Current Research and Initiatives
The Use of Phytoremediation to Minimize Human Exposure and
Health Risk Following Renovation and Remodeling of Homes Containing
Lead-Based Paints.
2003-2004
USEPA FY 2000 Grant Funds for Technical Studies, Part Two of field
testing of contaminated residential yard soils in Cambridge, MA
Project Team:
Edenspace Systems Corporation, VA
Lead-Safe Cambridge, MA
Rethinking our Atomic Heritage: Integrating Planning and
Design in the Remediation, Restoration and Reuse of the K 25 Manhattan
Project Site, Oak Ridge, TN
2003-2004
Project Team:
The Atomic Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
Hiyara Landfill, Tel Aviv, Israel
Design Charette, Spring 2003, Tel Aviv
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School
of Design
Client: District Planning Office, Tel Aviv and The Beracha Foundation,
Jerusalem
Charette Co-Organizer to District Planning Office, Tel Aviv
Co-organizer of an international charette with teams of designers
and planners drawn from Israel, Europe and North America reviewing
future alternatives for a 3000-acre site in the Southern Tel Aviv
area that includes the Hiyara Landfill.
Silresim Superfund Site and Tanner Street Industrial Corridor
Reuse Assessment and Redevelopment Planning, Spring 2001
City of Lowell, MA
Partners: StoSS, The Bioengineering Group, Inc. and TRC Environmental
Services Remediation Strategist
Tanner
Street Industrial Corridor EPA P3 Grant
Civic Stormwater Gardens: An Ecological Solution for Cities with
CSOs
Fall 2004 - Spring 2005, City of Lowell, MA
Faculty Advisor: Niall Kirkwood
Partners: EPA, StoSS, City of Lowell, Harvard School of Public
Health
Gray Skies: Natural Disasters, Climate Change and the Built
Environment Research Project
2001- 2003
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Principal Investigator and Project Leader
Drastic changes to natural and built landscapes by climate change, industrialization and pollution are the subject of an interdisciplinary study including proposals for advanced interdisciplinary seminars.
Global Brown: Environmentally Compromised Landscapes and International
Development Research Project
2000- 2005
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Principal Investigator and Project Leader
An interdisciplinary project that advances understanding of world pollution, land development issues and the future demands of industrialization in developing countries.
Hiyara Landfill, Tel Aviv, Israel Research Project, Spring
2001
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School
of Design
Client: District Planning Office, Tel Aviv and Beracha Foundation
Resource Consultant to District Planning Office, Tel Aviv
Resource consultant within an international multidisciplinary
team of designers, planners and historians reviewing future alternatives
for a 2000-acre site in the Southern Tel Aviv area that includes
the Hiyara Landfill.
Brownfield Portal: A Digital Inventory & Platform of Brownfield
Sites in Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Masssachusetts Brownfields Office, Boston,
MA
Research Project, Winter 2000-present
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School
of Design
Center for Design Informatics at Harvard Graduate School of Design
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Brownfields Office
Principal Investigator and Project Leader
Development of the first digital inventory of brownfields in MA
Brown Fields and Gray Waters:
Restoration and Remediation of Degraded Land and Waterways
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Executive Education Course and Conference, Fall 2001
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School
of Design
Co-Coordinators:
Dr Robert France, Associate Professor of Landscape Ecology, Harvard
GSD
Niall Kirkwood, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture,
Harvard GSD
Reclaimed! Brown Fields and Gray Waters:
Case Studies of Emerging Reclamation Processes & Design Practices
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Exhibition, Fall 2001
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School
of Design
Exhibition Curator:
Niall Kirkwood, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture,
Harvard GSD
Fresh Kills Landfill Regeneration, Staten Island, NY
Research Project, 2000-2001
Member, Professional Advisory Forum
City of New York Department of City Planning
Study of the enduse possibilities of the largest landfill on the
Eastern seaboard of the United States (3,000 acres), located on
Staten Island near lower Manhattan.
Regenerating Former Underutilized Defense Sites (FUDS)
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, DeSota, Kansas, MI
Research Project, Fall 2000- present
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School
of Design
The OZ Corporation Ltd., Kansas, MI
Principal Investigator and Project Leader
Development of research into remediation strategies allied with
reuse planning on 7000-acre former military site. Application
of innovative technologies and integration with existing and proposed
infrastructure, stormwater management and landform construction.
Brownfields and Housing
White Paper: Why is there Underdevelopment of Housing in Brownfields
Redevelopment?
Research Project, Spring/Summer/Fall 2000
Center for Technology and Environment at Harvard Graduate School
of Design
Joint Center for Housing and Urbanization, Harvard University
Preparation of keynote white paper for the National Association
of Home Builders in the United States (NAHB) Conference in Washington
DC. Outlines critical questions in the evolution of residential
strategies for the reuse of contaminated urban industrial land.
A Community-Based Study of Lead-Exposure Pathways, Biomarkers
of Dose, Health Effects and Phytoremediation Strategies, Tar Creek
Superfund Site, Miami, OK
Superfund Hazardous Substances Basic Research Program,
Summer 2000- 2005
National Institute of Environmental Health Services RFA ES-99-001
Cleanup and reclamation of 40 square mile area of land contaminated
from lead and zinc mining operations. Principles and application
of phytoremediation technologies in field test. Issues include
planning and design of site systems, and public health concerns
with accentuated lead levels in vulnerable populations (children
1-10).
Harvard Project Team:
Dr Howard Hu, Harvard Medical School, Principal Co-Investigator
Dr John D. Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health, Principal
Co-Investigator
Rebecca Jim, L.E.A.D. Agency, Miami, Oklahoma
Niall Kirkwood, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Lucia Lovinger-Golob, Harvard Science Center
Phytoremediation and Brownfields, New England
Technology Transfer, 1998-present
Consultant to US EPA Region 1, New England
Dr John Podgurski, Brownfields Coordinator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 1
Professor William Librizzi, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Assistance on the development of site strategies, methods and tools for the temporary and interim use of small urban brownfields in CT and MA. Presentations at technology transfer seminars and preparation of Regional Conference on topic. Individual assistance to cities of Danbury, Derby, CT.