Massoud Pirbazari, Professor of Environmental Engineering

Dr. Mike Pirbazari Contact Information Dr. M. Pirbazari Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont Avenue, KAP 260 Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 Tel:  (213) 740-0592 Fax: (213) 744-1426 Email: pirbazar@mizar.usc.edu   Research Profile

Director, Environmental Engineering Program

Research Interests

• Integrated membrane/adsorption technologies for water and wastewater treatment, and water reclamation.
• Advanced oxidation processes for the destruction of organic contaminants in water
• Applications of free-radical chemistry in water and wastewater treatment
• Mathematical modeling of bio-physicochemical processes in water and wastewater treatment
• Biofilm modeling for industrial and hazardous waste treatment
• Biofilm degradation and modeling of organic pollutants in water treatment applications
• Activated carbon adsorption technologies for water and wastewater treatment
• Chelation/adsorption integrated technology for toxic metal removal from water and wastewater
• Air pollution control technologies for toxic gas streams
• Reduction of air pollution in thermal destruction technologies for hazardous wastes
• Evaluation of atmospheric emissions from hot asphalts
• Incineration and pyrolysis technologies for destruction of hazardous wastes, and their associated free-radical chemistry
• Synthesis and application of new varieties of synthetic polymers for water and wastewater treatment

Biographical Information

B.S. – 1967 – Tehran Polytechnic University
M.S. – 1969 – Michigan State University
Ph.D. – 1980 – University of Michigan