FULL LIST OF Publications

(a).      FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

 (I)  LIST OF PATENTS

o   Zahir, H., Alhooshani K.R. and Chowdhury S. 2018. Host-Guest Extraction of Toxic Heavy Metal Ions with p-t-butylcalix[8]arene from Ammonia or amine Solutions. KFUPM Ref no.: 2018-083 (In process: Filed for US Non-Provisional)

o   Aziz MA, Chowdhury S, Mazumder MAJ and Chowdhury I., 2019. Preparation of highly porous carboxylated activated carbon from jute stick. (In process)

 

(II). RESEARCH/REVIEW PAPERS

Peer Reviewed Journal Papers (Accepted/Published)

1.     Chowdhury IR, Chowdhury, S. and Al-Suwaiyan MS., 2019. Human exposure and risk of trihalomethanes during continuous showering events. Science of the Total Environment (Accepted for publication)

2.     Chowdhury, S., Mazumder MAJ, Alhooshani, K. and Al-Suwaiyan MS., 2019. Reduction of DBPs in synthetic water by indoor techniques and its implications on exposure and health risk. Science of the Total Environment 691, 621-630

3.     Chowdhury, S., Chowdhury, IR, Kabir, F., Mazumder MAJ, Zahir, MH and Alhooshani, K., 2019. Alginate-based biotechnology: A review on the arsenic removal technologies and future possibilities. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology – AQUA 68 (6): 369-389

4.     Aziz MA, Chowdhury IR, Mazumder MAJ and Chowdhury S. 2019. Highly porous carboxylated activated carbon from jute stick for removal of Pb2+ from aqueous solution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26:22656–22669

5.     Chowdhury S. 2019. Disinfection byproducts in desalinated and blend water: Formation and control strategy. J. Water & Health 17 (1): 1-25

6.     Chowdhury S., Omar KMO and Papadopoulou M.P. 2019. Meat and egg production in Saudi Arabia: An analysis on virtual water content for livestock farming. Int. J. Water Res. and Arid Environ., 9(1):xxx-xxx

7.     Chowdhury S, Kabir F., Chowdhury IR, Papadopoulou MP, 2018. Importing and Exporting Agricultural Crop Products: An Assessment of Virtual Water Flow (VWF) in Saudi Arabia. Arabian J. Sci. Eng. (AJSE) 44:4911–4920

8.     M Zahir, S Chowdhury, M Abdul Aziz, MM Rahman 2018. Host–Guest Extraction of Heavy Metal Ions with pt-Butylcalix [8] arene from Ammonia or Amine Solutions. International journal of Analytical Chemistry 2018

9.     Chowdhury, S., 2018. Human health risk from exposure to metals through fish and shellfish ingestion in Saudi Arabia. Hum. Ecol. risk Assess. (HERA); DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2018.1522500

10.   Chowdhury, S. Water quality degradation in the sources of drinking water: an assessment based on 18 years of data from 441 water supply systems, Environ Monit. Assess 190: 379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6772-6

11.   Zahir, H, Iwamoto, Y., Rahman, MM, Aziz MA, Chowdhury, S. Ahmad, SHA and Qamaruddin, M., 2018. CaO-containing LaCO3OH nanogears and their luminescence and de-NOx properties. J Am Ceram Soc. 2018; 1–15.. DOI: 10.1111/jace.15861.

12.   Chowdhury S*, Kabir F., Mazumder M.A.J. and Zahir M.H., 2018. Modeling Lead Concentration in Drinking Water of Residential Plumbing Pipes and Hot Water Tanks. Science of the total Environment 635: 35-44

13.   Kabir F., Chowdhury S., Mazumder M.A.J., Zahir M.H. and Alhooshani K., 2018. Effects of Plumbing Premise on the Occurrences and Variability of Heavy Metals in Desalinated and Blended Tap Water. Desalination and Water Treatment 107: 257-271

14.   Chowdhury S. and Fahmi, M., 2018. Fuzzy rule-based assessment of runoff for Abha, Saudi Arabia Using the watershed modeling system (WMS) software. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE), (DOI: 10.1007/s13369-018-3177-3)

15.   Tarawneh QY and Chowdhury S., 2018. Trends of Climate Change in Saudi Arabia: Implications on Water Resources. Climate 6, 8: 1-19; doi:10.3390/cli6010008

16.   Chowdhury S., 2018. Occurrences and changes of disinfection byproducts in small water supply systems. Environ Monit Assess (2018) 190:32; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6410-8

