FarnoodR. R. Farnood

B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Sharif), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Room: WB362
Tel.: 416-946-7525
Email: ramin.farnood@utoronto.ca
Web site: http://chem-eng.utoronto.ca/~farnood

Research Interests

Bio-based materials and bioenergy
Developing novel products that utilize the forest biomass as a renewable, biodegradable, and recyclable raw material with a near-zero carbon footprint is the key towards a sustainable bio-economy. Such green products will have a significant life-cycle advantage over fossil fuel-based products. The focus of our research is two folds: 1- advanced materials that are based on wood fibres, and 2- energy from forest biomass as well as solid wastes.

Environmental Engineering
With the rapid reduction of clean water resources, wastewater treatment for reuse is growing rapidly in many industrial and developing countries. A key issue in such applications is the microbial and chemical contamination of wastewater. The focus of our research is to develop advanced technologies based on ultraviolet light to remove chemical and microbial contamination of wastewater.

Micro-structure Characterization
The focus of this research program is to develop experimental techniques and mathematical models to examine the structure of materials at microscale and investigate the relationship between structure and properties.

Recent Publications

1. Angelo, P.D., and Farnood, R., Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrene sulfonate) inkjet inks doped with carbon nanotubes and polar solvent: the effect of formulation and adhesion on conductivity. J. Adhesion Sci. Technol. (In press).

2. Azimi, Y., Kortschot, M.T., and Farnood , R., A non-destructive method for obtaining a local coat weight map using X-ray imaging. JPPS (In press).

3. Yong, H.N., Farnood, R., Cairns, W., and Mao, T., Effect of sonication on UV disinfectability of primary effluents. Wat. Enviro. Res. (In press).

4. Zang, Y., Farnood, R., Currie, J., Photocatalytic activities of AgBr/Y-zeolite in water under visible light irradiation. Chem. Eng. Sci. 64(12) 2881-2886 (2009).

5. Azadi, P, Syed, K.M., Farnood, R., Catalytic gasification of biomass model compound in near-critical water. Applied Catalysis A: General. 358(1) 65-72 (2009).

6. Nunnari, S.J., Farnood, R.R., Kortschot, M.T., High speed microcompression of paper coatings. J. Mater. Sci. 44(10) 2507-2512 (2009).

7. Gibson, J.H., Hon, H., Farnood, R., Droppo, I., Seto, P., Effects of ultrasound on suspended particles in municipal wastewater. Water Res. 43(8) 2251-2259 (2009).

8. Azadi, P., Nunnari, S., Farnood, R., Kortschot, M.T., and Yan, N., High speed compression of highly filled thin composites: effect of binder content and stiffness. Prog. Org. Coat. 64(4) 356-360 (2009).

9. Azadi, P., Khodadadib, A.A., Mortazavib, Y., Farnood, R., Hydrothermal gasification of glucose using Raney nickel and homogeneous organometallic catalysts. Fuel Proc. Technol. 90 (1) 145-151 (2009).

10. Yuan, Y., NdoutouMve, J.F., Siew, M., Vo, O., and Farnood, R., Sizing of wastewater particles using the electrozone sensing technique. Particle Sci. Tech. 27 (1) 1–7 (2009).