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AMR in U.S. Wastewater Systems
AMR in U.S. Wastewater Systems
The overall objective of this project is to quantify the fate of ARB, ARGs, and antibiotics in wastewater treatment utilities across the U.S.
This project is funded by the EPA National Priorities Grants: Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater and Sewage Sludge Treatment and Its Impact on the Environment.
Biofilms on the ISS
Biofilms on the ISS
This investigation has three specific objectives: to explore the effect of microgravity (μg) versus Earth's gravity (1G) on the development of three-dimensional architecture of biofilms in porous media under saturated conditions, where capillarity is absent; to investigate the effect of gravitational-interfacial force balances on fluid flow, nutrient transport, and biofilm development in porous media under unsaturated conditions; and to use pore-scale numerical models to quantify changes in flow paths and velocities caused by biofilm growth, which cannot be captured through imaging.
This project is funded by the NSF and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. (CASIS).
Chemical Treatment Capacity of Wastewater Microbial Processes
Chemical Treatment Capacity of Wastewater Microbial Processes
This project, in collaboration with Dr. Gerrad Jones in the Department of Biological Engineering, investigates the chemical composition and microbial communities of wastewater in different wastewater biological treatment units. High-resolution mass spectrometry, chemical forensics, and high-throughput sequencing are used to develop chemical fingerprints and determine the association between chemical transformations and microbial communities.
This project received seed funding from OSU Agricultural Research Foundation Competitive Grant.
Interventions to reduce microplastics in wastewater and stormwater systems
Interventions to reduce microplastics in wastewater and stormwater systems
In this work - led by Dr. Elise Granek at Portland State University and in collaboration with Dr. Susanne Brander an ecotoxicologist at Oregon State - we assess the efficacy of distributed wastewater and stormwater preventative interventions on microplastic loads to coastal watersheds and in effluent water.
This work is funded by the Oregon Sea Grant entitled "Microplastics Science Optimizing Solutions (MP-SOS): Testing Strategies for Oregon" and the National Sea Grant Marine Debris Competition entitled "Beyond the drain: Tackling anthropogenic particle pollution sources to wastewater and biosolids across communities,” or Beyond TAPPS.
Antibiotic Resistance from Wastewater to Agricultural Soils and Food Crops
Antibiotic Resistance from Wastewater to Agricultural Soils and Food Crops
In this project - in collaboration with Dr. Joy Waite-Cusic in the Department of Food Science and Technology and Dr. Tyler Radniecki in Environmental Engineering at OSU - we investigated enteric antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes from wastewater to agricultural soil and food crops. The overall objective of this project is to identify the impacts of seasonal and regional variations on the abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance in Oregon wastewater systems, and to further determine the impact of the soil application of wastewater and biosolids on growth and dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in soils and on vegetable crops.
This project received seed funding from OSU Agricultural Research Foundation Competitive Grant, and was funded by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Publications
Publications
Quang, T., Garcia-Jaramillo, M., Schindler, J., Eness, A., Bryla, D.R., Patel, H., Navab-Daneshmand, T., Jin, X. (2024) Sustainable nutrient water recovery by a hybrid electrodialysis (ED) - forward osmosis (FO) process for agricultural application, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 112091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112091
Rothenberg, S.E., Furrer, J.M., Ingram, L.A., Foster, S.A., Hystad, P., Hynes, D.M., Navab-Daneshmand, T., Branscum, A.J., Kruearat, P. (2023) Sanitary sewage overflows, boil water advisories, and emergency room and urgent care visits for gastrointestinal illness: a case-crossover study in South Carolina, USA, 2013–2017, Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 33, 102–110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-022-00498-7
Amin, M.B., Talukdar, P.K., Asaduzzaman, M., Roy, S., Flatgard, B.M., Islam, M.R., Saha, S.R., Mahmud, Z.H., Navab-Daneshmand, T., Kile, M.L., Levy, K., Julian, T.R., Islam, M.A. (2022) Effects of chronic exposure to arsenic on fecal carriage of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli among people in rural Bangladesh, PLOS Pathogens, 18(12):e1010952. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010952
Nguyen, C.C., Mohamed, O.M., Coblyn, M.Y., Jovanovic, G.N., Navab-Daneshmand, T. (2022) Pathogens inactivation in drinking water: A point-of-use microscale reactor with UV irradiation, Environmental Engineering Science, 39 (7). https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2021.0468
Easler, M.S., Cheney, C.M., Johnson, J.D., Khorshidi Zadeh, M., Nguyen, J.N., Yiu, S.Y., Waite-Cusic, J., Radniecki, T.R., Navab-Daneshmand, T. (2022) Resistome characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolated from wastewater treatment utilities in Oregon, Journal of Water and Health, 20 (4), 670-679. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2022.292
Navab-Daneshmand, T., Guo, B., Gehr, R., Frigon, D. (2022) Impact of pH and removed filtrate on E. coli regrowth and microbial community during storage of electro-dewatered biosolids, Science of the Total Environment, 814, 152544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152544
Mays, C., Garza, G.L., Waite-Cusic, J., Radniecki, T.R., Navab-Daneshmand, T. (2021) Impact of biosolids amendment and wastewater effluent irrigation on enteric antibiotic-resistant bacteria – a greenhouse study, Water Research X, 13, 100119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2021.100119
Burleson, G.E., Caplan, D., Mays, C.M., Moses, N.D., Navab-Daneshmand, T., Sharp, K.V., MacCarty, N.A. (2020) Computational modeling and empirical analysis of a biomass-powered drinking water pasteurization technology, Energies, 13(4), 936. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040936
Schutzius, G., Nguyen, M., Navab-Daneshmand, T. (2019) Antibiotic resistance in fecal sludge and soil in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(33), 34521-34530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06537-5
Nguyen, C.C., Hugie, C.N., Kile, M.L., Navab-Daneshmand, T. (2019) Associations between heavy metals and antibiotic-resistant human pathogens in environmental reservoirs: a review, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Engineering, 13(3), 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-019-1129-0
Pruden, A., Alcalde, R.E., Alvarez, P.J., Ashbolt, N., Bischel, H., Capiro, N.L., Crossette, E., Frigon, D., Grimes, K., Haas, C., Ikuma, K., Kappell, A., LaPara, T., Lee, K., Li, M., Li, X., McNamara, P., Seo, Y., Sobsey, M.D., Sozzi, E., Navab-Daneshmand, T., Nguyen, T.H., Raskin, L., Riquelme, M.V.P., Vikesland, P., Wigginton, K., Zhi, Z. (2018) An environmental science and engineering framework for monitoring and mitigating antimicrobial resistance, Environmental Engineering Science, 10(35), 1005-1011. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2017.0520
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