17.   Chowdhury S., Chowdhury I. and Hasan Z., 2018. Trihalomethanes in desalinated water: Human exposure and risk analysis. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA): 24(1): 26-48

18.   Kabir F. and Chowdhury S., 2017. Arsenic removal methods for drinking water in the developing countries: technological developments and research needs. Environ Sci  Pollut Res: 24:24102–24120

19.   Chowdhury S., Omar KMO and Papadopoulou M.P. 2017. Virtual Water Content for Meat and Egg Production through Livestock Farming in Saudi Arabia. Applied Water Science 7(8): 4691-4703

20.   MH Zahir, T Nagano, MM Rahman, K Alhooshani, S Chowdhury, MA Aziz, 2017. Microstructural investigations of tubular α-Al 2 O 3-supported γ-Al 2 O 3 membranes and their hydrothermal improvement. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 37(7), 2637-2647

21.   Nedal T. Ratrout, Shakhawat Chowdhury, Uneb Gazder, Syed Masiur Rahman, 2017. Characterization of crash-prone drivers in Saudi Arabia – A multivariate analysis. Case Studies on Transport Policy 5: 134-142.

22.   Chowdhury S., Mazumder MAJ, Al-Attas O and Husain T. 2016. Heavy metals in drinking water: Occurrences, implications, and future needs in developing countries. Sci. of the Total Environment 569–570: 476–488

23.   Chowdhury, S. 2016. DBPs in a chlorinated indoor swimming pool: Occurrences and modeling J. of Water Supply: Research and Technology – AQUA 65(7): 550-563

24.   Chowdhury S., Mazumder M.A.J. and Husain T., 2016. Predicting bromide incorporation in a chlorinated indoor swimming pool. Environmental Sci. and Pollution Research 23:12174–12184

25.   Abbas A. and Chowdhury, S. 2016. Effects of Temperature and Growing Seasons on Crop Water Requirement: Implications on Water Savings. J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Management 20(2): 424-433

26.   Chowdhury, S. Al-Zahrani, M. and Abbas, A., 2016. Implications of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirements in Arid Region: An Example of Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia. J. King Saud Univ.–Eng. Sci. 28: 21-31

27.   Al-Zahrani M., Ammar Musa and Chowdhury S., 2016. Multi-objective optimization model for water resources management: A case study for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Environ Develop Sust 18: 777-798

28.   Chowdhury S., 2015. Predicting Human Exposure and Risk from Chlorinated Indoor Swimming Pool: A Case Study. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (In press); 187(8): 502; DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4719-8

29.   Chowdhury S., 2016. Effects of plumbing systems on human exposure to disinfection byproducts in water: A case study. Journal of Water and Health 14(3): 489-503

30.   Al-Zahrani M., Chowdhury S. and Abo-Monasar A., 2015. Augmentation of Surface Water Sources from Spatially Distributed Rainfall in Saudi Arabia, J. Water Reuse and Desalination 5(3): 391-406

31.   Chowdhury S. and Al-Zahrani M, 2015. Characterizing water resources and the trends of sector wise water consumptions in Saudi Arabia. J. King Saud Univ. – Eng. Sci. 27: 68-82

32.   Chowdhury, S., Alhooshani, K., and Karanfil, T., 2014. Disinfection Byproducts in Swimming Pool: Occurrences, Implications and Future Needs, Water Research 53: 68-109

33.   Chowdhury S., 2014. N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in food and beverages: A comparison in context to drinking water. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 20: 1291-1312)

34.   Chowdhury, S., 2014. On exposure analysis for volatile N-Nitrosamines. Risk Analysis 34(5): 791-793

35.   Chowdhury S. and Zahrani M., 2014. Water quality change in dam reservoir and shallow aquifer: Analysis on trend, seasonal variability and data reduction. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 186: 6127-6143

36.   Chowdhury S. and Zahrani M., 2014. Fuzzy synthetic evaluation of treated wastewater reuse for agriculture. Environ Develop Sust 16: 521-538

37.   Chowdhury S. and Al-Zahrani M, 2013. Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Saudi Arabia: An Assessment Framework. J. Water Reuse and Desalination 03(3): 297-314

38.   Chowdhury S. and Zahrani M., 2013. Implications of climate change on water resources in Saudi Arabia. Arab J. Sci. Eng. 38:1959–1971

