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  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Ronald C. Sims is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. The primary fields of study in their research include Environmental Science and Energy, with a focus on subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, Building and Construction, Environmental Chemistry, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their main topics of work cover areas including:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Significant publication venues where Sims has contributed multiple papers include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bioresources and Bioproducts
  • Processes
  • Water Science & Technology
  • Academia Letters

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations are:

  • Jacob Watkins
  • Clayton Lords
  • Yehor Pererva
  • Charles Miller
  • Gerald Benjamin Jones

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sims include:

  • Existing Empirical Kinetic Models in Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Testing, Their Selection and Numerical Solution, 2020, Water
  • Approaches in Design of Laboratory-Scale UASB Reactors, 2020, Processes
  • Rotating Algae Biofilm Reactor for Management and Valorization of Produced Wastewater, 2022, Frontiers in Energy Research
  • Struvite formation associated with the microalgae biofilm matrix of a rotating algal biofilm reactor (RABR) during nutrient removal from municipal wastewater, 2020, Water Science & Technology
  • Diatoms in wastewater treatment: Potentials, applications, and values of biomass, 2023, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

In 2018, Sims received the award of Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Production and harvesting of microalgae for wastewater treatment, biofuels, and bioproducts

    Logan Christenson;Ronald Sims

  • Evaluation of the use of prairie grasses for stimulating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon treatment in soil

    Wayne Aprill;Ronald C. Sims

  • Fate of polynuclear aromatic compounds (PNAs) in soil-plant systems

    Ronald C. Sims;M. R. Overcash

  • Rotating algal biofilm reactor and spool harvester for wastewater treatment with biofuels by‐products

    Logan B. Christenson;Ronald C. Sims

  • Algal biofilm based technology for wastewater treatment

    Maureen Kesaano;Ronald C. Sims

  • Fate of PAH compounds in two soil types: influence of volatilization, abiotic loss and biological activity.

    Kap S. Park;Ronald C. Sims;R. Ryan Dupont;William J. Doucette

  • Bioremediation of contaminated soils.

    D. C. Adriano;J. M. Bollag;W. T. Frankenberger;R. C. Sims

  • Acetone, butanol, and ethanol production from wastewater algae.

    Joshua T. Ellis;Neal N. Hengge;Ronald C. Sims;Charles D. Miller

  • Hycrest Crested Wheatgrass Accelerates the Degradation of Pentachlorophenol in Soil

    Ari M. Ferro;Ronald C. Sims;Bruce Bugbee

  • Biodiesel from mixed culture algae via a wet lipid extraction procedure.

    Ashik Sathish;Ronald C. Sims

  • Isolation and characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium isolates from soil.

    C. D. Miller;K. Hall;Y. N. Liang;K. Nieman

  • Sustainable land application: an overview.

    GA O'Connor;HA Elliott;NT Basta;RK Bastian

  • Evidence for Cooxidation of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil

    J. Keck;Ronald C. Sims;M. Coover;K. Park

  • Soil Remediation Techniques at Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites

    Ronald C. Sims

  • Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of an attached growth algal biorefinery.

    Jay Barlow;Ronald C. Sims;Jason C. Quinn

  • Catalysis of PAH biodegradation by humic acid shown in synchrotron infrared studies.

    Hoi-Ying N. Holman;Karl Nieman;Darwin L. Sorensen;Charles D. Miller

  • Study of biochemical pathways and enzymes involved in pyrene degradation by Mycobacterium sp. strain KMS.

    Yanna Liang;Dale R. Gardner;Charles D. Miller;Dong Chen

  • Approach to bioremediation of contaminated soil.

    Judith L. Sims;Ronald C. Sims;John E. Matthews

  • Optimization of wastewater microalgae saccharification using dilute acid hydrolysis for acetone, butanol, and ethanol fermentation.

    Yessica A. Castro;Joshua T. Ellis;Charles D. Miller;Ronald C. Sims

  • Transformation of PAHs in soil systems.

    Kap S. Park;Ronald C. Sims;R. Ryan Dupont

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne J. Anderson
Anne J. Anderson Utah State University
Bruce Bugbee
Bruce Bugbee Utah State University
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Brent M. Peyton
Brent M. Peyton Montana State University
Gary M. Pierzynski
Gary M. Pierzynski Kansas State University
George A. O'Connor
George A. O'Connor University of Florida
Nicholas T. Basta
Nicholas T. Basta The Ohio State University
Domy C. Adriano
Domy C. Adriano University of Georgia
Bart C. Weimer
Bart C. Weimer University of California, Davis
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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