Overview and Project Summaries

ABRP Summary and Project Descriptions

The purpose of the Agriculture-Based Remediation Program (ABRP) is to address environmentally impacted sites and to demonstrate agriculture-based remediation technologies to restore contaminated military and civilian sites, especially those located in fragile Pacific Island ecosystems. Agriculture-based science projects are an important part of a transition effort underway throughout the State of Hawaii to protect and preserve vital agribusiness infrastructure, through the demonstration of ABRP projects with applications of dual-use to military and civilian interests. The step to dual-use military and civilian agriculture-based technology, services, and amendments is a natural one, which can provide exceptional economic opportunities throughout the world while contributing to a national policy of environmental security through the protection of environmental and natural resources.

For more information on the ABRP, including projects supported under this program, choose from the following links:

• Overview
• Funding, and Project Review Process
• ABRP Objectives and Project Proposal Guidelines
• Project Matrix
• ABRP Project Synopsis

University of Hawaii Involvement

Technology Development and Training in Bioremediation Project

The University of Hawaii is heading the Technology Development and Training in Bioremediation project, which is supported under the Agriculture-Based Remediation Program (ABRP). The ABRP is funded through the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) as local agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (USDA-CSREES), the U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Waterways Experiment Station (USACE-WES). The program is jointly administered locally by PICHTR, the U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Honolulu Engineer District (USACE-HED).

The Technology Development and Training in Bioremediation project aims to strengthen bioremediation skills locally, nurture a bioremediation industry that can serve Hawaii and other locations in the Asia-Pacific region, and increase public awareness of agriculture-based bioremediation technologies. The program consists of two components: (1) Technology Development and Capacity Building and (2) Information Dissemination and Outreach. The objective of the Technology Development and Capacity Building component is to strengthen biologically-based environmental remediation skills to support military and agricultural sectors and for export to international markets. The objective of the Information Dissemination and Outreach component is to increase public awareness of agriculture-based remediation in addressing problems relating to environmental degradation, restoration, and protection.

For more information on the ABRP project headed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, please access the following link:

Overview of Technology Development and Training in Bioremediation at the University of Hawaii

As part of the 'Information Dissemination and Outreach' component of the University of Hawaii's "Technology Development and Training in Bioremediation" project, a summer course for high school teachers has been developed. For more information on TECS 433, please click on the following link:

TECS 433 - Interdisciplinary Science Curriculum: Bioremediation

 

A new course, BE 440 was developed by the University of Hawai'i and offered in the Spring 2000 semester through the Biosystems Engineering Department. For more information on BE 440, please click on the following link:

BE 440- Bioremediation: Principles, and Practices

Activities and Announcements

1. The Millennium Workforce Development Initiative Intern HAZWOPER Training Assistance Program (MWDI-IHTA)

The Millennium Workforce Development Initiative Intern HAZWOPER Training Assistance Program (MWDI-IHTA) is intended to support the cost of the 40-hour HAZWOPER training course for selected student interns that will be working within the environmental technologies and services industry.

For more information and an application form, please see the above link.

Millennium Workforce Development Initiative Environmental Technology Intern HAZWOPER Training Assistance Program

2. Search for a visiting scholar in bioremediation at the University of Hawaii

The Biosystems Engineering Department of the University of Hawaii at Manoa seeks a visiting scholar to assist in the development of curricula, and research and demonstration programs in bioremediation, and to interact with representatives of industry and the military to strengthen bioremediation technology and services in Hawaii. The Biosystems Engineering program will provide a stipend to partially support the candidate during the assignment at the University of Hawaii which is intended to begin in the summer or fall of 2000 and have a duration of at least one semester.

To view the complete advertisement, please access the following link:

Visiting scholar in bioremediation at the University of Hawaii

3. BioTechniques Workshop 2000

The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), University of Hawaii presents this biotechnology workshop as part of the Millennium Workforce Development project. The workshop will provide scientists with knowledge and hands-on experience with contemporary instruments and techniques to assist the development of biotechnology industries in the State of Hawaii.

For more information, please access the following link:

Bio Techniques Workshop 2000

4. Bio Techniques Internship 2000

College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), University of Hawaii presents this opportunity for professionals in the chemical analysis field to undergo internships with Dr. Qing X. Li of the Molecular Biosciences and Biosystems Engineering Department. Dr. Li has established a reputation for excellence in good laboratory practices and reliable analyses of organic contaminants (petroleum hydrocarbons, PCBs, PAHs, pesticides, etc.) in the environment. His laboratory is involved in developing new methods, such as immunoassays, supercritical fluid extraction, and pressurized fluid extraction, for the analysis of organic contaminants. The internship will provide professionals in the chemical analysis field with knowledge and hands-on experience with contemporary instruments and techniques to assist in the development of environmental technology industries and service providers in the State of Hawaii.

For more information, please access the following link:

Bio Techniques Internship 2000

Organizations Involved with the ABRP

• College of Education, Univeristy of Hawaii at Manoa (UH-COE)
• Department of Biosystems Engineering (BE), College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM)
• Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR)
• State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism - Energy, Resources, and Technology Division (DBEDT - ERT)
• State of Hawaii Department of Education (SOH-DOE)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Honolulu Engineer District (USACE - HED)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Waterways Experiment Station (USACE - WES)
• U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC)
• U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA - CSREES)