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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 graduate 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:
- Silver Nanoparticle Arrays on Track Etch Membrane Support as Flowthrough
Optical Sensors for Water Quality Control, with J. Taurozzi, Environ.
Eng. Sci. 24, 1, 122-137 (2007).
- Stable Colloidal Dispersions of C60 Fullerenes in Water: Evidence of Genotoxicity,
with Dhawan, A., Taurozzi, J.S., Pandey, A.K., Shan, W., Miller, S.M., and Hashsham, S.A.,
Environ. Sci. Technol. 40, 23, 7394-7401 (2006).
- Effect of Hydrodynamics and Solution Chemistry on Permeate Flux
in Crossflow Filtration: Direct Experimental Observation of Filter
Cake Cross Sections, with I. Koyuncu and M. R. Wiesner, J.
Membr. Sci., 241, 1, 65-78 (2004).
- Morphology of Deposits Formed From Chemically Heterogenous Suspensions:
Applications to Membrane Filtration, with F. Pierrisnard, C. Parron,
J.-Y. Bottero and M. R. Wiesner, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 256,
2, 367-377 (2002).
- Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Study of Mercaptoethanol Monolayer
Assemblies on Silver Citrate Hydrosol. Preparation and Characterization
of Modified Hydrosol as a SERS-active Substrate, with I. R. Nabiev
and A. V. Feofanov, Langmuir, 14, 5, 1092-1098 (1998).
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