Peer Reviewed Publications

32. Hand, S.; Cusick, R.D. (2020) Emerging Investigator Series: Capacitive Deionization for Selective Removal of Nitrate and Perchlorate: Impacts of Ion Selectivity and Operating Constraints on Treatment Costs. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology (in press, published on line)

31. Junjea, A.; Cusick, R. D.; Singh, V. (2020) Recovering Phosphorus as a Coproduct from Corn Dry Grind Plants: A Techno-economic Evaluation. Cereal Chemistry, 97 (2), 449-458.

30. Aguiar, S.; Sharma, N.; Yang, L.; Zhang, M.; Singh, V.; Cusick, R.D. (2020) Phosphorus fractionation and protein content control chemical phosphorus removal from corn biorefinery streams, Journal of Environmental Quality, 49 (1), 220-227.

29. Hand, S.; Guest, J. S.; Cusick, R.D. (2019) Technoeconomic Analysis of Brackish Water Capacitive Deionization: Navigating Tradeoffs Between Performance, Lifetime, and Material Costs. Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (22), 13353-13363.

28. Margenot, A. J., Kitt, D.; Gramig, B. M.; Berkshire, T. B.; Chatterjee, N.; Hertzberger, A. J.; Aguiar, S.; Furneaux, A.; Sharma, N.; Cusick, R.D. (2019) Toward a Regional Phosphorus (re)cycle in the U.S. Midwest, Journal of Environmental Quality, 48 (5), 1397-1413.

27. Trimmer, J.T.; Margenot, A.J.; Cusick, R.D.; Guest, J.S. (2019) Aligning Product Chemistry and Soil Context for Agronomic Reuse of Human-Derived Resources. Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (11), 6501-6510.

26. Hand, S., Shang, X. Guest, J., Smith, K.C., and R.D. Cusick (2019). Global Sensitivity Analysis to Characterize Operational Limits and Prioritize Performance Goals of Capacitive Deionization Technologies. Environmental Science & Technology. 53 (7), 3748-3756.

25. Bhat, A. P., Reale, E. R., del Cerro, M., Smith, K.C., and R.D. Cusick (2019). Reducing Impedance to Ionic Flux in Capacitive Deionization with Bi-tortuous Activated Carbon Electrodes Coated with Asymmetrically Charged Polyelectrolytes. Water Research X, 100027.

24. Junjea, A., Sharma, N., Cusick, R. D., and V. Singh (2019). Techno-economic Feasibility of Phosphorus Recovery as a Coproduct from Corn Wet Milling Plants. Cereal Chemistry, 96 (2), 380-390.

23. Kim, M., del Cerro, M., Hand, S., and R.D. Cusick (2019). Enhancing Capacitive Deionization Performance with Charged Structural Polysaccharide Electrode Binders. Water Research, 148, 388 – 397.

22. Agrawal, S., Guest, J.S., and R.D. Cusick (2018). Elucidating the impacts of initial supersaturation and seed crystal loading on struvite precipitation kinetics, fines production, and crystal growth. Water Research, 132, 252-259.

21. Shang, X., R. D. Cusick, and K. C. Smith (2017). A combined modeling and experimental study assessing the impact of fluid pulsation on charge and energy efficiency in capacitive deionization. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161 (14), E536-E547.

20. Hand, S. and R. D. Cusick (2017). Characterizing the Impacts of Deposition Techniques on the Performance of MnO2 Cathodes for Sodium Electrosorption in Hybrid Capacitive Deionization. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (20), 12027-12034.

19. Trimmer, J.T., R.D. Cusick and J. S. Guest (2017). Amplifying Progress toward Multiple Development Goals through Resource Recovery from Sanitation. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (18), 10765-10776.

18. Shoener, B. D., I. M. Bradley, R. D. Cusick, and J. S. Guest (2014). Energy positive domestic wastewater treatment: the roles of anaerobic and phototrophic technologies.” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 16 (6), 1204-1222.

