Dr. Ducoste is a Professor in the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department at North Carolina State University. He has over 15 years of modeling experience in a number of environmental and engineering applications. 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, rapid mix chambers, flocculation basins, filtration systems, wastewater activated sludge systems, waste stabilization ponds, secondary clarifiers, and food waste systems. Dr Ducoste is also interested in modeling cellular regulatory and metabolic pathways and interfacing product formation to produce bioreactor models using CFD.

Dr Ducoste was appointed by the North Carolina House of Representative to serve on the Offshore Energy Exploration Study Committee, which is responsible for advising the General Assembly on the environmental impact of proposed off shore energy options to the State of North Carolina. He also serves as an Associate Editor for American Association of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Environmental Engineering and is a board member of the North Carolina Fulbright Association (treasurer) and the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA). Dr Ducoste also serves on the EPA Science Advisory Board Drinking Water Committee and the augmented Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards 2011 committee. Dr Ducoste has served on advisory committees such as the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Particulate committee, AWWA project advisor for research projects funded by AWWA, Water Environment Federation (WEF) Sewer Collection committee, and International Population Balance Model scientific and organizing committees. He is a member of AWWA, International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA), and Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).

Before his appointment at the university, Dr. Ducoste was a senior process engineer at CH2M HILL’s Water Business Group. He continues to participate as a senior consultant with nationally and internationally recognized firms in water and wastewater projects related to the application of CFD for analyzing designs and troubleshooting treatment problems. Dr. Ducoste also has experience in the design and construction of manufacturing processes for Fortune 100 companies.

Recent Research Projects for Ducoste

• Assessment of Alternative Herbicides for Roots Intrusion Treatment — 01/01/11 - 08/31/11 Details
• Modeling of Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Lignin-Carbohydrate Complex Formation and Regulation to Understand Plant Cell Wall Structure — 09/01/11 - 08/31/14 Details
• Evaluation of Continuous Flow Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diode Reactors — 09/01/09 - 08/31/12 Details
• Regulation and Modeling of Lignin Biosynthesis — 09/15/09 - 08/31/13 Details
• Fate of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) Deposit Forming Precursors in Sewer Systems — 03/01/09 - 02/28/11 Details
• An Integrated Approach to Understanding and Reducing Fat Oil and Grease (FOG) Deposit Formation for Sustainable Sewer Collection Systems — 08/01/09 - 07/31/12 Details
• Master Agreement - Scientific, Technical, Research, Engineering, and Modeling Support (STREAMS) — 09/27/05 - 09/26/10 Details
• Evaluation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for Modeling UV-Initiated Advanced Oxidation Processes — 01/01/06 - 07/15/09 Details
• Fats, Roots, Oils, and Grease (FROG) in Centralized and Decentralized Systems — 03/01/05 - 12/05/08 Details
• Ecophysiology of Nitrifying and Denitrifying Microbial Communities and their Interactions in Microbial Flocs — 08/15/04 - 07/31/09 Details

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Taught By Ducoste

• CE 480 - 400 — Fall '12 Water Resources Engineering Project
• CE 481 - 400 — Fall '12 Environmental Engineering Project
• CE 484 - 001 — Fall '12 Water Supply and Waste Water Systems