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George Tchobanoglous

Professor
UC Davis
Davis

George Tchobanoglous, is a professor emeritus in the UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Tchobanoglous — affectionately known by colleagues and students as Dr. T or Dr. George” — is an international authority on wastewater treatment, management and reuse. He’s widely recognized for promoting the use of new technologies in four key areas: the construction of wetlands for wastewater treatment; the application of alternative filtration technologies; ultraviolet (UV) disinfection for wastewater reuse applications; and decentralized wastewater management. As chair of the National Water Research Institute’s UV committee, he helped draft the first UV guidelines for water reuse.

Dr. Tchobanoglous has written more than 375 publications, including 14 textbooks and five engineering reference books. He also served as editorial consultant for the McGraw-Hill book series, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering.Dr. Tchobanoglous was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 and he is the 2003 winner of the Irvine Clarke Prize for Excellence in Water Research. He received a BS in civil engineering from the University of the Pacific, an MS in sanitary engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in environmental engineering from Stanford University.

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