Environmental Engineering and Science

Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis

Sotiria
Koloutsou-Vakakis

Lecturer and Research Scientist

3230A Newmark Lab
3230a Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, MC-250
205 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL    61801
sotiriak@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 265-7646
Fax: 
(217) 333-3068

Dr. Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis holds a Diploma degree (National Technical University of Athens, 1985) in Civil-Surveying engineering, an M.A.(University of California, Los Angeles, 1990) in Geography, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993 and 1996) in Environmental Engineering.

She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in air quality and statistics.

An air quality researcher, Dr. Koloutsou-Vakakis has worked on the policy-making aspects of climate change and ozone layer protection. In 1997, she held a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and in 1998-1999 she was a NSF-NATO postdoctoral fellow at the University of Athens, Greece.

Research Overview: 
Dr. Koloutsou-Vakakis' research interests are in air quality, air pollution prevention, aerosol physical and chemical properties, and policy aspects of air pollution. She has worked on characterization of physical and chemical properties of ambient aerosol particles, as these relate to climate change and urban pollution.
 
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Deborah Thurston

Deborah
Thurston

Professor
Co-Director, Technology & Management
Gutgsell Professor

117 Transportation B
104 S. Mathews Ave.
MC-238
Urbana, IL  61801
thurston@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 333-6456
Research Website
Research Overview: 

http://www.iese.illinois.edu/research/faculty/thurston.html

Massoud Rostam Abadi

Massoud
Rostam Abadi

Instructor

Senior Chemical Engineer, Illinois State Geological Survey
(Environmental Engineering Affiliate)

massoud@isgs.uiuc.edu
Phone: 
(217) 244-4977

Professor Rostam-Abadi specializes in the removal of trace contaminants from gas streams by the development of novel laboratory, pilot-scale, and full-scale air-quality control technologies. He is responsible for the development of high surface-area hydrated lime for removal of sulfur dioxide from flue gas streams, preparation of novel carbonaceous materials from Illinois coal and waste tire for mercury removal from flue gas streams and for natural gas storage, and the development of activated-carbon fiber based systems to remove toxic organic compounds from industrial gas streams and mercury from flue gas streams.

He has taught CE 449 and CE 597.
 

Research Overview: 

Professor Rostam-Abadi's research interests include the development and application of carbon- and calcium-based sorbents for pollution control, combustion generated air pollution, adsorption, and gas-solid reactions.

Julie L. Zilles

Julie L.
Zilles

Research Assistant Professor

"Understanding microbial physiology and ecology in engineered systems is critical for improving water treatment."

3204 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

jzilles@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 244-2925
Fax: 
(217) 333-6968
Research Website

Julie L. Zilles received her B.S. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993) and her Ph.D. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin Madison (1999). She joined the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2002 following postdoctoral work in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison. She is a member of the Graduate College of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and an affiliate of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Dr. Zilles currently teaches biological principles of environmental engineering.

Research Overview: 

Dr. Zilles' research interests lie at the intersection of environmental engineering and microbiology. In systems such as biological wastewater treatment, a more complete understanding of the microbial ecology and physiology may be applied to the development of process improvements. Current research areas include the microbial physiology of enhanced biological phosphorus removal, the effects of agricultural antibiotic use on antibiotic resistance levels in swine waste treatment systems and manure-amended soils, the microbial ecology of denitrification in tile drainage bioreactors, and gene expression and genetic adaptation for herbicide degradation in a model dynamic soil system.

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Vernon L. Snoeyink

Vernon L.
Snoeyink

Professor Emeritus

Ivan Racheff Professor

3230e Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

snoeyink@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 333-4700
Fax: 
(217) 333-6968

Vernon L. Snoeyink holds a B.S. in civil engineering (1964), M.S. in sanitary engineering (1966), and Ph.D. in water resources engineering (1968), all from the University of Michigan. He has been on the faculty of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois since 1969. From 1985-1999 he served as Coordinator of the Environmental Engineering and Science Program.

Dr. Snoeyink has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in water chemistry and water quality control, as well as a course in cultural awareness and speech enhancement to advanced doctoral students. He is a co-author of the book Water Chemistry (John Wiley, 1980).

Dr. Snoeyink is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Water Works Association, the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, and the International Water Association. He served as President of the Association of Engineering and Science Professors and currently is on the Editorial Advisory Board of AQUA.

