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KEITH E. DENNETT, Ph.D., P.E.

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Current Affiliation

Associate Professor


Contact Information

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mails Stop 258

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, NV 89557

T: 775-784-4056

F: 775-784-1390


Education

YEAR

DEGREE

UNIVERSITY

1995

Ph.D

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

1990

M.S.Env.E.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

1988

B.C.E.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA


Research Interests

Nutrient removal and water quality improvement in constructed wetlands, arsenic removal during drinking water treatment, optimization of surface water treatment, evaluation of erosion control strategies.


Recent Publications

1)      Dennett, K.E., and Dixon, R.T., “Using Carbon Dioxide to Cope with Fluctuations in Raw Water pH and Maintain Effective Conventional Treatment”, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA, July 2003, Vol. 52, Issue 5, 369-381.

2)      Stamenkovic, J., Gustin, M.S., and Dennett, K.E., “Net Methyl Mercury Production and Water Quality Improvements in Constructed Wetlands at Steamboat Creek, Nevada”, Biogeochemistry, tentatively accepted for publication.

3)      Ravisangar, V., Dennett, K.E., Sturm, T.W., and Amirtharajah, A., “Effect of Sediment pH Resuspension of Kaolinite Sediments”, Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 127, No. 6, June 2001, 531-538.

4)      Mahmood, T., Amirtharajah, A., Sturm, T.W., and Dennett, K.E., “A Micromechanics Approach for Attachment and Detachment of Asymmetric Colloidal Particles”, Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 177 (2001) 99-110.

5)      Dennett, K.E., Sturm, T.W., Amirtharajah, A., and Mahmood, T., “Effects of Adsorbed Natural Organic Matter on the Erosion of Kaolinite Sediments”, Water Environment Research, Vol. 70, No. 3, May/June 1998, 268-275.


Courses Taught

Course Code

Course Title

CEE 367L

Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

CEE 390

Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering

CEE 404/604

Open Channel Flow

CEE 413/613

Water Resources Engineering

CEE 456/656

Design of Water Treatment Facilities

CEE 457/657

Design of Wastewater Treatment Facilities


Other Activities withinEngineering and Teaching Professions

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Water Works Association

Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors

Water Environment Federation

Nevada Water Environment Association





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