Members
The faculty members of the Institute come from the three constituent departments in the two universities. Brief descriptions of their research interests are given below. Each faculty member name is linked to a personal web page on the appropriate departmental web site.
- Basu, O.
- T.B.A.
- Champagne, P. B.Sc. (McGill), B.Eng. (Guelph), M.Eng. (Carleton)
- Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) prevention, control, and treatment using passive strategies including anoxic limestone drains (ALDs), contained biological systems (bioreactors), biosorption, wetlands and combined systems; biofilter and biosorbent applications to municipal and industrial wastewater treatment; physical, chemical, and biological removal mechanisms; effects of low temperature and seasonal variability on passive system performance; numerical modeling of biological and passive treatment systems.
- Droste, R.L. B.Sc. (Notre Dame), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Windsor)
- Pollutant removal in inland waters, water supplies, wastewater, and stormwater runoff. Optimization of physicochemical and biological treatment operations, modeling processes and pollutant behaviour. Water and sanitation in developing countries. Thermodynamics of wastewater treatment.
- Dube, M. B.A.Sc. (Queen's), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
- Biodiesel, polymer reaction engineering.
- Fernandes, L. B.Eng. (Lisbon), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)
- Development of technologies which moderate the costs of waste treatment and make productive use of wastes produced by food processing. Physical and chemical treatment of industrial waste. Utilization of wetlands for the disposal of wastewater. Prediction and computer modeling of wetland system performance to effectively attenuate various contaminant species.
- Graham, L.A. B.Sc.(McGill), M.Sc. (Carleton)
- Gaseous and particulate matter emissions from mobile and stationary sources: methods of chemical and physical characterization, environmental and health effects, effects on micro-environments.
- Karman, D. B.Sc. (Middle East Technical University), M.Sc. (Ege), Ph.D. (New Brunswick)
- Air pollution sources and control methods; dispersion modeling for point sources; characterization and modeling of criteria pollutant and air toxic emissions from mobile sources; receptor modeling for VOCs and particulates in urban micro environments; sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources
- Kennedy, K.J. B.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Ottawa)
- Development and application of biological processes for the treatment of industrial, municipal and recalcitrant toxic wastewater. Anaerobic granular sludge bed reactors and anaerobic fixed film reactors for treatment of chlorinated aromatic compounds, pulp mill effluents and landfill leachates.
- Kruczek, B. B.Sc. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (Ottawa)
- Membrane separation with a special emphasis on gas separation processes. Characterization of polymers and correlations between polymer properties and membrane performance.
- Lan, C. B.A.Sc. (Huazhong), M.A.Sc. (Wuxi), Ph.D. (Western Ontario)
- Biological treatment of industrial wastewater, magnetic field enhanced separation, ion exchange, membrane separation, membrane bioreactors.
- Matsuura, T. B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Tokyo), Dr.Ing. (Berlin)
- Polymer material modification, membrane surface modification, development of composite membranes, development of hollow fibers and hollow fiber modules, development of inorganic membranes, development of heat and pH resistant membranes, membrane characterization by plasma ablation, SEM, AFM, ESR and Raman Spectroscopy, membrane transport, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, membrane gas and vapour separation, pervaporation, membrane battery separation.
- McLean, D.D. B.Sc., Ph.D. (Queen's)
- Statistical model building and experimental design-multiresponse systems, evaluating precision of model parameters and predictions, combining information from multiple sources, response surface methodologies for optimization. Applications include anaerobic/aerobic digestion, microbial/enzymatic degradation and gas-solid catalytic reactions. Process control-multivariate statistical process control, diagnostic techniques for upset detection, outlier detection and intervention analysis, robust design of chemical/biochemical processes, model predictive control. Applications include waste treatment processes and microelectronics manufacturing.
- Narbaitz, R.M. B.A.Sc. (Ottawa), M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McMaster)
- Physico-chemical treatment of water, groundwater, and wastewaters to remove conventional and hazardous contaminants. Activated carbon adsorption (experimentation, modeling, and optimization). Electrochemical regeneration of activated carbon. Modeling of air stripping packed towers, development of novel membranes.