Dr. Snoeyink's research awards include the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Distinguished Lectureship, the Research Award from the American Water Works Association, the Warren A. Hall Medal from the University Council on Water Resources, the Samuel Arnold Greeley Award and the Simon Freese Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Thomas Feng Distinguished Lectureship from the University of Massachusetts, and theTau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award from the University of Illinois among others. He has been recognized several times at the University of Illinois for excellence in teaching at the Department, College of Engineering and Campus levels, including the Everitt Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1982 and 1998, and the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1983. In 2002, he received the The Multi-Year Faculty Achievement Award for continual commitment to stewardship and excellence in advising.

Research Overview: 

Dr. Snoeyink's research has focused on drinking water quality control. His research program in recent years has centered on the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from water using adsorption systems, especially granular and powdered activated carbon systems that are coupled with membrane systems. Also, he is investigating the mechanisms of formation and means to control water quality problems that develop in drinking water distribution systems as a result of reactions of iron, aluminum and other inorganic substances.

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J. Wayland Eheart

J. Wayland
Eheart

Professor Emeritus

3217 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

weheart@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 333-6962
Fax: 
(217) 333-6968

J. Wayland Eheart holds a B.S. in chemical engineering (University of Maryland 1966), M.S. in chemical engineering (North Carolina State University 1968), and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering (University of Wisconsin 1975). He has been on the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since 1978.

Dr. Eheart has taught the following courses in Civil and Environmental Engineering: CEE 241, 292, 341, 339, 439, and 441. He is currently working on a book for the 339 and 439 courses tentatively entitled Environmental Systems Analysis.

Dr. Eheart is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is a member of the Water Resources Standards Committee of ASCE, which has produced the ASCE Model Water Codes and is the editor of a recent ASCE publication from the same committee entitled: Riparian Water Regulations: Guidelines for Withdrawal Limitations and Permit Trading.

Research Overview: 

Dr. Eheart's research focuses on the use of mathematical models and engineering principles in the development of environmental policy. His research has been applied to problems of water and air pollution control, water quantity maintenance, groundwater remediation and monitoring, as well as assessment of and adaptation to global climate change.

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Charles J. Werth

Charles J.
Werth

Professor

3215 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

werth@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 333-3822
Fax: 
(217) 333-6968
Research Website

Charles J. Werth holds a B.S. (Texas A&M University, 1988) degree in mechanical engineering, and M.S. (Stanford University, 1992) and Ph.D. (Stanford University, 1996) degrees in environmental engineering and science. He also holds a Ph.D. minor (Stanford University, 1996) in Chemistry.

Dr. Werth has been on the faculty of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1997.  He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in hazardous waste site assessment, remediation and management, environmental transport modeling, sustainable urban engineering, and drinking water treatment processes.

Dr. Werth is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.  He has received a number of awards, including the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award, the Arthur and Virginia Nauman Faculty Scholar Award, the Humbolt Research Fellow Award, and the BP Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction.

Research Overview: 

Dr. Werth's research focuses on the transport and fate organic chemicals in the environment, and on the development of sustainable technologies for pollution abatement. Specific areas of interest include the study of reactive transport mechanisms of pollutants in porous media (with an emphasis on partitioning and mass transfer), development of catalytic reduction technologies for oxyanions and halogenated organics, and the fate of legacy/emerging pollutants in natural systems and engineered watersheds.

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Albert J. Valocchi

Albert J.
Valocchi

Professor and Associate Head

"Our graduate students will address society's challenges—problems we can't even imagine today."

1110 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

valocchi@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 333-3176
Fax: 
(217) 333-0687
Research Website

Albert J. Valocchi received his B.S. in Environmental Systems Engineering from Cornell University in 1975 and did his graduate studies at Stanford University in the Department of Civil Engineering, receiving his M.S. in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1981. He has been on the faculty of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois since 1981, and currently holds the rank of Professor.

Dr. Valocchi teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in water resources engineering, groundwater hydrology and contaminant transport, groundwater modeling and numerical methods, and stochastic analysis of porous media transport.

Dr. Valocchi is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Geophysical Union, the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the American Society for Engineering Education, and Sigma Xi. He serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE), Advances in Water Resources, and the Vadose Zone Journal. He has also served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities.

