University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jess C. Brown

Jess C. Brown
Jess C. Brown (BS 98, MS 99, PhD 02)
Manager, Research Group
Carollo Engineers

CEEAA Young Alumni Achievement Award, 2009

For high quality research and development of new biological drinking water processes, for incorporation of R&D results into innovative full-scale treatment plant processes, and for exemplary industrial leadership in the area of biological treatment of drinking water.

Biography

As manager of Carollo Engineers’ Research Group, Jess C. Brown leads the firm’s biological drinking water treatment initiative. He has 10 years of experience in water, wastewater, and reclaimed water treatment.  

Brown specializes in drinking water process, applied research, and water quality testing methods. His work covers conventional through advanced treatment and has resulted in more than 70 national and international presentations, 11 peer-reviewed publications, the 2003 American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Science and Research Division Best Paper Award, two biological drinking water treatment patents, and an invitation to speak at the 2007 National Academy of Engineers Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.  

Brown is a member of the Water Environment Federation, the International Water Association, and the AWWA, for which he serves on the Academic Achievement Committee and is Chair of the Inorganic Contaminants Research Committee. He is also the founding Vice-Chair of AWWA’s new Biological Drinking Water Treatment Committee.