___________ Publications from R.D. Cusick Graduate Research ____________

17. Yates, M. D., R. D. Cusick, I. Ivanov, and B. E. Logan (2014). Exoelectrogenic biofilm as a template for sustainable formation of a catalytic mesoporous structure. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 111 (11), 2349-2354.

16. Cusick, R. D., M. L. Ullery, B. A. Dempsey, and B. E. Logan (2014). Electrochemical struvite precipitation from digestate with a fluidized bed cathode microbial electrolysis cell. Water Research, 54, 297-306.

15. Hatzell, M. C., I. Ivanov, R. D. Cusick, X. Zhu, and B. E. Logan (2014). Comparison of hydrogen production and electrical power generation for energy capture in closed-Loop ammonium bicarbonate reverse electrodialysis systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16(4), 1632–38.

14. Hatzell, M. C., R. D. Cusick, and B. E. Logan (2014). Capacitive mixing power production form salinity gradient energy enhanced through exoelectrogen-generated ionic currents. Energy & Environmental Science, 7, 1159-1165.

13. Cusick, R. D., M. C. Hatzell, F. Zhang, and B.E. Logan (2013). Minimal RED cell pairs markedly improve electrode kinetics and power production in microbial reverse electrodialysis cells. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(24), 14518-14524.

12. Yates, M. D., R. D. Cusick, and B.E. Logan (2013). Extracellular palladium nanoparticle production using Geobacter sulfurreducens. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 1 (9), 1165-1171.

11. Zhu, X., M. C. Hatzell, R.D. Cusick, B.E. and Logan (2013). Microbial reverse-electrodialysis chemical-production cell for acid and alkali production. Electrochemistry Communications, 31, 52-55.

10. Tenca, A., R. D. Cusick, A. Schievano, R. Oberti, and B.E. Logan (2013). Evaluation of low cost cathode materials for treatment of industrial and food processing wastewater using microbial electrolysis cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(4), 1859-1865.

9. Cusick, R. D., Y. Kim and B. E. Logan (2012). Energy capture from thermolytic solutions in microbial reverse-electrodialysis cells. Science, 335(6075): 1474-1477.

8. Nam, J. Y., R. D. Cusick, Y. Kim and B. E. Logan (2012). Hydrogen generation in microbial reverse-electrodialysis electrolysis cells using a heat-regenerated salt solution. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(9): 5240-5246.

7. Cusick, R. D. and B. E. Logan (2012). Phosphate recovery as struvite within a single chamber microbial electrolysis cell. Bioresource Technology, 107(0): 110-115.

6. Cusick, R. D., B. Bryan, D. S. Parker, M. D. Merrill, M. Mehanna, P. D. Kiely, G. Liu and B. E. Logan (2011). Performance of a pilot-scale continuous flow microbial electrolysis cell fed winery wastewater. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 89(6): 2053-2063.

5. Saito, T., M. Mehanna, X. Wang, R. D. Cusick, Y. Feng, M. A. Hickner and B. E. Logan (2011). Effect of nitrogen addition on the performance of microbial fuel cell anodes. Bioresource Technology, 102(1): 395-398.

4. Kiely, P. D., R. Cusick, D. F. Call, P. A. Selembo, J. M. Regan and B. E. Logan (2011). Anode microbial communities produced by changing from microbial fuel cell to microbial electrolysis cell operation using two different wastewaters. Bioresource Technology, 102(1): 388-394.

3. Cusick, R. D., P. D. Kiely and B. E. Logan (2010). A monetary comparison of energy recovered from microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells fed winery or domestic wastewaters. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35(17): 8855-8861.

________  Publications from R.D. Cusick’s Undergraduate Research _________

2. Arey, J., G. Obermeyer, S. M. Aschmann, S. Chattopadhyay, R. D. Cusick and R. Atkinson (2008). Dicarbonyl products of the OH radical-initiated reaction of a series of aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology, 43(3): 683-689.

1. Cusick, R. D. and R. Atkinson (2005). Rate constants for the gas phase reactions of O3 with a series of cycloalkenes at 296±2 K. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 37(3): 183-190.