Ph.D.   May 1984      Soil Chemistry                 Colorado State University
Specialty - solid phase formation and dissolution in natural systems related to manganese chemistry.
 

• began company in 1986 and built sales to over $750,000.00 per year by 1995.
• established company as a provider of computer hardware and software for education and government.
• directed company to high competency level and received award for excellence from SBA in 1996.

•  development and implementation of weekend and regular courses in chemistry, microcomputer applications, and environmental science.

• teach introductory chemistry program and work with at-risk high school students in AHCOP programs through NMSU and DABCC.  This is a special program involving junior and senior level high school students.  Students from families with limited education backgrounds participate in a six week summer program to prepare the students for post secondary education.

• research in ion transport of heavy metals and radioisotopes through soils.
• adsorption-desorption studies, solid phase equilibria, and computer simulation modeling of effluent data.
• development of correlation methods for use of laboratory studies to predict the outcome of field lysimeter displacement experiments.
• provide guidance and training to students and technicians for data acquisition and reduction.
• presented research results at national meeting.  Helped coordinate world-wide research symposium at Ruidoso on vadose zone transport.  Acted as poster session chairman.

• Contract to develop and implement a field research laboratory.
• PC Coordinator for faculty/staff and student hardware and software training, in charge of development of training programs and professional development seminars.
• instructor in Introductory Soil Science, Plant Nutrition, Graduate Seminar, Environmental Chemistry, and laboratories
• conducted cooperative research on Selenium toxicity issues in valley soils.
• trained undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in laboratory methods.
• Recipient of research grant to evaluate the suitability of NITROSUL(TM) for use in sprinkler irrigation.
• Recipient of donation grant of computer equipment from Hewlett-Packard.

• preparation, characterization, and general study of manganese phosphate compounds and their possible importance in soils.
• prepared quarterly and annual research reports to funding agency.  Communicated with outside researchers in various aspects of research quality and application.
• published research results and presented seminars at national meetings.
• wrote proposal for grant for the purchase of new instrumentation.
• supervision of laboratory and coordinate research for undergraduate and graduate students.
• preparation of laboratory procedures and manuals for analyses and quality control.
• provide instruction in analytical and instrumental methods to students and other researchers.
• develop chemical speciation modes for computer simulation.
• Instructor in labs for Introductory Soil Science and co-Instructor in :Chemical Equilibria in Soils" class.
• displacement studies of miscible and immiscible organic compounds.

• general lab and field research supervisor.  Trained students in laboratory methods.
• research in Soil Fertility with soil amendments and sewage sludge.
• statistical program development for plot design, analyses, and data reduction.
• Wrote proposal and obtained funding for perchloric acid hood and reverse osmosis water purification system.
• co-Instructor in Soil-Plant-Water Chemical Analysis and substitute in Introductory Soils.

• research project involving purification of drinking water for small communities in New Mexico using electrodialysis and reverse osmosis systems.
• design and production of portable reverse osmosis systems to clean radium contaminated water.
• managed contracting work for implementation of the purification systems.
• studied the oxidation kinetics of simple organic compounds in aqueous systems.

Boyle, Jr., F. W., W. R. Strong, and P. J. Wierenga.  1989. A simple, low-cost vacuum system. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 53:298.

Boyle, Jr., F. W., and W. L. Lindsay.  1986. Manganese phosphate equilibrium relationships in soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 50:588-593.

Boyle, Jr., F. W., and W. L. Lindsay.  1985. The preparation, X-ray diffraction pattern and solubility product of manganese (III) phosphate hydrate. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 49:758-760.

Boyle, Jr., F. W., and W. L. Lindsay.  1985. Diffraction patterns and solubility products of several divalent manganese phosphates. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 49:761-766.

Reddy, K. J., W. L. Lindsay, F. W. Boyle, Jr. and E. F. Rodente.  1985. Solubility relationships and mineral transformations associated with recarbonation of spent oil shale. J. Environ. Qual. 15(2):129-133.

Wierenga, P. J., M. Th. van Genuchten and F. W. Boyle.  1975. Transfer of boron and tritiated water through sandstone. J. Environ. Qual. 4(1):83-87.

Reports and Bulletins

Boyle, Jr., F. W., P. J. Wierenga, and M. H. Nash. Validation of the Transport Equation in Unsaturated Soils. 1988. Research Report No. 88-SS-01. EPA Project No. R811862-01-0.

W. L. Lindsay, K. J. Reddy, and  F. W. Boyle, Jr. Recarbonation of spent oil shales. 1984. Progress report to Department of Energy (Contract No. DAS 0276 EV 04018). In E. F. Rodente and C. W. Cook, Ed. Revegetation Studies Related to Oil Shale Industry in Colorado.

B. D. McCaslin and F. W. Boyle, Jr. Research Report on "Soil Conditioners". New Mexico State University Agriculture Experiment Station. Research Report No. 411. 1980.

Water Treatment for Small Public Supplies. July 1979. Water Resources Research Institute. Report No. 107.  New Mexico State University.

Quality and Quantity of Return Flow as Influenced by Trickle and Surface Irrigation. July 1974. Water Resources Research Institute. Report No. 042. New Mexico State University.

Thesis and Dissertation

Boyle, Jr., Francis W. Solubility Relationships of Manganese Phosphates in Soils. Ph.D. dissertation, Colorado State University, 1984.

Boyle, Jr., Francis W. Miscible Displacement of Chromium, Arsenic, Molybdenum, and Tritiated Water through Sandstone. M.S. thesis, New Mexico State University, 1978.