Joel J. Ducoste
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Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringWater Resources/Environmental Engineering Office: 326 Mann Hall |
Research Interests
Dr. Ducoste is a Professor in the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department at North Carolina State University. He has research experience in the operation and design of chemical mixing, flocculation, sedimentation, and chemical and UV disinfection processes in drinking water treatment. Dr. Ducoste is an expert in modeling water and wastewater treatment process fluid mechanics using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Dr. Ducoste has developed CFD models for analysis of chemical and UV disinfection reactors, wastewater secondary clarifiers, rapid mix chambers, flocculation basins, food waste systems, and filtration systems. Dr Ducoste’s current research interests include advanced water/wastewater treatment modeling, computational fluid dynamics modeling, physico-chemical processes in water treatment, experimental fluid dynamics, solid/liquid separation processes, rapid mixing and flocculation design, water treatment process scaleup, water/wastewater process optimization, wastewater sewer collection system sustainability, and biosystems/bioinformatics modeling.
Education
- PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1996
- Meng, Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1988
Representative Publications
Alpert, S., Knappe, D., Ducoste, J.J., 2010, "Modeling of UV/Hydrogen Peroxide Advanced Oxidation Processes using Computational Fluid Dynamics," Water Research, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.003.
Zhao, Xi, Alpert, S., Ducoste, J., 2009, "Assessing the Impact of Upstream Hydraulics on the Dose Distribution of UV Reactors using Fluorescence Microspheres and Computational Fluid Dynamics," Environmental Engineering Science, Vol 26, 5,pp. 947-959.
Keener, K.K., Ducoste, J.J., Holt, L. M., 2008, "Properties Influencing FOG Deposit Formation, Water Environment Research," 80(12):2241-6.
Richards, B., Ducoste, J.J., 2008, "Application of Non-Biological Surrogates for Analysis of Sequential Disinfection Continuous Flow Systems," Journal of Water Supply and Research, AQUA, 57(4), pp 225-238.
Liu, D., Ducoste, J.J., Wu, C., Linden, K.G., 2007, "Numerical Simulation of UV Disinfection Reactors: Evaluation of Alternative Turbulence Models," Applied Mathematical Modeling, 31, pp. 1753-1769.
Prat, O., Ducoste, J.J., 2007, "Simulation of Flocculation in Stirred Vessels: Eulerian vs. Lagrangian Approaches," Trans IChemE, 85(A2): 207-219.
Bohrerova Z., Mamane, H, J. Ducoste, K. G. Linden, 2006, "Comparative Inactivation of Bacillus Subtilis Spores and MS-2 Coliphage in a UV reactor: Implications for Validation," Journal of Environmental Engineering ASCE, 132, pp 1554-1561.
Professional Memberships
American Water Works Association
International Ultraviolet Association
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professor
Fulbright Association
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