Drs. Pecher and Coffin are coleaders with Dr. Lowell Stott (University of Southern California) to organize an International Ocean Discovery Plan (IODP) research expedition on the Chatham Rise off of the Eastern Coast of New Zealand, where we observed methane…
Dr. Coffin is working with Provectus Environmental Products to apply isotope geochemical analysis of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) to confirm statements from the New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency about a company’s contribution to New Jersey Hackensack River contamination.
Dr. Coffin is working with Total Machining Solutions on applying harmonic frequency cascade (HFC) to oil refining and desulfurization. HFC provides capability to refine oil to different petroleum stocks and remove sulfur in oil. This novel work provides technical, environmental,…
Drs. Kvamme and Coffin have been actively consulting and developing programs with Southwest Petroleum Research University in Chengdu and China National Offshore Oil Corporation in Beijing, China. Work topics focus on CO2 sequestration and related classroom teaching and experimentation with…
Environmental Geotechnics Chen, L. Merey, S., Pecher, I. Okajima, J. Komya, A., Diaz-Naveas, J., Li, S., Maruyama, S., Kalachand, S. Kvamme, B., Coffin, R. Methane hydrate has become one promising energy resource for humankind. In this study, recent worldwide onshore/offshore…
Frontiers in Marine Science. Akam, S.A., Coffin, R.B., Abdulla, H.A., Lyons, T.A. Our data synthesis and broad interpretation emphasizes the importance of SMTZ as not only a methane sink but also an important diagenetic front for global DIC cycling. We…