Publications
Peer-reviewed journal papers
In the list below, names of my directly-supervised graduate students (MS or PhD advisees) are underlined.
64. Zahid F, Cunningham JA. 2025. Review of the color gradient lattice Boltzmann method for simulating multi-phase flow in porous media: Viscosity, gradient calculation, and fluid acceleration. Fluids, 10(5), 128. DOI: 10.3390/fluids10050128
63. Nenninger C, Cunningham JA, Mihelcic JR. 2024. Ensuring the safety of an extraction well from an upgradient point source of pollution in a computationally constrained setting. Water, 16(18), 2645. DOI: 10.3390/w16182645
62. Judah LA, Andriambololonirina C, Rakotoarisoa L, Barrett LJP, Khaliq M, Mihelcic JR, Cunningham JA. 2024. Occurrence and mitigation of bacterial regrowth in stored household water in eastern coastal Madagascar. Water, 16(11), 1592. DOI: 10.3390/w16111592
61. Buerck A, Khaliq M, Alfredo K, Cunningham J, Barrett L, Rakotondrazaka R, Rakotoarisoa L, Champion W, Mihelcic J. 2023. Reductions in children's blood lead levels from a drinking-water intervention in Madagascar, sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(43), 16309–16316. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03774
60. Nenninger C, Cunningham JA, Mihelcic JR. 2023. A historical and critical review of latrine siting guidelines. Journal of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Development, 13(10), 833–846. DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2023.140
59. Dasi EA, Cunningham JA, Talla E, Ergas SJ. 2023. Autotrophic denitrification supported by sphalerite and oyster shells: Chemical and microbiome analysis. Bioresource Technology, 375, 128820. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128820
58. Butkus MA, Pfluger AR, Andino JM, Starke JA, Harrington GW, Dacunto P, Cunningham J. 2022. Leveraging a Board of Advisors for continuous interaction and improvement: Study of U.S. Military Academy's Environmental Engineering major. International Journal of Engineering Education, 38(5A), 1366–1376. Available at https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c380522A.html or https://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol38-5A/14_ijee4261.pdf
57. Champion W, Buerck AM, Nenninger C, Yusuf K, Barrett LJP, Rakotoarisoa L, Rakotondrazaka R, Alfredo K, Cunningham J, Khaliq M, Mihelcic JR. 2022. Childhood blood lead levels and environmental risk factors in Madagascar. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(45), 68652–68665. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20586-3
56. Zahid F, Cunningham JA. 2022. Effect of grain-size distribution on temporal evolution of interfacial area during two-phase flow in porous media. Transport in Porous Media, 144, 283–300. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-022-01767-7
55. Haghnazar H, Cunningham JA, Kumar V, Aghayani E, Mehraein M. 2022. COVID‑19 and urban rivers: Effects of lockdown period on surface water pollution and quality -- A case study of the Zarjoub River, north of Iran. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(18), 27382–27398. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18286-5
54. Kassouf H, Orner K, García Parra A, Cunningham JA. 2022. Treatment of an aerobic digester sidestream in a microbial fuel cell: Nitrate removal and electricity generation. Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 148(4), 04022003. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001979
53. Lobos A, Harwood VJ, Scott K, Cunningham JA. 2021. Tolerance of three fungal species to lithium and cobalt: Implications for bioleaching of spent rechargeable Li-ion batteries. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 131, 743–755. DOI: 10.1111/jam.14947
52. Buerck A, Usowicz M, Cunningham JA, Khaliq M, Barrett L, Rakotoarisoa L, Rakotondrazaka R, Alfredo K, Sommariva S, Mihelcic J. 2021. Health and economic consequences of lead exposure associated with products and services provided by the informal economy. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(12), 8362–8370. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c08127
51. Orner KD, Tsegaye S, Kassouf H, Rathore K, Sunol A, Cunningham JA. 2021. Case study for analyzing nutrient-management technologies at three scales within a sewershed. Urban Water Journal, 18(6), 410–420. DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2021.1893361
50. Akers DB, Buerck A, MacCarthy MF, Cunningham JA, Mihelcic JR. 2020. Estimates of blood lead levels (BLLs) for children in coastal Madagascar: Accounting for dietary uptake of lead (Pb). Exposure and Health, 12(3), 501–511. DOI: 10.1007/s12403-019-00316-w
