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Amid Khodadoust, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of Environmental Engineering Program

Environmental Engineering

Contact

Building & Room:

2085 ERF

Address:

842 West Taylor Street, MC 246, Chicago, IL 60607

Office Phone:

312.996.3435

About

Research Interests

Environmental separations technologies:
adsorption, solvent extraction, leaching.

Removal of heavy metals and other toxic species from water.

Remediation of contaminated soils and sediments.

Research Laboratory

Environmental Technologies Laboratory:

Separations technology

Treatment of contaminated soils and sediments

Selected Publications

  1. Modaresahmadi K, Khodadoust AP, Wescott J (2023) “Adsorption of fluoride from water using Al–Mg–Ca ternary metal oxide-coated sand”, Water Supply, 23, 4699-4713.
  2. Wu, L., Khodadoust, A. P., & Punia, S. (2023). “Removal of chromium from water using manganese (II, III) oxides coated sand: adsorption and transformation of Cr(VI) and Cr(III)”, Environmental Technology, 44(14), 2113-2133.
  3. Taherkhani, M., Vitousek, S., Walter, R. K., O’Leary, J., & Khodadoust, A. P. (2023). “Flushing time variability in a short, low-inflow estuary”, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 284, 108277.
  4. Modaresahmadi K, Khodadoust AP, Wescott J (2022) “Adsorption of fluoride from water using aluminum coated sand: kinetics, equilibrium, effect of pH, and coexisting ions”, Journal of Geoscience Environment Protection 10, 224-241.
  5. Punia, S., Wu, L., Khodadoust, A. P. (2021). “Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium from Water using Manganese-Aluminum Coated Sand: Kinetics, Equilibrium, Effect of pH and Ionic Strength”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 56, 334-345.
  6. Asadi, M., Motevaselian, M.H., Moradzadeh, A., Majidi, L., Esmaeilirad, M., Sun, T.V., Liu, C., Bose, R., Abbasi, P., Zapol, P., Khodadoust, A.P., Curtiss, L.A., Aluru, N.R., Salehi‐Khojin, A. (2019). “Highly Efficient Solar‐Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Molybdenum Disulfide Catalyst Using Choline Chloride‐Based Electrolyte”, Advanced Energy Materials, 9, 1803536.

Education

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering (1997)
University of Cincinnati