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LTC Starke is a Military Intelligence officer with command and staff experiences at the battalion, brigade, and joint task force levels. His most recent experiences include operational intelligence assignments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Academically, LTC Starke specializes in environmental engineering with research and teaching interests in drinking water, public health, and microbial-mediated renewable energy resources. LTC Starke teaches EV400 (Environmental Engineering Seminar), EV401 (Physical and Chemical Processes), EV EV450 (Environmental Decision Making), and XS391 (Environmental Chemistry).

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2011

M.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2001

B.S., Villanova University, 1991

Academy Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, USMA, 2011-present

Battalion Executive Officer, 206^th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia

Battalion S-3, 206^th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia

Chief, Cryptologic Services Group, JTF-76, Bagram, Afghanistan

Chief, Current Operations, NSA/CSS-Georgia, Fort Gordon, Georgia

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, USMA

Instructor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, USMA

Commander, HHB, Task Force 3-43, Camp Doha, Kuwait

Commander, HHB, 3-43 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 11^th ADA Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas

Battalion S-2, 3-43 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 11^th ADA Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas

Battalion S-1, 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Company Executive Officer, 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Platoon Leader, Delta Company, 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Platoon Leader, Bravo Company, 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

LTC Starke specializes in environmental engineering with research and teaching interests in drinking water, public health, and microbial-mediated renewable energy resources. As part of his research interests, he lead a service learning project with 5 students to build a latrine-based biogas system in western Uganda for an elementary school of 1400 students.

Bilek, A, AI McCord, S Plachinski, G Radloff, and JA Starke. 2011. German Biogas Experience and Lessons for Wisconsin. BioCycle.

Starke, JA, S Plachinski, AI McCord, M Santana, and S Stefanos. 2011. Got Gas? An Analysis of Wisconsin’s Biogas Opportunity. Report prepared for the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative. Madison, WI.

Radloff, G. et al. 2011. The Biogas Opportunity in Wisconsin. Report prepared for the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative. Madison, WI.

Yilmaz, LS, JA Starke, F. Ramos, D. Gall, GW Harrington, DR Noguera. 2010. Designing High Density Microarrays for Detection of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) and Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea (AOA) in Water Samples. Conference Proceedings. Water Quality and Technology Conference, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Savannah, GA.

Starke, JA. 2007. Application of Iodine Water Purification Tablets: Iodine’s efficacy against Cryptosporidium parvum. The Comprehensive Handbook on Iodine edited by V.R. Preedy. Elsevier, Inc., San Diego, CA.

Lucio-Forster, A, DD Bowman, JL Liotta, JA Starke, MP Labare, M Jenkins, MA Butkus. 2005. Inactivation of Ascaris suum Eggs by Exposire to Ultraviolet (UV) Irradiation., Proceedings of the WEF 2005 Mesa Arizona Feb 6th-9th Specialty Conference in Disinfection. (Peer reviewed paper).

Starke, JA. 2005. Improving Student Confidence through Metacognitive Learning. Excellence in Teaching at USMA, Center For Teaching Excellence, USMA, NY.

Starke, JA, DD Bowman, MP Labare, EA Fogarty, A Lucio-Forster, J Barbi, MB Jenkins, M. Pavlo, and MA Butkus. Do Iodine Water Purification Tablets Provide an Effective Barrier Against Cryptosporidium parvum? Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

Butkus, MA, MP Labare, JA Starke, K Moon, and MA Talbot. 2004. Use of Aqueous Silver to Enhance Inactivation of Coliphage MS-2 by UV Disinfection. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 70:5:2848-2853.

Starke, JA, MA Butkus, and MB Kelley. 2003. Incorporating “Real-world Experiences” into Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Design Projects: Design of Small-Scale Water Purification Units. American Society of Engineering Education National Annual Conference Proceedings: Staying In Tune With Engineering Education, Nashville, TN.

Starke, JA, MA Talbot, and MA Butkus. 2003. Stony Lonesome Water Treatment Plant Trihalomethane Compliance Study. Submitted to the Department of Housing and Public Words (DPHW), West Point, NY.

Starke, JA and MA Baumeister. 2002. Improving Student Confidence through Metacognitive Learning. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice,128:4:145-148.

Starke, JA and MA Baumeister. 2002. Developing Leaders of Character: A Metacognitive Exercise. American Society of Engineering Education Conference Presentation and Proceedings: Celebrating 200 Years of Engineering Education, West Point, NY.

Starke, JA and B Kelley. 2002. The Post Vietnam Era – Circa 1975 to Present. Published in GENE Chronicles: A History of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, West Point, NY

Starke, JA. 2001. Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum in Natural Waters Using Free Chlorine. Master Thesis, University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI.

Starke, Klaber, KZ, JA Starke, KJ Walter, and AA Metry. 1992. Environmental Guidelines for the Iron and Steel Industry. Prepared for the United Nation’s Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the World Bank, Vienna, Austria.

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