49. Roberts-Ashby T, Berger PM, Cunningham JA, Kumar R, Blondes M. 2020. Modeling geologic sequestration of CO2 in a deep saline carbonate reservoir with T2CPI, a new tool for reactive transport modeling. Environmental Geosciences (AAPG/DEG), 27(2), 103–116. DOI: 10.1306/eg.08061919003
48. Orner K, Camacho-Céspedes F, Cunningham JA, Mihelcic JR. 2020. Assessment of nutrient fluxes and recovery for a small-scale agricultural waste management system. Journal of Environmental Management, 267, 110626. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110626
47. Kumar R, Campbell S, Cunningham JA. 2020. Effect of temperature on the geological sequestration of CO2 in a layered carbonate formation. Journal of Energy Resources Technology (ASME), 142(7), 070907. DOI: 10.1115/1.4046137
46. Kumar R, Campbell S, Sonnenthal E, Cunningham J. 2020. Effect of brine salinity on the geological sequestration of CO2 in a deep saline carbonate formation. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 10(2), 296–312. DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1960
45. Kassouf H, García Parra A, Mulford L, Iranipour G, Ergas SJ, Cunningham JA. 2020. Mass fluxes of nitrogen and phosphorus through water reclamation facilities: Case study of biological nutrient removal, aerobic sludge digestion, and sidestream recycle. Water Environment Research, 92(3), 478–489. DOI: 10.1002/wer.1239
44. Sánchez Vivas L, Mullins G, Cunningham JA, Mihelcic JR. 2019. Mechanical properties of bamboo: A research synthesis of strength values and the factors influencing them. Journal of the American Bamboo Society, 29, 1–22. Available via open access at https://bamboo.org/abs-publications/journal.
43. Tang J, Zhang C, Shi X, Sun J, Cunningham JA. 2019. Municipal wastewater treatment plants coupled with electrochemical, biological, and bio-electrochemical technologies: Opportunities and challenges toward energy self-sufficiency. Journal of Environmental Management, 234, 396–403. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.097
42. Orner K, Cools C, Balaguer-Barbosa M, Zalivina N, Mihelcic JR, Chen G, Cunningham JA. 2019. Energy recovery and nitrogen management from struvite precipitation effluent via microbial fuel cells. Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 145(3), 04018145. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001500
41. Kassouf H, Cunningham JA, Mulford L, Iranipour G. 2018. Chlorine demand and trihalomethane formation during chlorination of wastewater in Hillsborough County, Florida, USA: Effects of temperature and chlorine dose. Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 144(8), 04018067. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001413
40. Aponte-Morales V, Payne K, Cunningham J, Ergas S. 2018. Bioregeneration of chabazite during nitrification of centrate from anaerobically digested livestock waste: Experimental and modeling studies. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(7), 4090–4098. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06248
39. Mendoza-Sanchez I, Autenrieth R, MacDonald TJ, Cunningham J. 2018. Biological limitations of dechlorination of cis-dichloroethene during transport in porous media. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(2), 684–691. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04426
38. Sengupta S, Ergas S, Cunningham J, Goel R, Feldman A, Chen Y-H. 2017. Concept inventory (CI) for Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering courses: Findings from CI development and testing. Environmental Engineering Science, 34(12), 895–907. DOI: 10.1089/ees.2016.0595
37. Orner K, Ozcan O, Saetta D, Boyer TH, Yeh DH, Anderson D, Cunningham J. 2017. A House of Quality planning matrix for evaluating wastewater nutrient management technologies at three scales within a sewershed. Environmental Engineering Science, 34(11), 773–784. DOI: 10.1089/ees.2017.0016
36. Amini A, Aponte-Morales V, Wang M, Dilbeck MP, Lahav O, Zhang Q, Cunningham JA, Ergas SJ. 2017. Cost-effective treatment of swine wastes through recovery of energy and nutrients. Waste Management, 69, 508–517. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.08.041
35. Manser ND, Cunningham JA, Ergas SJ, Mihelcic JR. 2016. Modeling inactivation of highly persistent pathogens in household-scale semi-continuous anaerobic digesters. Environmental Engineering Science, 33(11), 851–860. DOI: 10.1089/ees.2016.0131
34. Kinyua MN, Trimmer J, Izurieta R, Cunningham J, Ergas SJ. 2016. Viability and fate of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in tubular anaerobic digesters. Science of the Total Environment, 554-555, 167–177. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.170
