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Refereed Papers in Conference Proceedings

  1. Z. Parsa, R. Dhib, M. Mehrvar. Multi-Loop PID Controller Design for PVA Degradation in a Tubular UV/H2O2 Photoreactor. Paper no.168. The 12th IFAC International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM 2024), Hyatt Regency Toronto, ON, Canada, July 14-17, 2024.
  2. Y. Sánchez, M. Mehrvar, L. McCarthy, E. Quiñones, L.R. Cheu, A. Reuß, J. Romero. Presence of metals in a ferruginous hot spring in the Cundinamarca region, Colombia, Quinto Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes de Doctorados en Ingeniería (ENEDI 2023), ACOFI 2023, Cartagena, Colombia, September 19-22, 2023.
  3. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, COBMA Impact on CO2 Concentrations in the Mitigation of Air Pollution-Anthropogenic Climate Change from Mobile Sources Emissions, Proceeding of The 7th International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'23), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 4-6, 2023.
  4. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, Variations of CO2 Concentration Rates I the Abatement of Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources using a MEB Minimizer, Proceeding of The 7th International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'23), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 4-6, 2023.
  5. Carlos Morales, Yuly Sánchez, Mehrab Mehrvar, Edgar Quiñones, German Santos, German Acero. Flooding Risk Assessment of the Sewerage Risk Management Unit 251 of Zone 2 of Bogota. VIII Congreso Internacional de Innovación y Tendencias en Ingenierí­a (CONIITI). Virtual conference, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, October 5-7, 2022. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9953665  DOI:  10.1109/CONIITI57704.2022.9953665
  6. Y. Sánchez, M. Mehrvar, L. McCarthy, E. Quiñones, L.R. Cheu, J. Romero, A. Reuß. An Overview of water quality regulation or standards in swimming pools, drinking water, and hot springs in Germany, Canada, and Colombia, Cuarto Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes de Doctorados en Ingeniería (ENEDI 2022), ACOFI 2022, Cartagena, Colombia, September 13-16, 2022. https://acofipapers.org/index.php/eiei/article/download/2239/1810/5812
  7. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, Contributions to Keep the Atmosphere Balanced: Unsuitable-Reductions of HC and CO Emissions from Mobile-Sources, Using COBMA, Impact Atmospheric Balance, Proceeding of The 6th International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'22), Niagara Falls, Canada (Virtual Conference), June 5-9, 2022 (Award winner for the best paper).
  8. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, Contributions to Keep Atmosphere Balanced: Anthropogenic Climate-Change Comprehension from Atmosphere Balance and CO2 Emissions Pattern, Proceeding of The 6th International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'22), Niagara Falls, Canada (Virtual Conference), June 5-9, 2022.
  9. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, Contributions to Keep the Atmosphere Balanced: Suitable-Reductions of HC and CO Emissions Controlling CO2 from Mobile-Sources, Using COBMA, Proceeding of The 6th International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'22), Niagara Falls, Canada (Virtual Conference), June 5-9, 2022.
