Joel Ducoste
North Carolina State University
Dr. Ducoste is a Professor in the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department at North Carolina State University. He has over 15 years of modeling experience in a number of environmental and engineering applications. He has research experience in the operation and design of chemical mixing, flocculation, sedimentation, and chemical and UV disinfection processes in drinking water treatment. Dr. Ducoste is an expert in modeling water and wastewater treatment process fluid mechanics using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Dr. Ducoste has developed CFD models for analysis of chemical and UV disinfection reactors, rapid mix chambers, flocculation basins, filtration systems, wastewater activated sludge systems, waste stabilization ponds, secondary clarifiers, biosystems modeling, and food waste systems.
Before his appointment at the university, Dr. Ducoste was a senior process engineer at CH2M HILL’s Water Business Group. He continues to participate as a senior consultant with nationally and internationally recognized firms in water and wastewater projects related to the application of CFD for analyzing designs and troubleshooting treatment problems. Dr. Ducoste also has experience in the design and construction of manufacturing processes for Fortune 100 companies.
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL - 1996
M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - 1989
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - 1988
Professor of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University - 8/10 – Present
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University - 8/04 – 8/10
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University - 8/98 – 8/04
Water Treatment Process Engineer, CH2M HILL - 1996-1998
Manufacturing Engineer, GE Aircraft Engines - 1989-1991
- Modeling of UV Reactors
- Hydraulic configurations and their impact of UV Reactor performance
- Experimental measurements of hydraulics prior to entry of UV reactors
50 - 150
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