- Nistor, I. Dipl. Eng. (Iasi), Ph.D. (Yokohama)
- Hydraulics of landfill sites, dam safety, sediment transport on coastal areas, risk assessment, hydraulic structures.
- Örmeci, B. B.S. (Dokuz Evlul), M.S., Ph.D. (Duke)
- Water and wastewater treatment, ultraviolet and other disinfection methods, biosolids treatment and disposal, fate and persistence of biological and chemical contaminants.
- Parker, W.J. B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
- Controlling the release of contaminants to the environment from both municipal and industrial sources, with an emphasis on toxic or hazardous compounds such as heavy metals, VOCs, and PAHs. Fate of these materials in conventional processes, and the development of innovative treatment processes.
- Patry, G.G. B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (UC Davis)
- Theory and practical understanding associated with modeling, simulation, and operational control of large-scale wastewater treatment plants. Work is focused on the challenging problem of information content in respirograms with special attention on the analysis and treatment of noise and uncertainty. The approach is being extended to the analysis of noise and uncertainty in modeling of large-scale wastewater treatment plants.
- Rennie, C. B.Sc.Eng. (Guelph), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (British Columbia)
- Surface water quality, climate change, fluvial habitat, sediment transport, river hydraulics.
- Ross, N. B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Laval), Ph.D. (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
- Biofilms in natural systems, groundwater biomediation, microbial ecology, ecotoxilogical assessment.
- Simms, P.H. B.E.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Western Ontario)
- Predicting rate of drying from freshly deposited mine waste is necessary for safe design of waste impoundments, both to ensure stability and to prevent environmental impacts. Drying is necessary to sufficiently harden mine waste for strength, but excessive drying promotes chemical reactions that result in the creation of acidic waters carrying high amounts of toxic contaminants. These waters are often termed Acid Drainage, which has the potential to pollute groundwater and surface waters. This is a significant problem facing the mining industry worldwide.
- Sridhar, S. B.Sc., M.Tech. (Madras), Ph.D. (New Brunswick)
- Environmental impact assessment of industrial processes and engineering projects; energy and environmental technologies. Industrial wastewater treatment. Hazardous waste treatment; management of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes in the nuclear fuel cycle. Advanced materials for environmentally benign technologies; reactor design and reactor modeling; regulatory policy development and analysis.
- Tezel, F.H. B.Sc. (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), M.Sc.E., Ph.D. (New Brunswick)
- Separation of greenhouse gases from air by adsorption and membranes. Separation of arsenic from water using adsorption on activated alumina. Separation of organic compounds from water by adsorption for applications in water pollution control. Adsorbent screening and adsorbent tailoring for different gas and liquid separation applications.
- Tremblay, A.Y. B.A.Sc. (Ottawa), M.A.Sc. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Ottawa)
- Separation of arsenic from surface waters using polymer binding/ultrafiltration, separation of arsenic using inorganic sorbents, selective binding agents for precious metals, membrane fouling in high recovery radioactive waste applications, module design for high particulate feeds, ultrafiltration modules in the pulp and paper industry, the development and characterization of metal impregnated polymeric membranes.
- Van Geel, P. B.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling; migration and distribution of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) such as gasoline, below the ground's surface; site characterization and remediation; natural attenuation and in situ biodegradation of contaminants; flow characteristics and removal mechanisms within peat filter systems for wastewater treatment.
- Vanapalli, S. B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Kakatiya, India), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
- Hog manure management, flow behaviour in contaminated soils, soil liners, acid mine drainage.
- Warith, M. B.Sc. (Cairo University), M.Sc. (Ain-Shams University), M.A.Eng., Ph.D. (McGill)
- Solid Waste Management and Landfill Design and Operation
- Zhang, J. B.A.Sc. (HUT, China), M.A.Sc. (Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
- Modeling and scale-up of oxidations systems, combined photo-catalytic/biological treatment.