Positions

Associate Professor, Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology

Contact Info

dubak17@ecu.edu

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Kura Duba

member of

selected publications

article
- Hydrothermally synthesized nitrogen-doped hydrochar from sawdust biomass for supercapacitor electrodes. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 19. 2024
- Contributions of Supercritical Fluid Extraction to Sustainable Development Goal 9 in South America: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 188:1-16. 2022
- Supercritical CO2 extraction of grape seeds oil: scale-up and economic analysis. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. 54:1306-1312. 2019
- Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities of different grape (Vitis vinifera L.) seed oils extracted by supercritical CO2 and organic solvent. LWT - Food Science and Technology. 74:557-562. 2016
- Solubility of grape seed oil in supercritical CO2: Experiments and modeling. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. 100. 2016
- Extraction of bioactives from food processing residues using techniques performed at high pressures. Current Opinion in Food Science. 5. 2015
- Extraction of polyphenols from grape skins and defatted grape seeds using subcritical water: Experiments and modeling. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 94:29-38. 2015
- Supercritical CO2extraction of grape seed oil: Effect of process parameters on the extraction kinetics. Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 98. 2015
- Supercritical fluid extraction of vegetable oils: Different approaches to modeling the mass transfer kinetics. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS. 43:1051-1056. 2015
- Supercritical CO2extraction of oil from seeds of six grape cultivars: Modeling of mass transfer kinetics and evaluation of lipid profiles and tocol contents. Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 94. 2014
- High rate composting of herbal pharmaceutical industry solid waste. Water Science and Technology. 65:1817-1825. 2012
proceedings

presentations

presentation

principal investigator on

Water-Energy Nexus: Off-Grid, Zero Waste Desalination Technology awarded by UNC ROI 2019 - 2022
Biodiesel Production in Supercritical Fluids awarded by NRE Cluster Seed Grant 2020 2019

professional service activities

Frontiers in Environmental Engineering (Water/Waste and Wastewater) Review Editor 2023
Frontier Chemical Engineering (Environmental Chemical Engineering) Review Editor 2022
Chemical Engineering Journal Early Career Editorial Board 2021

education and training

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bahir Dar University
M.S. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, University of Trento

awards and honors

Outstanding Research Scholars, conferred by ECU, 2020

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