2026 William B. Krantz: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	58	2573	2458	781	708	198	9013

Research.com Recognitions

1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William B. Krantz is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on membrane separation technologies and related fields within engineering and environmental science.

Their main fields of study include:

Engineering
Environmental Science

Subfields associated with their work cover:

Biomedical Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

The key topics researched by William B. Krantz include:

Membrane Separation Technologies
Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Fuel Cells and Related Materials
Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

William B. Krantz has published in several venues, especially in the field of membrane science. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Membrane Science
SSRN Electronic Journal
Desalination
Separation and Purification Technology
Experimental Eye Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by William B. Krantz include:

"Technical and economic feasibility of the concurrent desalination and boron removal (CDBR) process" (2020), published in Desalination
"Characterization of colloidal fouling in forward osmosis via ultrasonic time- (UTDR) and frequency-domain reflectometry (UFDR)" (2020), published in Journal of Membrane Science
"Mitigation of membrane fouling by whey protein via water hammer" (2021), published in Journal of Membrane Science
"Centrifugal reverse osmosis (CRO) − a novel energy-efficient membrane process for desalination near local thermodynamic equilibrium" (2021), published in Journal of Membrane Science
"Membrane performance of pressure-retarded osmosis using simulated hydroxide-based CO2-captured draw solutions" (2024), published in Separation and Purification Technology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with William B. Krantz include:

Mohamed Aslam
Filicia Wicaksana
Mohammed Farid
Anthony Wong
Tzyy Haur Chong

William B. Krantz has been recognized with awards such as:

Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1988)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1984)

Best Publications

Emergency water supply: a review of potential technologies and selection criteria.

Siew-Leng Loo;Anthony Gordon Fane;William B. Krantz;William B. Krantz;Teik-Thye Lim

319
Citations
Formation and Characterization of Polyamide Membranes via Interfacial Polymerization

Guo-Yong Chai;William B. Krantz

289
Citations
Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect

D. A. Walker;H. E. Epstein;V. E. Romanovsky;C. L. Ping

268
Citations
A novel hybrid process of reverse electrodialysis and reverse osmosis for low energy seawater desalination and brine management

Weiyi Li;William B. Krantz;Emile R. Cornelissen;Jan W. Post

215
Citations
Real-time measurement of inorganic fouling of RO desalination membranes using ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry

Anurag P Mairal;Alan R Greenberg;William B Krantz;Leonard J Bond

212
Citations
Optimization of operating conditions for a continuous membrane distillation crystallization process with zero salty water discharge

Guizi Chen;Yinghong Lu;William B. Krantz;Rong Wang

185
Citations
Effect of evaporation step on macrovoid formation in wet-cast polymeric membranes

Fritz G. Paulsen;Saeed S. Shojaie;William B. Krantz

171
Citations
Frost‐boil ecosystems: complex interactions between landforms, soils, vegetation and climate

Donald A. Walker;Howard E. Epstein;William A. Gould;Alexia M. Kelley

169
Citations
Towards temperature driven forward osmosis desalination using Semi-IPN hydrogels as reversible draw agents.

Yufeng Cai;Wenming Shen;Siew-Leng Loo;William B. Krantz

165
Citations
Oxidative degradation of polyamide reverse osmosis membranes: Studies of molecular model compounds and selected membranes

Neil P. Soice;Adrian C. Maladono;Doreen Y. Takigawa;Arlan D. Norman

165
Citations
Stability of Thin Liquid Films Flowing Down a Plane

W. B. Krantz;S. L. Goren

161
Citations
Investigation of corrugation phenomenon in the inner contour of hollow fibers during the non-solvent induced phase-separation process

Sina Bonyadi;Tai Shung Chung;William B. Krantz

160
Citations
Superabsorbent Cryogels Decorated with Silver Nanoparticles as a Novel Water Technology for Point-of-Use Disinfection

Siew-Leng Loo;Anthony G. Fane;Teik-Thye Lim;William B. Krantz;William B. Krantz

149
Citations
Enhancing the properties and gas separation performance of PBI–polyimides blend carbon molecular sieve membranes via optimization of the pyrolysis process

Seyed Saeid Hosseini;Mohammad Reza Omidkhah;Abdolsamad Zarringhalam Moghaddam;Vahid Pirouzfar

145
Citations
Fabrication of poly (ECTFE) membranes via thermally induced phase separation

Senthilkumar Ramaswamy;Alan R Greenberg;William B Krantz

145
Citations
Vapor-induced phase separation—effect of the humid air exposure step on membrane morphology: Part I. Insights from mathematical modeling

V.P. Khare;A.R. Greenberg;W.B. Krantz

145
Citations
Dense polymer film and membrane formation via the dry-cast process part I. Model development

Saeed S. Shojaie;William B. Krantz;Alan R. Greenberg

145
Citations
Effects of the support on the characteristics and permselectivity of thin film composite membranes

Xuesong Li;Qing Li;Wangxi Fang;Rong Wang

139
Citations
Studies of oxidative degradation in polyamide RO membrane barrier layers using pendant drop mechanical analysis

Neil P. Soice;Alan R. Greenberg;William B. Krantz;Arlan D. Norman

134
Citations
Energy-efficient reverse osmosis desalination process

Tzyy Haur Chong;Siew-Leng Loo;William B. Krantz;William B. Krantz

130
Citations
Linear stability theory model for finger formation in asymmetric membranes

Roderick J. Ray;William B. Krantz;Robert L. Sani

125
Citations
Energy-efficient desalination by forward osmosis using responsive ionic liquid draw solutes

Yufeng Cai;Wenming Shen;Jing Wei;Tzyy Haur Chong

125
Citations
CO2 switchable dual responsive polymers as draw solutes for forward osmosis desalination

Yufeng Cai;Wenming Shen;Rong Wang;William B. Krantz

123
Citations