33. Akers DB, MacCarthy M, Cunningham JA, Annis J, Mihelcic JR. 2015. Lead (Pb) contamination of self-supply groundwater systems in coastal Madagascar and predictions of blood lead levels in exposed children. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(5), 2685–2693. DOI: 10.1021/es504517r
32. Kim WS, Cunningham JA. 2014. Biodegradation of bisphenol-A and 17b-estradiol under alternating aerobic/anoxic conditions. Environmental Engineering Science, 31(5), 232–242. DOI: 10.1089/ees.2013.0423
31. Kinyua MN, Cunningham J, Ergas SJ. 2014. Effect of solids retention time on the bioavailability of organic carbon in anaerobically digested swine waste. Bioresource Technology, 162, 14–20. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.111
30. Cone M, Osborn C, Ticknor JL, Cunningham JA. 2014. Effects of solvent composition and hydrogen pressure on the catalytic conversion of 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene to cyclohexane. Environmental Engineering Science, 31(3), 156–166. DOI: 10.1089/ees.2013.0471
29. Kim WS, Do A, Yeh DH, Cunningham JA. 2014. Extraction of bisphenol-A and 17b-estradiol from water samples via solid-phase extraction (SPE). Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 33(1), 59–77. DOI: 10.1515/revac-2013-0016
28. Ticknor JL, Elsayed-Ali O, Kim WS, Trotz MA, Cunningham JA. 2013. Simplified analysis of chlorinated ethenes in water samples by GC/FID. Environmental Engineering Science, 30(1), 30–37. DOI: 10.1089/ ees.2012.0101
27. Schweitzer RW, Cunningham JA, Mihelcic JR. 2013. Hydraulic modeling of clay ceramic water filters for point-of-use water treatment. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(1), 429–435. DOI: 10.1021/es302956f
26. Wee HY, Cunningham JA. 2013. Soil treatment by solvent extraction and catalytic hydrodehalogenation. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 11(1), 59–74. DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2013.050520
25. Okwen RT, Thomas M, Stewart MT, Trotz M, Cunningham JA. 2012. Conjunctive injection of CO2 and wastewater in a heterogeneous porous formation. Technology and Innovation (Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors®), 14(2), 143–151. DOI: 10.3727/194982412X13462021397778
24. Thomas MW, Stewart M, Trotz M, Cunningham JA. 2012. Geochemical modeling of CO2 sequestration in deep, saline, dolomitic-limestone aquifers: Critical evaluation of thermodynamic sub-models. Chemical Geology, 306-307, 29–39. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.02.019
23. Mendoza-Sanchez I, Cunningham JA. 2012. Efficient algorithms for modeling the transport and biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater. Transport in Porous Media, 92(1), 165–185. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9896-5
22. Wee HY, Cunningham JA. 2011. Remediation of contaminated soil by solvent extraction and catalytic hydrodehalogenation: Semi-continuous process with solvent recycle. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 30(4), 589–598. DOI: 10.1002/ep.10513
21. Okwen R, Stewart M, Cunningham J. 2011. Effect of well orientation (vertical vs. horizontal) and well length on the injection of CO2 in deep saline aquifers. Transport in Porous Media, 90(1), 219-232. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9686-5
20. Okwen R, Stewart M, Cunningham J. 2011. Analytical model for screening potential CO2 repositories. Computational Geosciences, 15(4), 755–770. DOI: 10.1007/s10596-011-9246-2
19. Okwen R, Stewart M, Cunningham J. 2011. Temporal variations in near-wellbore pressures during CO2 injection in saline aquifers. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5, 1140–1148. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.07.011
18. Okwen R, Pu R, Cunningham JA. 2011. Remote sensing of temperature variations around major power plants as point sources of heat. InternationalJournal of Remote Sensing, 32(13), 3791–3805. DOI: 10.1080/01431161003774723
17. Mendoza-Sanchez I, Autenrieth RL, McDonald TJ, Cunningham JA. 2010. Effect of pore velocity on the biodegradation of cis-dichloroethene (DCE) in column experiments. Biodegradation, 21(3), 365–377. DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9307-6
16. Okwen R, Stewart M, Cunningham JA. 2010. Analytical solution for estimating storage efficiency of geologic sequestration of CO2. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 4, 102–107. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2009.11.002.
