Jess C. Brown, Ph.D., P.E.
2009 CEEAA Young Alumnus Achievement Award
Manager, Research Group, Carollo Engineers, Sarasota, Florida
BA 1995, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
BS 1998, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS 1999, Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PhD 2002, Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
For high quality research and development of new biological drinking water processes, for incorporation of R&D results into innovative full-scale treatment plant processes, and for exemplary industrial leadership in the area of biological treatment of drinking water.
As manager of Carollo Engineers’ Research Group, Jess C. Brown leads the firm’s biological drinking water treatment initiative. He has 10 years of experience in water, wastewater, and reclaimed water treatment. Brown specializes in drinking water process, applied research, and water quality testing methods. His work covers conventional through advanced treatment and has resulted in more than 70 national and international presentations, 11 peer-reviewed publications, the 2003 American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Science and Research Division Best Paper Award, two biological drinking water treatment patents, and an invitation to speak at the 2007 National Academy of Engineers Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
Brown is a member of the Water Environment Federation, the International Water Association, and the AWWA, for which he serves on the Academic Achievement Committee and is Chair of the Inorganic Contaminants Research Committee. He is also the founding Vice-Chair of AWWA’s new Biological Drinking Water Treatment Committee.
