Joshua Kearns

Workman, C. L., Stoler, J., Harris, A., Ercumen, A., Kearns, J., & Mapunda, K. M. (2021, September 8). Food, water, and sanitation insecurities: Complex linkages and implications for achieving WASH security. GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1971735

Masten, S. J., Harris, A., Kearns, J., Borrion, A., Peters, C. A., & Gadhamshetty, V. R. (2021). Global Environmental Engineering for and with Historically Marginalized Communities. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 38(5), 285–287. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2021.0103

Thompson, M. O., & Kearns, J. P. (2021). Modeling and experimental approaches for determining fluoride diffusion kinetics in bone char sorbent and prediction of packed-bed groundwater defluoridator performance. WATER RESEARCH X, 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2021.100108

Kearns, J., Dickenson, E., & Knappe, D. (2020). Enabling Organic Micropollutant Removal from Water by Full-Scale Biochar and Activated Carbon Adsorbers Using Predictions from Bench-Scale Column Data. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 37(7), 459–471. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2019.0471

Kearns, J. P., Krupp, A. S., Hartman, S., Szogas, K., de Boskey, M., & Harrington, J. M. (2019). Evaluation of arsenic field test kits as a learning exercise for engineering students in global water and sanitation class. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 14(1), 32–46, https://doi.org/10.24908/ijsle.v14i1.12528

Kearns, J. P., Shimabuku, K. K., Knappe, D. R. U., & Summers, R. S. (2019). High Temperature Co-pyrolysis Thermal Air Activation Enhances Biochar Adsorption of Herbicides from Surface Water. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 36(6), 710–723. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2018.0476

Kearns, J. (2019, November). Moving towards transformational WASH. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30394-8

Kearns, J. P., Bentley, M. J., Mokashi, P., Redmon, J. H., & Levine, K. (2019). Underrepresented groups in WaSH – the overlooked role of chemical toxicants in water and health. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 9, 4. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2019.059

Kearns, J., Krupp, A., Diek, E., Mitchell, S., Dossi, S., & Hartman, S. (2018). Lead-lag series and staged parallel operational strategies improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of bonechar for control of fluoride in groundwater. JOURNAL OF WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR DEVELOPMENT, 8(4), 777–784. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2018.111

Thompson, K. A., Shimabuku, K. K., Kearns, J. P., Knappe, D. R. U., & Summers, R. S. (2016). Biochar sorbents for sulfamethoxazole removal from surface water, stormwater, and wastewater effluent. Water Research, 50, 11253–11262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.049

Thompson, K. A., Shimabuku, K. K., Kearns, J. P., Knappe, D. R. U., Summers, R. S., & Cook, S. M. (2016). Environmental Comparison of Biochar and Activated Carbon for Tertiary Wastewater Treatment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 50(20), 11253–11262. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b03239

Kearns, J. P., Knappe, D. R. U., & Summers, R. S. (2015). Feasibility of Using Traditional Kiln Charcoals in Low-Cost Water Treatment: Role of Pyrolysis Conditions on 2,4-D Herbicide Adsorption. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 32(11), 912–921. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2015.0243

Kearns, J. P., Shimabuku, K. K., Mahoney, R. B., Knappe, D. R. U., & Summers, R. S. (2015). Meeting multiple water quality objectives through treatment using locally generated char: improving organoleptic properties and removing synthetic organic contaminants and disinfection by-products. JOURNAL OF WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR DEVELOPMENT, 5(3), 359–372. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2015.172

Kearns, J. P., Wellborn, L. S., Summers, R. S., & Knappe, D. R. U. (2014). 2,4-D adsorption to biochars: Effect of preparation conditions on equilibrium adsorption capacity and comparison with commercial activated carbon literature data. WATER RESEARCH, 62, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.023

Huggins, T., Wang, H., Kearns, J., Jenkins, P., & Ren, Z. J. (2014). Biochar as a sustainable electrode material for electricity production in microbial fuel cells. Bioresource Technology, 157, 114–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.058

Kearns, J. P., Bentley, M. J., Mokashi, P., Redmon, J. H., & Levine, K. (2014). Synthetic organic water contaminants in developing communities: an overlooked challenge addressed by adsorption with locally generated char. JOURNAL OF WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR DEVELOPMENT, 4(3), 422–436. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2014.073

Cervini-Silva, J., Kearns, J., & Banfield, J. (2012). Steady-state dissolution kinetics of mineral ferric phosphate in the presence of desferrioxamine-B and oxalate ligands at pH=4–6 and T=24±0.6°C. Chemical Geology, 320, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.022