- Professor
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 401.874.2784
- craver@uri.edu
- Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 317
- Lab Website: Water for the World Environmental Engineering Lab
- Lab Website: Rhode Island Water Resources Center
Recent Grants1
| Grant |
|---|
| 6/14/2022. Co-PI. National Endowment for the Humanities/Natl. Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities. “A New Model for Integrated Humanities and Engineering Education.” |
| 6/14/2022. Co-PI. National Endowment for the Humanities/Natl. Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities. “A New Model for Integrated Humanities and Engineering Education.” |
| 10/24/2022. Co-PI. Iowa State University. “Accelerating technical and community readiness for beneficial water reuse in small systems.” |
| 10/24/2022. Co-PI. Iowa State University. “Accelerating technical and community readiness for beneficial water reuse in small systems.” |
| 10/24/2022. Co-PI. Iowa State University. “Accelerating technical and community readiness for beneficial water reuse in small systems.” |
| 10/24/2022. Co-PI. Iowa State University. “Accelerating technical and community readiness for beneficial water reuse in small systems.” |
| 10/7/2022. PI. RI Dept. of Transportation. “Interstate conference on Transportation and Climate Resilience.” |
| 9/13/2022. Co-PI. US Department of Commerce (DOC). “URI Center for Integrated Plastics Research/URI Land to Sea Plastics COLAB.” |
| 9/1/2022. PI. RI Commerce Corporation. “2022 BlueDAE Innovation Voucher CommerceRI.” |
| 8/31/2022. Co-PI. US Department of the Interior (DOI). “Rhode Island Water Resources Center 2022-2023.” |
| 12/29/2021. Co-PI. RI Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC). “Streamlining marine Sensors by developing novel infrastructure for assessing biofueling.” |
| 9/24/2021. PI. United States Geological Survey. “RI Water Resource Center.” |
| 9/14/2021. Co-PI. University of Maine/US Department of Transportation. “TDIC- Nonstructural approaches to reduce sediment and pollutant runoff from transportation infrastructure in urbanized areas.” |
| 1/3/2019. PI. The Woodward & Curran Foundation. “Designing Sustainable Water Systems for Climate Change: A Case Study in Rural Dominican Republic.” |
| 9/10/2018. PI. National Science Foundation. “MRI: Acquisition of a Confocal High Content Screening System to Enhance Bioengineering, and Biomedical Research.” |
| 7/24/2018. PI. National Science Foundation. “Sustainable Nanotechnology Conference 2018.” |
| 10/22/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “Career: Bacterial Adaptation Mechanism to Chronic Exposure to Nanoparticles and its Implications to Nanomanufacturing and Public Health.” |
| 8/16/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “SCC-Planning: Smart and Connected Residential Water Quality Community.” |
| 8/8/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “Collaborative Research: Pan American Nanotechnology Conference: Shaping the Future.” |
| 7/14/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “Career: Bacterial Adaptation Mechanism to Chronic Exposure to Nanoparticles and its Implications to Nanomanufacturing and Public Health.” |
| 7/14/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “Collaborative Research: Pan American Nanotechnology Conference: Shaping the Future.” |
| 7/5/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “Career: Bacterial Adaptation Mechanism to Chronic Exposure to Nanoparticles and its Implications to Nanomanufacturing and Public Health.” |
| 6/8/2017. PI. National Science Foundation. “Career: Bacterial Adaptation Mechanism to Chronic Exposure to Nanoparticles and its Implications to Nanomanufacturing and Public Health.” |
| 5/2/2017. PI. US Environmental Protection Agency. “Graphene Analysis Using FE-SEM.” |
| 4/4/2017. PI. US Environmental Protection Agency. “Nanocellulose Extraction for the Manufacturing of Water Filters from Invasive Plant Material.” |
| 3/1/2017. PI. The Woodard & Curran Foundation. “Designing Sustainable Water Systems for Climate Change: A Case Study in Rural Dominican Republic.” |
| 2/7/2017. OTHER. RI Commerce Corporation. “Harnessing the Power of Light to Clean Water.” |
Recent Publications1
| Citation |
|---|
