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Overview

Brian A. Dempsey is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and conducts research across multiple domains, primarily focusing on computer science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work intersects several subfields including computer networks and communications, electrical and electronic engineering, political science and international relations, ecology, and oceanography.

The research topics they cover include:

  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Age of Information Optimization
  • European and International Law Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Brian A. Dempsey has contributed to a variety of scholarly publications, with recent papers appearing in both scientific and legal academic venues. Notable publications include:

  • "A Hardware-Software Stack for Serverless Edge Swarms" (2021), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Law reform and devolution: consultation processes and divorce law in Scotland" (2020), published in Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
  • "Water Column Structure and Nutrient Supply on the Northwest Atlantic Shelf: A Nitrate Isotope Study" (2025), published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles

The research venues where their work has been published reflect a breadth of interdisciplinary interest, with contributions in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Brian A. Dempsey collaborates with several researchers, forging connections across different specializations. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Liam Patterson
  • David Pigorovsky
  • N.V. Lazarev
  • Aditya Shah
  • Clara Steinhoff

This collaboration indicates a multidisciplinary approach, integrating perspectives from computer systems to ecological and legal studies. Brian A. Dempsey's work spans both theoretical and applied realms, tackling challenges in technology deployment as well as legal reform and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Arsenic removal by iron-modified activated carbon.

    Weifang Chen;Robert Parette;Jiying Zou;Fred S. Cannon

  • Influence of chitosan characteristics on the coagulation and the flocculation of bentonite suspensions

    Jean Roussy;Maurice Van Vooren;Brian A. Dempsey;Eric Guibal

  • In-line coagulation with low-pressure membrane filtration.

    Kevin Young-june Choi;Brian A. Dempsey

  • A Review of the Use of Chitosan for the Removal of Particulate and Dissolved Contaminants

    Eric Guibal;Maurice Van Vooren;Brian A. Dempsey;Jean Roussy

  • The Coagulation of Humic Substances by Means of Aluminum Salts

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  • Kinetics and Mechanisms for Reactions of Fe(II) with Iron(III) Oxides

    Byong-Hun Jeon;Brian A Dempsey;William D Burgos

  • Chemical Reduction of U(VI) by Fe(II) at the Solid-Water Interface Using Natural and Synthetic Fe(III) Oxides

    Byong Hun Jeon;Brian A. Dempsey;William D. Burgos;Mark O. Barnett

  • Membrane fouling due to alginate, SMP, EfOM, humic acid, and NOM

    Hyun-Chul Kim;Brian A. Dempsey

  • Enhancement of biological reduction of hematite by electron shuttling and Fe(II) complexation.

    Richard A. Royer;William D. Burgos;Angela S. Fisher;Richard F. Unz

  • Fate of hydrolyzed Al species in humic acid coagulation

    Jr Lin Lin;Ch-Hpin Huang;Brian Dempsey;Jing Yi Hu

  • Sorption kinetics of Fe(II), Zn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cd(II), and Fe(II)/Me(II) onto hematite.

    Byong Hun Jeon;Brian A Dempsey;William D Burgos;Richard A Royer

  • Reactions of ferrous iron with hematite

    Byong Hun Jeon;Brian A. Dempsey;William D. Burgos;Richard A. Royer

  • Electrochemical struvite precipitation from digestate with a fluidized bed cathode microbial electrolysis cell

    Roland D. Cusick;Mark L. Ullery;Brian A. Dempsey;Bruce E. Logan

  • Electricity generation from synthetic acid-mine drainage (AMD) water using fuel cell technologies

    Shaoan Cheng;Brian A. Dempsey;Bruce E. Logan

  • Content and fractionation of heavy metals in water treatment sludges.

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  • Enhancement of hematite bioreduction by natural organic matter.

    Richard A. Royer;William D. Burgos;Angela S. Fisher;Byong Hun Jeon

  • Heterogeneous oxidation of Fe(II) on ferric oxide at neutral pH and a low partial pressure of O2.

    Byungtae Park;Brian A. Dempsey

  • Enhancement of fermentative bioenergy (ethanol/hydrogen) production using (ethanol/hydrogen) production using ultrasonication of Scenedesmus obliquus YSW15 cultivated in swine wastewater effluent

    Jeong A. Choi;Jae Hoon Hwang;Brian A. Dempsey;Reda A.I. Abou-Shanab

  • Agronomic Effects of Land Application of Water Treatment Sludges

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  • Photoautotrophic hydrogen production by eukaryotic microalgae under aerobic conditions

    Jae Hoon Hwang;Hyun Chul Kim;Jeong A. Choi;R. A.I. Abou-Shanab

  • Nitrite reduction with hydrous ferric oxide and Fe(II): stoichiometry, rate, and mechanism.

    Yuan-Liang Tai;Brian A. Dempsey

  • Coadsorption of arsenic(III) and arsenic(V) onto hydrous ferric oxide: effects on abiotic oxidation of arsenic(III), extraction efficiency, and model accuracy.

    Je-Hun Jang;Brian A. Dempsey

  • Reduction of U(VI) by Fe(II) in the presence of hydrous ferric oxide and hematite: effects of solid transformation, surface coverage, and humic acid.

    Je Hun Jang;Brian A. Dempsey;William D. Burgos

  • Microbial reduction of U(VI) at the solid-water interface.

    Byong Hun Jeon;Shelly D. Kelly;Kenneth M. Kemner;Mark O. Barnett

  • Ultrasonic disintegration of microalgal biomass and consequent improvement of bioaccessibility/bioavailability in microbial fermentation

    Byong Hun Jeon;Jeong A. Choi;Hyun Chul Kim;Jae Hoon Hwang

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Burgos
William D. Burgos Pennsylvania State University
Byong-Hun Jeon
Byong-Hun Jeon Hanyang University
Eric E. Roden
Eric E. Roden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric Guibal
Eric Guibal Institut Mines-Télécom
Bruce E. Logan
Bruce E. Logan Pennsylvania State University
Hocheol Song
Hocheol Song Hanyang University
Shaoan Cheng
Shaoan Cheng Zhejiang University
Booki Min
Booki Min Kyung Hee University
David R. DeWalle
David R. DeWalle Pennsylvania State University
Lubos Polerecky
Lubos Polerecky Utrecht University

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