MSc Eng in Environmental Engineering: Research Areas

BIOREFINERY AND BIOENERGY PRODUCTION

  • Biodiesel, biofuels and biogas productions, lignin and hemicelluloses recovery, purification, and utilization, adsorption, fermentation, flocculation, and membrane separations (Dr. W. Qin, Dr. S. Rakshi, Dr. P. Fatehi)

MODELING AND SIMULATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES


ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLIC AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

  • Physically-based modelling in hydrology and hydraulics, applications of advanced soft computing techniques in water resources,  climate change impacts, and in-field monitoring, river dynamics, erosion and sedimentation, and hydraulic structures (Dr. U. Panu, Dr. A. Azimi)

GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

  •  Characterization, analysis, and monitoring and remediation of contaminated sites including electrokinetic remediation, bioremediation; design and performance assessment of engineered barriers of waste containment; management and control of acid mine drainage tailings (Dr. E. Mohamed)

 GREEN PROCESSES AND MATERIALS

  • Green processes such as flocculation, dispersion, flotation, separation, sedimentation, extraction, and leaching; green multifunctional materials such as smart hydrogels and aerogels, functionalized films, antibacterial, antifungal and antimicrobial materials, and green       solvents; green cements, advanced cements and waste formulations to reduce the carbon footprint of construction activities (Dr. P.Fatehi, Dr. E. Behzadfar, Dr. L. Pakzad)

GREENHOUSE GASES REDUCTION

MULTI-PHASE FLOW (EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD MODELING APPROACHES)

  •  Bubble column with and without internals; mixing process; liquid-liquid emulsion; gas-liquid dispersion system; solid-liquid suspension system; oscillatory baffled reactor (OBR); non-Newtonian fluid flow, aerosol drug delivery (Dr. L. Pakzad)

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND PROCESS of COMPLEX FLUIDS

  • Sustainable processing, rheology of complex materials such as polymers, suspensions, colloids, pastes, and non-Newtonian mixtures; structure-process-property relationship for complex fluids, biopolymers, and bio-composite materials (Dr. E. Behzadfar, Dr. L. Pakzad)

WATER AND WASTEWATER PURIFICATION

  • CFD modelling; electrochemical treatment; freezing treatment of water and wastewater; desalination process; membrane concentrate treatment; cold regions environmental engineering; environmental biotechnology, membrane bioreactors; photocatalytic reactors (Dr. W. Gao, Dr. S. Elyasi, Dr. B. Liao, Dr. E. Rezaei, Dr. P. Fatehi)

WIND ENERGY

  • Assessment of the renewable energy resources; CFD modeling (Dr. A. Tarokh)

UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND WASTE HEAT ENERGY

  • Value addition and integration of processes making use of byproducts and wastes; reduction in environment costs while increasing revenues; utilization of solid wastes; Utilization of industrial waste heat energy and efficient technologies (Dr. S. Rakshit, Dr. S. lyasi, Dr. B. Ismail, Dr. P. Fatehi)

Applicants for the thesis-based program should indicate their research interests and desired supervisor in their application. In order to identify a potential supervisor, applicants are encouraged to contact individual professors regarding their research.