Shannon Seneca

• Groundwater geochemistry
• Remediation of sites contaminanted by radio-active materials

Shannon Seneca is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, having recently accepted a National Science Foundation IGERT traineeship in the department’s new ERIE program in ecosystem restoration.  She received her Master of Science in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from SUNY-University at Buffalo.  Ms. Seneca’s Master’s thesis, titled “A Photochromic Dye – Particle Actinometer for Ultraviolet Reactors”, focused on the treatment of drinking water using ultraviolet (UV) light and the use of a photochromic particle actinometer to study UV reactors.  Shannon received her Bachelor of Science in Physics from SUNY – Buffalo State College.  Her current focus is in groundwater geochemistry as she continues research in the removal of Strontium-90 from groundwater.  As a recipient of an ERIE IGERT traineeship, Ms. Seneca remains interested in working on the prevention of contaminated water migrating into stream systems.

• BS in Physics (Buffalo StateCollege)
• MS in Civil (Environmental) Engineering (University at Buffalo, 2006)

Seneca, S. M., Bronner, C.E., Ross, E., and Rabideau, A. J. (2009, May). Evaluation of zeolite permeable treatment wall for the removal of Strontium-90 from groundwater. To be presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Spring Meeting, Toronto, CN.

Seneca, S. M. (2009, February). Removal of Sr-90 from groundwater using a permeable treatment wall. Presented at the University at Buffalo AGEP Research Seminar, Buffalo, NY.