39.   Chowdhury S., 2013. Regional variability of disinfection byproducts in Canadian drinking water. Water International 38(1): 61-77

40.   Chowdhury S., 2013. Impact of source waters, disinfectants, seasons and treatment approaches on trihalomethanes in drinking water: a comparison based on the size of municipal systems. Water Environment Journal (WEJ) 27: 197-206

41.   Chowdhury S., 2013. Trihalomethanes in drinking water: Effect of natural organic matter distribution. Water SA 39(1): 1-7

42.   Chowdhury S. and Zahrani M., 2013. Modeling heterotrophic bacteria in plumbing system of drinking water. Water Environment Research 86(6): 504-512

43.   Chowdhury S., 2013. Exposure assessment for trihalomethanes in municipal drinking water and risk reduction strategy. Science of the Total Environment 463-464: 922930

44.   Chowdhury S., 2013. Fusing probability density function into Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence for the evaluation of water treatment plant. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185: 3917-3929

45.   Chowdhury S., 2012. Letter to editor: On risk assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials 237–238: 384–385

46.   Chowdhury S., 2012. Implications of using steady-state conditions in estimating dermal uptakes for volatile compounds in municipal drinking water: An example of THMs. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 18(5): 1051-1068

47.   Chowdhury S., 2012. Heterotrophic bacteria in drinking water distribution system: A review. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 184(10): 6087-6137

48.   Chowdhury S., 2012. Decision making with uncertainty: An example of water treatment approach selection. Water Quality Research J. of Canada (WQRJC) 47(2): 153-165

49.   Chowdhury S., Rodriguez M. and Sadiq R., 2011. Disinfection byproducts in the Canadian Provinces: Associated cancer risks and medical expenses. Journal of Hazardous Materials 187: 574-584

50.   Chowdhury S., Rodriguez MJ. Sadiq R. and Serodes J., 2010. Modeling DBPs formation in drinking water in residential plumbing pipes and hot water tanks. Water Research 45(1): 337-347

51.   Chowdhury S., Rodriguez M. and Serodes J., 2010. Model development for predicting changes in DBPs exposure concentrations during indoor handling of tap water. Sci. of the Total Environment 408(20): 4733-4743

52.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and McLellan P.J., 2010. Investigating effects of bromide ions on trihalomethanes and developing model for predicting bromodichloromethane in drinking water. Water Research 44(7): 2349-2359

53.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and McLellan P. J., 2010. Factorial analysis for trihalomethanes formation in drinking water. Water Environment Research 82(6): 556-566.

54.   Chowdhury S. Champagne P. and McLellan P. J., 2009. Models for predicting disinfection byproducts (DBPs) formation in drinking waters: A chronological review. Science of the Total Environment  407(14): 4189-4206

55.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and McLellan P. J., 2009. Uncertainty characterization approaches for risk assessment of DBPs in drinking water: A review. Journal of Environmental Management 90(5): 1680-1691

56.   Chowdhury S. and Champagne P., 2009. Risk from exposure to trihalomethanes during shower: Probabilistic assessment and control. Science of the Total Environment 407(5): 1570-1578

57.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and McLellan P.J., 2008. Factors influencing formation of Trihalomethanes in drinking water: Results from multivariate statistical investigation of the Ontario Drinking Water Surveillance Program database. Water Qual. Res. J. of Canada 43(2/3): 189–199

58.   Chowdhury S. and Champagne P., 2008. An investigation on parameters for modeling THMs formation. Global NEST Journal  10(1): 80-91

59.   Chowdhury S. and Champagne P., 2007. Selecting water disinfection processes using fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE) technique. Water Qual. Res. Journal of Canada 43(1): 1-10

60.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and Husain T., 2007. Fuzzy risk-based decision-making approach for selection of drinking water disinfectants. J. Water Supply: Res. and Technology 56(2): 75-93

61.   Chowdhury S. and Husain T., 2006. Evaluation of drinking water treatment technology – An entropy-based fuzzy application. Environmental Engineering, ASCE 132(10): 1264-1271

62.   Chowdhury S., Husain T. and Bose N., 2006. Fuzzy rule-based modeling for human health risk from naturally occurring radioactive materials in produced water. J. Environmental Radioactivity 89(1):1-17

63.   Chowdhury, S. and Husain T., 2006. Minimization of freshwater extraction by using treated wastewater: A fuzzy-based approach. Asian J. of Water, Env. and Pollution 3(1): 13-19