15. Wee HY, Cunningham JA. 2008. Palladium-catalyzed hydrodehalogenation of 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene in water-ethanol mixtures. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 155(1–2), 1–9. DOI: 10.1016/ j.jhazmat.2007.10.045
14. Cunningham JA, Fadel ZJ. 2007. Contaminant degradation in physically and chemically heterogeneous aquifers. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 94(3–4), 293–304. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.07.011
13. Mendoza-Sanchez I, Cunningham JA. 2007. Efficient algorithm for modeling transport in porous media with mass exchange between mobile fluid and reactive stationary media. Transport in Porous Media, 68(3), 285–300.
12. Hoelen TP, Cunningham JA, Hopkins GD, Lebrón CA, Reinhard M. 2006. Bioremediation of cis-DCE at a sulfidogenic site by amendment with propionate. Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, 26(3), 82–91.
11. Cunningham JA, Mendoza-Sanchez I. 2006. Equivalence of two models for biodegradation during contaminant transport in groundwater. Water Resources Research, 42(2), W02416, DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004205
10. Cunningham JA, Deitsch JJ, Smith JA, Reinhard M. 2005. Quantification of contaminant sorption-desorption time-scales from batch experiments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24(9), 2160–2166.
9. Cunningham JA, Hoelen TP, Hopkins GD, Lebrón CA, Reinhard M. 2004. Hydraulics of recirculating well pairs for ground water remediation. Ground Water, 42(6), 880-889.
8. Lin A, Debroux JF, Cunningham JA, Reinhard M. 2003. Comparison of rhodamine WT and bromide in the determination of hydraulic characteristics of constructed wetlands. Ecological Engineering, 20(1), 75–88.
7. Cunningham JA, Reinhard M. 2002. Injection-extraction treatment well pairs: An alternative to permeable reactive barriers. Ground Water, 40(6), 599–607.
6. Cunningham JA, Rahme H, Hopkins GD, Lebrón CA, Reinhard M. 2001. Enhanced in situ bioremediation of BTEX-contaminated groundwater by combined injection of nitrate and sulfate. Environmental Science & Technology, 35(8), 1663–1670.
5. Cunningham JA, Hopkins GD, Lebrón CA, Reinhard M. 2000. Enhanced anaerobic bioremediation of groundwater contaminated by fuel hydrocarbons at Seal Beach, California. Biodegradation, 11(2-3), 159–170.
4. Cunningham JA, Goltz MN, Roberts PV. 1999. Simplified expressions for spatial moments of ground-water contaminant plumes. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 5(4), 377–380.
3. Cunningham JA, Roberts PV. 1998. Use of temporal moments to investigate the effects of non-uniform grain-size distribution on the transport of sorbing solutes. Water Resources Research, 34(6), 1415–1425.
2. Werth CJ, Cunningham JA, Roberts PV, Reinhard M. 1997. Effects of grain-scale mass transfer on the transport of volatile organics through sediments, 2: Column results. Water Resources Research, 33(12), 2727–2740.
1. Cunningham JA, Werth CJ, Reinhard M, Roberts PV. 1997. Effects of grain-scale mass transfer on the transport of volatile organics through sediments, 1: Model development. Water Resources Research, 33(12), 2713–2726.
