Professor
Appointments
2012-Present: Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences
2013-2014: Interim Associate Dean, The Graduate School
2007-2012: Associate Chair for Research, Environmental Engineering Sciences
2007-2012: Graduate Coordinator, Environmental Engineering Sciences
2006-2012: Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences
2000-2006: Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences
Education
- Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, May 2000
- Thesis Title: Steam-Curing plus Ramped-Temperature N2 Treatment: A Novel Technique for Thermal Reactivation of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)
- Major: Environmental Engineering
- Minor: Fuel Science
- Advisors: Dr. Fred S. Cannon and Dr. Ljubisa R. Radovic
- M.S., The Pennsylvania State University, December 1996
- Thesis Title: Controlling Calcium Catalysis During The Thermal Regeneration of Granular Activated Carbon
- Major: Environmental Engineering
- B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, May 1995
- Major: Civil Engineering
Professional Experience
- Entrepreneurial Activities
- 2009 – Founded Clear Carbon Innovations, LLC (Develop clean coal technologies for activated carbon manufacturing) – Director
- 2005 – Founded Sol-gel Solutions, LLC (licensing silica-titania technology for mercury removal from fluids from the University of Florida) – Chief Technology Officer
- Chair, Activated Carbon Standards Committee (AWWA): 2008 – Present
- Responsible for publishing three standards used in the potable water industry
- US Army, Army Corps of Engineers, 81 Bravo (Technical Drafting Specialist): 1989-1991
- Journal Reviewing
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Carbon |
Journal – American Water Works Association |
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Chemosphere |
Industry & Engineering Chemistry Research |
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Applied Surface Science |
Journal of Porous Materials |
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Environmental Engineering |
Journal of Environmental Engineering |
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Journal of Colloids and Surfaces |
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids |
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Journal of Environmental Engineering Sciences |
Water Research |
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Water Science and Technology |
Catalysis Today |
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Energy and Fuels |
Environmental Technology |
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Journal of Crystalline Solids |
Journal of Hazardous Waste |
Honors, Memberships, and Certifications
- Florida Blue Key – Distinguished mentor of undergraduate research (2009)
- John J. McCreary Award – EES Outstanding faculty member (2001-2002, 2007-2008)
- NSF AGEP Outstanding Advisor Award (2006)
- Pergamon Prize – Runner up for best Ph.D. dissertation (American Carbon Society) (2001)
- Mrozowski Award (best presentation at the 1999 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon)
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- American Carbon Society
- American Chemical Society
- Ford Foundation Fellow (1997-2000)
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Passed Engineering in Training Examination (EIT), Jan. 1996