Areas of expertise:
- Water and wastewater
- Air
- Soil and waste
- Sustainability
- The professors in the environmental engineering research group have diverse work currently continuing on:
- the monitoring and characterization of various environmental media,
- the technologies for treatment/remediation,
- site/project environmental management
Active Projects:
1.
Mercury contamination in Pavlodar and Borovoe, Kazakhstan: Evaluation of atmospheric emissions and cycle systems, site assessment, and human health risk characterization
2.
Track etch technology for forward osmosis separation
Contact Person: Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Arkhangelsky
Brief description of project
- Controllable morphology and structure of the separation medium
- Improved performance of the process
- Reduced cost of the final product
- Local facilities for production of separation medium
3.
Study of fouling/scaling in aquaporin based membranes
Contact Person: Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Arkhangelsky
Brief description of project
- Investigation of fouling/scaling behavior
- Study of cleaning mechanisms
- Finding of optimal operation conditions
- Development of antifouling/antiscaling approaches
4.
Development of a novel technique for assessment of chemical cleaning efficiency in low pressure membranes
Contact Person: Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Arkhangelsky
Brief description of project
- Development of reliable and sensitive technique
- Non-expensive technique that could be easily adopted by industrial sector
- On-site monitoring tool
- Will drive down operation and maintenance cost of the separation technology
Partners abroad: Ben-Gurion University, Israel