Peer-reviewed conference papers
13. Akers DB, Cunningham JA, MacCarthy MF, Annis J, Mihelcic JR. “Lead (Pb) contamination of self-supply groundwater systems in coastal Madagascar: Estimates of blood lead levels (BLLs) in children.” In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016: Environmental, Sustainability, Groundwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Water Distribution Systems Analysis, Proceedings of the 2016 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, edited by CS Pathak and D Reinhart, pp 299–308. Published by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Presented in West Palm Beach, FL, May 22–26, 2016. DOI: 10.1061/9780784479865.032
12. Kinyua MN, Cunningham J, Ergas SJ. “Effect of solids retention time on the bioavailability of organic carbon in anaerobically digested swine waste.” Water Environment Federation, Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting (WEFTEC 2014), pp 6253–6263. Presented in New Orleans, LA, September 27–30, 2014.
11. Aponte-Morales V, Payne K, Cunningham J, Ergas S. “Use of chabazite to overcome ammonia inhibition during nitrification of high-strength wastewater.” Water Environment Federation, Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting (WEFTEC 2014), pp 1431–1442. Presented in New Orleans, LA, September 27–30, 2014.
10. Amini A, Aponte-Morales V, Wang M, Dillbeck P, Manser N, Ergas S, Zhang Q, Cunningham J. “A proposed treatment train for sustainable energy and nutrient recovery from swine wastewater.” Water Environment Federation, Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting (WEFTEC 2014), pp 6692–6700. Presented in New Orleans, LA, September 27–30, 2014.
9. Lin A, Kinyua M, Peña O, Cunningham J, Ergas SJ. “Energy and nutrient recovery from anaerobically digested swine waste.” In: Trends in Resource Recovery and Use, Proceedings of the 2013 IWA/WEF Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2013 conference, pp 337-340. Presented in Vancouver, Canada, July 28–31, 2013.
8. Sengupta S, Cunningham JA, Ergas S, Goel R, Ozalp D, Reed-Rhoads T. “Development of a concept inventory for introductory environmental engineering courses.” American Society of Engineering Education, Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Presented in Atlanta, GA, June 23–26, 2013. Available on-line at: https://peer.asee.org/
7. Trotz MA, Thomas KD, Cunningham JA, Zhang Q. “Improving writing in Civil and Environmental Engineering courses using CLAQWA, an online tool for writing improvement.” American Society of Engineering Education, Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, paper number AC2010-675. Presented in Louisville, KY, June 20–23, 2010. Available on-line at: https://peer.asee.org/
6. Okwen RT, Stewart M, Cunningham JA. “Storage of CO2 in deep saline aquifers via injection in horizontal wells.” Proceedings of the TOUGH Symposium 2009, edited by G Moridis, C Doughty, S Finsterle, and E Sonnenthal, pp 102–107. Published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL-2790E), Berkeley, CA. Presented in Berkeley, CA, Sept 14–16, 2009. Available at: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1zf1b81h
5. Munakata N, Cunningham JA, Reinhard M, Ruiz R, Lebrón C. “Palladium catalysis in horizontal flow treatment wells: Field-scale design and laboratory study.” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, edited by AR Gavaskar and ASC Chen, pp 2267–2274. Published by Battelle Press, Columbus, OHColumbus, OH. Presented in Monterey, CA, May 20–23, 2002.
4. Hoelen TP, Cunningham J, Lebrón CA, Reinhard M. “Coupling of toluene oxidation with PCE dechlorination under sulfidogenic conditions.” In: Anaerobic Degradation of Chlorinated Solvents, volume 6(7) of the Proceedings of the Sixth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, edited by V Magar, D Fennell, J Morse, B Alleman, and A Leeson, pp 95–102. Published by Battelle Press, Columbus, OHColumbus, OH. Presented in San Diego, CASan Diego, CA, June 4–7, 2001.
