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Maryam Amouamouha, PhD

About

Dr. Maryam Amouamouha is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Engineering with a specialization in the field of environmental engineering. She was a postdoctoral scholar at Northwestern University, where she worked on a project aimed at creating a user-friendly geospatial database of water and wastewater treatment facilities, including their deployed technologies and energy/carbon intensity. Maryam received her Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in 2022 and holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University, earned in 2018.

As an entrepreneur, Maryam is the co-owner of AMBER Aqua LLC and has won several business plan competitions, including the SD Governor's Giant Vision. Her research interests are focused on water and wastewater treatment, process design and optimization, membrane separation technologies, systems analysis with an emphasis on sustainability, and GHG inventory and emissions.

Selected Publications

1. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi, T. W. Walker (2022), Experimental investigation of the performance of anaerobic membrane bioreactor with electrolytic regeneration (AMBER) for challenges and options in wastewater treatment, Science of the Total Environment, 844, 157080.

2. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2021), Evaluation and improvement of nanocomposite poly(vinylidenefluoride)/silver membrane performance in wastewater treatment (in Persian), Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, in press.

3. G. Badalians Gholikandi, B. Inanloo Beklar, M. M. Amouamouha (2021), Performance prediction and upgrading of electroanaerobic baffled reactor using neural-fuzzy method, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(5), 106029.

4. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2018), Assessment of anaerobic nanocomposite membrane bioreactor efficiency intensified by biogas backwash, Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, 131, 51-58.

5. G. Badalians Gholikandi, B. Inanloo Beklar, M. Amouamouha (2018), The technical and economical assessment of the different electrode materials for pH recovery in the anaerobic baffled reactor on a labscale, Desalination and Water Treatment, 113, 18-27.

6. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2017), Characterization and antibiofouling performance investigation of hydrophobic silver nanocomposite membranes: A comparative study, Membranes, 7(4), 64-80.

7. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2017), The influence of fouling resistance on the nanocomposite microfiltration process, Desalination and Water Treatment, 88, 60-66.

8. M. Amouamouha, G. R. Nabi Bidhendi, B. Hooshyari (2014), Nanofiltration efficiency in nitrate removal from groundwater: A semi-industrial case study, 2nd International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications, Singapore.

Patents

M. Amouamouha, T.W. Walker. Anaerobic membrane bioreactor with electrolytic regeneration (AMBER) for wastewater treatment. U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. PCT/US22/79248. 11/03/2022.

M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2019), Anaerobic nanocomposite membrane baffled reactor for industrial wastewater treatment. Patent registered by State Organization for Registration Deeds and Properties and Intellectual Property Center, Iran. Patent number: 98478, 05/04/2019.