Education

PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology

Areas of Research

In-situ remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater, including development of a new patented soil treatment process known as pneumatic fracturing which has advanced to full-scale commercialization, Reconnaissance site evaluation using engineering geomorphology, And deep foundations.

Current Areas of Research

Integrating pneumatic fracturing with other in-situ technologies including bioremediation, reactive dechlorination, vitrification, and ultrasound.

Selected Publications

Schuring, J.R., Boland, T. and King, T., U.S. Patent No. 6,012,185 (divisional) “Treating Non-Naturally Occurring Subsurface Soil Contaminants with Pneumatic Injection of Dry Media,” 41 claims, January 11, 2000.

Keffer, E.B., Schuring, J. and Abrams, S., “Remediation of a Low Permeability TCE Contaminated Bedrock, Part 1: Pneumatic Fracturing Technology for Permeability Enhancement,” Remediation in Rock Masses, Inyang, H.I. and Bruell, C.J. (Ed.), ASCE Press, pp. 137-151, 2000.

Ding, Y., Schuring, J. R. and Chan, P. C., "Engineering Reliability Assessment of Toxic Contaminant Removal by Pneumatic Fracturing,"  ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 24-29, 2000

Schuring, J.R., Boland, T. King, T. and McGonigal, S., U.S. Patent No. 5,908,267, “Treating Non-Naturally Occurring Subsurface Soil Contaminants with Pneumatic Injection of Dry Media,” 15 claims, dated June 1, 1999.

Ding, Y., Schuring, J. R. and Chan, P. C., "Parameter Determination for Engineering Applications of Pneumatic Fracturing Analysis," ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 3, No. 4., pp 170-177, 1999.

Hanesian, D., Perna, A., Schuring, J. and Fernandez, H., U.S. Patent No. 5,984,578, “Apparatus and Method for In Situ Removal of Contaminants Using Sonic Energy,” 48 claims, November 16, 1999

Ding, Y., Schuring, J. R. and Chan, P. C., "Engineering Solution for Predicting Toxic Contaminant Removal by Pneumatic Fracturing,” ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp 101-106, 1999.

Ding, Y., Schuring, J. R. and Chan, P. C., "Volatile Contaminant Extraction Enhanced by Pneumatic Fracturing,” ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste Management, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 69-76 1999.

Venkatraman, S.N., Schuring, J.R., Boland, T.M., Bossert, I.D. and Kosson, D.S., “Application of Pneumatic Fracturing to Enhance In Situ Bioremediation,” Journal of Soil Contamination, Association for Environmental Health of Soils (AEHS), 7(2):143-162, 1998 .

J.R. Schuring, D.S. Kosson, C.D. Fitzgerald and S. Venkatraman, U.S. Patent Office No. 5,560,737, "Pneumatic Fracturing and Multicomponent Injection Enhancement of In-Situ Bioremediation," 17 claims, Oct. 1, 1996.