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Volodymyr V. Tarabara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
A132 Engineering Research Complex
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-1755
Fax: (517) 355-0250
E-Mail: tarabara@egr.msu.edu
Web: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~tarabara
Courses Taught:
- Membrane Processes (ENE 811)
- Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering (ENE 802)
- Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering (CE 483)
Recent Research:
- Nanoscale design of aqueous carbon nanotube-reinforced molecular transducers
for biosensors, National Science Foundation
- Coupled effects of scaling and colloid deposition on the performance of reverse
osmosis membrane filters, National Water Research Institute
- USA-Ukraine-France-Russia partnership: New generation synthetic membranes - Nanotechnology for
drinking water safety, National Science Foundation
- Self-cleaning ceramic membranes for the removal of natural and synthetic nanomaterials
from drinking water using hybrid ozonation-nanofiltration, National
Science Foundation
- On-chip PCR, nanoparticles, and virulence/marker genes for simultaneous detecton
of 20 waterborne pathogens, Environmental Protection Agency
- Regenerable polymer-supported sorbent for aqueous mercury removal, National Science
Foundation
Interests:
Research in Dr. Tarabara's group is within the broadly defined area of Physical and Chemical
Processes in Environmental Engineering. Specific fields of interest are membrane processes,
colloidal and interfacial phenomena in aqueous media, uses of novel nanomaterials in treatment
systems, and environmental implications of nanotechnology.
Education:
Rice University: Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering
Awards and Honors:
- 2006 NAMS award "International research internships:
Membrane separations for water quality control" (with
M. Bruening and undergraduate students R. Benedict, A.
Rogensues).
- Certificate of Merit award, 230th ACS National Meeting, ACS Division of Environmental
Chemistry, 2005.
- Graduate research award in membrane-based separations, 2003, American Institute
of Chemical Engineers Separations Division
Selected Publications:
- Tarabara, V. V. Multifunctional nanomaterial-enabled
membranes for water treatment. In: Nanotechnology
Applications: Solutions for Clean Water. Eds: M. Diallo,
J. Duncan, N. Savage, R. Sustich, A. Street, 2008. 59-75.
- Taurozzi, J.S., Arul, H., Bosak, V.Z. Burban, A.F.,
Voice, T. C., Bruening, M. S., V. V. Tarabara. Effects
of matrix porosity and silver incorporation route on the
structure and function of polysulfone-silver nanocomposite
ultrafiltration membranes. J. Membr. Sci. 325
(2008) 58-68.
- J. Kim, S.H.R. Davies, M.J. Baumann, V.V. Tarabara,
S.J. Masten, Effect of ozone dosage and hydrodynamic
conditions on the permeate flux in a hybrid ozonation-ceramic
ultrafiltration system treating natural waters. J.
Membr. Sci. 311 165-172 (2007).
- Wang, F., V.V. Tarabara. Coupled effects of colloidal
deposition and salt concentration polarization on reverse
osmosis membrane performance. J. Membr. Sci.
293 111-123 (2007).
- Dhawan, A., Taurozzi, J.S., Pandey, A.K., Shan, W.,
Miller, S.M., Hashsham, S.A., V.V. Tarabara. Stable
colloidal dispersions of C60 fullerenes in water: Evidence
for genotoxicity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40,
23, 7394-7401 (2006).
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