Steve Duranceau is the Gerry and Ruth Hartman Professor of Environmental Engineering and director of the Environmental Systems Engineering Institute at UCF. He is a recognized authority in potable water quality engineering and advanced treatment operations. He performs numerous process engineering studies, along with distribution system corrosion control, disinfection by-product and emerging contaminant treatment investigations. He has supervised numerous doctoral and master’s students who have conducted research in Florida, Georgia, California, and the Cayman, Hawaiian and Marianas Islands. Recently he was appointed to serve as a technical analyst for the EPA National Drinking Water Advisory Council’s Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts Rule Revisions Working Group. He serves and has served on several editorial advisory boards over the years. Duranceau was a founding member of the Southeast Desalting Association and is a past-president of the American Membrane Technology Association. He also is a member of AWWA, AEESP, WEF and ACS. He is a licensed professional engineer in Florida and has served as engineer-of-record on several advanced water treatment infrastructure design projects prior to joining UCF in 2007.

Refereed Book Chapter:

• Duranceau, S.J. (2024) Chapter 6 “Silt Density Index” in Experimental Methods for Membrane Applications in Desalination and Water Treatment. Eds. Sergio G. Salinas-Rodriguez and Loreen O. Villacorte. IWA Publishing, 1 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BA, UK. https://doi.org/10.2166/9781789062977

Refereed Papers:

• Hagglund, C.R. and S.J. Duranceau. “Screening the performance of a reverse osmosis pilot-scale process that treats blended  feedwater containing nanofiltration concentrate and brackish groundwater.” Membranes. 14 (8), 164 (2024).
• Campesino-Karlins, P. and S.J. Duranceau. “Conducting distribution system corrosivity evaluations using an innovative jar test procedure.” Desalination and Water Treatment. 295, 1-17 (2023).
• Shukla, T.L. and S.J. Duranceau. “Comparing hydrogen peroxide and sodium perborate ultraviolet advanced oxidation processes for 1,4-Dioxane removal from tertiary wastewater effluent.” Water. 15(7) 364 (2023).
• Whalen, D.A. and S.J. Duranceau. “Impacts of chloride-form anion exchange Seawater Regeneration Performance.” Environmental Technology. 44 (14), 2065-2079. (2023) DOI: 10.1080/09593330. 2021.
• Powell, C. and S.J. Duranceau. “Nanometer and micrometer particle occurrence in feed-concentrate channels of a nanofiltration membrane process.” Desalination and Water Treatment. 242, 1-11 (2021).