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Desmond F. Lawler is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Engineering.

The scholar's work emphasizes several core topics, including:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Recent publications by Desmond F. Lawler showcase these areas of interest and include:

  • "Designing Solute-Tailored Selectivity in Membranes: Perspectives for Water Reuse and Resource Recovery," 2020, ACS Macro Letters
  • "Water Treatment: Are Membranes the Panacea?" 2020, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • "Application of electrodialysis pretreatment to enhance boron removal and reduce fouling during desalination by nanofiltration/reverse osmosis," 2020, Desalination
  • "Seasonal contamination of well-water in flood-prone colonias and other unincorporated U.S. communities," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Mercury pollution in Colombia: challenges to reduce the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the light of the Minamata Convention," 2020, Water International

Frequent publication venues contributing to their body of work include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • ACS Macro Letters
  • Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Desalination

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research activities. Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple publications with Desmond F. Lawler are:

  • Lynn E. Katz
  • Matthew R. Landsman
  • Lewis S. Rowles
  • Mary Jo Kirisits
  • Navid B. Saleh

Best Publications

  • Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges

    Lauren F. Greenlee;Desmond F. Lawler;Benny D. Freeman;Benoit Marrot

  • Sphere Drag and Settling Velocity Revisited

    Phillip P. Brown;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Water Quality Engineering: Physical / Chemical Treatment Processes

    Mark M. Benjamin;Desmond F. Lawler

  • The (Relative) Insignificance of G in Flocculation

    Mooyoung Han;Desmond F. Lawler

  • The effect of antiscalant addition on calcium carbonate precipitation for a simplified synthetic brackish water reverse osmosis concentrate.

    Lauren F. Greenlee;Fabrice Testa;Desmond F. Lawler;Benny D. Freeman

  • Ripening in Depth Filtration: Effect of Particle Size on Removal and Head Loss

    Jeannie L. Darby;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Depth filtration : Fundamental investigation through three-dimensional trajectory analysis

    Robert S. Cushing;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Competitive separation of di- vs. mono-valent cations in electrodialysis: effects of the boundary layer properties.

    Younggy Kim;W. Shane Walker;W. Shane Walker;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Integral water treatment plant design: from particle size to plant performance.

    Desmond F Lawler;C. R. O'Melia;J. E. Tobiason

  • Effects of media and plant selection on biofiltration performance

    Michael E. Barrett;Maëlle Limouzin;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Selecting among physical/chemical processes for removing synthetic organics from water

    Bruce I. Dvorak;Desmond F. Lawler;Gerald E. Speitel;Darrell L. Jones

  • Particle size distributions in treatment processes: Theory and practice

    Desmond F. Lawler

  • Laccase-catalyzed oxidation of oxybenzone in municipal wastewater primary effluent

    Hector A. Garcia;Catherine M. Hoffman;Kerry A. Kinney;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Designing Solute-Tailored Selectivity in Membranes: Perspectives for Water Reuse and Resource Recovery

    Rahul Sujanani;Matthew R. Landsman;Sally Jiao;Joshua D. Moon

  • Anaerobic digestion: effects on particle size and dewaterability

    Desmond F. Lawler;Yoon Jin Chung;Shiaw Jy Hwang;Barbara A. Hull

  • Contact Filtration: Particle Size and Ripening

    Sarah C. Clark;Desmond F. Lawler;Robert S. Cushing

  • Interactions of Two Settling Spheres: Settling Rates and Collision Efficiency

    Mooyoung Han;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Electrodialysis with spacers: Effects of variation and correlation of boundary layer thickness

    Younggy Kim;Younggy Kim;W. Shane Walker;W. Shane Walker;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Water Treatment: Are Membranes the Panacea?

    Matthew R. Landsman;Rahul Sujanani;Samuel H. Brodfuehrer;Carolyn M. Cooper

  • Particle behavior in deep-bed filtration: Part 1 - Ripening and breakthrough

    Daniel C. Moran;Melissa C. Moran;Robert S. Cushing;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Effect of antiscalants on precipitation of an RO concentrate: metals precipitated and particle characteristics for several water compositions.

    Lauren F. Greenlee;Fabrice Testa;Desmond F. Lawler;Benny D. Freeman

  • Treatment of Model Inland Brackish Groundwater Reverse Osmosis Concentrate with Electrodialysis – Part I: sensitivity to superficial velocity

    W. Shane Walker;W. Shane Walker;Younggy Kim;Younggy Kim;Desmond F. Lawler

  • Erratum: Water Treatment: Are Membranes the Panacea?

    Matthew R. Landsman;Rahul Sujanani;Samuel H. Brodfuehrer;Carolyn M. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Benny D. Freeman
Benny D. Freeman The University of Texas at Austin
Philippe Moulin
Philippe Moulin Aix-Marseille University
Gerald E. Speitel
Gerald E. Speitel The University of Texas at Austin
Philip C. Singer
Philip C. Singer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Douglas R. Lloyd
Douglas R. Lloyd The University of Texas at Austin
Richard L. Corsi
Richard L. Corsi University of California, Davis
Richard G. Luthy
Richard G. Luthy Stanford University
Mark M. Benjamin
Mark M. Benjamin University of Washington
Jacek A. Koziel
Jacek A. Koziel Iowa State University
Ali Tamayol
Ali Tamayol University of Connecticut

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