Ali Sharbat

Ali Sharbat

Professor, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering

Education and Professional Registration

Degrees

 

  • Postdoctoral studies, Institute for Energy and the Environment, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, NM 
  • Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, NV 
  • M.S., summa cum laude, Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran

 

Professional Licence

 

  • Professional Engineer (P.E.), Civil, License No. 22428

 

Teaching

Fluid Mechanics

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Resources Management Lab

Water Treatment Engineering

Water Treatment Engineering Lab

Hydraulic Engineering

Hydraulic Engineering Lab

Wastewater Treatment Engineering

Wastewater Treatment Engineering Lab

Solid and Haz. Waste Engineering 

Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Water Reuse and Desalination

Research Methods

Comprehensive CE Design I, II

Selected Publications at Cal Poly Pomona

  • Farrokh Shad, M., Juby, G., Delagah, S., Sharbatmaleki, M., (2019). Evaluating occurrence of contaminants of emerging concerns in MF/RO treatment of primary effluent for water reuse – Pilot study. In Press, Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination. 
  • Shahrestani, H., Moghaddam, H., Delagah, S., Sharbatmaleki, M. (?). Utilization of Local Water Supplies for the City of Los Angeles by Investment in Indirect Potable Water Reuse” Submitted, Journal of Water Science and Technology.
  • Hanrahan, C., Karimi, L., Ghassemi, A., & Sharbat, A. (2016). High-recovery electrodialysis reversal for the desalination of inland brackish waters. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(24), 11029-11039.
  • Romeyn, T. R., Harijanto, W., Sandoval, S., Delagah, S., & Sharbatmaleki, M. (2016). Contaminants of emerging concern in reverse osmosis brine concentrate from indirect/direct water reuse applications. Water Science and Technology, 73(2), 236-250.
  • Sharbatmaleki, M., Unz, R. F., & Batista, J. R. (2015). Potential mechanisms for bioregeneration of perchlorate-containing ion-exchange resin. Water research, 75, 1-10.
  • Sharbatmaleki, M., (2013). Dynamic Analysis Approach for Decision Making around Expansion of Wastewater Treatment Facilities. Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI). 
  • Sharbatmaleki, M., Batista, J. R., (2012). Multi-cycle Bioregeneration of Spent Perchlorate-containing Macroporous Selective Anion-exchange Resin.Water Research, Vol. 46 (1), pp 21-32.

Patents

  • US 2014/0102980 A1: Sharbatmaleki, M., Moe, N., “Process and Apparatus for Treating Perchlorate in Drinking Water Supplies”.
  • US 2017/0050868 A1: Sharbatmaleki, M., Michael Lepore, Tiffany Lai, Terrence Gaines, Kalvin Lam, Lucas Townsend, Ik-Hyoun Kim, Natalie La, Deanna Lestina, Christine Zheng, and Yaocihuatl Bourdon; “Photovoltaic Powered Electrodialysis Desalination System”.

Sponsors for Research and Scholarly Activities

  • US Bureau of Reclamation
  • Los Angeles County Flood Control District 
  • Southern California Gas Company
  • Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

 

 

Graduate Students

  • Travis Romeyn, 2016
  • Mojtaba Farrokh Shad, 2017
  • Benson Lim, 2018
  • Hoda Shahrestani, 2018
  • Tiffany Tran, 2018
  • Ilene Ramirez, 2019
  • Christina Zabalza, 2019
  • Han Yang, 2019
  • Victoria Medinilla, 2020
  • Darian Doyle, 2023 (expected)