Roberto M. Narbaitz, P.E., Ph.D.

  •     Professor , Civil Engineering
  •     B.A.Sc. (Civil Engineering), Ottawa (1976)
  •     M.A.Sc. (Civil Engineering), Toronto (1978)
  •    Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), McMaster (1986)

 

~   Recent Publications   ~

 

Recent + Important Refereed Journal Papers

Karimi-Jashni, A. and Narbaitz, R.M., AEffect of Electrolyte Mixing on the Electrochemical Reactivation of GAC@, Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE),  February 2005.

Rana, D., Matsuura,T., Narbaitz, R.M., and Feng, C. “Development and Characterization of Novel Hydrophilic Surface Modifying Macromolecules for Polymeric Membranes”, accepted for publication in the Journal of Membrane Science, November 2004.

Mosqueda-Jimenez, D.B., Narbaitz, R.M., and Matsuura,T. “Impact of Membrane Surface Modification on the Treatment of Surface Water”, Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE),  Vol. 130, (December 2004).

Karimi-Jashni, A. and Narbaitz, R.M., AElectrochemical Reactivation of GAC: pH Dependence@, accepted for publication in the Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science (NRC), June 2004.

Mohareb, A.K., Warith, M. and Narbaitz, R.M., “Strategies for the Municipal Solid Waste Industry to Contribute to Meeting Canada’s Kyoto Protocol Commitments”, Environmental Reviews (NRC), Vol. 12, 71-95.

Mosqueda-Jimenez, D.B., Narbaitz, R.M., and Matsuura,T. “Manufacturing Conditions of Surface Modified Membranes: Effects on Ultrafiltration Performance”, Separation and Purification Technology, Vol. 37, 51-67 (2004)

Mosqueda-Jimenez, D.B., Narbaitz, R.M., Matsuura,T., Chowdhury, G., Pleizer, G, and Santerre, J.P., “Influence of Processing Conditions on the Properties of Ultrafiltration Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 231, 209-224 (2004)

Mosqueda-Jimenez, D.B., Narbaitz, R.M., and Matsuura,T. “Membrane Fouling Test: Apparatus Evaluation”, Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 130, No.1, 90-99 (2004)

Mahmud, H., Kumar, A., Narbaitz, R.M., and Matsuura, T. , “The air-phase mass transfer in the lumen of a hollow fibre at low air flow”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 97, 69-75 (2004).

Khayet, M., Suk, D.E., Narbaitz, R.M., Santerre, J.P. and Matsuura, T., ”Study on Surface Modification by Surface-Modifidifying Macromolecules and Its Applications in Membrane-Separation Processes, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 89, 2902-2916 (2003).

Zhang, L., Chowdhury, G., Feng, C., Matsuura,T.and Narbaitz, R.M, “Effect of Surface Modifying Macromolecules and Membrane Morphology on Fouling of Polyethersulfone Ultrafiltration Membranes@, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 88, 3132-3138 ( 2003).

Mahmud, H., Kumar, A., Narbaitz, R.M., and Matsuura, T. , “The Effect of the Presence of Toluene in the aqueous Solution on the Mass Transport in the Membrane Air Stripping Process using Microporous Polypropylene Hollow Fibers@, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 209/1, 201-213 (2002)

Narbaitz, R.M., Mayorga, W.J., Torres, F.D., Greenfield, J.H., Amy, G.L., Minear, R.A., "Evaluating Aeration Stripping Media on the Pilot Scale", Journal of the American Water Works Association, Vol.94, No.9, 97-111 (2002).

Djebbar, Y. and Narbaitz, R.M., "Neural Network Prediction of Air Stripping KLa@, Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 128, No.5, 451-460 (2002).

Suk, D.E., Chowdhury, G, Matsuura,T., Narbaitz, R.M., Santerre, J.P., Pleizier and Deslandes, y., “Study of Kinetics of Surface Migration of Surface Modifying Macromolecules in Membrane Preparation”, Macromolecules, Vol.35, No.8, 3017-3021 (2002)

Narbaitz, R.M. and Cen, J., "Alternative Methods for Determining the Percentage Regeneration of Activated Carbon", Water Research, Vol. 31, No. 10, 2532-2542 (1997).

Narbaitz, R.M. and A. Benedek, "Adsorption of 1,1,2-Trichloroethane from River Water", Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 120, 6, 1400-1415 (1994).

Narbaitz, R.M. and Cen, J., "Electrochemical Regeneration of Granular Activated Carbon", Water Research, 28, 8, 1771-1778 (1994).

 

 

Chapters in Books

Narbaitz, R.M. and Djebbar, Y.  Volatile Organic Compounds, Air Stripping from Contaminated Groundwater - Mass Transfer Correlations, chapter in The Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation, Meyers, R.A. (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY (1998).

 

 

Patents

US patent 5954966 AMembrane Composition and Method of Preparation@ by T. Matsuura, P. Santerre, R.M. Narbaitz, V.A. Pham, Y. Fang, H. Mahmud, and F. Baig, awarded Sept. 21, 1999.

 

U.S. Provisional patent application Rana et al.  “Hydrophilic Surface Modifying Macromolecules (H-Phil SMM) and H-PHIL SMM Membranes”, Filed Jan. 20, 2004

 

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