Expertise:
Civil Engineering, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment, Desalination, Environmental Remediation, Water Energy NexusAli Sharbat has more than 17 years of research experience in the area of water / wastewater processes and desalination with a focus on membrane desalination, and water and wastewater biological treatment processes. He currently has number of ongoing studies with local and federal agencies on concentrate management and desalination processes.. In 2019, he was recognized for his passion and high standards in teaching with the Chi Epsilon Excellence in Teaching Award for the Pacific District.
Recent Grants and Fellowships:
- Principal Investigator, King Lee Technologies, for advancements phases in Development of Solar Decentralized Graywater Treatment Unit, $145,000, 2018-2019
- Co-Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation’s Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) Program, “Repurposing Concentrate of Membrane Processes for Low-cost Thermal Energy Storage,” $149,000, 2018-2020.
- Principal Investigator, California State University Water Resources & Policy Initiative for providing technical assistance to Sunbird Mobile Home Park disadvantaged community for the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), $182,000 (plus $30,000 amendment), 2017-2018
- Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation’s U.S. Department of Interior, “Contaminants of Emerging Concerns in Potable Reuse Concentrate,” $70,000, 2016-2017; $60,000, 2017-2018;
- Co- Principal Investigator, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Innovative Conservation Program (ICP), “Solar Decentralized Graywater Treatment Unit,” $100,000, 2016-2018
- Principal Investigator, Southern California Gas Company Environmental Champion program, “Water Energy Nexus Development and Outreach,” $10,000, 2017
- Principal Investigator, Cal Poly Pomona SPICE Program, “Improving the Quality of Computer Simulations in the Existing Environmental Engineering Courses at the Computer Engineering department,” $9,500, 2016-2017
- Principal Investigator, Southern California Gas Company Environmental Champion Program, “CECs in Water Reuse,” $10,000, 2016-2018
Selected Publications:
- “Salt Recovery, Beneficial Uses and Technological Trends” in Inland Desalination and Concentrate Management, American Water Works Association, 2018
- With M. Farrokh Shad, G. Juby and S. Delagah, “Evaluating occurrence of contaminants of emerging concerns in MF/RO treatment of primary effluent for water reuse–Pilot study,” Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2019
- With H. Shahrestani, H. Moghaddam and S. Delagah, “Utilization of Local Water Supplies for the City of Los Angeles by Investment in Indirect Potable Water Reuse,” Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, Winter 2018
- With C. Hanrahan, L. Karimi and A. Ghassemi, “High-recovery electrodialysis reversal for the desalination of inland brackish waters,” Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(24), 11029-11039, 2016
- With T. R. Romeyn, W. Harijanto, S. Sandoval and S. Delagah, “Contaminants of emerging concern in reverse osmosis brine concentrate from indirect/direct water reuse applications,” Water Science and Technology, 73(2), 236-250, 2016
- With R. F. Unz and J. R. Batista, “Potential mechanisms for bioregeneration of perchlorate-containing ion-exchange resin,” Water Research, 75, 1-10, 2015
Education:
M.S., Civil Engineering: Environmental Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran)
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas