Joe Brown, PhD student
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, expected 2007 (advisor: Mark Sobsey)
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, School of Public Health
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Doctoral minor: epidemiology (advisor: Dana Loomis)
Master of Philosophy in Environment and Development, 2003
Cambridge University, England. Trinity Hall.
Department of Geography and Cambridge-MIT Institute (advisors: Keith Richards, Peter Guthrie, Susan Murcott)
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Certificate, 2001
Second Major: French, linguistics concentration, 2001.
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
EIT certification, April 2000 (Alabama)
CITI IRB approval for module 1: biomedical research, June 2005 (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Selected presentations and publications
Casanova, L., Brown, J., Elliott, M., Stauber, C. Comparative analysis of three point-of-use technologies. Poster presented at EPA P3 competition, Washington D.C., May 16 2005. One of 7 posters winning the top award of 65 entries. Interviewed for radio spot on WCHL.
Brown, J. and Sobsey, M. 2005. Ceramic filter augmentation for the reduction of viruses in drinking water. Paper presented at Bangkok Network meeting June 1 2005.
Brown, J. and Sobsey, M. 2005. "Technology verification for household water treatment and storage (HWTS)". WHO International Network to promote household water treatment and safe storage: HWTS Network Bulletin (2): May 2005. Presented at Bangkok Network meeting June 1 2005
Brown, J. and Sobsey, M. 2005. Electropositive ceramic surfaces for bacteriophage removal in drinking water microfiltration. Poster presented at ASM Atlanta, June 6 2005.
Clasen, T., Brown, J., Collin, S., Suntura, O., and Cairncross, S. 2004. "Reducing diarrhea through the use of household-based ceramic water filters: a randomized, controlled trial in rural Bolivia". American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 70(6): 651-657. Interviewed for radio spot on Voice of America.
Clasen, T., Brown, J., Suntura, O. and Collin, S. 2004. “Tratamiento casero de agua con filtros de cerámica por goteo”. Caudal Revista Pectoral de Agua y Saneamiento – Bolivia 4: 20-22. Presented by me at the Viceministry of Basic Services, La Paz, Bolivia, March 12, 2004.
Clasen, T., Brown, J., Suntura, O., and Collin, S. 2004. "Safe household water treatment and storage using ceramic drip filters: a randomized controlled trial in Bolivia". Water Science and Technology 50(1):111-115. Presented at IWA.
Brown, J. 2003. “Evaluation of point-of-use microfiltration for drinking water treatment in rural Bolivia”. Dissertation. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.
Johnson, P., Watson, M., Brown, J., Jefcoat, I.A. 2002. "Peanut hull pellets as a single use sorbent for the capture of Cu (II) from wastewater". Waste Management 22(5): 471-480.
Brown, J. 2001. "An engineer's guide to EPA Phase II regulations", paper presented at ASCE conference, March, 2001.
Brown, P., Brown, J., and Allen, S. 2001. "The application of kudzu as a medium for the adsorption of heavy metals from dilute aqueous wastestreams". Bioresource Technology 78:195-201.
Brown, J. 2000. "Kudzu as a medium for the adsorption of heavy metals in dilute aqueous wastestreams", American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management 4:82-87. Presented at AWEA and AWRA, 1999.
Brown, J. 2000. "Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) of Several Low-Cost Media", paper presented at AWRA-Gulf Shores, August, 2000.
Languages
Proficient in French, Spanish. Basic Quechua.
Affiliations
Engineers Without Borders (UK and US; President, UNC chapter)
American Society for Microbiology
American Water Resources Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
International Water Resources Association
Gates Cambridge Society
Tau Beta Pi, engineering honor society
Chi Epsilon, civil engineering honor society
Awards
P3 Award for Sustainable Design, US EPA (2005)
Tinker Fellowship for PhD research in Latin America (2004)
Gates Cambridge Scholar (2002-2003)
Trinity Hall Graduate Research Fellowship, Cambridge (2003)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow for PhD research (2002-2006)
UA College of Engineering Most Outstanding Senior Award (2001)
Winner, the Eckenfelder Award for environmental engineering (2001)
UA Civil and Environmental Engineering Student of the Year (2000)
McWane Fellowship for Overseas Research (2000)
Third Place, ASCE National Environmental Engineering Student Paper Contest (1999)
First Place, AWEA Student Paper Contest (1999)
Randall Undergraduate Research Award (1998)
American Water Resources Association Scholar (2000)
National Merit Scholar (1997)
Blackburn Institute (inducted 1999)