Engineering

Faculty
 

Michael Aitken, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

George Christakos, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

Francis DiGiano, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

Joel Ducoste, Civil Engineering, NCSU

Detlef Knappe, Civil Engineering, NCSU

Karl Linden, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke

Donald Lauria, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

Cass Miller, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

David Moreau, City and Regional Planning, UNC

Daniel Okun, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

Kenneth Reckhow, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke and Water Resources Research Institute

Philip Singer, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

James Watson, Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC

Research
 

Principal
Investigator

Sponsor

Title

DiGiano

Water Resource Research Institute

A Simplified Bacterial Regrowth Model for Distribution Systems Incorporating Uncertainty Analysis

DiGiano

Orange Water and Sewer Authority

Alternative Water Treatment Processes to Remove Odor-Causing Compounds

DiGiano

Camp Dresser & McKee

Rapid, Small-Scale Column Test for Evaluation of Granular Activated
Carbon Treatment of the Fayetteville, NC Water Supply

DiGiano

American Water Works Association Research Foundation

Testing of Thin-film Composite Nanofiltration Membranes Fabricated
from A New Class of Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Block Copolymers

Knappe

American Water Works Association Research Foundation & NC Urban Water Consortium

Optimization of Treatment to Mitigate Impacts of Algae and Algae Control on Finished Water Quality

Knappe

American Water Works Association Research Foundation

Effects of Activated Carbon Surface Chemistry and Pore Structure on the
Adsorption of Trichloroethene and Methyl Tertiary-butyl Ether from
Natural Waters

Lauria

Water Resource Research Institute

Optimal Reservoir Operation for Durham, North Carolina

Lauria

United Nations Development Program

Evaluation of UNDP's Capacity Building Initiatives in Latin America

Lauria

City of Durham, NC

Drought Management Plan for Durham, North Carolina

Linden

American Water Works Association Research Foundation & US Environmental Protection

Agency

Innovative UV Technologies to Oxidize Organic and Organoleptic Chemicals

Linden

Water Environment Research Foundation

Fate and persistence of pathogens subjected to disinfection

Linden

University of North Carolina

Ultraviolet radiation dose measurement for inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum and other pathogens in potable water

Linden

American Water Works Association Research Foundation

Disinfection efficiency and dose measurement for medium pressure and pulsed-UV disinfection systems

Singer/ 
Weinberg

US Environmental Protection Agency

Ozonation and Enhanced Coagulation for Control of DBPs

Singer

US Environmental Protection Agency

Exposure Assessment Associated with Halogenated Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water and Potential Birth Defects

Singer

University Research Council

Aggregation and Removal of Particles in Drinking Water Treatment by
Two-Stage Filtration  

Singer/

DiGiano

NC Supercomputing Center

Application of Computation Fluid Dynamics for Prediction of Disinfection
Efficiency in Drinking Water Treatment

Singer/ 
Weinberg

COLOSTATE

Development of Methods for Predicting Trihalomethanes (THM) and
Haloacetic Acids (HAA)
Concentrations in Exposure Assessment Studies

Singer/ 
Weinberg

American Water Works Association Research Foundation

Formation, Occurrence, Stability and Dominance of Haloacetic Acids and
Trihalomethanes in Treated Drinking Water

Watson

NC Department of Environmental Health and Natural
Resources

Utilization and Effectiveness of Radon-resistant Construction
Techniques