3. Cunningham JA, Hopkins GD, Reinhard M, Lebrón CA. “Enhanced anaerobic in situ bioremediation of fuel hydrocarbons in groundwater at Seal Beach, California.” In: Groundwater 2000, Proceedings of the International Conference on Groundwater Research, edited by PL Bjerg, P Engesgaard, and TD Krom, pp 411–412. Published by A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, DenmarkRotterdam, Denmark. Presented in Copenhagen, DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark, June 6–8, 2000. DOI:10.1201/9781003078593-203
2. Cunningham JA, Freyberg DL, Roberts PV. “Solute transport at the Borden field experiment: Grain- and field-scale rate limitations.” In: Groundwater: An Endangered Resource, Proceedings of Theme C of the 27th Congress of the International Association for Hydraulic Research, Water for a Changing Global Community, edited by AN Findikakis and F Stauffer, pp 65–70. Published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY. Presented in San Francisco, California, August 10–15, 1997.
1. Thompson PA, Berry CA, Espenscheid AP, Cunningham JA, Evans JM. “Estimating hydrocarbon emissions from triethylene glycol dehydration of natural gas.” Proceedings of the SPE/EPA Exploration & Production Environmental Conference, pp 187–198, paper SPE-25952. Published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Richardson, TXRichardson, TX. Presented in San Antonio, TXSan Antonio, TX, March 7–10, 1993. DOI: 10.2118/25952-MSRichardson, TX.
Trade Publications & Technical Reports (Selected)
Kassouf H, Sager A, Mulford L, Iranipour G, Ergas SJ, Cunningham JA. 2019. Enhanced biological phosphorus removal during simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in an oxidation ditch. Florida Water Resources Journal, January 2019, 16–20.
Goldman JE, Ferlita RE, Keen M, Cunningham J, Duke LD, Yeh D. 2009. A multi-level, systematic evaluation of cleaning protocols for reverse osmosis membranes in drinking water treatment. Solutions [American Membrane Technology Association], Spring 2009, 10–16.
Munakata N, Cunningham JA, Reinhard M, Ruiz R, Lebron C. 2002. Palladium catalysis in horizontal-flow treatment wells: Field-scale design and laboratory study. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report UCRL-JC-147525: Livermore, CA.
Thompson PA, Cunningham JA, Berry CA, Evans JM. 1993. PC program estimates BTEX, VOC emissions. Oil and Gas Journal, 91(24), 36–41.
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference Abstracts
Ajugwe U, Cunningham JA. “Must we account for wellbore effects during simulations of CO2 sequestration in a saline aquifer?” AGU25, abstract MR31A-07. Presented in New Orleans, LA, December 17, 2025.
Torof M, Cunningham JA. “Relative importance of heterogeneity, anisotropy, and permeability-saturation-pressure constitutive relationships during the sequestration of CO2 in deep saline aquifers.” AGU25, abstract MR31C-0052. Presented in New Orleans, LA, December 17, 2025.
Torof M, Cunningham JA. “Impact of parameter uncertainty on predictions of feasibility of geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in deep saline aquifers”. AGU24, abstract H23D-1026. Presented in Washington, DC, December 10, 2024.
Zahid F, Cunningham J, Stuart A. “Effect of grain-size distribution on interfacial area–saturation curves in multiphase flow through porous media.” AGU Fall Meeting 2020, abstract H009-0008. Presented on-line, December 7, 2020.
Zahid F, Stuart A, Cunningham J. “Simulation of drainage and imbibition of oil and water in well-sorted and poorly sorted media.” AGU Fall meeting 2019, abstract H13R-2010. Presented in San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2019.
Anwar S, Trotz M, Stewart M, Cunningham JA. “Characterization of entrapment of supercritical CO2 at the pore scale.” Proceedings of the 2012 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, paper H21K-04. Presented in San Francisco, CA, December 3–7, 2012.
Anwar S, Cunningham JA, Trotz M, Thomas MW, Stewart M. “Pore-scale modeling of reactive multi-phase flow for carbon capture and storage.” Proceedings of the 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Paper H51G-1264. Presented in San Francisco, CA, December 5–9, 2011.
Okwen R, Thomas MW, Stewart M, Trotz M, Cunningham JA. “Simultaneous injection of wastewater and CO2 in a heterogeneous aquifer.” Proceedings of the 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Paper H41K-03. Presented in San Francisco, CA, December 5–9, 2011.
