RESEARCH

Engineering and science research

Develop advanced technologies for water treatment, contaminant and pathogen detection and removal, and energy reduction

Technology Transfer

Collaborate with industry partners to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies and systems for water reuse

Education

Cultivate a diverse, inclusive, and skilled technical workforce.

Communication

Facilitate the exchange of technical and regulatory information and effectively engage with the public.

Publications
and Presentations

Pilot-Scale membrane distillation modeling: Validation, comparison, and consensus

Bindels, M., Andrés-Mañas, J.A., Ding, W., Hitsov, I., Mutlu-Salmanli, O., Hardikar, M., Cath, T.Y., Vanneste, J., Vidic, R.D., Achili, A., Pawar, R., Koyuncu, I., Hickenbottom, K.L., Nelemans, B., Zaragoza, G., Childress, A.E. (2026)

Enhanced Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Selective Layer of Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Ding, W., Avisahi, A., Childress A.E. (2026)

Making Waves: Conceptualization of seawater-augmented potable reuse

Dahdah, B., Conway, K.M., Salveson, A., Seacord, T.F., Childress, A.E. (2026)

Using Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Detect and Monitor Sexually Transmitted Infections: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

Saldana, M.A., Philo, S.E., Wee, S.Y., Ghanem-Uzqueda, A., Van Orman, S., Smith, A.L. (2025)

Investigating anaerobic digestion microbiome resilience to high PFOA and PFOS mixtures during cometabolism

Costa BF, Sawaya C, Van Buren J, Smith AL (2025)

Mobilized Colistin Resistance Gene Dynamics across Incremental Colistin Selective Pressure during Mainstream Anaerobic Treatment

Golwala H, Yarte NF, Saldana MA, Smith AL (2025)