RESEARCH INTERESTS
Design of Floating Bead Bioclarifiers for Water and Wastewater Treatment
Design of Recirculating Aquaculture Prodcution Systems
Biological Treatment
Water Quality Modeling
EDUCATION
Utah State University, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1979
Utah State University, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1977
Loyola University of Los Angeles, B.S., Civil Engineering, 1972
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Professional Registration in Civil Engineering, State of Louisiana
Professional Registration in Environmental Engineering; State of Louisiana
COURSES
EVEG 3271 Senior Project I Consulting Format
EVEG 3272 Senor Project II Consulting Format
EVEG 4105 Quantitative Water Management
CE 7145 Biological Treatment of Recirculating Systems in Aquaculture
CE 7100 Theory and Operation of Wastewater Treatment Facilities
RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Use of Floating Bead Filters to Recondition Recirculating Waters in Warmwater Aquaculture Production Systems. Malone, R. F. and Beecher, L. E., Aquacultural Engineering, 22: 57-73, 2000
Modeling the Major Limitations on Nitrification in Floating-Bead Filters, W. J. Golz, K. A. Rusch, and R. F. Malone. Aquacultural Engineering, Vol. 20, pp. 43 - 61, 1999.
Contaminant Washout in a Hydraulically Integrated Serial Turbidostat Algal Reactor (HISTAR), C. S. Theegala, R. F. Malone, and K. A. Rusch. Aquacultural Engineering, Vol. 19, pp. 223 - 242, 1999.
The Effects of Seawater on the Dissolution Potential of Phosphogypsum: Cement Composites, T. Guo, R. K. Seals, R. F. Malone, and K. A. Rusch. Environmental Engineering Science, Vol. 16, pp. 147 – 156, 1999.
Nitrification Performance of a Bubble-washed Bead Filter for Combined Solids Removal and Biological Filtration in a Recirculating Aquaculture System, B. N. Sastry, A. A. DeLosReyes, Jr., K. A. Rusch, and R. F. Malone. Journal of Aquacultural Engineering, Vol. 19, pp. 105-118, 1999.
Evaluation of Airlift Pump Capabilities for Water Delivery, Aeration, and Degasification for Application to Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, J. C. Loyless and R. F. Malone. Aquacultural Engineering, Vol. 18, pp. 117 -133, 1998.
Generation and Management of Wastewater in an Alligator Farm, A. A. DeLosReyes, Jr., K. A. Rusch, and R. F. Malone. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Vol. 8(2), pp. 27 - 38, 1998.
A Sodium Bicarbonate Dosing Methodology for pH Management in Freshwater Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, J. C. Loyless and R. F. Malone. The Progressive Fish-Culturist, Vol. 59, pp. 198-205, 1997.
Preliminary Design of an Electrical Inhibition Gate for Application in an Automated Soft-shell Crawfish Separation System, S. Chen, K. A. Rusch and R. F. Malone. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Vol. 4(2), pp. 15-25, 1994