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Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Mi (as of
05-AUG-2011) Baoxia Mi Assistant
Professor Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering University
of Maryland 1161
Martin Hall College
Park, MD 20742 Phone:
301-405-1262 E-mail: bmi
at umd dot edu Education Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, October 2006 University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign M.S. in Environmental Engineering,
March 2001
Tianjin University, China B.S.
in Environmental Engineering,
July 1998 Tianjin
University, China Academic Employment Assistant Professor, August 2011 to present
Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park Assistant Professor, January 2009 to August 2011
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
George Washington University Postdoctoral Research Associate, September 2006 to November 2008 Dept. of Chemical and Environmental
Engineering, Yale University Journal
Publications 1.
Hu,
M., and Mi, B. (2013). "Enabling graphene oxide nanosheets
as water separation membranes." Environmental Science
& Technology, 47(8), pp. 3715–3723. 2.
Liu, Y., Rosenfield,
E., Hu, M., and Mi, B. (2013). "Direct
observation of bacterial deposition on and detachment from nanocomposite
membranes embedded with silver nanoparticles."
Water Research, 47(9), pp.
2949–2958. 3.
Coronell,
O., Mi, B., Mariñas,
B.J., and Cahill, D.G. (2013). "Modeling the effect of charge
density in the active layers of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration
membranes on the rejection of arsenic(III) and potassium Iodide,"
Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (1), pp. 420–428. 4.
Mi, B.,
Elimelech, M. (2012). "Silica
scaling and scaling reversibility in forward osmosis." Desalination, 312(1), pp. 75–81. 5.
Liu, Y., Mi, B. (2012). "Combined
fouling of forward osmosis membranes: synergistic foulant
interaction and direct observation of fouling layer formation."
Journal of Membrane Science,
407–408, pp. 136–144. 6.
Mi, B.,
Elimelech M. (2010). "Gypsum scaling and
cleaning in forward osmosis: measurement and mechanisms." Environmental
Science and Technology, 44: 2022-2028. 7.
Mi, B.,
Elimelech, M. (2010). "Organic fouling of
forward osmosis membranes: fouling reversibility and cleaning without
chemical reagents." Journal of Membrane Science, 348: 337-345. 8.
Mi, B.,
Elimelech, M. (2008). "Chemical and physical
aspects of organic fouling of forward osmosis membranes." Journal of
Membrane Science, 320: 292-302. 9.
Mi, B., Cahill, D., Mariñas, B.J. (2007). "Physicochemical
integrity of nanofiltration/reverse osmosis
membranes during characterization by Rutherford backscattering
spectrometry." Journal of Membrane Science, 291: 77-85. 10.
Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J., Cahill, D. (2007). "RBS
characterization of arsenic (III) partitioning from aqueous phase into the
active layers of thin-film composite NF/RO membranes." Environmental
Science and Technology, 41: 3290-3295. 11.
Mi, B., Coronell O., Mariñas, B.J., Watanabe, F., Cahill, D., Petrov I. (2006). "Physicochemical
characterization of NF/RO membrane active layers by Rutherford backscattering
spectrometry." Journal of Membrane Science, 282: 71-81. 12.
Mi, B.,
Mariñas, B.J., Curl, J., Sethi,
S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D. (2005). "Microbial passage through low pressure
membrane elements with various levels of compromised integrity." Environmental
Science and Technology, 39(11): 4270-4279. 13.
Mi, B.,
Eaton, C.L., Kim, J.-H., Colvin, C.K., Lozier, J.C., Mariñas,
B.J. (2004). "Removal of
biological and non-biological viral surrogates by spiral-wound reverse
osmosis membrane elements with intact and compromised integrity." Water
Research, 38(18): 3821-3832. 14.
Kitis,
M., Lozier, J.C., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas,
B.J. (2003). "Microbial removal and integrity monitoring of RO and NF
membranes." Journal of American Water Works Association, 95(12):
105-119. 15.