64.   Chowdhury S. and Husain T., 2005. Human health risk from trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water–evaluation with fuzzy aggregation. Environmental Exposure and Health  85: 299 – 309

65.   Chowdhury S., Husain T., Veitch B., Bose N. and Sadiq R., 2004. Human health risk assessment of naturally occurring radioactive materials in produced water-A case study. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 10(6): 1155-1171

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings (Full papers were reviewed prior to acceptance)

66.   Mazumder, MAJ, Al-Ahmed, A. Isloor, A.M., Ali, SA. and Chowdhury, S. Preparation, characterization and zeta potential studies of polysulfone-blend-poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) membrane for heavy metal removal from wastewater. 70th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Durban, South Africa, August 4-9, 2019

67.   Chowdhury S., 2019. Disinfection Byproducts in Swimming Pool, Chemical Risk and Control Strategy, The 8th International Conference on Swimming Pool and Spa 18-9-22 Mar, 2019, Marseille, France (Keynote Speech)

68.   Chowdhury S., Omar KMO and Papadopoulou M.P. 2019. Meat and egg production in Saudi Arabia: An analysis on virtual water content for livestock farming. The 8th International Conference for Water Resources and Arid Environments (ICWRAE 8), Jan 22-24, 2019, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

69.   Chowdhury, S., 2018. Formation of Disinfection Byproducts in Desalinated Drinking Water: An Assessment and Control Strategy. In Proceedings of the 9th Int. Conf. on Environmental Science and Technology, June 25-29, Houston, Texas, USA

70.   Chowdhury, S., 2018. Assessment of Water Quality Degradation in the Drinking Water Sources Based on 18 Years Data from 441 Water Supply Systems. In Proceedings of the 9th Int. Conf. on Environmental Science and Technology, June 25-29, Houston, Texas, USA

71.   Chowdhury, S., Fahmi M.I., 2017. Runoff collection potential in Abha, Saudi Arabia: An Analysis with Watershed Modeling System software. In proceedings of The WSTA 12th Gulf Water Conference, Manama, Bahrain, Mar 28-30, 2017

72.   Chowdhury, I.., Chowdhury, S. 2017. Desalinated and Blended Water: An Analysis for Human Exposure and Risk. In proceedings of The WSTA 12th Gulf Water Conference, Manama, Bahrain, Mar 28-30, 2017

73.   Chowdhury, I.., Chowdhury, S. 2017. Desalinated and Blended Water in Saudi Arabia: Human Exposure and Risk Analysis from Disinfection Byproducts. In: The proceedings of the Int. Conference on Advances in sustainable Construction Materials & Civil Engineering Systems (ASCMCES-17), Sharjah, UAE, Apr. 18-20, 2017

74.   Al-Areeq A., Chowdhury S. and Al-Zahrani M., 2016. Methodological variability in developing IDF curves: Implications on flood protection and runoff storage, In proceedings of the International Water Conference, March 13-16, 2016, Oman

75.   Chowdhury S., 2015. Human health risk of heavy metals through fish and shellfish ingestion: A case study for the Arabian Gulf. In proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST2015), 3-5 September 2015, Rhodes, Greece

76.   Chowdhury S., 2015. Assessing Virtual Water Content of Cattle Farms: A Case Study for Camel Production in Saudi Arabia. In proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST2015), 3-5 September 2015, Rhodes, Greece

77.   Chowdhury S., 2015. Disinfection byproducts in swimming pool: exposure and risk assessment. In proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Swimming Pool and Spa, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 17 – 20 March, 2015.

78.   Chowdhury S. and Al-Zahrani M., 2014. Water Resources Conservation in Agriculture: Sensitivity Analysis for Climate Change and Growing Seasons. In proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments (ICWRAE 6), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec 16-17, 2014.

