| Affiliation: | Dr. N. Nirmalakhandan received his B.S. degree from University of Sri Lanka and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Drexel University, Pennsylvania. He is a registered professional engineer and is currently an associate professor in the Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering (CAGE) Department of New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM 88003). His research areas include fate, transport, treatment, and mangement of organic contaminants. He has published several papers in these areas in leading environmental engineering journals. His work on the cascade air-stripping technology has also been widely published, and has been supported by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation and New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute.;G.L. Peace is a recent graduate of the CAGE Department, New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM 88003). The field studies presented in this paper are based on his M.S. thesis work.;A. Shanbhag is a graduate student in the CAGE Department, New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM 88003). The techno-economic analysis presented in the paper is based on his M.S. thesis work.;Dr. R.E. Speece is centennial professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN 37235). He has been involved in the development of the cascade air-stripping process from its inception. |
