Arezoo Khodayari

 

Dr. Arezoo Khodayari

 

Associate Professor
College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office Location: E&T A-216
Office hours: Mondays 3-5 pm
Phone: (323) 343-4453

BACKGROUND

  • 2013-2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  • 2013: Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  • 2010: M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  • 2007: M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • 2004: B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

INTRODUCTION

Dr. Khodayari is the founding director of Environmental Sustainability and Pollution Control (ESPC) research lab (https://cysun.org/espc-researchlab/) and her research is focused on developing sustainable engineering solutions for air and water pollution prevention and control, quantifying air quality and climate effects of various natural and human-made emissions, integrated environmental impact assessment, environmental sustainability, and energy-water-climate nexus.

TEACHING 

Graduate

  • Environmental Mass Transfer
  • Environmental Transport

Undergraduate

  • Environmental Engineering I
  • Environmental Engineering II
  • Energy and Environmental Sustainability

RESEARCH

  • Developing sustainable engineering solution for water and air pollution prevention and control
  • Air quality and climate modeling
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Energy-water-climate nexus
  • Environmental impact assessment

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Assessing Future Wildfire Danger Under a Changing Climate 
  • Development of an Environmental Energy Portfolio Management Tool for Cal State LA
  • Competitive adsorption of Nitrate and Phosphate on synthesized Iron Hydroxide minerals used for wastewater treatment purposes
  • Phosphate removal from wastewater using Green Rust as an adsorbent
  • Assessment of pollution transport and quantification of its health burden in Los Angeles
  • Quantifying air quality and climate impacts of aviation emissions using 3-Dimentional climate models
If you are interested to join my research team to work on any of these projects, send me an email ([email protected]), and I would be happy to discuss research opportunities.

SENIOR DESIGN RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Evaluation of a residential condensing furnace combustion efficiency and exhaust emissions
  • Design and develop a smart gas meter
  • Biogas production using residential waste
  • Optimization of the hydrogen production schedule and the strategy of power trading to reduce the production cost of the hydrogen station at CSULA and maximize its environmental benefits

STUDENT COMPETITION PROJECT

Co-advise the ASCE Environmental Competition Team with Dr. Menezes.
Environmental competition team aims to design a water treatment system that can remove a combination of various contaminants typically found in wastewater.
If you are interested to join the competition team, send me an email, and I would be happy to discuss the possibility.

Click the link to find more information about our competition teams.

ASCE Environmental Competition Team    Team

 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Title Date

Khodayari, A., Puvvada, S., Scott, J. M., Rotta, C. M., Chadalawada, G. S., Afshar, J., Linares, C. D., & Haydel, B. (2023), Development of a Carbon Emission Assessment Tool towards Promoting Sustainability in Cal State LA., CSU Journal of Sustainability and Climate Change, 2(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.55671/2771-5582.1016

 2023

 

Flores, E., Martinez E., Rodriguez L. E., Weber J. M., Khodayari A., VanderVelde D. G., and Barge L. M. (2021), Effects of Amino Acids on Phosphate Adsorption Onto Iron (Oxy)hydroxide Minerals under Early Earth Conditions, ACS Earth Space Chem., 5, 5, 1048–1057. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00006.

2021

Zahed, M. A., Movahed E., Khodayari A., Zanganeh S., Badamaki M. (2021),  Biotechnology for carbon capture and fixation: Critical review and future directions, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 293,112830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112830.

 2021

Khodayari, A., Vitt, F., Phoenix, D., & Wuebbles, D. J. (2018), The impact of NOx emissions from lightning on the production of aviation-induced ozone, Atmos. Environ., 187, 410-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.057.

 2018

Phoenix, D., Khodayari A., Wuebbles, D. J. and Stewart K. (2018), Aviation impact on air quality present day and mid-century simulated in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM), Atmos. Environ., 196, 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.10.005.

 2018

Cameron, M. A., M. Z. Jacobson, S. R. H. Barrett, H. Bian, C. C. Chen, S. D. Eastham, A. Gettelman, A. Khodayari, Q. Liang, H. B. Selkirk, N. Unger, D. J. Wuebbles, X. Yue (2017) "An intercomparative study of the effects of aircraft emissions on surface air quality" J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 122(15), 8325-8344. doi: 10.1002/2016JD025594.

 2017

Brasseur, G.P., M. Gupta, B.E. Anderson, S. Balasubramanian, S. Barrett, D. Duda, G. Fleming, P.M. Forster, J. Fuglestvedt, A. Gettelman, R.N. Halthore, S.D. Jacob, M.Z. Jacobson, A. Khodayari, K.-N. Liou, M.T. Lund, R.C. Miake-Lye, P. Minnis, S. Olsen, J.E. Penner, R. Prinn, U. Schumann, H.B. Selkirk, A. Sokolov, N. Unger, P. Wolfe, H.-W. Wong, D.W. Wuebbles, B. Yi, P. Yang, C. Zhou, (2016) “Impact of aviation on climate: FAA’s aviation climate change research initiative (ACCRI) phase II”– Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 97, 561–583, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00089.1.

 2016

Khodayari, A., S. Olsen, and D. J. Wuebbles, (2015) “Aviation NOx-induced CH4 effect: Fixed mixing ratio boundary conditions versus flux boundary condition”, Atmos. Environ., 113, 135-139, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.070.

 2015

Khodayari, A., S. Times, S. C. Olsen, D. B. Phoenix, and D. J. Wuebbles, J.-F. Lamarque, and C.-C. Chen, (2014) “Aviation 2006 NOx-Induced effects on atmospheric ozone and HOx in Community Earth System Model (CESM)”, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 9925–9939, doi:10.5194/acp- 14-9925-2014.

 2014

Khodayari, A., S. C. Olsen, and D. J. Wuebbles, (2014) “Evaluation of aviation NOx-induced radiative forcings for 2005 and 2050”, Atmos. Environ., 91, 95-103, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.03.044.

 2014

Khodayari, A., D. J. Wuebbles, S. Olsen, J. S. Fuglestvedt, T. Berntsen,  M. T. Lund, I. Waitz, I., P. Wolfe, P. M. Forster, M. Meinshausen, D. S. Lee and L. L. Lim, (2013) “ Intercomparision and evaluation of the capabilities of simplified climate models to project the CO2 effects of aviation on climate”, Atmos. Environ., 75, 321-328, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.055.

 2013

Olsen, S. C. G. P. Brasseur, D. J. Wuebbles, S. R. H. Barrett, H. Dang, S. D. Eastham, M. Z. Jacobson, A. Khodayari, H. Selkirk, A. Sokolov, N. Unger, (2013) “Comparison of model estimates of the effects of aviation emissions on atmospheric ozone and methane”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 6004-6009, doi: 10.1002/2013GL057660.

 2013

Lu, Y., X. Ye, Z. Zhang, A. Khodayari, T. Djukadi, (2011),“Development of a carbonate absorption-based process for post-combustion CO2 capture: The role of biocatalyst to promote CO2 absorption rate”, Energy Procedia, Volume 4, Pages 1286-1293, doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2011.01.185.

 2011