Dr. Sotira Z. Yiacoumi

Professor 
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Environmental Engineering Group

311 Ferst Drive, Suite 3202 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0512 USA 
Phone: (404) 894-2639 Fax: (404) 894-8266 
email: syiacoumi@ce.gatech.edu
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Education 

  • Ph.D.  Syracuse University, 1992
  • M.S.  Syracuse University, 1987
  • Dipl. Engr.  Aristotle University (Greece), 1985

Research Interests

  • Interfacial and Colloidal Phenomena in Environmental Systems

Honors and Awards

  • 1997 National Science Foundation Career Award

  • Project Title: "CAREER: Influence of Sorption Rates on Particle Flocculation Kinetics."

Representative Publications

  • Yiacoumi, S., and Tien, C., Kinetics of Metal Ion Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions: Models, Algorithms, and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 256 pp., 1995. 
  • Yiacoumi, S., and Rao, A. V., "Organic Solute Uptake from Aqueous Solutions by Soil: A New Diffusion Model," Water Resources Research, vol. 32, 431-440, 1996.
  • Yiacoumi, S., Rountree, D. A., and Tsouris, C., "Mechanism of Particle Flocculation by Magnetic Seeding," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 184, 477-488, 1996.
  • Chen, J., Tendeyong, F., and Yiacoumi, S., "Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies of Copper Ion Uptake by Calcium Alginate," Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 31, 1433-1439, 1997.
  • Shin, W.-T., Yiacoumi, S., and Tsouris, C., "Experiments on Electrostatic Dispersion of Air in Water," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 36, 3647-3655, 1997. 
  • Chin, C. J., Yiacoumi, S., and Tsouris, C., "Shear-Induced Flocculation of Colloidal Particles in Stirred Tanks," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 206, 532-545, 1998.
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