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01USC ViterbiEnvironmental Located in Los Angeles, a global centerfor technology, arts and internationalbusiness; USC Viterbi fosters world-classresearch and practical innovation.The USC Viterbi School ofEngineering is internationallyrecognized for creating newmodels of education, researchand commercialization thatare firmly rooted in real worldneeds. The School’s firstpriorities are the educationof outstanding students andthe pursuit and publication ofnew research.As the School’s faculty andstudents extend the frontiersof engineering knowledgethrough their research,they also apply engineeringand technology to addresssocietal challenges. TheSchool stimulates andencourages qualities ofscholarship, leadership,ambition and character thatmark the true academic andprofessional engineer — toserve California, the nationand the world.02
03USC ViterbiEnvironmental Engineering04Why Choose the Sonny AstaniDepartment of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering?The Environmental Engineering program inthe Sonny Astani Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering at USC comprisesa unique team of faculty members whowork collaboratively in research areas highlyrelevant to the dynamic field of environmentalengineering.Our faculty addresses water, air, and energychallenges that face urban and naturalenvironments. Our unique undergraduate andgraduate programs lead to BS, MS, and PhDdegrees in engineering.We have built new laboratories and designeda new curriculum; our world-class program ofintegrated research and education is rapidlyevolving.We seek to develop students into engineerswho can solve community, regional, andnational challenges.Our faculty collaborate closely with industrialand utility partners in Southern California,across the nation, and around the world.Ph.D ProgramsWater Reuseand DesalinationTechnologiesResource Recoveryfrom Waste StreamsEnvironmentalChemistryContaminantTransport andAquifer RemediationSustainable EnergyUrban Climate andAir Pollution
05USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringAmy ChildressProfessorDr. Childress’ research team carries out projects on membrane processes forinnovative solutions to contaminant and energy challenges; pressure-drivenmembrane processes as industry standards for desalination and water reuse;membrane bioreactor technology; and colloidal and interfacial aspects ofphysiochemical processes.Honors & Awards2017 Co-editor, Desalination2017 Research Advisory Council member of WaterEnvironment & Reuse FoundationContactamyec@usc.edu amyechildress.comEducationPh.D. University of California, Los Angeles 19972008 President of Association of EnvironmentalEngineering and Science Professors2001 CAREER Award from National ScienceFoundationSelected PublicationsMcGaughey, A. L., Gustafson, R. D., & Childress, A. E. (2017). Effect of long-term operationon membrane surface characteristics and performance in membrane distillation. Journal ofMembrane Science.Zou, S., Yuan, H., Childress, A., & He, Z. (2016). Energy consumption by recirculation: amissing parameter when evaluating forward osmosis.Environmental Science & Technology.Suárez, F., Ruskowitz, J. A., Tyler, S. W., & Childress, A. E. (2015). Renewable water: directcontact membrane distillation coupled with solar ponds. Applied Energy.Membrane processesplay a key role in minimizingthe interdependence ofwater and energy06
07USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringResearchGeorge Ban-WeissUrban climate and air pollutionAssistant ProfessorSolutions for countering urban warming andair pollutionGlobal climate changeLand-atmosphere interactionsClimate modeling, air pollutantmeasurements, and satellite observationsClimate change and urban air pollution are two of society’s great challenges.Dr. Ban-Weiss investigates how climate, air quality, and land cover interactfrom urban to global scales. His team also investigate practical solutions formitigating climate change and air pollution in urban areas.Contactbanweiss@usc.edu www-bcf.usc.edu/ banweissHonors & AwardsEducation2014 Rose Hills Foundation ResearchFellowshipPh.D. University of California, Berkeley 20082014 Charles Lee Powell FoundationResearch Award2016 Member of Development Team that wonR&D 100 AwardSelected PublicationsVahmani P, Sun F, Hall A, Ban-Weiss GA (2016) Investigating the climate impacts ofurbanization and the potential for cool roofs to counter future climate change in LosAngeles. Environmental Research Letters.MIT Technology Review’s35 InnovatorsUnder 35Vahmani P and Ban-Weiss GA (2016) Climatic consequences of adopting drought tolerantvegetation over Los Angeles as a response to California drought. Geophysical ResearchLetters.Zhang J, Zhang K, Liu J, Ban-Weiss GA (2016) Revisiting the climate impacts of cool roofsaround the globe using an earth system model. Environmental Research Letters.08
09USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringKelly SandersAssistant Professor Dr. Teh Fu Yen Early Career ChairDr. Kelly Sanders’ research aims to ease tensions between human and naturalsystems. Specifically, her research team uses system-scale analysis to developframeworks to reduce the environmental impacts of providing energy, water, andfood services and identify opportunities to leverage the interdependencies betweenthese critical resource systems to achieve efficiencies.Honors & Awards2017 Selected to participate in the 2017 NationalAcademy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineeringprogram2016 MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under35Contactktsanders@usc.edu s3research.usc.eduEducationPh.D. University of Texas, Austin 20132016 Orange County Engineering CouncilOutstanding Educator AwardSelected PublicationsR.A.M. Peer, J.B. Garrison, C. Timms and K.T. Sanders. (2016). "A spatially and temporallyresolved analysis of environmental trade-offs in electricity generation." EnvironmentalScience & Technology.M. Meng, M. Chen and K.T. Sanders. (2016). "Evaluating the feasibility of using producedwater from oil and natural gas production to address water scarcity in California’s CentralValley." Sustainability.K.T. Sanders. (2015). “Uncharted waters? The future of the electricity-water nexus."Environmental Science & Technology.Forbes 30 under 30in Energy10
11USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringAdam SmithDr. Smith uses advanced chemical, molecular,and bioinformatics tools to develop new andemerging biotechnologies to improve waterinfrastructure. He investigates anaerobicmembrane bioreactors for energy recoveryand production of reuse quality water duringdomestic wastewater treatment.Assistant ProfessorDr. Smith's research team explores microbially-driven engineered processesfor water management with an emphasis on resource recovery from wastestreams.Contactsmithada@usc.edu smithresearchusc.comEducationPh.D. University of Michigan 2014Selected PublicationsWe need to reconceptualizeour waste streams asa resource of energy,nutrients, and waterBecker, A. M., Yu, K., Stadler, L. B., & Smith, A. L. (2017). Co-management of domesticwastewater and food waste: a life cycle comparison of alternative food waste diversionstrategies. Bioresource Technology.Smith, A. L., Skerlos, S. J., & Raskin, L. (2015). Membrane biofilm development improves CODremoval in anaerobic membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment. Microbial Biotechnology.Smith, A. L., Skerlos, S. J., & Raskin, L. (2015). Anaerobic membrane bioreactor treatmentof domestic wastewater at psychrophilic temperatures ranging from 15 C to 3 C.Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.12
13USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringDaniel McCurryAssistant ProfessorDr. McCurry’s research applies the tools of organic and analytical chemistry to solveenvironmental problems. His research team primarily works in the areas of wastewaterreuse and drinking water treatment. Specific projects include identifying andminimizing trace carcinogens during wastewater reuse, and expanding the disinfectantportfolio for water treatment.ContactHonors & Awardsdmccurry@usc.edu mccurrylab.com2017 Editor’s Choice Paper in EnvironmentalScience: Water Research and TechnologyEducationPh.D. Stanford University 20162017 Outstanding Reviewer for EnvironmentalScience: Water Research and Technology2012-2015 NSF Graduate Research FellowshipSelected PublicationsOur research focuses onMcCurry, D. L., Ishida, K. P., Oelker, G. L., & Mitch, W. A. (2017). Reverse osmosis shiftschloramine speciation causing re-formation of NDMA during potable reuse of wastewater.Environmental Science & Technology.identifying the chemicalMcCurry, D. L., Krasner, S. W., & Mitch, W. A. (2016). Control of nitrosamines during nonpotable and de facto wastewater reuse with medium pressure ultraviolet light and preformedmonochloramine. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.precursors and formationMcCurry, D. L., Quay, A. N., & Mitch, W. A. (2016). Ozone promotes chloropicrin formation byoxidizing amines to nitro compounds. Environmental Science & Technology.mechanisms of priorityDBPs14
15USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringThe research carried out by Dr. deBarros’ team includes: (1) developingcomputationally efficient and novelsemi-analytical solutions for partialdifferential equations describingflow and transport in porous media andrivers and (2) improving fundamentalunderstanding of solute dispersion inporous materials.Felipe de BarrosAssistant ProfessorDr. de Barros’ research develops task-driven, application-oriented, integratedmodels for simulating, optimizing, and predicting flow and transportin hydrogeological systems. His research lies on the interface betweenenvironmental engineering, hydrology, and environmental fluid mechanics.Contactfbarros@usc.eduHonors & AwardsEducationNSF CAREER Award 2017Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 20092016 Editor's Citation for Excellence inRefereeing (Water Resources Research, AGU)2015 Rosette Award from the InternationalSociety for Porous Media (INTERPORE)We aim to create computationallySelected Publicationsefficient, theoretically sound andHenri, C. V., Fernàndez Garcia, D., & de Barros, F. P. J. (2015). Probabilistic human healthrisk assessment of degradation related chemical mixtures in heterogeneous aquifers: Riskstatistics, hot spots, and preferential channels. Water Resources Research.accurate predictions of solutede Barros, F. P. J., Dentz, M., Koch, J., & Nowak, W. (2012). Flow topology and scadelarmixing in spatially heterogeneous flow fields. Geophysical Research Letters.transport behavior inde Barros, F. P. J., & Rubin, Y. (2011). Modelling of block-scale macrodispersion as a randomfunction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics.environmental flows.16
17USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringConstantinos SioutasFred Champion Professor of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineeringDr. Sioutas' research team works to investigate the underlying mechanismsthat produce the health effects associated with exposure to air pollutantsgenerated by a variety of combustion sources, such as traffic, harbor, and airportoperations, power plants, and photo-chemically induced atmospheric reactions.Honors & Awards2014 David Sinclair Award, American Associationfor Aerosol Research2012 Top cited article 2011-2012; AtmosphericEnvironmentDr. Sioutas' team has developed several state-of-theart particle sampling technologies that have enabledthe assessment of the relative toxicity of particulatepollution sources using, for the first time in theliterature, realistic atmospheres in in vivo and in vitrostudies in multimillion-dollar research centers fundedby the US EPA, NIH, and CARB in Southern California.Several of these technologies are also being usedby agencies such as the US EPA, as well as a host ofinternational institutes in Europe and Asia.Contactsioutas@usc.edu aerosol.usc.eduEducationSc.D. Harvard University 19942001-Present Member of the Air QualityAdvisory Committee of the State of California onParticulate MatterSelected PublicationsShirmohammadi, F., Sowlat, M. H., Hasheminassab, S., Saffari, A., Ban-Weiss, G., & Sioutas,C. (2017). Emission rates of particle number, mass and black carbon by the Los AngelesInternational Airport (LAX) and its impact on air quality in Los Angeles. AtmosphericEnvironment.Daher, N., Ruprecht, A., Invernizzi, G., De Marco, C., Miller-Schulze, J., Heo, J. B., . &Sioutas, C. (2011). Chemical characterization and source apportionment of fine andcoarse particulate matter inside the refectory of Santa Maria Delle Grazie Church, Home ofLeonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper”. Environmental Science & Technology.Zhu, Y., Hinds, W. C., Kim, S., & Sioutas, C. (2002). Concentration and size distributionof ultrafine particles near a major highway. Journal of the Air & Waste ManagementAssociation.18Best Publication inAtmospheric Environment- Haagen-Smit Prize (2011)
19USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringMassoud PirbazariProfessorDr. Pirbazari’s main research interest is bio-physicochemical processes for drinking watertreatment. He is currently conducting research on bio-membrane technologies for waterreclamation and reuse. He is also investigating “Plant-Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell”processes for treatment of industrial wastewaters with simultaneous power generation forenergy sustainability.Contactpirbazar@usc.eduHonors & AwardsEducation1981 Academic Achievement Award, FirstPlace among Doctoral Dissertations, AmericanWater Works AssociationPh.D. University of Michigan 19801979 First Place Award, Biological SciencesExhibition, Annual Meeting of Micro-BeamAnalysis SocietySelected PublicationsThacher, R., Ravindran, V., and Pirbazari, M. (2016). Modeling and performance prediction ofchromate reduction by iron oxide coated sand (IOCS) in adsorber reactors. AIChE Journal.Distinguished ServiceAward-USC Viterbi (1993)Ersever, I., Ravindran, V., Tsai, H.H., and Pirbazari, M. (2014). Modeling and design ofanaerobic fluidized bed reactor with recycling for denitrification of reverse osmosisconcentrate. Chemical Engineering Science.Kan, J., Hsu, L., Cheung, A., Pirbazari, M., and Nealson, K.H. (2011). Current production bybacterial communities in microbial fuel cells enriched from wastewater sludge with differentelectron donors. Environmental Science and Technology.20
21USC ViterbiEnvironmental EngineeringAffiliated FacultyQiming WangLucio SoibelmanThe Sonny Astani Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering has 24 tenured/tenure track faculty members and fourprofessors of practice. Three of our facultymembers hold early career chairs and threehold chaired professorships. Eleven facultymembers are Young Investigator or Early Careerawardees, and many are fellows of professionalorganizations.Mitul LuharProf. Luhar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospaceand Mechanical Engineering at USC. His research interests includeenvironmental fluid mechanics, turbulence, andflow-structure interaction. His research teamfocuses on turbulent flow interacting with complex surfaces and interaction between flow and flexible structures.22"Our first priorities are theeducation of outstandingstudents and the pursuitand publication of newresearch."Burcin Becerik-GerberProf. Becerik-Gerber isthe founding director ofthe Innovation in Integrated Informatics Lab.Her research falls atthe intersection of builtenvironment, machineintelligence, and sociotechnological systems.Specifically, her work focuses on acquisition, modeling, and analysis of the dataneeded for user-centered built environments, and the development of novel frameworks and visualization techniques to improve built-environment efficiency, sustainability, and resiliency while increasing user satisfaction.We're allworking together,that's the secret.Patrick LynettProf. Lynett's researchinterests are directedtowards a better understanding of coastal processes, such asnearshore circulations,wave evolution fromgeneration to the shoreline, multi-scale hydrodynamic interactions, andsediment transport. Investigations combine numericalmodeling with both controlled experiments and field observations. Short time-scale coastal hazards, such as hurricanes and tsunamis, are of particular interest.Prof. Wang's expertiseis in integrating additivemanufacturing innovations with fundamentalmechanics to addressengineering sustainability challenges from improved infrastructure toclean water. His recentresearch projects arefocused on three themes: additive manufacturing of extreme materials at their theoretical limits, autonomouslyself-repairing materials and structures, and fouling management for water membranes.Roger GhanemProf. Ghanem expertiseis in the area of probabilistic modeling and riskassessment. A currentfocus of his research ison the development ofinference and design algorithms for problemsinvolving multiscale andmulti-physicsinteractions with application to automotive, aerospace, and environmental engineering problems. Additional current interest include data-driven methods for problems with poorlyunderstood or highly complex physics.
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