Chamberlin......Humboldt State University

Some Possible Project Report Topics
for Engineering 353
Environmental Health Engineering



Parasitic protozoa
Parasitic helminths & filaria
Bacteria
Enteric Virus
Biochemical toxins
Air Contaminants
Insecticides
Herbicides
Volatile Organics in water
Synthetic Organics in water
Inorganics in water
Other




Parasitic protozoa


Balantidium coli
Cryptosporidium
Giardia lamblia
Entamoeba histolytica

Plasmodia (malaria)
Naegleria
Trichinella spiralis
Leshmania





Parasitic helminths & filaria


Schistosomes (schistosomiasis)
Ascaris (intestinal roundworm)
Guinea Worm (dracunculiasis)
Onchocera (River Blindness)




Bacteria


Bacillus cereus
Borrelia spp.
(Lyme Disease)
Brucella
Campylobacter
Clostridium botulinum
Escherichia coli
(enteropath.)
Legionella pneumophilia
Salmonella typhosa
Salmonella
spp.
Shigella
spp.
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus
spp.
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Yersinia enterocolitica
Yersinia pestis





Enteric Virus


Adenovius
Astrovirus
Calcivirus
Hepatitis A, B, C, ...
enterovirus: Coxsachie virus, Echo virus , Polio virus
Norwalk virus
Rotavirus
Hantavirus




Biochemical toxins


Ciguatoxin
Scombroid fish poisoning
paralytic shellfish poisoning




Air Contaminants


Total particulates
PM10
SO2
CO
NOx
Ozone
Radon
Pb
Hg vapor
acid aerosols
formaldehyde
asbestos fibers
benzo(a)pyrene
secondary tobacco smoke
UVB




Insecticides


DDT, DDD, DDE
chlordane
heptachlor
lindane
BHC
endrin
aldrin
ethylene dibromide
mirex
kepone
toxaphene
parathion
malathion
diazanon
sevin
methoxychlor




Herbicides


2,4-D
2,4,5-T
alachor
atrazine
paraquat




Volatile Organics in water


benzene
trichloroethylene
tetrachloroethylene
carbon tetrachloride
vinyl chloride




Synthetic Organics in water


chloroform
PCB, PBB
PAH (polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons)
toluene
2,3,7,8 TCDD (dioxin)




Inorganics in water


Sb
As
Ba
Cd
Cu
Cr
Pb
Hg
NO2/NO3
Se
asbestos
Ag
F
Al
Mo
V
Na
Ni
Zn
Cyanide




Other


UVB


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