de El Niño en sedimentos de lagunas de las islas Galápagos. IN: Cadier E. & Galarrage R. Editors. Seminario Internacional "Consecuaencias Climaticas e Hidrologicas del Evento El Niño a Escala Regional y Local". Memorias Técnicas. ORSTOM/ INAMHI. Pgs. 79-88.

Gerecke, Reinhard, L. Fisher-Hartig and Miriam Steinitz-Kannan.1996. Centrolimnesia boopis (Hydrochnellae: Limnesiidae), a new planktonic mite from Lake Limoncocha in the Amazonian Region of Ecuador. Studies on Neotropical Fauna & Environment 31:193-204

Colinvaux, P. A. ,K.b. Liu, P. De Oliveira, M.B. Bush, M. C. Miller and M. Steinitz-Kannan. 1996. Temperature depression in the lowland tropics in glacial times. Climatic Change 32: 19-33.

Riedinger*, M., M.Steinitz-Kannan, M. Brenner and W.M. Last.1995. Reconstruction of Climate Change in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, 6000 Yr. B.P. to Present: The Paleolimnology of Bainbridge Crater Lake, Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the First International Limno-geological Congress, Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Abstract Volume p.112.

Steinitz-Kannan, M., M. Nienaber*, M. Riedinger* and R. Kannan. 1993. The fossil diatoms of lake Yambo, Ecuador. A Possible Record of El Niño Events. Bull. Inst. fr. études andines. 22(1): 227-241.

De Oliveira, P. and M. Steinitz-Kannan. 1993. The diatom flora (Bacillariophyceae) of the Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazonia. Nova-Hedwigia 54 (3-4):515-552.

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ( most recent) (* = student)

Miriam Steinitz Kannan, Steve Kerlin and Heather Mayfield. 2012. Merging River Field Studies with Mobile and Online Technologies: A new initiative of the Ohio River STEM Institute. Presented at The Ohio River Badin Consortium for Research and Education (ORBCRE) annual symposium July 18-20, 2012 Athens OH

Steve Kerlin, Miriam Steinitz Kannan and Heather Mayfield 2012. Merging River Field Studies with Mobile and Online Technologies, Presented at the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, Lake Cumberland State Park, Sept 14-15 2012 and at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference, October 10-13, 2012. 

Miriam Steinitz Kannan.  Algae Issues in the Ohio River Basin: Past, Present and Future. Keynote address to open the Environmental Workshop for Teachers at the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education (ORBCRE) annual symposium July 18, 2012 Athens OH

Miriam Steinitz Kannan. “Algae Issues in the Ohio River Basin- are toxic algae becoming more common?”.  The Miami Group of the Sierra Club, Innings Tues Sept 4, 2012

Miriam Steinitz Kannan. “Climate Change in the Galapagos Islands, a paleolimnological perspective” University of Cincinnati Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series. October 8, 2012

Miriam Steinitz Kannan and Heather Mayfield* 2011. Ohio River STEM Institute. A University-Community Partnership Bridging STEM Disciplines with Environmental Stewardship. Presented at the 2011 Campus Community Partnership for Sustainability Conference, Northern Kentucky University, November 18-20,2011. 

Miriam Steinitz Kannan and Heather Mayfield*- "Using the Ohio River "as a Hook" to Introduce Students, Teachers, and the Community to STEM Disciplines" ORBCRE - 2009 Scientific Symposium October 18-20 2009 Hanover College, Hanover, IN

Michael C. Miller, Miriam Steinitz Kannan, Charles Summerville and Rebecca Kelley  "Role of River Discharge and Nutrients from Treated Waste Water in Controlling the Algal Biomass Among Seven Years of a Mid-Summer Transect of the Ohio River"  Keynote address at ORBCRE 2009 Scientific Symposium October 18-20, Hanover College, IN.

Jessica Conroy*, Jonathan Overpeck, Julia Cole, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, 2009. Variable oceanic teleconnections to western North American drought over the last 1200 years. PAGES (Past Global Changes) 1st Young Scientist Meeting. July 6-7 Corvallis, OR.

Jessica L. Conroy*, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Julia E. Cole, Aaron Collins, Mark B. Bush, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan Assessing the El Niño/Southern Oscillation proxy potential of the sediment record from Genovesa Crater Lake, Galápagos. AGU meeting (PP22)Dec 14-18, 2009 San Francisco, CA.

Gillespie*, Chris, Sara Neel* and Miriam Steinitz Kannan. Swarming behavior in Daphnia lumholtzi, an invasive species in Lake Cumberland, KY. Kentucky Academy of Science, November 09, NKU  

Osniel Gonzalez - Ramos, Elizabeth Shelly, Jackson Arnet, Sara Luse, Benjamin Calderón, Jennifer Chandler, Meredith Hall. Miriam Steinitz Kannan, faculty mentor. "Building Peace through Nature Conservation and Environmental Education in the Andes of Ecuador" Presented at the Celebration of Student Research and Creativity. April 7-9, 2009

Elizabeth Shelley. Faculty Mentors, Miriam Steinitz Kannan and Nancy Kersel. "Righteous Among the Nations: Holocaust Rescuers in Ecuador" Presented at the Celebration of Student Research and Creativity. April 7-9, 2009.  (Also presented in Ecuador March 7, 2009)

