Principal Investigator
Dr. Smith joined the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California in 2014. He came from the University of Michigan where he received his MS and PhD in environmental engineering under the direction of Lutgarde Raskin and Steven J. Skerlos. His PhD research focused on anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) treatment of domestic wastewater with an emphasis on the membrane biofilm’s role in treatment as a strategy to improve performance at low temperatures. Dr. Smith received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Marquette University in 2009.
Current Students
PhD Student
PhD Student
PhD Student
PhD Student
PhD Student
PhD Student
Master's Students
Yuan Xu
Jiayu Geng
Undergraduate Students
Ciara Anderson
Dani Fedele
Fareda Marzouk
Anette Sandoval
Litao She
Lab Technician
Alumni
PhD Alumni
PhD Alumni
Postdoctoral Scholar
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD Alumni
PhD Alumni
Wensi Lee, 2021
Tranice’ Warner, 2017-2019
Stephanie Gee, 2016-2019
Yushu Cheng, 2019
Juhe Liu, 2019
Qin Dong, 2019
Wenjun Zhao, 2018
Jewls Lagman, 2018
Karim Taha, 2017
Jia (Iris) Wang, 2016
Pooja Sinha, 2016-2017
Barbara Hollo de Andrade, 2015
Adilson Becker Jr., 2015-2016
Kevin Yu, 2015-2016
Graduate Alumni
Undergraduate Alumni
Noor Al-Riyami, 2021-22
Lauren Anderson, 2021-22
Christina Najm, 2019-2020
Rajuan Nelson, 2018 – 2019
Jacob Totaro, 2018 - 2019
Eli Kotelov, 2018
Jake Lam, 2017 - 2018
Alexis Barge, 2016 - 2018
Ben Johnson, 2015 - 2016
Jewls Lagman, 2015 - 2017
Jeremy Pathmanabhan, 2015
Gizel Lee Morales, Summer 2022
Kevin Zaldana, Summer 2022
Ana Baena, Summer 2022
Terrence Matthews II, Summer 2022
Chiara Nandapurkar, Summer 2021
Roberto Camacho, Summer 2021
Miriam Garcia, Summer 2021
Nicholas Luo, Summer 2020
Joseph Chen, Summer 2020
Anouk Braun, Summer 2018
Noel Ermer, Summer 2017 and 2018
Caroline Kim, 2015 - 2017
Garret Kageyama, Summer 2015
Chloe Huang, Summer 2015
High School Alumni