Susan J. Masten, P.E.
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Complex A136
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone number: 517/ 355-2254
You can also call the CEE
secretary, Lori Hasse, at 517/ 355-0228.
My e-mail
address is masten@egr.msu.edu.
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Courses taught:
Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science (CE 280)
Environmental Chemistry (CE 481)
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design (CE 483)
Air Pollution: Science and Engineering (ENE 489)
Design of Remediation Systems for Hazardous Waste
Contamination (CE 491)
Capstone Civil/Environmental Engineering Project (CE
495)
Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering (ENE
802)
Recent Research:
- Self-Cleaning Ceramic Membranes For The Removal Of Natural And Synthetic Nanomaterials From Drinking Water, National Science Foundation
- Removal of Pharmaceuticals using Hybrid Ceramic Membrane Filtration, Center for Water Sciences
- Assessing Water Consumption and Developing Conservation Strategies for the MSU Campus, BeSpartanGreen, MSU
- Evaluation of an Ozonation/Biodegradation Treatment System for the Removal of Trihalomethane Precursors from Drinking Water, National Science Foundation.
- Evaluation of the Toxicity of By-products Formed During the Reaction of Ozone with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
Interests:
Professor Masten’s research involves the use of chemical oxidants for the remediation of soils, water, and leachates contaminated with hazardous organic chemicals. Dr. Masten has been working extensively to develop water treatment technologies that are more effective and suitable for use in decentralized water treatment systems. Over the last year, she has also begun to evaluate water treatment technologies for developing countries, and is looking at improving the ceramic water purifiers for pathogen removal. Dr. Masten, along with several other faculty members, holds a patent on a hybrid ceramic membrane filtration system. She has conducted extensive research on the use of this technology for the control of disinfection by-products, nanoparticles, bromate, and pharmaceuticals in drinking water. This process uses the nanoassembly of metal oxides on membrane surfaces.
Dr. Masten is well-known for her research on the in-situ use of gaseous ozone to oxidize residual contaminants in saturated soils using ozone sparging and in unsaturated soils using soil venting. She has studied the toxicity of the by-products of chemical oxidation processes as measured by gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC). Advanced oxidation processes involving ozonation for the oxidation of the polychlorinated benzenes have been investigated by students in her research group. Work has focused on optimizing these systems for the generation of OH radicals and the development of predictive models.
Recent Publications:
Byun, S; S.H. Davies, M.J. Baumann, A.L. Alpatova, L.M. Corneal, V.V. Tarabara; S.J. Masten. 2011. Mn Oxide Coated Catalytic Membranes For A Hybrid Ozonation - Membrane Filtration: Comparison Of Ti, Fe And Mn Oxide Coated Membranes For Water Quality. Water Reseach 45(1); 163-170.
L.M .Corneal , M.J. Baumann S.J. Masten, S.H. Davies, V.V. Tarabara, S.J. Byun. M.J. Baumann. 2011. Mn oxide coated catalytic membranes for hybrid ozonation-membrane filtration: Membrane microstructural characterization. J. Membrane Science. 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.11.071
S.H. Davies, M.J. Baumann, S. Byun, L. M. Corneal, V.V. Tarabara, S.J. Masten. 2010. Fabrication of Catalytic Ceramic Membranes
for Water Filtration. Water Science and Technol: Water Supply. 10: 81–86.
L.M .Corneal , S.J. Masten, S.H.
Davies, V.V. Tarabara, S.J. Byun. M.J. Baumann, 2010.
AFM, SEM and EDS characterization of manganese oxide coated ceramic water
filtration membranes , J. Membrane Sci.360: 292-302.
Moslemi, M., S.H. Davies, S.J. Masten.
2010. Ozone Mass Transfer in a Recirculating
Alpatova, A.A., W. Shan, P. Babica, B.L. Upham, A.R. Rogensues, S.J. Masten, E. Drown, A.K. Mohanty, E.C. Alocilja, V.V. Tarabara, 2010. Single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in aqueous media via non-covalent functionalization: Effect of dispersant on the stability, cytotoxicity, and epigenetic toxicity of nanotube suspensions. Water Res. 44: 505-520.
Kim, J., W.Q. Shan, S.H. Davies, M.J. Baumann, S.J. Masten, and V.V. Tarabara. 2009. Interactions of Aqueous NOM with Nanoscale TiO2: Implications for Ceramic Membrane Filtration-Ozonation Hybrid Process. Environmental Science and Technology, 43: 5488-5494.
Luster-Teasley, S.L.,
Karnik, B.S., M.J. Baumann, L.M. Corneal, S.J. Masten and S.H. Davies. 2009. TEM characterization of iron oxide coated ceramic membranes, J. Mater. Sci. 44: 4148-4154.
Kim, J., S.H. Davies, M.J. Baumann, V.V. Tarabara, and S.J. MastenY. 2008. Effect of Ozone Dosage and Hydrodynamic Conditions on the Permeate Flux in a Hybrid Ozonation-Ceramic Ultrafiltration System Treating Natural Waters. J. Mem. Sci., 311:165-172.
Satoh, A.Y.,
J.E. Trosko, and S. J. Masten.Y. 2007. Methylene Blue
Dye Test for Rapid Qualitative Detection of Hydroxyl Radicals Formed in a
Fenton’s Reaction Aqueous Solution. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(8): 2881-2887.
Experience:
I worked extensively with TOSC (Technical Outreach Support for Communities) which is sponsored by theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
.