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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, MANHATTAN COLLEGE
Dominic DiToro, Ph.D.
Donald J. O'Connor Endowed Chair of Environmental Engineering
Princeton University: Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1967
Princeton University: M.A., Electrical Engineering,1965
Manhattan College: B.E.E., Electrical
Engineering,1963
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Dr. Di Toro is a pioneer in the field of water quality modeling. He received the 1997 Society of Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry (SETAC) Founders Award, the society’s highest award, for his contributions to the field of environmental science in general and his contributions to water quality modeling in particular. He has recently been appointed to the Donald J. O'Connor Endowed Faculty Chair of Environmental Engineering at Manhattan College. Dr. Di Toro's modeling expertise ranges from eutrophication and metals modeling to sediment processes and toxicity. Di Toro is the author or co-author of more than sixty articles in the peer reviewed literature. Some of his most notable recent accomplishments include the development of sediment quality criteria (equilibrium partitioning, AVS and SEM for metals, and narcosis theory for PAHs) for USEPA and the development of sediment flux models for nutrients, oxygen, and metals. Dr. Di Toro's first book, Sediment Flux Modeling, is in production by John Wiley & Sons
Dr.
Di Toro has specialized in the development and application of mathematical and
statistical analyses to stream, lake, estuarine and coastal water quality and
sediment problems.
Recently his work has focused on the development of sediment quality
criteria for the EPA and the development of sediment flux models for nutrients
and metals. He
has published over sixty technical papers and has participated as Expert
Consultant, Principal Investigator and Project Manager on numerous water quality
studies for industry and governmental agencies.
For
the past ten years Dr. Di Toro has been providing overall technical direction to
the EPA's sediment quality criteria development efforts.
While serving in this capacity he has coordinated the work of experts
from a wide range of organizations and scientific disciplines.
Water
Quality Modeling
Dr.
Di Toro has participated in or directed over 50 water quality control projects
involving mathematical modeling.
These studies involve an analysis of the impact of municipal, industrial,
non‑ point sources of waste on water quality including dissolved oxygen,
coliforms, nutrients and eutrophication, pH, temperature and chemical substances
including toxic materials.
His research has led to the development of interactive sediment-water
column water quality models.
The majority of these studies involved the development of technically
based wasteload allocations.
Representative examples are:
New
York Harbor
Ohio River
Boston
Harbor
San Francisco Bay Delaware River
Sacramento River
Potomac
River
Milwaukee Harbor
Lake
Superior
Chesapeake Bay
Lake Erie Long Island Sound
Dr.
Di Toro has directed the analysis of the effects of CSO discharges on water
quality and the effectiveness of alternative treatment measures.
Major projects have included.
·
A statistical Method of Assessment of Urban Runoff Loads
·
New York City 208 Areawide Wastewater Management Project
·
Boston Harbor Stormwater Management Project
CONTACT INFORMATION: R
Manhattan
College
Environmental
Engineering Department
Riverdale,
NY 10471
718-862-7276
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