Anwar S, Cunningham JA, Trotz M, Thomas MW, Stewart M. “Pore-scale modeling of reactive-multiphase-buoyant flow for carbon capture and storage. Abstract H13C-0969, presented at the 2010 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 13–17, 2010.
Thomas MW, Briley A, Trotz M, Stewart M, Cunningham JA. “Geochemical modeling of CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers in Florida.” Abstract H13C-0985, presented at the 2010 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17, 2010.
Cunningham JA, Okwen RT, Thomas MW, Trotz MA, Stewart M. “Expected CO2-water-rock interactions and changes in formation porosity in a deep saline aquifer in Florida, United States.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 90, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H13A-0919. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2009 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14–18, 2009.
Cunningham JA, Mendoza-Sanchez I. “Efficient algorithms for modeling the transport and biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 89, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H21D-0838, December 2008. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2008 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15–19, 2008.
Okwen RT, Cunningham JA. “Evaluating the effect of gravity on CO2 plume behavior in deep confined saline aquifers.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 89, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H23D-1010, December 2008. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2008 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15–19, 2008.
Cunningham JA, Mendoza-Sanchez I. “How can we account for micro-scale biodegradation processes in macro-scale models of contaminant transport and degradation?” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 88, no 52, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H32D-05, December 2007. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10–14, 2007.
Mendoza-Sanchez I, Autenrieth RL, McDonald TJ, Cunningham JA. “Effect of pore-scale velocity on biodegradation of contaminants during transport in porous media.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 88, no 52, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H33D-1628. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10–14, 2007.
Okwen R, Nordbotten J, Stewart M, Cunningham JA. “Analytical model for screening potential repositories for subsurface sequestration of CO2.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 88, no 52, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract U43C-1393, December 2007. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10–14, 2007.
Mendoza-Sanchez I, Cunningham JA. “Modeling multi-species transport with non-linear reactions and mass exchange between mobile fluid and stationary porous medium.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 87, no 52, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H41B-0401, December 2006. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2006 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11–15, 2006.
Cunningham JA, Fadel Z. “Transport of reactive contaminants in physically and chemically heterogeneous aquifers: Effect of the correlation between hydraulic conductivity and degradation rate.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 86, no 52, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H23E-1472, December 2005. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5–9, 2005.
Mendoza-Sanchez I, Cunningham JA. “Efficient algorithm for modeling mass transport in porous media with mass exchange between mobile fluid and stationary medium.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 86, no 52, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H23E-1474, December 2005. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5–9, 2005.
Mendoza-Sanchez I, Cunningham JA. “Modeling the effects of mass transfer on contaminant biodegradation in porous media.” Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol 86, Spring meeting supplement, abstract H51A-04. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2005 spring meeting, New Orleans, LA, May, 2005.
Cunningham JA, Mendoza-Sanchez I. “On the equivalence of two models for biodegradation during contaminant transport in groundwater.” Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol 85, Fall meeting supplement, November 2004. Poster number H21E-1069, presented at the American Geophysical Union 2004 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2004.
Cunningham JA, Hoelen TP, Hopkins GD, Reinhard M, Lebron CA. “In situ remediation of contaminated groundwater via enhanced reductive dehalogenation and dual-screened wells.” Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol 84, no 46, Fall meeting supplement, p F622, November 2003. Poster number H21D-0849, presented at the American Geophysical Union 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2003.
Guswa AJ, Cunningham JA, Freyberg DL. “A two-region model to account for slow advection through low-permeability lenses.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 80, Fall meeting supplement, Abstract H32A-08, December 1999. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 1999 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 1999.
Cunningham JA, Guswa AJ, Freyberg DL, Roberts PV. “Use of temporal moment analysis to determine the importance of sorption kinetics for contaminant transport through heterogeneous groundwater aquifers.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 79, no 45, Fall meeting supplement, p F257, November 1998. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 1998 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 6–10, 1998.
Cunningham JA, Ball WP, Roberts PV. “Series diffusion model for the sorption kinetics of halogenated organic compounds on Borden aquifer sand.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 79, no 17, Spring meeting supplement, p S97, April 1998. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 1998 Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, May 26–29, 1998.
