Professor Radisav D. Vidic
Radisav D. Vidic, Ph.D., P.E.
is
William Kepler Whiteford Professor and Chair,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Pittsburgh.
Radisav’s teaching interests include water chemistry and
physical/chemical
processes in natural and engineered systems. His primary research
interests are in the area of surface science and physical/chemical
processes for water, wastewater, hazardous waste, and air
treatment.
His recent work has focused on reuse of impaired waters for cooling,
sustainable
water management for natural gas extraction from Marcellus shale,
non-chemical devices for biological control in cooling towers,
fundamental studies of molecular interactions on carbonaceous surfaces,
control of mercury emissions from combustion processes by
adsorption-based technologies, development of novel sorbents for
elemental mercury, phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated waters,
novel disinfection methods for the control of pathogens in water
distribution systems, and membrane filtration for water purification.
Radisav coedited
Innovative Technologies for Site Remediation and Hazardous Waste
Management: Proceedings of the National Conference Pittsburgh,
and coauthored
Vapor-phase elemental mercury adsorption by activated carbon
impregnated with chloride and chelating agents,
Optimization of Sulfur Impregnation
Protocol for Fixed-Bed Application of
Activated Carbon-Based Sorbents
for Gas-Phase Mercury Removal,
Individual and combined effects of copper and silver ions on
inactivation of Legionella pneumophila,
Impact of Flue Gas Conditions on
Mercury Uptake by
Sulfur-Impregnated Activated Carbon,
Sulfurization of a carbon surface for vapor phase mercury
removal — II: Sulfur forms and mercury uptake, and
Layering and orientational ordering of propane on graphite:
An experimental and simulation study.
Radisav earned his
B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
in 1987.
He earned his M.S. in Environmental Engineering at the University of
Illinois, Urbana in 1989.
He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at the University of
Cincinnati in 1992.
Watch
Hydrofracking in Focus: Wastewater Quality, Quantity, and Management:
Lessons from the Marcellus Shale Region.