Professor Harry F. Hemond
William E. Leonhard Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
15 Vassar St., 48-425 MIT
Cambridge, MA 02139
Research Topics of Particular Interest Include:
Biogeochemistry of inland and coastal waters and wetlands
Natural sources of radiatively active trace gases, particularly methane
Natural and anthropogenic cycling of trace metals, including those of increasing industrial importance such as indium and platinum group metals
Development of in-situ chemical instrumentation, including the first cycloidal underwater mass spectrometer (NEREUS) for measurement of gases and hydrocarbons in the water column, various optical chemical sensors, and electrochemical sensors
Practical renewable energy, including solar organic Rankine cycle engines
