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MIRAT D. GUROL
Country: United States of America
Profession: Professor of Environmental Engineering
MIRAT D. GUROL is currently the Blasker Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering in San Diego State
University (SDSU). She assumed this position in September 1997 after serving at Drexel University in
Philadelphia for seventeen years as a faculty member in the Departments of Civil and Chemical
Engineering, and the School of Environmental Science, Engineering and Policy. Dr. Gurol has received her
degrees in Environmental Engineering and Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Ph.D, 1980; M.S., 1977), and in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the Middle East Technical
University in Ankara, (B.S., 1973; M.S. 1975).
Dr. Gurol has served as the Director at SDSU’s Environmental Engineering Program; established the
bachelors, masters and doctoral programs, developed four research laboratories, and recruited new faculty
members and research associates to the program since she joined SDSU. Dr. Gurol's academic interest is
focused on treatment technologies of contaminated water, air and soil and of hazardous wastes. She
teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Environmental Engineering in water, wastewater and
hazardous waste treatment and remediation. Her research efforts are concentrated on ozonation,
photochemical and catalytic oxidation processes for removal of environmental pollutants from contaminated
water, air and soil. Dr. Gurol’s research has been funded by the Federal Government, the State of
Pennsylvania and California, Research Foundations, and private industry. She has published over 60
scientific articles, and supervised over 30 doctoral and masters’ students on their research projects as
their principal advisor.
She is the recipient of the "Best Ph.D Dissertation Award" of the Association of Environmental
Engineering Professors, the "Research Scholar Award" of Drexel University, the "Best Research Paper
Award" for a paper published in the Journal of the American Water Works Association, and Tokten and
Fulbright fellowships. Her students received numerous awards, including "First Place, Academic
Achievement Award for a Ph.D Dissertation" presented by the American Water Works Association, twice,
the “Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award” co-sponsored by the Association of Environmental
Engineering Professors and Engineering Science, "Prix Hallopeau Award" presented by International Ozone
Association and the "Best Research Paper Award" presented by the American Chemical Society. She and
her students are owners of two patents on a chemical oxidation and reduction processes.
Dr. Gurol is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ozone Science & Technology, and the
Journal of Advanced Oxidation Processes, a member of the Blasker Award Committee, a consultant to the
Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Institute, the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration
in Turkey, City of San Diego, and several engineering and chemical companies. She has also served as a
consultant for the National Academy of Sciences on health effects of disinfectants. She has full-time
consulting experience acquired during her employment at Roy. F. Weston, Inc, and continues to serve as a
consultant to several industrial and consulting firms on physical and chemical treatment technologies.
She is on the review panels of several funding agencies, including the National Science Foundation and
the Environmental Protection Agency. She is a member of the Association of Environmental Engineering
Professors, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, American
Chemical Society, International Ozone Association, International Association on Water Quality, American
Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation, and Sigma Xi.
She has been an active member of the Turkish American Community for several years. She has served as the
Regional Vice President of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (North Eastern), and the Turkish
American Friendship Society of the US (TAFSUS) in Pennsylvania for more than fifteen years in every
position, including the President. She was the faculty advisor of Drexel Association of Turkish American
Students for many years. She has also spearheaded the formation of a new Chapter of TAA-SC (Turkish
American Association of Southern California) in San Diego, and a new student association at SDSU.
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