Benjamin S. Magbanua, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.

Office: 2061 Richard A. Rula Engineering & Science Complex
magbanua@cee.msstate.edu
P 662.325.9777

• Ph.D., Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University, May 1994.
  • Major Area: Water Quality Engineering
  • Minor Areas: Hazardous Waste Engineering, Chemical Engineering
  • Dissertation: Substrate Conversion and Soluble Microbial Product Formation in Dual Substrate
    Aerobic Biotreatment Systems
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, 1987.
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, 1982.

• Biotreatment and bioremediation processes
• Biological process kinetics and modeling, including uncertainty and reliability analysis
• Biodegradation and fate of xenobiotic compounds in engineered systems
• Pathogen destruction in chemical and biological treatment processes
• Microbial ecology and population dynamics of engineered systems and contaminated environments
• Metabolic regulation in bioreactor systems
• Application of biochemical assays and techniques to environmental systems
• Phytoremediation of organic contaminants

• Biological wastewater treatment and process simulation
• Unit operations, unit processes and reactor engineering applications in environmental engineering
• Water and wastewater treatment
• Hazardous waste engineering
• Fundamentals of environmental engineering
• Fundamentals of environmental chemistry and environmental microbiology

• Professional Memberships – American Society of Civil Engineers, Water Environment Federation
• Judge, Student Research Poster Competition
• Manuscript/technical review for 22 publications, 5 funding agencies