{"id":70,"date":"2010-12-05T20:07:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T20:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devmconnors.com\/leaf\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2020-08-27T18:11:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:11:51","slug":"development-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/leaching\/leaf\/development-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LEAF is a Collaboration<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348\" title=\"LEAF Development Team\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/leaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/20100119SG082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2010\/12\/07185718\/20100119SG082.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2010\/12\/07185718\/20100119SG082-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nLEAF is the product of over 20 years of collaboration between leading experts in the field of leaching, environmental assessment, and test standardization. The principle research partners include Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, and the Energy Centre of the Netherlands. Additional guidance and support has been provided by ARCADIS-US Inc\u00a0and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Office of Research and Development and Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.<\/p>\n<p>The primary focus of the LEAF Development Team includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standardization of fundamental leaching teset methods based on determination of material-specific leaching characteristics<\/li>\n<li>Development of data management tools to facilitate processing of laboratory tests, providing uniform and concise presentation of leaching test results<\/li>\n<li>Promotion of rigorous, mechanistic leaching assessment approaches for a wide variety of solid materials, including process wastes, construction materials, mining wastes, in support of environmental decision-making<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Vanderbilt University School of Engineering,\u00a0Nashville, TN,\u00a0USA<\/h4>\n<p>The Leaching Assessment Research Group, located within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University, consists of faculty, graduate students, and technical staff focused on the development of next generation methodologies and tools for evaluating and predicting potential impacts to the environment due to leaching from solid materials.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Biography - David S. Kosson, Vanderbilt University\" href=\"http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/CivilAndEnvironmentalEngineering\/People\/FacultyDirectory\/DavidKosson.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David S. Kosson, Ph.D.<\/a> &#8211; Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Biography - Florence Sanchez, Vanderbilt University\" href=\"http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/CivilAndEnvironmentalEngineering\/People\/FacultyDirectory\/Sanchez_FacultyProfile.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florence Sanchez, Ph.D.<\/a> &#8211; Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n<p>Rossane C. 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