Golden, Colorado, United States
Expertise in design, fabrication, operation and techno-economic analysis of advanced membrane-based processes for energy conversion, desalination, and solute-solute separations from lab to pilot scale.
• “Closed circuit desalination with novel scaling control system”. BoR lab and pilot scale. Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru. PI. • “Reinventing Wastewater Treatment Plants: Energy Neutral Treatment and Enhanced Fertilizer Production through a Novel Resource Recovery Center”. DOE. Project PI: Dr. Genesh Rajagopalan (Kennedy Jenks). PI at Mines: Prof. Tzahi Cath. Co-PI. • “Enabling in-situ resource utilization in space through gas fermentation: testing novel gas delivery methods in a microgravity environment”. NASA. Project PI: Dr. Allison Pieja (Mango Materials). Project PI at Mines. • “Hybrid engineered wetland systems to treat metal and nutrient water pollutants in river waters in the Arequipa region”. Phase II. Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa – UNSA. Project PI: Josh Sharp. Co-Pi. • “Technologies for the decontamination of Cyanide of the effluents of small mining operations”. Phase II. Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa – UNSA. Project PI: Christopher Bellona. Co-Pi.
• “Impact program: Majes and San Camilo, Peru Arequipa region”. Phase I. Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa – UNSA. Project PI: Richard Krahenbuhl. Co-Pi. • “Sustainable treatment technologies for the removal of metal(loid)s from impaired waters in the Arequipa region of Peru ”. Phase I . Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa – UNSA. Project PI: Josh Sharp. Co-Pi. • “Prototype to neutralize the cyanide ion in the effluents of gold mining”. Phase I. Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa – UNSA. Project PI: Christopher Bellona. Co-Pi. • "Pilot testing of renewable energy-powered desalination systems in the Navajo Nation for small and rural communities" BoR. Project PI: Tzahi Cath. Co-PI. • “A Novel, Membrane-Based Bioreactor Design to Enable a Closed-Loop System on Earth and Beyond” NASA SBIR Phase II AWARD #16-2 T6.04-9723 + Phase IIE. Project PI: Allison Pieja (Mango Materials). Project PI at CSM: Prof. Junko Munakata Marr. Co-PI. • “Membrane Distillation for Desalination of Impaired Water using Geothermal Energy.” US Department of Energy Geothermal Technology Office/NREL. Project PI: Dr. Craig Turchi (NREL). Project PI at CSM: Prof. Tzahi Cath. Industrial partner: Ormat Technologies Inc. Co-PI. • “Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL): Testing of lntegrated Energy-Water Systems.” Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program. Project PI: Adam Warren (NREL). Project PI CSM: Prof. Tzahi Cath. Co-PI.
• “Power Generation from Waste Heat with Closed-Loop Membrane-Based System.” Total funding: $2,648,074. US Department of Energy/ARPA-E AWARD #0670-3228. Project PI: Prof. Menachem Elimelech (Yale U). Project PI CSM: Prof. Tzahi Cath. - Project Management - Techno-economic analysis - Pressure retarded osmosis and membrane distillation pilot system design and construction • “Low Enthalpy Geothermal Desalination.” Total funding: $250,000. US Department of Energy/NREL. Project PI: Dr. Michael Hillesheim (NREL). Project PI at CSM: Prof. Tzahi Cath - Techno-economic analysis
Comparison environmental impact of material and energetic valorization of wood waste. Techno-economic analysis of renewable energy technologies.