PROFESSIONAL LEAVE PROPOSAL

          I. OBJECTIVES

             During the past several years, I have conducted research in
          the general area of industrial wastewater and hazardous
          wastewater treatment.  The specific area of research has been in
          the application of bioaugmentation process to the treatment of
          toxic industrial wastewaters including phenolic wastewaters.
          Several of my M. S. students have conducted M. S. thesis study in
          these areas.  I would like to explore the sources of research
          external funding in the area of phenolic and toxic wastewater
          treatment with bioaucjmentation and also prepare a paper in the
          same area and I would like to take the time afforded by the
          sabbatical to do so.  The specific objectives of the research are
          to explore and identify the sources for external funded research
          and prepare research proposal possibly jointly with a professor
          at an overseas university and to prepare a paper in the same
          research area of phenolic or toxic waste treatment with
          bioaugmentation with LLMO (live liquid microorganisms).  The
          research proposal will attempt to examine the effects of types
          and strength of phenolic wastewaters, dosages of bioaugmentation
          addition, time of treatment on the treatment efficiency for
          phenolic or toxic wastewaters.  My goal is to prepare a research
          proposal and also to prepare a paper for submission for
          publication.  The proposed research and the paper will contribute
          to the literature on the application of bioaugmentation process
          to toxic industrial wastewater and hazardous wastewater
          treatment.

          II. SPECIFIC TASKS

              During the leave period I would address the following tasks:

          1. Complete an exhaustive review of the literature on
          bioaucjmentation process and biological treatment of phenolic
          wastewaters and other toxic organic compounds.  Much of this is
          in the form of journals in environmental science and engineering,
          and government documents including U.S. EPA reports and is
          available in the libraries at CSU and other universities.

          2. Review and analyze research results from M. S. thesis of my
          graduate students in the area of phenolic wastewaters treatment
          with bioaucjmentation process.  The data will be used in the
          preparation of proposal and paper.

          3. Explore and identify the sources of external funded research.

          3. Complete a research proposal on phenolic or toxic wastewater
          treatment with bioaugmentation process possibly jointly with a
          professor at overseas university.

          4. Complete the writeup of a paper on phenolic wastewaters
          treatment with bioaugmentation process, which would be submitted