Sara Luse, Michael Matuskiewicz Faculty mentor, Miriam Steinitz Kannan "Microcosm: A Natural Selection Experiment" Presented at the Celebration of Student Research and Creativity.,  April 7-9, 2009

Joseph Strano, Daniel Hennigen and Miriam Steinitz Kannan "Algae in Experimental Microcosms:  Nutrient Removal from Sewage and a Potential New Source of Biofuels." Presented at the Celebration of Student Research and Creativity. April 7-9, 2009

Strano Joseph and Daniel Hennigen. Faculty mentor, Miriam Steinitz Kannan ELL Fun With Science Camp. Poster Presented at Kentucky Engagement Conference, Nov. 20, 2009.  NKU METS Center, Erlanger KY.

Daniel Hennigen and M. Steinitz Kannan 2008.  Comparison of Terpsinoe musica Ehrenberg from  Lake Chapala, Mexico and from Lake Mandicocha, Ecuador. Presented at the Algae Foray

Steinitz-Kannan, M. 2005. Effects of the environment on morphology of the silica cell wall of freshwater diatoms. Presented at the 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, (Special Symposium on Biological and Synthetic Macromolecules for Emerging Nanotechnologies. Division of Polymer Chemistry) San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005,

Steinitz-Kannan M., M., Brenner, and M. A. Jaskowiak* 2004. El Niño events and the “Little Ice Age” in the Galapagos Islands: A diatom record from El Junco Lake. Presented at the 18th International Diatom Symposium. 2-7 September 2004, Miêdzyzdroje, Poland.

Steinitz-Kannan, M.. Algae as Water Quality Indicators. Invited Seminar at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the University of Cincinnati Graduate Seminars on the Environment –40th year. Cincinnati, OH. May 8, 2003.  

Zapata* Andrea Veronica. and Miriam Steinitz-Kannan. Modern and fossil diatoms along an elevational transect from the Andean tree-line to the Amazonian lowlands. Presented at the 17th North American Diatom Symposium. October, 22-25th 2003. Miami, Florida

Steinitz Kannan M. Michael C. Miller, Diane K. McCubbin and Andrea V. Zapata.* 2003. Nutrient and Seston Dynamics in the Upper Half of the Ohio River During River Run 2001 and 2002 Proceedings of the 19th Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education. Marietta. OH.  

Lye, Dennis, Jim Nielson* and Miriam Kannan. A Web-Based System for Microbial Identification Exercises in Introductory Microbiology Courses "Keyware". Presented at the American Society of Microbiology 103rd General Meeting in Washington, DC. May 18-22, 2003. Abstract is at the following web site.

Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam, Veronica Zapata*, Caroline Lind*, Diane K. McCubbin and M. C. Miller. The impact of tributaries and flow rates on Ohio River algal communities: River Run 2002 and River Run 2003. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Scientific Symposium of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education. Marietta, OH. November 5-7, 2003

Cooper* Joshua T. Miriam Steinitz-Kannan and Diane K. McCubbin. Digital Imagery of Diatoms from the Upper Ohio River Basin and Selected Tributaries, a Work in Progress. Poster Presented at Posters-at-the-Capitol. February 6th, Frankfort, KY; at the Beta Beta Beta Southeastern Region- District I and II Convention, Washington, D.C. April 10-12, 2003 and at the 17th North American Diatom Symposium. October, 22-25th 2003. Miami, Florida .

Cooper* Joshua T., Miriam Steinitz-Kannan and Diane K. McCubbin. Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of Ethylene Glycol Runoff on Macroinvertebrate Communities of Boone and Kenton County, Northern Kentucky. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, at Western Kentucky University,Bowling Green,Ky. November7-8, 2003  

Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, Tammie L. Gerke, Diane K. McCubbin*, Joshua Cooper*, Alberto Carbajo*, Fernando Abaquero*, Andrea V. Zapata*, Michael Gunder*and Michael C. Miller, 2002. Diversity and Possible Controls of Algal Communities in the Ohio River, its Tributaries, and their Mixing Zones: River Run 2002 . Presented at the ORBCRE Scientific Symposium, Northern Kentucky University, November 7, 2002.

Miriam Steinitz Kannan and Yvonne Meichtry. 2002. Teaching the River: Resources for Teachers and Students: Water Quality Education for Middle School Teachers. Presented at the 2002 River Cities Symposium on the Interdependence of the Economy and the Environment in Cincinnati, OH. June 28, 2002.

Diane K. McCubbin, Miriam Steinitz Kannan and Michael C. Miller. 2002. Impact of Tributaries on the Ohio River Algal Community. Presented at the ORBCRE Scientific Symposium, Northern Kentucky University, November 7, 2002

Atikovic* Emina, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan and Patrick Schultheis 2001 Evaluation of a new DNA amplification technique to screen cyanobacteria isolated from drinking water sources for Microcystin toxins. Presented at the Kentucky/Tennessee Academy of Sciences meeting Nov 8-10, 2001 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Also presented at the Water Quality and Technology Conference Nov. 11, 2001 in Nashville, Tenn.