| Shepard X, Saleeba ZSSL, Liu M, Hurt RH, Oyanedel-Craver V. Effect of bacterial growth stage on the response to two-dimensional nanomaterials. Environmental Science: Nano, 2023. doi: 10.1039/D2EN00716A |
| Boving TB, Craver V, Labhasetwar P, Sabatini D. Sustainable groundwater treatment technologies for underserved rural communities in emerging economies. Science of The Total Environment, 2022; 152633. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152633 |
| MacDonald L, Thomas E, Javernick-Will A, et al. Aligning learning objectives and approaches in global engineering graduate programs: Review and recommendations by an interdisciplinary working group. Development Engineering, 2022; 100095. Doi: 10.1016/j.deveng.2022.100095 |
| Shepard Z, Oyandel-Craver V. A review of the impact of testing conditions on the performance and quality control of locally manufactured, point-of-use ceramic water filters. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2022. doi: 10.1039/D1EW00587A |
| Elkhatib D, Oyanedel-Craver V, Carissimi E. Electrocoagulation applied for the removal of microplastics from wastewater treatment facilities. Separation and Purification Technology, 2021; 118877. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118877 |
| Haeffner M, Hellman D, Cantor A, et al. Representation justice as a research agenda for socio-hydrology and water governance. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2021; 1611-1624. doi: 10.1080/02626667.2021.1945609 |
| Pokharel H, Shepard Z, Oyanedel-Craver V. Assessing Flow Rate and Nominal Pore Diameter as Parameters for Predicting the Removal of Microorganisms by Ceramic Water Filters. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2021; 1(3), 543-550. doi: 10.1021/acsestengg.0c00216 |
| Astudillo-Castro C, Cordova A, Oyanedel-Craver V, et al. Prediction of the Limiting Flux and Its Correlation with the Reynolds Number during the Microfiltration of Skim Milk Using an Improved Model. Foods, 2020; 9(11), 1621. doi: 10.3390/foods9111621 |
| Shepard ZJ, Zhang Y, Anaya NM, Cardace D, Oyanedel-Craver V. Development of Ceramic Water Filter Clay Selection Criteria. Water, 2020; 12(6), 1657. doi: 10.3390/w12061657 |
| Elkhatib D, Oyanedel-Craver V. A Critical Review of Extraction and Identification Methods of Microplastics in Wastewater and Drinking Water. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020; 54(12), 7037-7049. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06672 |
| Shepard ZJ, Lux EM, Oyanedel-Craver VA. Performance of silver nanoparticle-impregnated ovoid ceramic water filters. Environmental Science: Nano, 2020; 6, 1772-1780. doi: 10.1039/D0EN00115E |
| Guilfoos T, Hayden S, Uchida E, Oyanedel-Craver V. WTP for Water Filters and Water Quality Testing Services in Guatemala. Water Resources and Economics. 2019; 100139. doi: 10.1016/j.wre.2019.01.005 |
| AbuDalo MA, Al-Mheidat IR, Al-Shurafat AW, Grinham C, Oyanedel-Craver V. Synthesis of Silver NanoParticles Using a Modified Tollens’ Method in Conjunction with Phytochemicals and Assessment of Their Antimicrobial Activity. PeerJ. 2019; 7, e6413. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6413 |
| Faghihzadeh f, Anaya NM, Hadjeres H, Boving T, Oyanedel-Craver V. Pulse UV Light Effect on Microbial Biomolecules and Organic Pollutants Degradation in Aqueous Solutions. Chemosphere. 2019; 216, 667-683. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.10.176 |
| Chede S, Anaya N, Craver V, et al. Dealination Using Low Biofouling Nanocomposite Membranes: from Batch-Sale to Continuous-Scale Membrane Fabrication. Desalination. 2019; 81-91. |
| Sprick C, Chede S, Oyanedel-Craver V. Bio-Inspired Immobilization of Casein-Coated Silver Nanoparticles on Cellulose Acetate Membranes for Biofouling Control. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2018; 6(2), 2480-2491. doi: 10.1016/J.Jece.2018.03.0442018 |
| Faghihzadeh F, Anaya NM, Astudillo-Castro C, Oyanedel-Craver V. Kinetic, Metabolic and Macromolecular Response of Bacteria to Chronic Nanoparticle Exposure in Continuous Culture. Environmental Science: Nano. 2018; 5(6), 1386-1396. doi: 10.1039/C8EN00325D |
Honors & Awards
- National Science Foundation Career Award, 2014
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