Research

Research Interests:

My research interest falls into the following main areas:

  • Water and wastewater treatment
    1. Application of advanced oxidation technologies as a pre or post treatment of waste water.
    2. Understanding the fundamental functionality of biofilms in wastewater treatment plants, with a particular focus on nitrifying biofilms exposed to long periods of very cold temperatures.
    3. Use of microalgae as advanced wastewater treatment for nutrients (N and P) and organic matter.
    4. Developing an in-line and real-time method to measure polymer concentrations in water and wastewater using a bench-top UV-vis spectrophotometer.
  • Solar applications in water and waste water treatments
    1. Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production and synthesis of novel undoped and doped metal oxide nanoparticles via various synthesis approaches such as combustion synthesis, sol-gel method and co-precipitation method. The derived materials are characterized towards their physico-chemical properties and solar thermochemical fuel production ability in multiple cycles
    2. Study the effect of solar irradiation on the performance of lagoon wastewater treatment systems
  • Development and application of nano-materials and catalysis in water and energy production.
    1. Application of nanoparticles and nanomaterial in developing innovative electro-oxidation systems for water and wastewater treatment
    2. Catalysts nanoparticles consisting of transition metals are synthesized and investigated for ethanol hydrogen generation. The mechanistic pathways on metal surfaces are being studied using FTIR to understand the metal ethanol adsorption and effect of individual metals in a multi-metallic systems.

Research  Projects

  • Post-Treatment of Wastewater Lagoon Effluent Using Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) Technology: Effect of Temperature and Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio.
  • Using advanced molecular biology and microscopy techniques for studying MBBR biofilm and establishing a relationship with MBBR performance.
  • Measurement of Polyacrylamide Polymers in Water and Wastewater Using an In-Line UV-vis Spectrophotometer.
  • Optimization of Sludge Dewatering Based on Residual Polymer Concentration in Sludge Filtrate and Centrate.
  • Using Microalgae as Advanced Wastewater Treatment: Nutrients (N and P) and Organic Matter Removal.
  • Electro-Oxidation of Two Reactive Azo Dyes on Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode.
  • Ammonia Electro-Oxidation on Nano-Structured Catalyst (Ni98Pd2) and Nanoparticles (PtIr)
  • Carbon Capture by Algae: Assessment against Water Source
  • Treatment of septic tank effluent using a moving bed biological reactor: kinetic and biofilm morphology
  • Removal of volatile sulfur compounds by solar advanced oxidation technologies and bioprocesses