Interview with
Professor Bill Cooper

Aside from being a professor of Civil Engineering at the UCI Henry Samueli School of Engineering, and the director of the UCI Urban Water Research Center; Professor Bill Cooper is the President of High Voltage Environmental, Inc. – a mobile electron beam hazardous waste treatment system in Florida.

The high-energy electron beam irradiation technology is a low-temperature method for destroying complex mixtures of hazardous organic chemicals in hazardous wastes. These wastes include slurried soils, river or harbor sediments, and sludges. The technology can also treat contaminated soils and groundwater. The high-energy electron irradiation of water produces a large number of very reactive chemical species, including the aqueous electron (e-aq), the hydrogen radical (H×), and the hydroxyl radical (OH×). These short-lived intermediates break down organic contaminants in aqueous wastes.

Please join us for a candid interview where we will discuss commercialization plans for his company, High Voltage Environmental, Inc. and where we get to learn more about his very enthusiastic entrepreneurial style.

Bill CooperAbout the Speaker:
Dr. Bill Cooper, Director, UCI Urban Water Research Center
Dr. Cooper is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Chemical Engineering and Materials Science as well as the Director of the UCI Urban Water Research Center. He first joined UC Irvine in 2006.

His research interests have included analytical chemistry of chlorine residuals, disinfection byproducts and trace organics analysis. More recently, he focused on carbon cycling in coastal oceans and the application of free radical chemistry in advanced oxidation processes. He serves as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency and is involved in several international cooperative research projects. Most recently, he has been involved in the application of ozonation for ballast water treatment at full-scale in oil tankers. He will continue his research at UC Irvine in reaction rates and destruction mechanisms, and kinetic models for optimizing AOPs.

Download Bill's CV to learn more.


Friday, November 6, 2009
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12:50 p.m. - Q&As

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