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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Norma A. Alcantar

University of South Florida

Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

4202 E Fowler Avenue, ENB 118
Tampa , FL  33620  

norma@usf.edu

Project List:

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Book Chapters - 2

2014

Buttice, A., & Alcantar, N. (2014). Sediment Removal with the Opuntia ficus-indica Cactus: A Water Purification Method for Communities in Latin America. In Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification (pp. 98-103) Elsevier.

2013

Stebbins, D., Buttice, A. L., Fox, D., Smith, D. M., & Alcantar, N. A. (2013). Cactus Mucilage as an Emergency Response Biomaterial to Provide Clean Drinking Water. In Ahuja, S. (Ed.), Monitoring Water Quality (pp. 249-260) Elsevier.

Conference Presentations - 6

2014

Alcantar, N. (2014). Frontiers on dispersant technology: the use of natural materials in oil spill cleanups. In International Workshop in Colloidal and Interfacial Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SFA, 2014
Alcantar, N. T., S.; Guo, F. P., S.; Toomey, R. F., R.; Durham, D. B., & B.; Muppaneni, R. (2014). Natural polymers use to manufacture 'green' membranes and surfaces. In Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society (AES) - 30th
Falahat, R. W., E.; Wiranowska, M. T., & R.; Alcantar, N. (2014). Enhanced targeting delivery to tumor cells using mucoadhesive chitosan and chlorotoxin. In American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting
Guo, F. S., D.; Falahat, R. T., S.; Toomey, R. A., & N (2014). Cactus Based-Mucilage as an Alternative Natural Dispersant to be Incorporated in Oil Spill Response Strategies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Zhao, W. Z., Y.; Stebbins, D. P., S.; Ergas, S. A., & N (2014). The use of natural ammonia removing agents for preserving bait and fresh caught fish. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2012

Lara, J. S., D.; Buttice, A. F., D.; Vecino, X. A., & N (2012). Opuntia Ficus-Indica Mucilage Extraction and Application as Green Technology for Sustainable Water Cleaning Processes on Off-Flavor Organic Compounds. In HENAAC Annual Conference