Assistant Professor Campus Location: 641 Academic Center Office Hours: MR 11:00 AM - Noon Personal Home Page: http://home.gwu.edu/~baoxiami/ E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 202-994-5691 Fax: 202-994-0127

Academic Interests

Physicochemical/biological processes with emphasis on nanomaterials and membrane technologies for sustainable water supply and bioenergy production.

Education

Postdoctoral Training in Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 09/2006-11/2008

Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006

M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2001

B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 1998

Current Research

Water Purification and Wastewater Reclamation

Membrane Separation Processes (Forward osmosis, Reverse osmosis, Nanofiltration)

Membrane Fouling and Cleaning

Membrane Synthesis and Characterization

Environmental Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology

Renewable Energy

Modeling and Simulation of Transport and Interfacial Phenomena

Courses Taught at CEE, GWU

Professional Affiliations

Member, Membrane Technology Research Committee, American Water Works Association

Member, GW Institute for Nanotechnology, The George Washington University

Professional Services

Session Co-Chair, "Membrane Fouling," 19th Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society, Charleston, SC, June 20-24, 2009.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

Mi, B., Elimelech, M. (2008). "Chemical and Physical Aspects of Organic Fouling of Forward Osmosis Membranes." Journal of Membrane Science, 320: 292-302.

Mi, B., Cahill, D., Mariñas, B.J. (2007). "Physico-chemical integrity of nanofiltration/reverse osmosis membranes during characterization by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry." Journal of Membrane Science, 291: 77-85.

Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J., Cahill, D. (2007). "RBS characterization of arsenic (III) partitioning from aqueous phase into the active layers of thin-film composite NF/RO membranes." Environmental Science and Technology, 41: 3290-3295.

Mi, B., Coronell O., Mariñas, B.J., Watanabe, F., Cahill, D., Petrov I. (2006). "Physico-chemical characterization of NF/RO membrane active layers by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry." Journal of Membrane Science, 282: 71-81.

Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J., Curl, J., Sethi, S., Crozes, G.F., Hugaboom, D. (2005). "Microbial passage through low pressure membrane elements with various levels of compromised integrity." Environmental Science and Technology, 39(11): 4270-4279.

Mi, B., Eaton, C.L., Kim, J.-H., Colvin, C.K., Lozier, J.C., Mariñas, B.J. (2004). "Removal of biological and non-biological viral surrogates by spiral-wound reverse osmosis membrane elements with intact and compromised integrity." Water Research, 38(18): 3821-3832.

Kitis, M., Lozier, J.C., Kim, J.-H., Mi, B., Mariñas, B.J. (2003). "Microbial removal and integrity monitoring of RO and NF membranes." Journal of American Water Works Association, 95(12): 105-119.

Crozes, G.F., Sethi, S., Mi, B., Curl, J., Mariñas, B.J. (2002). "Improving membrane integrity monitoring indirect methods to reduce plant downtime and increase microbial removal credit." Desalination, 149: 493-498.