BRIAN E. REED
Professor and Chair
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
TRC Building Room 1888
Baltimore, MD 21227
410 455 8649
fax: 410 455 6500
reedb@umbc.edu
 
EDUCATION
                  Ph.D.      1990       State University of New York at Buffalo, Environmental Engineering
                  MS          1986      State University of New York at Buffalo, Environmental Engineering
                  BS           1984      State University of New York at Buffalo, Civil Engineering
 
Experience
 
                  6/2004 ­ present      UMBC, Chair and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
                  8/2002 ­ 6/04             University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
                  8/2000 ­ 8/02             University of Missouri-Columbia, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering                    
                1995 ­  8/00                West Virginia University, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
                 1991 - 1995                 WVU, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
                 1990 - 1991                 Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
                  9/86 - 5/89                   State University of New York at Buffalo, University Research Lecturer, Engineering and Applied Sciences
                  9/84 - 7/86                   State University of New York at Buffalo, Teaching and Research Assistant, Civil Engineering.
                  7/84 - 8/84                   Material Engineering Associates, Water Chemist, Buffalo, New York
 
Recent Research Projects
Ongoing
Removal of Biological, Chemical or Radiological (BCR) Agents by Sorbent Addition and Gravity Settling at Wastewater Treatment Plants, US EPA-CWA, Reed B.E (PI). Chang, C-C, Ghosh, U.
 
Perchlorate and Arsenic Removal Using Ion Exchange Resins, Rohm-Haas Alpha Grant, Reed PI
 
The Influence of Land Use and Environmental Factors on Landscape Characteristics and Dynamics in Urban Ecosystems, USDA Forest Service,            Welty, C., Pouyat. R., Ghosh, U. and Reed B.E.
 
Completed
Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water Using Oxide Impregnated Activated Carbons" US EPA Technology Assistant Center for Small Drinking Waste Treatment Systems, Reed B.E. (PI).
 
Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, As(III), As(V), NO3-, and ClO4- Sorption by an Activated Carbon Impregnated with an Ion Exchange Material, Reed B.E. (PI)
 
Development of Antibody Membrane Separation Processes, Monsanto ­ Integrated Protein Technologies, Reed B.E. (PI).
 
Activation of Corn Solids for Use as an Adsorption Material, Monsanto ­ Integrated Protein Technologies, B. Reed (PI) and B. Jacoby.
 
Treatment of Amalgam Waste Using Microfiltration Membrane Separation, American Dental Society, Brian Reed (Co-PI) and Mike Bagby (PI)
        
Development of Treatment Method(s) for Invert Oily (Water-in-Oil) Waste, Century Aluminum, B.E. Reed (PI).
 
Optimization of Full-Scale Tubular and High-Shear Rotary Ultrafiltration Systems, Century Aluminum, B.E. Reed (PI).
 
Investigation of Centrifugal Membrane Technology for the Treatment of Hazardous Waste," US Department of Energy, B.E. Reed (PI).
 
Use of SpinTek Centrifugal Membrane Technology and Sorbent/Cleaning Solutions in the Decontamination/Decommissioning of DOE Facilities, US Department of Energy, B.E. R Reed (PI), W. Lin (Co-PI).
 
Investigation of Hot Mill Coolant Reuse Using Ultrafiltration Technology, Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation, B.E. Reed (PI), W. Lin (Co-PI)
 
Last 10 Publications
 
*Vaughan, Jr., R.L., and Reed, B.E. "Modeling As(V) Removal by a Iron Oxide Impregnated Activated Carbon using the Surface Complexation Approach," under review Water Research.

*Qiu, X., Reed, B.E., Viadero, R.C., and S Shah.  "Effects of Plant Flavonoids on 14C-Benzo[a]pyrene Fate in Rhizosphere Soil," to be published in Environmental Engineering Science, 2004.

Reed, B.E., Bagby, M. and *Vaughan, R. "Microfiltration of a Dental Wastewater for Hg Removal: Clinic Demonstration," ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 130(1), 1-5, 2004.

Reed, B.E., *Masciola, D., Bagby, M., and Vaughan, R."  Microfiltration of a Dental Wastewater for Hg Removal," Environmental Engineering Science, 19(1), 9-26, 2003.

*Masciola, D., Viadero, R., and B. Reed.  "Tubular Ultrafiltration Flux Prediction for Oil-In-Water Emulsions: Analysis of Series Resistances," Journal of Membrane Science, 184(2), 197-208, 2001.

*Masciola, D., Viadero, R., and B. Reed.  "Effects of Operating Parameters in the Tubular Ultrafiltration of an Oily Wastewater," ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 127(4), 288-294, 2001.

Reed, B.E.  "Removal of Heavy Metals by Activated Carbon," in Environmental Separation of Heavy Metals: Engineered Processes, Technomic Publishing Inc. Pittsburgh, PA, August 2001. 

*Vaughan, R, Reed, B.E., *Masciola, D.A., *Malak, M., and Roark, G.W. "Operation of a Full-Scale Ultrafiltration Wastewater Treatment System," ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, 5, 2, 98-110. April 2001.

Lin, W., Reed, B.E., *Rinkus, R., and *Jha, A.: "Investigation of Heating as a Microbial Contamination Control Measure for Metal Working Fluids," Resource and Environmental Biotechnology, Vol. 3, 97-110, 2001.

Viadero, R., *Masciola, D., Reed, B. and *R. Vaughan. "Two-Phase Limiting Flux in High-Shear Rotary Ultrafiltration of Oil-in-Water Emulsions," Journal of Membrane Science, 175, 85-96, 2000
 
 
Publications by Topic
 
Membrane Related
 
Sorption Related
 
Remediation Related