Degrees / Education

• PhD, Engineering & Public Policy and Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001
• AB, Chemistry, Harvard University, 1989

Research Interests

Areas of Study

• Environmental Engineering

Academic Distinctions

• 2017 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Distinguished Service Award (For service as Chair of Government Affairs Committee
• 2015 College of Engineering Outstanding Mid-Career Research Award
• 2012 Drexel University Graduate Student Association (GSA) Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Select Publications

• Singh, R., D. Chauhan, A. Fogarty, M. Rasheduzzaman, P.L. Gurian. “Practitioners’ Perspective on the Prevalent Water Quality Management Practices for Legionella Control in Large Buildings in the United States,” Water, 14, 663, https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040663.
• Tolofari, D.L., T. Bartrand, S.V. Masters, M. Duarte Batista, C.N. Haas, M. Olson, P.L. Gurian. 2021. “Influence of hot water temperature and use patterns on microbial water quality in building plumbing systems”, Environmental Engineering Science. Nov. 2021, http://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2021.0272.
• Tyagi, N., P.L. Gurian, and A. Kumar. 2021. “Using QMRA to understand possible exposure risks of SARS-CoV-2 from the water environment,” Environmental Science and Pollution Research Sept. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16188-0.
• Tolofari, D.L., Masters, S.V., Bartrand, T.A., Hamilton, K.A., Haas, C.N., Olson, M., Summers, R.S., Rasheduzzaman, M., Young, A., Singh, R., Gurian, P.L. 2020. “Full factorial study of plumbing pipe material, diameter, and water use frequency on building water quality,” AWWA Water Science, 2(5):e1204. https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1204.
• Kar, S., Riazi, B., Gurian, P.L., Spatari, S., Adler, P.R., Parton, W.J. 2020. “An optimization framework to identify key management strategies for improving biorefinery performance: A case study of winter barley production,” Biofpr Journal, 14(6):1296-1312. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2141.
• Rasheduzzaman, M., R. Singh; C.N. Haas; P.L. Gurian. 2020. “Required Water Temperature in Hotel Plumbing to Control Legionella Growth,” Water Research, 182(9/1/2020):115943, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115943.
• Tolofari, D.L., Masters, S.V., Bartrand, T.A., Hamilton, K.A., Haas, C.N., Olson, M., Summers, R.S., Rasheduzzaman, M., Young, A., Singh, R., Gurian, P.L. “Full factorial study of plumbing pipe material, diameter, and water use frequency on building water quality,” AWWA Water Science, 2(5):e1204. https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1204.
• Kar, S., Riazi, B., Gurian, P.L., Spatari, S., Adler, P.R., Parton, W.J. 2020. “An optimization framework to identify key management strategies for improving biorefinery performance: A case study of winter barley production,” Biofpr Journal, 14(6):1296-1312. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2141. Yassaghi, H., Gurian, P.L., Hoque, S. in press. “Propagating Downscaled Future Weather File Uncertainties into Building Energy Use,” Applied Energy, 287 (Nov. 2020), 115655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115655.
• Rasheduzzaman, M., R. Singh; C.N. Haas; P.L. Gurian. 2020. “Required Water Temperature in Hotel Plumbing to Control Legionella Growth,” Water Research, 182(9/1/2020):115943, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115943.
• Hamilton, K., M. Hamilton, W. Johnson, P. Jjemba, Z. Bukhari, M. LeChevallier, C.N. Haas, P.L. Gurian. 2019. “Risk-based critical levels of Legionella pneumophila for indoor water uses,” Environmental Science and Technology, 53(8):4528-4541, ACS Editor’s Choice article. Foti, R., P. Gurian, J. Wen, C. Hunold, et al. Options for Achieving Deep Reductions in Carbon Emissions in Philadelphia by 2050. Drexel University. 2015. https://www.phila.gov/media/20160502170712/Emissions-Reduction-Report-80-by-50_Jan-2016.pdf