Faculty Profile for Dr. Keisuke Ikehata

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Dr. Keisuke Ikehata
Assistant Professor — Ingram School of Engineering
IGRM 2203
phone: (512) 245-1826
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Dr. Keisuke Ikehata is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in the Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. Dr. Ikehata received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 2003. In July 2019, he joined Texas State University as one of four founding members of the new Civil Engineering Program. Prior to joining Texas State University, Dr. Ikehata worked for more than eight years as a technical specialist/R&D manager at a water resources engineering firm in Orange County, California and eight years in academia in California, Alberta, and Kansas. Dr. Ikehata is a registered professional engineer (Environmental Engineer) in Arizona (PE) and Alberta (PEng) for more than 10 years.

Teaching Interests

 Dr. Ikehata's teaching interests are in water quality engineering, advanced treatment technologies, water and wastewater infrastructure design, sustainable stormwater facility design, including low-impact development and best management practices, desalination and water reuse.

Research Interests

 Dr. Ikehata is an expert in advanced water and wastewater treatment and sustainable water resources management, including water reuse, desalination, and stormwater management. He has led or been involved in more than 130 engineering, research, and R&D projects in the United States to develop, design, and evaluate, novel sustainable solutions for emerging water resources challenges, as well as contaminated site remediation, agricultural and industrial water management in the past 20 years.

Dr. Ikehata’s areas of expertise include: (1) advanced water and wastewater treatment technologies, (2) novel biological/biochemical/chemical treatment technologies development, (3) water reuse and desalination, (4) water quality management, (5) industrial and agricultural water management, and (6) stormwater management and beneficial use. He published more than 150 technical publications, including peer reviewed journal articles, invited book chapters, conference papers, and technical articles.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Ikehata, K., Espindola, C. A., Ashraf, A., & Adams, J. H. (2024). Augmentation of Reclaimed Water with Excess Urban  Stormwater for Potable Use. Sustainability, 16(18), 7917. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su16187917
  • Gao, H., Sato, S., Kodamatani, H., Fujioka, T., Ishida, K. P., & Ikehata, K. (2024). Optimization of Dissolved Silica Removal from Reverse Osmosis Concentrate by Gedaniella flavovirens for Enhanced Water Recovery. Sustainability, 16, 4052. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su16104052
  • Adams, J. H., Pochiraju, S., Ikehata, K., Southard, M., Reeder, S., Appleton, E., & Nix, D. (2023). New Production Pathway of Musty 2,4,6-Tribromoanisole During Raw Water Disinfection Processes at a Surface Water Treatment Plant. Water Supply, 23(11), 4416–4424. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.264
  • Adams, J., Burlingame, G., Ikehata, K., Furatian, L., & Suffet, I. (Mel) H. (2022). The effect of pH on taste and odor production and control of drinking water. AQUA – Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 71(11), 1278–1290. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2022.133
  • Ikehata, K., Nakamura, N., Kulkarni, H. V., Zhao, Y., Maleky, N., Sato, S., & Gao, H. (2022). Isolation and evaluation of brackish water diatoms from evaporation ponds for the treatment of silica- and nutrient-rich brackish wastewater. AQUA – Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 71(9), 1083–1094. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2022.082

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Division Best Article Award, American Water Works Association. June 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Reuse Impact Award, WateReuse Texas. September 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Service Recognition Award, Western Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society. November 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Merit Award, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry. August 2002
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Certification of Appreciation, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Commonwealth of Virginia. September 2024

Selected Grants

  • Ikehata, Keisuke (Principal). Pilot Photobioreactor Development for Scalant Removal and Enhanced Water Recovery from Brackish Reverse Osmosis Concentrate, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Federal, $250000. (Submitted: November 15, 2023, Funded: September 2024 - September 2026). Grant.
  • Ikehata, Keisuke (Principal). Strategies for Gaining Pathogen Removal Credit for Reverse Osmosis in Potable Reuse in Texas (and Beyond), Freese and Nichols / Bureau of Reclamation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $19949. (Submitted: November 16, 2022, Funded: January 5, 2024 - November 2024). Grant.
  • Ikehata, Keisuke (Principal). Development of Multi-parameter Direct Water Quality Monitoring System to Achieve the Circular Society for Water, US Bureau of Reclamation, Federal, $149999. (Submitted: June 16, 2020, Funded: July 1, 2021 - September 30, 2024). Grant.
  • Ikehata, Keisuke (Principal). Enhanced Water Recovery by a Combination of Photobiological Process and Secondary Reverse Osmosis – Lifecycle Cost Analysis and Mini-Pilot Study, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Federal, $250000. (Funded: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Ikehata, Keisuke (Principal). Dual-Purpose Water Purification System for Direct Potable Use of Stormwater and Reclaimed Water – Feasibility Study, Texas State University, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: January 2020 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Vice President
International Ozone Association-Pan American Group
September 2024-Present
Division Trustee
Water Quality and Technology Division, American Water Works Association
June 2021-Present
Member
Subcommittes 1 and 3, ISO/TC 282 Water Reuse, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
2019-Present
Member
Committee on Environmental and Sustainability, American Chemical Society
2017-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Ozone: Science and Engineering
2017-Present