The Multidisciplinary Team Research Award, which recognizes outstanding, coordinated research by scientists from more than one field, was presented to the Coal Combustion Byproducts Technology Program by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center of The Ohio State University. The award winning team members are:
Warren Dick, Natural Resources
Jerry Bigham, Natural Resources
Samuel Traina, Natural Resources
Fred Hitzhusen, Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Richard Stehouwer, formerly of Natural Resources
William Wolfe, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
Joel Beeghly, Dravo Lime Company
Terry Logan, Natural Resources.

The team has been together since 1990 and leads research and development efforts related to coal combustion byproducts. (Ohio produces about 7.5 million tons of these byproducts a year.)  The program has achieved national and international recognition and has generated gifts and grants of more than $8 million.  Basic research has been conducted to better understand the chemistry, mineralogy, and engineering properties of coal combustion byproducts.  Now the work is being applied to benefit the people of Ohio--through reduced landfilling and waste-disposal costs and new, beneficial uses of coal-burning waste.

The award includes a plaque and $8,000 one-time supplement to the team's research project.

Source:  "OARDC Looks Inward, Outward at 1998 Annual Conference," enVision, June 1998.