  10. Yuly Sánchez, Mehrab Mehrvar, Lynda McCarthy, Edgar Quiñones, Luis Cheu, Jairo Romero. Preventive measures pertaining to COVID-19 in swimming pools and hot springs in Europe, Canada, United States, and Colombia. VII Congreso Internacional de Innovación y Tendencias en Ingenierí­a (CONIITI). Virtual conference – September 29 to October 1 of 2021, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9619701/authors#authors (external link)   DOI: 10.1109/CONIITI53815.2021.9619701 (external link, opens in new window) 
  11. Y. Sánchez, M. Mehrvar, L. McCarthy, E. Quiñones, L.R. Cheu, J. Romero, Alexander Reuss, Rocio González, Jairo Chacón. Impact of the Sewage Discharge from Hot Springs to Water Sources, Tercero Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes de Doctorados en Ingeniería (ENEDI 2021), ACOFI 2021, Centro de Convenciones, Cartagena, Colombia, September 16-18, 2021. https://acofipapers.org/index.php/eiei/article/view/1691 (external link, opens in new window) 
  12. Iván Chaparro, Yuly Sánchez, Mehrab Mehrvar, Lynda McCarthy, Edgar Quiñones, German Santos and Emiro Robles, Mathematical Modelling Approach for Evaluation of Thermal Water Aquifers: A Case Study of the Paipa Geothermal System, Proceedings of World Geothermal Congress 2020+1, Reykjavik, Iceland, March-October, 2021.  (PDF file) https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/WGC/papers/WGC/2020/15006.pdf (external link, opens in new window) 
  13.  R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, Contributions to keep the atmosphere balanced: How a magnetic minimizer of emissions from mobile sources should be designed, Proceeding of The 4th International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'20), Niagara Falls, Canada (Virtual Conference), November 12–14, 2020 (Award winner for the best paper).
  14. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, Contributions to keep the atmosphere balanced: Reflections on implementing the global use of a MEB minimizer to abate air pollution from mobile sources controlling CO2 emissions, Proceeding of The 4th International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'20), Niagara Falls, Canada (Virtual Conference), November 12–14, 2020.
  15. Y. Sánchez, M. Mehrvar, L. McCarthy, E. Quiñones, L.R. Cheu, J. Romero, Scientific discussion of selected viruses including COVID-19 in hot springs, Congreso Internacional de Innovación y Tendencias y Ingeniería (VI CONIITI 2020), Bogotá, Colombia, September 30-October 2, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CONIITI51147.2020.9240267. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9240267 (external link, opens in new window) 
  16. Y. Sánchez, M. Mehrvar, L. McCarthy, E. Quiñones, L.R. Cheu, J. Romero, An overview of the management of COVID-19 in swimming pools, beaches, and hot springs in Europe, Canada, and Colombia, Segundo Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes de Doctorados en Ingeniería (ENEDI 2020), ACOFI 2020, Centro de Convenciones, Cartagena, Colombia, September 16-18, 2020. pp 296-304. ISBN: 978-958-680-090-7.  (PDF file) https://www.acofi.edu.co/eiei2020/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Memorias-ENEDI-2020.pdf (external link, opens in new window) 
  17. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, An experimental evidence of gasoline ionization by a magnetic field, Proceeding of The 2nd International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'18), Niagara Falls, Canada, DOI: 10.11159/rtese18.144, June 10–12, 2018.
  18. R. Guerrero Torres, M. Mehrvar, Criteria for designing, building  and installing a magnetic minimizer, Proceeding of The 2nd International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'18), Niagara Falls, Canada, DOI: 10.11159/rtese18.145, June 10–12, 2018.
  19. C.F. Bustillo-Lecompte, S. Ghafoori, M. Mehrvar, Photochemical treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater by UV/H2O2 with effluent recycle: A statistical experimental design approach, Third International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering - ACSEE 2015, Paper ID "ACSEE-15-470", Zurich, Switzerland, October 24–26, 2015.
  20. D. Patel, F. Ein-Mozaffari, and M. Mehrvar, Using electrical resistance tomography images to analyze the batch and continuous-flow mixing of pseudoplastic fluids possessing yield stress in the agitated tanks, 10th Pacific Symposium on Flow Visualization and Image Processing, Naples, Italy, June 15-18, 2015.
  21. D. Hamad, R. Dhib, and M. Mehrvar, Degradation of aqueous polyvinyl alcohol polymer using continuous UV/H2O2 photoreactor, The 7th Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference (JIChE 07), Amman, Jordan, November 4–6, 2014.
  22. C. Lecompte, M. Mehrvar, and E. Quiñones-Bolaños, A preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis for the treatment of synthetic slaughterhouse wastewater using combined anaerobic-aerobic and UV/H2O2 processes, Proceeding of the IX Convención Internaciónal Sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo–VI Congreso de Gestión Ambiental, La Havana, Cuba, ISBN: 978-579-304-003-7. GA-180. pp. 1353-1367, July 8–12, 2013.
