Volodymyr Tarabara
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Engineering
Engineering Bldg, 428 S Shaw Ln Room 3564
Biography
Dr. Volodymyr Tarabara is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has Ph.D. and MS degrees in Environmental Engineering from Rice University (Houston, Texas). He also received Doctor honoris causa from the Agricultural University of Georgia in Tbilisi and holds an Adjunct Professor position at Istanbul Technical University. His research focuses on separation processes ... with applications that include water treatment, industrial pollution control and biosafety monitoring. Dr. Tarabara has co-authored over 100 journal papers and book chapters on these and related subjects. His current editorial duties include serving as the Chief Editor of the Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE) and as an Editor of Separation and Purification Technology (Elsevier). Dr. Tarabara is a member-by-eminence of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists and a Fellow of ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute. At MSU, Dr. Tarabara also serves as Director of the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies.
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Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Rice University 2004
M.S., Environmental Engineering, Rice University 2001
Diploma, Solid State Physics, National Research Nuclear University, MEPhl, Moscow, Russia 1997
Undergraduate coursework, Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine 1991-1994
Awards
Fellow, Environmental & Water Resources Institute, ASCE (2023)
Fulbright Global Scholar award (France, Georgia, Singapore), U.S. Department of State (2021/22)
ASCE Associate Editor award, American Society of Civil Engineers (2021)
Fulbright Specialist placement (Ukraine), U.S. Department of State (2021)
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Chevarin, C.; Wang, X.; Bouyer, D.; Tarabara, V. V.; Chartier, T.; Ayral, A. CFD-guided patterning of tubular ceramic membrane surface by stereolithograhy: Optimizing morphology at the mesoscale for improved hydrodynamic control of membrane fouling. J. Membr. Sci. 672 (2023) 121435.
Murali, A.; Hillstead, K. D.; Wrobel, B. S.; Thomas, D. J.; Gonety, R.; Tarabara, V. V. Moringa oleifera-derived coagulants for water treatment: Floc structure, residual organics, and performance tradeoffs. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 29 (2022) 24381-24389.
Wang, X.; Tarabara, V. V. Virus adhesion to archetypal fomites: A study with human adenovirus and human respiratory syncytial virus. Chem. Eng. J. 429 (2022) 132085.
Lasareishvili, B.; Shi, H.; Wang, X.; Hillstead, K. D.; Tediashvili, M.; Jaiani, E.; Tarabara, V. V. Virus recovery by tangential flow filtration: A model to guide the design of a sample concentration process. Biotechnol. Prog. 31 (2021), e3080.
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