Dr. Valocchi has received several awards in recognition of his research and teaching accomplishments. He was a Shell Faculty Career Fellow from 1984 to 1987, and he has been awarded fellowships to lecture and conduct research from NATO and the Danish Research Academy. In 2002 he received the Collins Award for Innovative Teaching from the University of Illinois College of Engineering.

Research Overview: 

Dr. Valocchi’s research focuses upon mathematical modeling of pollutant fate and transport in porous media, with applications to groundwater contamination and remediation. He specializes in the development and application of models that couple physical, geochemical, and microbiological processes over a wide range of spatial scales ranging from the pore scale (micrometers) to the field scale (kilometers).

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Timothy J. Strathmann

Timothy J.
Strathmann

Associate Professor

"Our students use their multidisciplinary education to develop innovative solutions to 21st Century environmental problems."

3209 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

strthmnn@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 244-4679
Fax: 
(217) 333-6968
Research Website

Timothy J. Strathmann holds B.S. (1995) and M.S. (1996) degrees in civil engineering from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. (2001) in environmental engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Strathmann has been on the faculty of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2003. Prior to joining the faculty, he was a post-doctoral research associate at Princeton University. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental engineering, with special emphasis on aquatic chemical aspects of environmental engineering processes.
 
Dr. Strathmann is a member of the Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems (WaterCAMPWS). He is also an active member of the American Chemical Society, the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the Geochemical Society.
 
He has received a number of awards, including the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, the Xerox Faculty Research Award, and the Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising.
 
Research Overview: 
Dr. Strathmann’s research focuses on mechanisms controlling the fate of aquatic pollutants in both engineered treatment processes and natural systems, with a special emphasis on reduction-oxidation (redox) processes that are mediated by metal species (e.g., nanophase metal catalysts, dissolved metal complexes, soil minerals). Current research includes the development of advanced water treatment technologies for emerging micropollutants (e.g., pharmaceuticals, hormones, nitrogenous disinfection byproducts) that are more sustainable than current treatment approaches, and the study of subsurface redox processes which contribute to the remediation of persistent contaminants (e.g., explosives, uranium).
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Mark J. Rood

Mark J.
Rood

Professor
Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering

"Interdisciplinary teaching and research talents in our department provide exceptional educational experiences for our students."

3230 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

mrood@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 333-6963
Fax: 
(217) 333-6968
Research Website

Mark J. Rood holds a B.S.E.S. (Illinois Institute of Technology, 1978), an M.S. (University of Washington, 1982) and a Ph.D. (University of Washington, 1985) in Environmental Engineering. He has held the positions of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC and Auxiliary Faculty, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle Washington. He is currently Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC and Program Coordinator of the Environmental Engineering and Science Program.

Dr. Rood has taught undergraduate-level courses “Environmental Quality Engineering” and “Air Quality Engineering,” and he has taught the graduate-level course “Control of Air Pollution from Stationary Sources.”

Dr. Rood has served as the Associate Editor for Journal of Air and Waste Management Association (1998 – present) and Journal of Environmental Engineering (1994-2002). He is currently the Editor of Journal of Environmental Engineering (2002-present). He has also served on numerous panels for National Science Foundation and United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Dr. Rood is a member of Tau Beta Pi (lifetime member), American Society of Civil Engineers (associate member), Air and Waste Management Association (member), American Chemical Society (member), and Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (AEESP). He received the Distinguished Service Recognition Award as Treasurer and Executive Board Member of AEESP (1993-1995).

Dr. Rood has been acknowledged for his teaching contributions by his inclusion in the Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers at UIUC, his advisees have received the AEESP/Montgomery Watson Thesis Award (1992, 2002) and Carbon’s Mrozowski Award (1997), he has received the Anderson Consulting Advisor Award, UIUC (1991, 1993, 1994, 1999), and he received the Richard A. Glenn Best Paper Award, Fuel Chemistry Division, 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting (1997). His graduate advisees have placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd twelve times since 1989 at the Annual Conferences of the Air and Waste Management Association.

Research Overview: 

Dr. Rood has research interests in air quality including aerosol optics, air quality control technology, aerosol chemistry and physics, and aerosol sampling techniques.

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