Cunningham JA, Roberts PV. “Effects of grain-scale mass transfer heterogeneity on contaminant transport in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 78, Fall meeting supplement, abstract H52F-07. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 1997 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 1997.
Cunningham JA, Werth CJ, Roberts PV, Reinhard M. “Non-equilibrium transport of trichloroethylene (TCE) through natural porous media: Column experiments and development of a ‘distributed diffusion’ model.” Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 77, Fall meeting supplement, abstract H32G-07. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 1996 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 1996.
American Chemical Society (ACS) Conference Abstracts
Kassouf H, Orner K, Garcia Parra A, Youssef S, Cunningham JA. “Microbial fuel cell for removal of nitrate from the effluent (sidestream) of aerobic digestion.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 257. Presented at the 257th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, FL, April 3, 2019. Paper ENVR 638.
Orner K, Cools C, Mihelcic J, Cunningham J. “Microbial fuel cells integrate energy production with nutrient management in municipal wastewater plant sidestreams.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 253. Presented at the 253rd ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2–6, 2017. Paper ENVR 909.
Lobos A, Cunningham J, Harwood VJ. “Recovery of lithium and cobalt from spent rechargeable batteries by fungal bioleaching.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 252. Presented at the 252nd ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, August 21, 2016.
Mihelcic JR, Akers DB, Orner KD, Cunningham JA. “Environmental chemistry research that improves health in developing-world settings: Assessment of in-line disinfection of gravity-flow water-supply systems in Panama and water derived from pumps in Madagascar that contain lead components.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 248. Presented at the 248th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, August 10–14, 2014.
Cunningham JA, Ticknor J, Osborn C, Wee HY. “Clean-up of contaminated soil by remedial extraction and catalytic hydrodehalogenation (REACH).” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 243, meeting abstract 93-ENVR. Presented at the 243rd ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA, Mar 25–29, 2012.
Anwar S, Cunningham J, Thomas M, Trotz M, Stewart M. “Pore-scale modeling of reactive multi-phase flow for carbon capture and storage.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 242, meeting abstract 48-GEOC. Presented at the 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, Aug 28–31, 2011.
Kim WS, Cunningham J. “Biodegradation of bisphenol-A and 17b-estradiol in soil mesocosms under alternating aerobic/anaerobic conditions.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 242, meeting abstract 485-ENVR. Presented at the 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, Aug 28–31, 2011.
Mendoza-Sanchez I, Cunningham J. “Efficient algorithms for modeling the transport and biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 242, meeting abstract 68-ENVR. Presented at the 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, Aug 28–31, 2011.
Thomas MW, Cunningham J, Briley A, Trotz M, Stewart M. “Geochemical modeling of CO2 sequestration in carbonate aquifers: Critical evaluation of thermodynamic models used to predict mineral dissolution and precipitation.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 242, meeting abstract 76-GEOC. Presented at the 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, Aug 28–31, 2011.
Anwar S, Cunningham J, Trotz M, Stewart M. “Pore-scale modeling of reactive multi-phase flow in saline aquifers for carbon capture and storage.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 239, meeting abstract 77 GEOC. Presented at the 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010.
Kim WS, Do A, Yeh DH, Cunningham JA. “Comparison of extraction and derivatization methods for use in GC/MS analysis of endocrine-disrupting compounds in water.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol 237, meeting abstract 218-ENVR. Presented at the 237th ACS National Meeting, 2009.
Reinhard M, Hopkins GD, Cunningham J, Lebron CA. “From laboratory study to full scale application: Treating groundwater for TCE removal using catalyzed reductive dechlorination.” American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints of Extended Abstracts, vol 46, no 2, pp 444–447. Presented at the 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10–14, 2006.
Wee HY, Cunningham JA. “Effect of solvent composition on the Pd-catalyzed hydrodehalogenation of halogenated hydrophobic organic compounds.” American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints of Extended Abstracts, vol 46, no 2, pp 458–463. Presented at the 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept 10–14, 2006.