Kitis, M., Lozier,
J.C., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). “Evaluation
of biologic and non-biologic methods for assessing virus removal by and
integrity of high pressure membrane systems.” Water Science and Technology: Water
Supply, 3(5), pp. 81–92. 16.
Crozes,
G.F., Sethi, S., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2002). "Improving membrane integrity
monitoring indirect methods to reduce plant downtime and increase microbial
removal credit." Desalination, 149: 493-498. Conference
Publications 1.
Rosenfield, E., Liu, Y., Mi, B. (2010). "Anti-biofouling nanocomposite MF/UF membranes:
synthesis and mechanism elucidation." North American Membrane
Society Annual Conference, Washington, DC, July
17-22. 2.
Liu, Y., Mi, B. (2010).
"Combined organic
and inorganic fouling of
forward osmosis membranes." North American Membrane Society Annual Conference,
Washington, DC, July 17-22 (Poster). 3.
Mi, B., Elimelech, M. (2007). "Mechanisms
of organic fouling of forward osmosis (FO) membranes." 2007 Materials
Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-30. 4.
Mi, B., Elimelech, M. (2007). "Organic
fouling of forward osmosis membranes." North American Membrane
Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 14-17. 5.
Minier-Matar, J., Mi, B., Coronell,
O., Falkenberg, C.V., Georgiadis, J.G.,
Mariñas, B.J., (2007). "
Concentration polarization disruption in
high-pressure membranes." 233rd American Chemistry Society National
Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29. 6.
Mi, B., Coronell, O., Mariñas, B.J., Watanabe, F., Cahill, D.
(2006). "Characterization of arsenic
(III) partitioning at the NF/RO membrane active layer-aqueous interface by
Rutherford backscattering spectrometry." 2006 Material Research
Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 17-21. 7.
Suzuki, T., Mi, B.,
Mariñas, B.J. (2005). "Role of
concentration polarization in the rejection of chemical contaminants and
fouling of RO/NF membranes." American Water Works Association Water
Quality Technology Conference, Quebec City, Canada, November 6-10. 8.
Coronell, O., Mi,
B., Mariñas, B.J. (2005). "The role of
concentration polarization in the rejection of viruses by nanofiltration
membranes." American Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference,
Quebec City, Canada, November 6-10. 9.
Mi, B., Griffin, D.R., Somers, M.L., Mariñas,
B.J., Watanabe, F., Cahill, D. (2005).
"Mechanism elucidation and modeling of solute passage through nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes." American Water Works Association Membrane
Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 6-9. 10. Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2004). "Role of pore size
distribution in the transport of water contaminants through nanofiltration membranes." American Water Works
Association Water Quality Technology Conference, San Antonio, TX,
November 14-18. 11. Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). "Role of membrane
pore size distribution in the transport of solutes through nanofiltration membranes." American Water Works
Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 15-19. 12. Sethi, S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi,
B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). "Evaluation of MF/UF integrity monitoring methods from full-scale and
microbial challenge testing." American
Water Works Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 15-19. 13. Kitis, M.,
Lozier, J.C., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas,
B.J. (2003). "Microbial
removal and integrity monitoring of high-pressure membranes." 3rd
Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern
Mediterranean (EMCC-3), Chalkidiki,
Greece, May 14-16. 14. Mi, B.,
Rose, J., Mariñas,
B.J. (2003). "Investigating the
role of membrane pore size distribution in the passage of microorganisms and
solutes through nanofiltration membranes." American
Water Works Association Membrane Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA,
March 2-5. 15. Lozier, J.C., Kitis, M., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas,
B.J. (2003). "Evaluation of
biological and non-biological methods for assessing virus removal by and
integrity of high pressure membrane systems." American Water Works
Association Membrane Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2-5. 16. Sethi, S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi,
B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). "Results and
assessment from full-scale testing of integrity monitoring methods for MF and
UF processes." American Water Works Association Membrane
Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2-5. 17. Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2002). "Minimizing
microbial contaminant passage through microfiltration and ultrafiltration
membranes." American Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference,
Seattle, WA, November 10-14. 18. Sethi, S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi,
B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2002). "Results from survey
and initial full-scale testing of membrane integrity monitoring methods for
microfiltration and ultrafiltration Processes." American Water Works
Association Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, November
10-14. 19. Sethi, S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi,
B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2002). "MF/UF membrane integrity
monitoring methods." American
Membrane Technology Association Biennial Conference, Tampa, FL, August 6-9. 20. Mi, B., Gu,
P., Yang, Z.Y. (2000). "Application of hollow-fiber MF membrane
reactors to micro-polluted water treatment." 21st Century International Symposium on Membrane
Technology and Environmental Protection, Beijing, China, September 18-21. Book
Chapters and Reports 1.
