Patents
 

1. T. Wood, D. Ornek, and F.B. Mansfeld "Disclosure of Discovery for the Reduction in Pitting of Aluminum 2024 Using Beneficial Biofilms" In publication
2. T. Wood, D. Ornek, and F.B. Mansfeld "Disclosure of Discovery for the Reduction in Corrosion Rate of Metals Using Beneficial Biofilms" submited

Industrial Reports

1. T.Wood, D. Ornek "Corrosion Control Using Regenerative Biofilms (CCURB) Which Secrete Antimicrobials and Corrosion Inhibitors", Report prepared for Electric Power Research Institute Palo Alto, California, December 1999
2. D. Ornek, and J. B. Hunter "Production of Food Grade Sweeteners from Starch by Hydrolyzing it with Bioenzymes", Report prepared for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advanced Human Support Technologies Program Research Announcement, January 1999
3. T. Gurkan, C. Ozgen, N. Bac, D. Ornek, and D. Alkaya "Recovery of Volatile Organic Compounds in a Gun Powder Factory", Report prepared for the Gun Powder Factory in Kirikkale-Turkey, August 1994
4. T. Gurkan, I Eroglu, S. Atamer, C. Oztin, D. Ornek, and A. Akman "The design and Modernization of an Aluminum Sulfate Factory", Report prepared for the Aluminum Sulfate Factory in Seydisehir-Turkey, August 1992

Publications

1. D. Ornek, A. Jayaraman, T. K. Wood, Z. Sun, C. H. Hsu, and F. Mansfeld "Corrosion Control Using Regenerative Biofilms (CCURB) on Aluminum 2024 in Artificial Seawater" accepted by Corrosion Science and in publication
2. T. Wood, F.B. Mansfeld , and D. Ornek, March 2000, "Reduction in Pitting Corrosion Using Regenerative Biofilms on Aluminum 2024 in Artificial Seawater", Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc. 219:U210 - U210. Part 1
3. D. Ornek, T. Gurkan, and C. Oztin, 2000. "Prilling of Aluminum Sulfate Hydrates", Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 75 (8): 689 - 694
4. Jayaraman, D. Ornek, D. A. Duarte, C.-C. Lee, F. B. Mansfeld, and T. K. Wood, 1999 "Axenic Aerobic Biofilms Inhibit Corrosion of Copper and Aluminum" Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 52: 787-790
5. Ornek, T. Gurkan, and C. Oztin 1998. "Physical and Chemical Properties of Highly Viscous Aluminum Sulfate Melt", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.37, pp 2687
6. D. Ornek, T. K. Wood, C. H. Hsu, and F. Mansfeld "Corrosion Control Using Regenerative Biofilms (CCURB) on Brass " submitted to Corrosion Science
7. D. Ornek, T. K. Wood, C. H. Hsu, and F. Mansfeld "Corrosion Control Using Regenerative Biofilms (CCURB) on Brass in Different Media" submitted to Corrosion
8. Mansfeld, C. H. Hsu, Z. Sun, D. Ornek, and T. K. Wood "Ennoblement-A Common Phenomenon?" submitted to Corrosion
9. D. Ornek, and J. B. Hunter "Cell Adhesion and Activity During Continuous Production of Acetone and Butanol by Adsorbed Clostridium acetobutylicum P262" submitted to Bioprocess Engineering
10. D. Ornek, and J. B. Hunter "The role of pH on cell attachment and exopolysaccharide production by clostridium acetobutylicum p262 on a glass fiber in a batch fermentation" submitted to Chemical Engineering Communication
11. D. Ornek, C. H. Hsu, F.B. Mansfeld, and T. K. Wood "Corrosion Reduction of Mild Steel 1010 and Aluminum 2024 by Polyphoshate-producing E. coli" In preparation
12. D. Ornek, C. H. Hsu, F.B. Mansfeld, and T. K. Wood "Inhibition of Pitting Corrosion of Aluminum 2024 by Engineered biofilms which Secrete Polyaspartate and Polyglutamate" In preparation
13. D. Ornek, C. H. Hsu, F.B. Mansfeld, and T. K. Wood "Corrosion inhibition of aluminum 2024 and mild steel by Bacillus Licheniformis" In preparation

1. D. Ornek (speaker), C. H. Hsu, F.B. Mansfeld , and T. Wood "Inhibition of Brass Corrosion by Regenerative Bacterial Biofilms", November 2000, AIChE Meeting, Los Angeles 
2. D. Ornek (speaker), C. H. Hsu, F.B. Mansfeld , and T. Wood "Corrosion Reduction of Mild Steel 1010 and Aluminum 2024 by Polyphoshate-Producing Esherichia coli", November 2000, AIChE Meeting, Los Angeles
3. T. Wood (speaker), F.B. Mansfeld, D. Ornek, A. Jayaraman, Z. Sun, and C. H. Hsu "Reduction in pitting corrosion using regenerative biofilms on aluminum 2024 in artificial seawater" March 2000, ACS Meeting, San Francisco
4. D. Ornek (speaker) and J. B. Hunter "Activity of immobilized Clostridium acetobutylicum P262 during the fermentation of lactose for the production of acetone and butanol", Nowember 1999 AIChE Meeting, Dallas
5. Jayaraman, D. Ornek, and T. Wood (speaker) "Corrosion Control Using Protective Biofilms which Secrete Antimicrobials and Corrosion Inhibitors" March 1999, New Mexico