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Maria D. Kennedy is affiliated with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on water-related technologies and environmental management.

Their work includes significant contributions to several subfields, among which are:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

Key topics in their research portfolio include:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Water Systems and Optimization
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes

Maria D. Kennedy has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sergio G. Salinas-Rodríguez
  • Jan C. Schippers
  • Walter van der Meer
  • David Ferràs
  • Nirajan Dhakal

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of journals, with notable frequent venues consisting of:

  • Membranes
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Water Research
  • Water
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering

Recent papers by Maria D. Kennedy include:

  • Is Desalination a Solution to Freshwater Scarcity in Developing Countries?, 2022, Membranes
  • Effectiveness of antiscalants in preventing calcium phosphate scaling in reverse osmosis applications, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Characterisation of the impact of dissolved organic matter on iron, manganese, and arsenic mobilisation during bank filtration, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Multi-parametric assessment of biological stability of drinking water produced from groundwater: Reverse osmosis vs. conventional treatment, 2020, Water Research
  • Analysis of the Performance of Bank Filtration for Water Supply in Arid Climates: Case Study in Egypt, 2020, Water

In addition to journal articles, Maria D. Kennedy has contributed to book literature, including a publication with UWA Publishing titled:

  • Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination: Assessment and Pre-treatment of Fouling and Scaling, 2021

Best Publications

  • Characterisation of algal organic matter produced by bloom-forming marine and freshwater algae.

    L.O. Villacorte;Y. Ekowati;T.R. Neu;J.M. Kleijn

  • The modified fouling index using ultrafiltration membranes (MFI-UF): characterisation, filtration mechanisms and proposed reference membrane

    Siobhan F.E. Boerlage;Maria D. Kennedy;Melvyn R. Dickson;Dima E.Y. El-Hodali

  • Modelling the production and degradation of soluble microbial products (SMP) in membrane bioreactors (MBR)

    Tao Jiang;Silvie Myngheer;Dirk J W De Pauw;Henri Spanjers

  • Proposing nanofiltration as acceptable barrier for organic contaminants in water reuse

    Victor Yangali-Quintanilla;Victor Yangali-Quintanilla;Victor Yangali-Quintanilla;Sung Kyu Maeng;Sung Kyu Maeng;Sung Kyu Maeng;Takahiro Fujioka;Maria Kennedy

  • Rejection of pharmaceutically active compounds and endocrine disrupting compounds by clean and fouled nanofiltration membranes.

    V. Yangali-Quintanilla;V. Yangali-Quintanilla;A. Sadmani;M. McConville;M. McConville;M. Kennedy

  • The fate of Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) in integrated membrane systems: removal through pre-treatment processes and deposition on reverse osmosis membranes.

    Loreen O. Villacorte;Maria D. Kennedy;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy;Jan C. Schippers

  • A QSAR model for predicting rejection of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors) by nanofiltration membranes.

    Victor Yangali-Quintanilla;Anwar Sadmani;Megan McConville;Megan McConville;Maria Kennedy

  • Seawater reverse osmosis desalination and (harmful) algal blooms

    Loreen O. Villacorte;S. Assiyeh Alizadeh Tabatabai;S. Assiyeh Alizadeh Tabatabai;Donald M. Anderson;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy

  • Effect of coagulation on fouling potential and removal of algal organic matter in ultrafiltration pretreatment to seawater reverse osmosis.

    S. Assiyeh Alizadeh Tabatabai;Jan C. Schippers;Maria D. Kennedy

  • Natural organic matter (NOM) fouling of ultrafiltration membranes: fractionation of NOM in surface water and characterisation by LC-OCD

    Maria D. Kennedy;Hyoung K. Chun;Victor A. Quintanilla Yangali;Bas G.J. Heijman

  • Optimising the operation of a MBR pilot plant by quantitative analysis of the membrane fouling mechanism

    T. Jiang;T. Jiang;M.D. Kennedy;B.F. Guinzbourg;P.A. Vanrolleghem

  • The role of blocking and cake filtration in MBR fouling

    Tao Jiang;Tao Jiang;Maria D. Kennedy;Walter G.J. van der Meer;Peter A. Vanrolleghem

  • The MFI-UF as a water quality test and monitor

    Siobhan F.E. Boerlage;Maria D. Kennedy;Meseret Petros Aniye;Elhadi Abogrean

  • Is Desalination a Solution to Freshwater Scarcity in Developing Countries?

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  • Applications of the MFI-UF to measure and predict particulate fouling in RO systems

    Siobhan F.E. Boerlage;Maria Kennedy;Meseret Petros Aniye;Jan C. Schippers

  • Biological and physico-chemical formation of Birnessite during the ripening of manganese removal filters.

    Jantinus H. Bruins;Branislav Petrusevski;Yness M. Slokar;Koen Huysman

  • How water scarcity will effect the growth in the desalination market in the coming 25 years

    Ingrida Bremere;Maria Kennedy;Allerd Stikker;Jan Schippers

  • Chapter 2 Global Desalination Situation

    Sabine Lattemann;Maria D. Kennedy;Jan C. Schippers;Gary Amy

  • Monitoring particulate fouling in membrane systems

    Śiobhàn F.E. Boerlage;Maria D. Kennedy;Meseret Petros Aniye;Elhadi M. Abogrean

  • Nanoparticles in household level water treatment: An overview

    T C Prathna;Saroj Kumar Sharma;Maria Kennedy;Maria Kennedy

  • Characterization of soluble microbial products and their fouling impacts in membrane bioreactors.

    Tao Jiang;Maria D. Kennedy;Veerle De Schepper;Seong-Nam Nam

  • Development of the MFI-UF in constant flux filtration

    Siobhàn F.E. Boerlage;Maria Kennedy;Zeyad Tarawneh;Rueban De Faber

  • Soil aquifer treatment for wastewater treatment and reuse

    Saroj K. Sharma;Maria D. Kennedy

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan C. Schippers
Jan C. Schippers IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Gary L. Amy
Gary L. Amy Clemson University
Geert-Jan Witkamp
Geert-Jan Witkamp King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
Henri Spanjers
Henri Spanjers Delft University of Technology
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda University of Girona
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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