Center for Global Health Faculty
William Ball
Faculty Advisor, Engineers Without Borders
Academic Degrees
Departmental Address
313 Ames Hall (Homewood Campus)
Research and Professional Experience
Environmental engineering; physical and chemical processes affecting contaminant fate and treatment in both natural waters (surface waters) and groundwater. Integration of chemical concepts of partitioning, reaction, and adsorption with physical concepts of advection, diffusion, and interfacial mass transfer in complex natural and engineered systems. The development and implementation of sustainable technologies for water supply (drinking water and agricultural irrigation), sanitation, and energy provision in the developing world.
Keywords
water treatment, wastewater treatment, groundwater contamination, sustainable development, irrigation, water resources, South Africa, Ecuador, Guatemala
Honors and Awards
Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising, Whiting School of Engineering, JHU 2008
Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award, JHU Office of Student Involvement, 2007
Outstanding Publication Award (w/ Paul V. Roberts), Assoc. of Environ. Eng'g. Professors (AEESP), 2006
Doctoral Thesis Award (w/ Thanh H. Nguyen), AEESP/CH2M Hill, 2006
Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science and Technology, 2004
Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineers, 2003
Braun Intertec Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, 2000.
Rudolph Hering Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (w/ A. Braghetta and F.A. DiGiano), 1999.
Presidential Young Investigator Award; National Science Foundation, 1991.
Academic Achievement Award, PhD Dissertation, AWWA, 1991.
Summer Faculty Research Award, U.S. Air Force, 1991.
Who’sWho (in America/in Science and Engineering), 1999 -
Abel Wolman Doctoral Fellowship, American Water Works Association, 1986.
Achievement Reward for College Scientists, ARCS Foundation, 1985, 1986.
Nelson Taylor Fellowship, Stanford University, 1977.
Graduated with Highest Distinction, University of Virginia, 1976.
Shannon Award,Academic Achievement, University of Virginia, 1976.
ASCE W.S. Thompson Student Award, University of Virginia, 1976.
Selected Publications
Cho, H-H, B.A. Smith, J.D. Wnuk, D.H. Fairbrother, and W.P. Ball, "Influence of Surface Oxides on the Adsorption of Naphthalene onto Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes," Environmental Science and Technology, in press (2008).
Haws, N.W., W.P. Ball, and E.J.Bouwer, “Implications of intraparticle contaminant distributions on desorption modeling and long-term availability,” Journal of Environmental Quality, 36 (Sept-Oct): 1392-1402 (2007).
Hammes, K., M.W.I. Schmidt, L.A. Currie, W.P. Ball, T.H. Nguyen, and 35 others, “Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere,” Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1029/2006GB002914, 21 (3), art. no. GB3016 (2007).
Nguyen, T.H., H-H Cho, D. L. Poster, and W.P. Ball, “Evidence for a Pore-Filling Mechanism in the Adsorption of Aromatic Hydrocarbons to a Natural Wood Char,” Environmental Science and Technology, 41(4): 1212-1217 (2007).
Haws, N. W., M. R. Paraskewich, Jr., M. Hilpert, and W. P. Ball, "Effect of fluid velocity on model-estimated rates of radial solute diffusion in a cylindrical macropore column," Water Resour. Res., 43, W10409, doi:10.1029/2006WR005751 (2007)
Nguyen, T.H. and W.P. Ball, “Absorption and Adsorption of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants to Diesel and Hexane Soot,” Environmental Science and Technology, 40(9), 2958-2964 (2006).
Dong, W.,G. Xie, T.R. Miller, M.P. Franklin,.T.P. Oxenberg, E J. Bouwer, W.P. Ball, R U. Halden, “Sorption and Bioreduction of Hexavalent Uranium at a Military Facility by the Chesapeake Bay,” Environmental Pollution, 142: 132-146 (2006).
Brown, R.A., A.K. Kercher, T.H. Nguyen, D.C. Nagle, and W.P. Ball, “Development of Synthetic Wood Chars as Models of Naturally Occurring Carbon Sorbents," Organic Geochemistry, 37: 321-333 (2006).
Haws, N.W., E.J. Bouwer, and W.P. Ball, “The influence of biogeochemical conditions and level of model complexity when simulating cometabolic biodegradation in sorbent-water systems,” Advances in Water Resources, 29: 571-589 (2006).
Haws, N.W., W.P. Ball, and E. J. Bouwer, “Modeling and Interpreting Bioavailability of Organic Contaminant Mixtures in Subsurface Environments,” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 82(3-4) 255-292 (2005).
Dong, W., W.P. Ball, C. Liu, Z. Wang, A.T. Stone, J. Bai, and J. Zachara, “Influence of Calcite and Dissolved Calcium on U(VI) Sorption to a Hanford Subsurface Sediment,” Environmental Science and Technology, 39(20); 7949-7955. DOI: 10.1021/es0505088 (2005).
Nguyen, T. H., I. Sabbah, and W.P. Ball, “Immobilization of Soot Particles in a Silica Matrix: A Solvent-Carrier System for Studying Organic Chemical Sorption,” Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es048271n; 39(17): 6527-6534 (2005).
Sabbah, I., W.P. Ball, D.F. Young, and E.J. Bouwer, "Misinterpretations in the Modeling of Contaminant Desorption from Environmental Solids when Equilibrium Conditions Are Not Fully Understood," Environmental Engineering Science, 22(3) 350-356 (2005).
Nguyen, T. H., K-U Goss, and W.P. Ball, “Polyparameter Linear Free Energy Relationships for Estimating the Equilibrium Partition of Organic Compounds between Water and the Natural Organic Matter in Soils and Sediments,” Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es048839s, 39 (4) 913-924 (2005).
Nguyen, T. H., I. Sabbah, and W.P. Ball, “Sorption Nonlinearity for Organic Contaminants with Diesel Soot: Method Development and Isotherm Interpretation, Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es0499748, 38(13): 3595-2603 (2004).
Nguyen, T.H., R.A. Brown, and W.P. Ball, "An Evaluation of Thermal Resistance as a Measure of Black Carbon Content in Diesel Soot, Wood Char, and Sediment," Organic Geochemistry, 35(3): 217-234; DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2003.09.005 (2004).
Weiss, W.J., E.J. Bouwer, W.P. Ball, C.R. O'Melia, R. Aboytes, and T. Speth, "Riverbank Filtration: Effect of Ground Passage on NOM Character," J. Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA, 53(2): 61-83 (2004).
Weiss, W.J., E.J. Bouwer, W.P. Ball, C.R. O'Melia, M.W. LeChevallier, H. Arora, and T. Speth, "Riverbank Filtration: Fate of Disinfection By-Product Precursors and Selected Microorganisms," J. AWWA, 95(12): 67-79 (2003).
Weiss, W.J., E.J. Bouwer, W.P. Ball, C.R. O'Melia, H. Arora, and T. Speth, "Comparing Riverbank Filtration with Bench-Scale Conventional Treatment for Precursor Reduction," J. AWWA, 95(10): 68-82 (2003).
Klausen, J., P.J. Vikesland, T. Kohn, D.R. Burris, W.P. Ball, and A.L. Roberts, “Longevity of Granular Iron in Groundwater Treatment Processes: Solution Composition Effects on Reduction of Organohalides and Nitroaromatic Compounds,” Environmental Science and Technology, 37(6) 1208-1218 (2003).
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