Rachel Brennan
Professor of Civil Engineering
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231K Sackett
University Park, PA - rab44@psu.edu
- 814-865-9428
Publication Tags
Wastewater Wastewater Treatment Water Biomass Ethanol Nitrogen Life Cycle Nutrients Nutrient Economic Analysis Carbon Irrigation Proteins Methane Fungi Eutrophication Reaction Yield Water Quality Impurities Leaching Remediation Machine Learning Anaerobic Digestion Araceae StarchMost Recent Publications
Trace organic contaminant removal in six full-scale integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) systems treating municipal wastewater
M. Shreve, R. Brennan, Water Research on p. 318-331
Sequential ethanol fermentation and anaerobic digestion increases bioenergy yields from duckweed.
O. Calicioglu, R. Brennan, Bioresource Technology on p. 344-348
CREATING A CIRCULAR NITROGEN BIOECONOMY IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS THROUGH NUTRIENT RECOVERY AND UPCYCLING BY MICROALGAE AND DUCKWEED: PAST EFFORTS AND FUTURE TRENDS
Pandara Valappil Femeena, Gregory R. House, Rachel A. Brennan, 2022, Journal of the ASABE on p. 327-346
Duckweed growth model for large-scale applications: Optimizing harvesting regime and intrinsic growth rate via machine learning to maximize biomass yields
Ozgul Calicioglu, Mert Y. Sengul, Pandara Valappil Femeena, Rachel A. Brennan, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
Techno-economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of an Integrated Wastewater-Derived Duckweed Biorefinery
Ozgul Calicioglu, Pandara Valappil Femeena, Christopher L. Mutel, Deborah L. Sills, Tom L. Richard, Rachel A. Brennan, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering on p. 9395-9408
Coupling ecological wastewater treatment with the production of livestock feed and irrigation water provides net benefits to human health and the environment: A life cycle assessment
B. Roman, R. A. Brennan, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
The water–energy–food nexus discovery map: Linking geographic information systems, academic collaboration, and large-scale data visualization
Matthew Arenas, Pandara Valappil Femeena, Rachel A. Brennan, 2021, Sustainability (Switzerland)
Lemna minor (duckweed) enhances crop yield and nutrient retention in agricultural soils
Rachel Brennan, Fernandez Pulido, C Zhang, J Caballero, M Bruns, 2021, Ecological Engineering on p. 106273
Nitrate removal in greenhouse water using mushroom compost within artificially constructed wetlands
Robert Harvey, Donald Davis, Nina Shiskoff, B Savani, Rachel Brennan, J Pecchia, 2021, Journal of Plant Science and Research on p. 5
Duckweed protein supports the growth and organ development of mice: A feeding study comparison to conventional casein protein
Benjamin Roman, R. A. Brennan, J. D. Lambert, R Brennan, 2021, Journal of Food Science on p. 1097-1104
Most-Cited Papers
Trace organic contaminant removal in six full-scale integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) systems treating municipal wastewater
Michael J. Shreve, Rachel A. Brennan, 2019, Water Research on p. 318-331
Sequential ethanol fermentation and anaerobic digestion increases bioenergy yields from duckweed
O. Calicioglu, R. A. Brennan, 2018, Agricultural Wastes on p. 344-348
The white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor reduces the estrogenic activity of a mixture of emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluent
Michael J. Shreve, Adrienne Brockman, Marissa Hartleb, Sarah Prebihalo, Frank L. Dorman, Rachel A. Brennan, 2016, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation on p. 132-140
Techno-economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of an Integrated Wastewater-Derived Duckweed Biorefinery
Ozgul Calicioglu, Pandara Valappil Femeena, Christopher L. Mutel, Deborah L. Sills, Tom L. Richard, Rachel A. Brennan, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering on p. 9395-9408
Anaerobic bioprocessing of wastewater-derived duckweed: Maximizing product yields in a biorefinery value cascade
O. Calicioglu, T. L. Richard, Rachel A. Brennan, 2019, Agricultural Wastes
A beneficial by-product of ecological wastewater treatment: An evaluation of wastewater-grown duckweed as a protein supplement for sustainable agriculture
B. Roman, R. A. Brennan, 2019, Ecological Engineering: X
Duckweed as an agricultural amendment: Nitrogen mineralization, leaching, and sorghum uptake
Andrew Kreider, Carlos Fernandez Pulido, Maryann Bruns, Rachel A. Brennan, 2019, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 469-475
Coupling ecological wastewater treatment with the production of livestock feed and irrigation water provides net benefits to human health and the environment: A life cycle assessment
B. Roman, R. A. Brennan, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
Remediation of high-strength mine-impacted water with mixed organic substrates containing crab shell and spent mushroom compost
Jessica A. Grembi, Bradley A. Sick, Rachel A. Brennan, 2016, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE
Organic neem compounds inhibit soft-rot fungal growth and improve the strength of anthracite bricks bound with collagen and lignin for use in iron foundry cupolas
D. J. Kelsey, C. Nieto-Delgado, F. S. Cannon, R. A. Brennan, 2015, Proceedings of the Society for Applied Bacteriology on p. 65-75
News Articles Featuring Rachel Brennan
Jul 30, 2022
Undergrads to present research at public symposium on climate science, solutions
Four summer research programs that task undergraduate students with exploring pressing research related to climate science and solutions are culminating in a combined event that is open to the public.
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Jun 08, 2020
Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
An interdisciplinary team of Penn State professors has received $3 million from Open Philanthropy to study food resilience in the face of potentially catastrophic global events.
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