79.   Chowdhury S., Al-Zahrani M. and Abbas A., 2014. Analyzing the Effects of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirements in Saudi Arabia. In proceedings of The WSTA 11th Gulf Water Conference, Oct 20-22, 2014

80.   Chowdhury S. 2013. Multivariate analysis of water quality parameters. Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation. July 15-17, 2013, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

81.   Chowdhury S. 2013. N-Nitrosodimethylamine in foods and drinks: A comparison for drinking water. Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation. July 15-17, 2013, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

82.   Chowdhury S. 2012. Evaluating water treatment plant through fusing PDF into Dempster-Shafer theory of Evidence. The 6th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, June 25-29, 2012, Houston, TX

83.   Chowdhury S. and Zahrani M., 2012. Water resources and water consumption pattern in Saudi Arabia. In: The Proceedings of the 10th Gulf Water Conference: pp: 67-81 (Held in Doha, Qatar on 22-24 April, 2012)

84.   Chowdhury S., Rodriguez M., Sadiq R. and Mazumder A., 2010. Comparing THMs according to size of the systems, source water, disinfectants, seasons and treatment approaches. In: Proceeding of the 14 Canadian National Conference and 5th Policy Forum on Drinking Water, Oct 30 – Nov 02, 2010, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

85.   Husain T and Chowdhury S., 2009. Assessment of Climate Change Scenarios for Saudi Arabia using Data from Global Climate Models. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Climate Change Technology Conference (CCTC), May 12-15, 2009, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

86.   Husain T and Chowdhury S., 2008. Sustainable water resources planning using fuzzy multistage decision making approach. In: Proceedings of Environmental Management and Technologies towards Sustainable Development, Penang, Malaysia. Dec. 15-17, 2008

87.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and McLellan J., 2008. Trihalomethanes formation in drinking water. Investigation through statistically designed approach. In: Proceedings of Water Environment Federation’s Annual Conference (WEFTEC), Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 18-22, 2008

88.   Chowdhury S. and Champagne P., 2006. Multi criteria decision making in fuzzy environment. In: Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 23-26, 2006

89.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and Sarkar A., 2006. Use of treated wastewater: evaluation with fuzzy-based technique. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Technology in the Environmental Field (ATEF), Spain, Feb. 6-8, 2006

90.   Chowdhury S., Husain T. and Bose N., 2006. Aggregative environmental risk of produced water from offshore oil & gas platform - fuzzy based approach. In: Proc. of the 36th CIE Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan. Jun. 20-23, 2006

91.   Chowdhury S. Husain T., 2005. Drinking Water Treatment Technology Evaluation. In: Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Environmental Management (ICEM), Hyderabad, India, Oct. 28-30, 2005

 

Non-Refereed Conference Proceedings (Abstracts were reviewed prior to acceptance)

92.   Chowdhury S., 2015. The role of Wastewater Reuse in Water Resources Augmentation. The 11th Saudi International Water, Electricity and Power Generation Forum (WEPOWER) Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Apr. 14-15, 2015.

93.   Mofarrah A., Shanaa J., Chowdhury S., Husain T., Veitch V., Hawboldt K., Bose N. and Lee K., 2010. Risk management and real-time monitoring in offshore oil and gas exploration and development. The 2nd Saudi Meeting on Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Technologies, Dec 18-20, 2010, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, KSA.

94.   Chowdhury S., Champagne P. and McLellan P.J., 2008. Multivariate statistical investigation: Factors for disinfection byproducts formation in drinking water. In: Proceedings of the 43rd Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Burlington, Ontario, Feb. 11-12, 2008

95.   Chowdhury S. and Champagne P., 2006. Alternative use of wastewater: Feasibility study in contexts to an arid region. Presented at: Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering Student Conference, February 3-5, 2006, Gananoque, Ontario

96.   Chowdhury S., Husain T. and Bose N, 2005. Fuzzy modeling for human health risk from naturally occurring radioactive materials in produced water. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters (INCEED), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, June 24-30, 2005

97.   Chowdhury S., Husain T., Veitch B., Bose N. and Sadiq R., 2004. Decision support software for produced water discharges in offshore operations. In: Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, Hong Kong, June 1- 5, 2004

 

(III). BOOKS

98.   Chowdhury S., 2009. Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water: Risk-Based Decision-Making for the Selection of Water Treatment and Disinfection Approaches. VDM Verlag Publishers, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-639-14340-9, 239 p.

 

(IV). BOOK CHAPTERS

99.   Chowdhury S., 2017. Selection of Municipal Drinking Water Treatment Approach using Multiple Criteria. Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies 4:115–124

100.  Chowdhury S. and Manuel R., 2011. Understanding exposure of contaminants for risk analysis. In: Daniel J.A. (Eds.), Advances in Environmental Research, Vol. 7, Chapter 13, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, P. 413-428

 

(V). MAGAZINE

101.  Chowdhury S. 2015. Showering with disinfection byproducts in swimming pools? Arab Water World XXXVIII (6): 30-32. Available at: http://www.awwmag.com/PDFFiles/AWW-June-2015.pdf

 

 

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