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Ernest K. Yanful is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of Yanful's work include:

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Mine Drainage and Remediation Techniques
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment

Yanful has contributed research papers to a variety of journals, with frequent publications in these venues:

  • International Journal of Geomechanics
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal
  • Earth Science Malaysia
  • Water and Environment Journal

Some recent publications authored by Yanful or involving collaborative work are:

  • Comparative analysis of separation methods used for the elimination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from water - A critical review, 2022, Separation and Purification Technology
  • Seasonal variation of water quality parameters of surface water in mining areas, 2022, Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal
  • Thermohydromechanical Modeling of Evaporation from Unsaturated Soil, 2022, International Journal of Geomechanics
  • ASSESSING THE ACID MINE DRAINAGE POTENTIAL OF A STOCKPILED GOLD BEARING SULPHIDE ORE, 2020, Earth Science Malaysia
  • An experimental study on reactive filter bed for aluminium removal from water, 2020, Water and Environment Journal

Collaborations have been a part of Yanful's research activities, with frequent coauthors including:

  • M. Hesham El Naggar
  • Behrouz Gatmiri
  • Ali Pak
  • Anna Kujawska
  • Urszula Kiełkowska

Best Publications

  • A Review of Plastic Waste Biodegradation

    Ying Zheng;Ernest K. Yanful;Amarjeet S. Bassi

  • Arsenic and chromium removal by mixed magnetite-maghemite nanoparticles and the effect of phosphate on removal.

    Saidur Rahman Chowdhury;Ernest K. Yanful

  • Comparison of municipal solid waste management systems in Canada and Ghana: a case study of the cities of London, Ontario, and Kumasi, Ghana.

    Mizpah Asase;Ernest K. Yanful;Moses Mensah;Jay Stanford

  • A review of biodegradation of synthetic plastic and foams

    R. Gautam;A. S. Bassi;E. K. Yanful

  • A review of binders used in cemented paste tailings for underground and surface disposal practices

    Amjad Tariq;Ernest K. Yanful

  • Chemical states in XPS and Raman analysis during removal of Cr(VI) from contaminated water by mixed maghemite-magnetite nanoparticles.

    Saidur Rahman Chowdhury;Ernest K. Yanful;Allen R. Pratt

  • Predicting soil—water characteristic curves of compacted plastic soils from measured pore-size distributions

    P. H. Simms;E. K. Yanful

  • Oxygen Diffusion through Soil Covers on Sulphidic Mine Tailings

    Ernest K. Yanful

  • Measurement and estimation of pore shrinkage and pore distribution in a clayey till during soil-water characteristic curve tests

    Paul H Simms;Ernest K Yanful

  • Biokinetics of biodegradation of surfactants under aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic conditions.

    Prasanna K. Mohan;George Nakhla;Ernest. K. Yanful

  • Arsenic removal from aqueous solutions by mixed magnetite–maghemite nanoparticles

    Saidur Rahman Chowdhury;Ernest K. Yanful;Allen R. Pratt

  • Desiccation-induced cracking and its effect on the hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils from Iran

    M Ht Rayhani;E K Yanful;A Fakher

  • Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic environment: implications for the drinking water industry and global environmental health.

    M. F. Rahman;E. K. Yanful;S. Y. Jasim

  • EFFECT OF MULTIPLE CONTAMINANT MIGRATION ON DIFFUSION AND ADSORPTION OF SOME DOMESTIC WASTE CONTAMINANTS IN A NATURAL CLAYEY SOIL

    F. S. Barone;E. K. Yanful;R. M. Quigley;R. K. Rowe

  • Long term performance of MBR for biological nitrogen removal from synthetic municipal wastewater.

    Ladan Holakoo;George Nakhla;Amarjeet S. Bassi;Ernest K. Yanful

  • Physical modeling of desiccation cracking in plastic soils

    M.H.T. Rayhani;E.K. Yanful;A. Fakher

  • Comparative analysis of separation methods used for the elimination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from water – a critical review

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  • A pore-network model for hydromechanical coupling in unsaturated compacted clayey soils

    P H Simms;E K Yanful

  • Heavy metal migration at a landfill site, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada—2: metal partitioning and geotechnical implications

    Ernest K. Yanful;Robert M. Quigley;H. Wayne Nesbitt

  • Modeling and measurement of evaporation in moisture-retaining soil covers

    Ernest K. Yanful;S. Morteza Mousavi;Mingdi Yang

  • Occurrences of endocrine disrupting compounds and pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment and their removal from drinking water: Challenges in the context of the developing world

    M.F. Rahman;E.K. Yanful;S.Y. Jasim

Frequent Co-Authors

Amarjeet S. Bassi
Amarjeet S. Bassi University of Western Ontario
George Nakhla
George Nakhla University of Western Ontario
Isaac Luginaah
Isaac Luginaah University of Western Ontario
Denis M. O'Carroll
Denis M. O'Carroll University of New South Wales
Brent E. Sleep
Brent E. Sleep University of Toronto
Ajay K. Ray
Ajay K. Ray University of Western Ontario
Michael Eliasziw
Michael Eliasziw University of Calgary
Horia Hangan
Horia Hangan University of Western Ontario
Robert J. Martinuzzi
Robert J. Martinuzzi University of Calgary

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