  23. D. Patel, F. Ein-Mozaffari, and M. Mehrvar, Using a tracer technique to identify the extent of non-ideal flow in the continuous mixing of non-Newtonian fluids, European Physical Journal-Web of Conferences, Proceeding of the sixth International Conference on Tracer and Tracing Methods, Oslo, Norway, June 6-8, 2011, 50 (01006), 1–7, 2013.  
  24. D. Patel, F. Ein-Mozaffari, and M. Mehrvar, Using ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry to investigate the mixing of non-Newtonian fluids, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ultrasound in the Control of Industrial Processes (UCIP 2012), IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 42, Page 1-4, doi:10.1088/1757-899X/42/1/012048, Madrid, Spain, April 18–20, 2012.
  25. M. Mehrvar, M. Mohajerani, and F. Ein-Mozaffari, Advanced oxidation process integration and intensification, Proceeding of the 7th International Chemical Engineering Congress & Exhibition (IChEC 2011), Kish Island, Iran, November 21–24, 2011.
  26. S. Ghafoori, M. Mehrvar, and P. Chan, Mechanisms and kinetic modeling of photodegradation of polymer-based composites in aqueous solutions, Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Composites Characterization, Fabrication, and Applications (CCFA-2), Kish Island, Iran, December 27-30, 2010.
  27. M. Mehrvar, M. Mohajerani, and F. Ein-Mozaffari, Process integration and intensification: a way to enhance the biodegradability of industrial wastewaters by photochemical oxidation, Proceeding of the 17th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE2010), Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 60–63, November 22 -23, 2010. Invited Paper.
  28. D. Patel, S. Saeed, F. Ein-Mozaffari, and M. Mehrvar, Study of continuous-flow mixing of pseudoplastic fluids possessing yield stress in stirred vessels through dynamic tests and computational fluid dynamics modeling, Proceeding of the 19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA-2010) and 7th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE-7), Prague, Czech Republic, Paper #433, pp. 1–12, August 28–September 1, 2010.
  29. N.M. Abdel-Jabbar, E.A.H. Al Zubiady, and M. Mehrvar, Waste lubricating oil treatment by adsorption process using different adsorbents, Proceeding of the International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (ICEST 2010), Penang, Malaysia, February 24–26, 2010.
  30. M. Mohajerani, M. Mehrvar, and F. Ein-Mozaffari, Kinetic modeling, reactor design, and flow model for removal of pharmaceutical residuals from aqueous systems by advanced oxidation technologies, Proceeding of the First International Conference on “Advances in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse” (AWTR2009), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, November 10–12, 2009.
  31. M. Mehrvar, G.B. Tabrizi, A. Asadi, and T. Aye, Combined photochemical and biological processes for water and wastewater treatment: an overview of trends, advances, and future, Proceeding of the 5th International Chemical Engineering Congress (IChEC 2008), pp. 252–265, Kish Island, Iran, January 2–5, 2008. Invited Paper.
  32. M. Mehrvar, Integration of photochemical and biological processes for wastewater treatment: an overview of trends, advances, and future, Proceeding of the International Conference on Cleaner Technologies and Environmental Management (ICCTEM’07), Part II, pp. 816–819, Pondicherry, India, January 4–6, 2007. Invited Paper.
  33. A. Asadi and M. Mehrvar, Photoreactors in water and wastewater treatment: trends and advances, Proceeding of the International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, Beirut, Lebanon, May 31–June 4, 2004.
  34. M. Mehrvar, W.A. Anderson, and M. Moo-Young, Applications of advanced oxidation technologies for the treatment of wastewater: kinetics and reactor design, Proceeding of the First Environmental Forum Colombia-Canada: Solutions to Environmental Problems in Latin America, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, May 24–26, 2000.