Volodymyr Tarabara
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 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 monit
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Diploma, Solid State Physics, National Research Nuclear University, MEPhl, Moscow, Russia 1997
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Rice University 2004
M.S., Environmental Engineering, Rice University 2001
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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)
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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.
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