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Membrane Biotechnology Laboratory

Published Work

Pending: Smith, A., Bullard, T., Seatta, D., Hoque, B., Devito, C., Haarmann, K., Bair, R., Yeh, D., Long, P., Fehrenbach, M., Fischer, J., and Roberson, L. Management of Fecal Waste Utilizing a Hybrid Organic Processor Assembly Unit Designed for Resource Recovery. International Conference of Environmental Systems. July 2022.

Bullard, T., Smith, A., Delgado-Navarro, M., Uman, A., Hoque, B., Bair, R., ... & Roberson10, L. (2021). A Prototype Early Planetary Organic Processor Assembly (OPA) Based on Dual-Stage Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) for Fecal and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery.

Shyu, H.Y., Bair, R.A., Castro, C.J., Xaba, L., Delgado-Navarro, M., Sindall, R., Uman, A.E., Buckley, C., Yeh, D.H. (2021) The NEWgenerator non-sewered sanitation system: Long-term field testing at an informal settlement community in eThekwini municipality, South Africa. Journal of Environ. Management.

Uman, A. E., Bair, R. A., & Yeh, D. H. (2021). Assessment of an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) Treating Medium-Strength Synthetic Wastewater under Cyclical Membrane Operation. Membranes, 11(6), 415.

Castro, C.J., Shyu, H.Y., Xaba, L., Bair, R., Yeh, D.H. (2021) Performance and onsite regeneration of natural zeolite for ammonium removal in a field-scale non-swered sanitation system. Sci. of the total Environ.

Xu, X., Dao, H., Bair, R., Uman, A.E., Yeh, D., Zhang, Q. (2020) Discharge or reuse? Comparative sustainability assessment of anaerobic and aerobic membrane bioreactors. J. Environ. Qual; 49: 545– 556.

Tao, R., Bair, R., Pickett, M., Calabria, J., Lakaniemi, A., van Hullebusch, A.D., Rintala, J.A., Yeh, D. (2020) Low concentration of zeolite to enhance microalgal growth and ammonium removal efficiency in a membrane photobioreactor, Environmental Technology

Pickett, M., Roberson, L., Calabria, J., Bullard, T., Turner, G., Yeh, D. (2020)
Regenerative water purification for space applications: Needs, challenges, and technologies towards 'closing the loop.'
Life Sciences in Space Research
Volume 24

Ariunbaatar, J., Bair, R., Ozcan, O., Ravishankar, H., Esposito, G., Lens, P. N., & Yeh, D. H. (2020). Performance of AnMBR in treatment of post-consumer food waste: effect of hydraulic retention time and organic loading rate on biogas production and membrane fouling. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 1430.

Calabria, J. L., Lens, P. N., & Yeh, D. H. (2019). Zeolite ion exchange to facilitate anaerobic membrane bioreactor wastewater nitrogen recovery and reuse for lettuce fertigation in vertical hydroponic systems. Environmental Engineering Science, 36(6), 690-698.

Castro, C., Taha, K., & Yeh, D. (2019). Bioelectrochemical denitrification: Limitations and scale up. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (Vol. 257)

Prieto, A. L., Criddle, C. S., & Yeh, D. H. (2019). Complex organic particulate artificial sewage (COPAS) as surrogate wastewater in anaerobic assays. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 5(10), 1661-1671.

Cornejo, P. K., Becker, J., Pagilla, K., Mo, W., Zhang, Q., Mihelcic, J. R., ... & Rosso, D. (2019). Sustainability metrics for assessing water resource recovery facilities of the future. Water Environment Research, 91(1), 45-53.

Orner, K. D., Ozcan, O. Y., Saetta, D., Boyer, T. H., Yeh, D. H., Anderson, D., & Cunningham, J. A. (2017). House of quality planning matrix for evaluating wastewater nutrient management technologies at three scales within a sewershed. Environmental Engineering Science, 34(11), 773-784.

Dolejs, P., Ozcan, O., Bair, R., Ariunbaatar, J., Bartacek, J., Lens, P. N., & Yeh, D. H. (2017). Effect of psychrophilic temperature shocks on a gas-lift anaerobic membrane bioreactor (Gl-AnMBR) treating synthetic domestic wastewater. Journal of water process engineering, 16, 108-114.

Ariunbaatar, J., Ozcan, O., Bair, R., Esposito, G., Ball, R., Lens, P. N., & Yeh, D. H. (2018). Bioaugmentation of the anaerobic digestion of food waste by dungs of herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore zoo animals. Environmental technology, 39(4), 516-526.

Díaz, P., Morley, K. M., & Yeh, D. H. (2017). Resilient urban water supply: preparing for the slow-moving consequences of climate change. Water Practice and Technology, 12(1), 123-138.

Loraamm, R., Downs, J., Bair, R. A., & Yeh, D. (2017). Towards Food Service Sustainability in Suburban Environments by Optimally Locating Shared Anaerobic Digester Units. Suburban Sustainability, 5(1), 2.

Hinds, G. R., Mussoline, W., Casimir, L., Dick, G., Yeh, D. H., & Ergas, S. J. (2016). Enhanced methane yields in high-solids anaerobic digestion through inoculation with pulp and paper mill sludge. Environmental Engineering Science, 33(11), 907-917.

Díaz, P., Stanek, P., Frantzeskaki, N., & Yeh, D. H. (2016). Shifting paradigms, changing waters: Transitioning to integrated urban water management in the coastal city of Dunedin, USA. Sustainable Cities and Society, 26, 555-567.

Publications: Publications

Patents

Systems for Cultivating and Dewatering Algae

2020

US Patent# 10633628

Systems and Methods for Treating Dilute Wastewater

2020

US Patent# 10875802

Concentrically Baffled Reactors and Systems That Incorporate Them

2017

US Patent # 20170067005

Portable Wastewater Treatment Systems

2020

US Patent # 10875802

Systems and Methods for Nutrient Recovery and Use

March 30, 2021

US Patent # 109611300

Publications: Publications

Awards

USPTO Patents for Humanity Award

2020

Cade Museum Prize 2014

2014

Publications: Publications

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