Lozier, J.C., Kitis, M., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. "Evaluation
of biological and non-biological methods for assessing virus removal by and
integrity of high pressure membrane systems", in Membrane Treatment
for Drinking Water & Reuse Applications: A Compendium of Peer-Reviewed
Papers, edited by K.J. Howe, American Water Works Association, Denver,
CO, 2006. 2.
Sethi,
S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas,
B.J. Assessment and Development of Low-pressure Membrane Integrity
Monitoring Tools, American Water Works Association Research Foundation
and American Water Works Association, Denver, CO, 2004. 3. Lozier, J.C., Kitis, M., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B.,
Mariñas, B.J. Microbial Removal and Integrity Monitoring of
High-pressure Membranes, American
Water Works Association Research Foundation and American Water Works
Association, Denver, CO, 2003. Current
Funded Projects §
NSF CBET-1134233: Collaborative Research: Elucidating the
Mechanisms for Inhibition of Biofouling on Polymeric
Membranes Modified with Polyelectrolyte Multilayers and Antimicrobial
Nanoparticles (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2014, $171,003, PI) §
NSF CBET-1034158: Integration of Experiments and Simulations
for Molecular-Level Understanding of Membrane Fouling Mechanisms (09/01/2010
- 08/31/2013, $365,095, PI) §
NSF EEC-0939276: NUE: Nano Undergraduate Engineering at The
George Washington University (NUE@GWU) (09/01/2009 - 08/31/2012,
$200,000, co-PI) §
USAID: Small Scale Sewage Treatment and Wastewater Reuse System for Pakistan,
Phase 4 of the Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program
(11/15/2010 – 11/14/2013, $122,175 on the US side, co-PI) Invited
Seminars/Talks § National
University of Singapore, August 2011 § Jiangnan
University, June 2011 § Villanova
University, April 2011 § National
Institute of Standards and Technology, February 2011 § Business
School of George Washington University, December 2009 Professional
Services § Member,
Membrane Technology Research Committee, American Water Works Association § Session
Co-Chair, "Membranes for Water Purification," North American
Membrane Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 17-22, 2010. § Session
Co-Chair, "Membrane Fouling," North American Membrane Society
Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 20-24, 2009. § Faculty
Member, GW Institute for Nanotechnology, The George Washington University §
Faculty Member, GW Sustainability
Initiative Committee, The George Washington University § Reviewer
for manuscripts submitted to AIChE Journal, Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering Science, Environmental
Science and Technology, Desalination, International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy, Journal of Membrane Science, Water Research. § Reviewer
for proposals submitted to NSF/CBET, NSF/REU, EPA, USAID. Professional
Affiliation §
North American Membrane Society §
American Chemical Society §
Materials Research Society §
Association of Environmental
Engineering and Science Professors §
Chinese-American Professors in
Environmental Engineering and Science Honors
and Awards § Institute
for Sustainability Fellowship, GWU, 2010 § University
Facilitating Fund and Dilthey Faculty Fellowship,
GWU, 2010 § AEESP
Travel Award to Attend an NSF CAREER Award Workshop, 2009 § Racheff Graduate Student Travel Fund Awards,
2002, 2003, 2004, UIUC § University
Best M.S. Degree Thesis, 2001, Tianjin University, China § University
Best B.S. Degree Thesis, 1998, Tianjin University, China § University Distinguished Undergraduate Student, 1995,
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