Shane teaches courses related to environmental and water resources engineering, especially water and wastewater treatment. Shane's research focuses on water and wastewater treatment technologies, especially membrane separations for high-recovery inland brackish desalination. Shane is a member of ASCE, AWWA, AMTA, ACS, and AEESP.

• Presidential Service Award - South Central Membrane Association (09/01/2020-09/30/2020)
• Alumni Academy of Civil Engineers (AACE) Professorship in Civil Engineering - UTEP (09/01/2016-09/30/2016)
• Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award (ROTA) - University of Texas System (09/01/2016-09/30/2016)
• JumpStart Distinguished Early Career - UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (12/01/2012-12/31/2012)
• Young Civil Engineer of the Year - American Society of Civil Engineers - El Paso Branch (09/01/2012-09/30/2012)
• THE NWRI-AMTA FELLOW FOR MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY - The National Water Research Institute and the American Membrane Technology Association (07/01/2008-07/31/2008)
• THRUST 2000 - HAGEDORN ENDOWED GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN ENGINEERING - Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (01/01/2007-01/31/2007)
• Highest Ranking Graduate in the College of Engineering - Texas Tech University (05/01/2004-05/31/2004)

• Ph D in Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2010)
• MS in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2006)
• BS in Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University (2004)

• Desalination by membrane pervaporation: A review Desalination 547 (2023), Yusi Li, Elisabeth R. Thomas, Mariana H. Molina, Stewart Mann, William S. Walker, Mary L. Lind, Perreault, Fran\ccois.
• Overcoming barriers for nitrate electrochemical reduction: By-passing water hardness Water Research 225 (2022), Aksana Atrashkevich, Ana S. Fajardo, Paul Westerhoff, William S. Walker, Carlos M. Sánchez-Sánchez,, Sergi Garcia-Segura.
• Urban Water Demand: Statistical Optimization Approach to Modeling Daily Demand Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 147 2 (2021), Tallen Capt, Ali Mirchi, Saurav Kumar, William S. Walker.
• Evaluation of Electrodialysis Desalination Performance of Novel Bioinspired and Conventional Ion Exchange Membranes with Sodium Chloride Feed Solutions Membranes 11 3 (2021), AHM Golam Hyder, Brian A. Morales, Malynda A. Cappelle, Stephen J. Percival, Leo J. Small, Erik D. Spoerke, Susan B. Rempe, William S. Walker.
• Evaluation of Test Methods for Characterizing Steel Corrosion Potential in MSE Wall Fill (2021), Kenneth L. Fishman, Hamidreza Fakhri, Soheil Nazarian, William S. Walker, Arturo Bronson.
• Evaluation of Test Methods for Characterizing Steel Corrosion Potential in MSE Wall Fill (2021), Kenneth L. Fishman, Hamidreza Fakhri, Soheil Nazarian, William S. Walker, Arturo Bronson.
• Implementation of New Specification Requirements for Coarse Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls (2021), Jose L. Arciniega, Diana Cabrera, Troy Svede, Sergio Rocha, Jose L. Garibay, William S. Walker, Arturo Bronson, Soheil Nazarian.
• Managing and treating per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in membrane concentrates AWWA Water Science 3 5 (2021), Emily W. Tow, Mahmut S. Ersan, Soyoon Kum, Tae Lee, Thomas F. Speth, Christine Owen, Christopher Bellona, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, Anne M. Mikelonis, Paul Westerhoff, C Mysore, V Frenkel, V deSilva, William S. Walker, A Safulko, David Ladner.
• Mass transfer and residence time distribution in an electrochemical cell with an air-diffusion electrode: Effect of air pressure and mesh promoters Electrochimica Acta 378 (2021), William S. Walker, Eliane B. Cavalcanti, Aksana Atrashkevich, Ana S. Fajardo, Enric Brillas, Sergi Garcia-Segura.
• Selective membranes in water and wastewater treatment: Role of advanced materials Materials Today 50 (2021), Kuichang Zuo, Kunpeng Wang, Ryan M. DuChanois, Qiyi Fang, Eva M. Deemer, Xiaochuan Huang, Ruikun Xin, Ibrahim A. Said, Ze He, Yuren Feng, others, J Lou, M Elimelech, X Huang, Qilin Li.
• Treatment of brackish water reverse osmosis brine using only solar energy Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 7 10 (2021), Ibrahim A. Said, Naomi Fuentes, Ze He, Ruikun Xin, Kuichang Zuo, William S. Walker, Qilin Li.
• Freestanding self-assembled sulfonated pentablock terpolymer membranes for high flux pervaporation desalination Journal of Membrane Science 613 (2020), Elisabeth R. Thomas, Amit Jain, Stewart C. Mann, Yi Yang, Matthew D. Green, William S. Walker, François Perreault, Mary L. Lind, Rafael Verduzco.
• Opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance electrochemical treatment of pollutants in potable water and industrial wastewater–a perspective Environmental Science: Nano 7 (2020), Sergi garcia Segura, Xiaolei Qu, Pedro J. Alvarez, Brian Chaplin, Wei Chen, John Critternden, Yujie Feng, Guandao Gao, Zhen He, Chua HungHou, Xiao Hu, Guibin Jiang, Jaehong Kim, Jiansheng Li, Qilin Li, Jie Ma, Alec Nienhauser, Junfeng Niu, Bingcai Pan, Xie Quan, Filippo Ronzani, Dino Villagran, David Waite, W S. Walker, Can Wang, Michael S. Wong, Paul Westerhoff.
• UTEP–EPW university–utility partnership: Concentrate enhanced–recovery reverse osmosis process for high water recovery from silica‐saturated desalination concentrates Water Environment Research 92 3 (2020), Anthony J. Tarquin, William S. Walker, Guillermo Delgado, Angel Bustamante.
• Energy Efficiency of Electro-Driven Brackish Water Desalination: Electrodialysis Significantly Outperforms Membrane Capacitive Deionization Environmental Science & Technology 54 6 (2020), Sohum K. Patel, Mohan Qin, William S. Walker, Menachem Elimelech.
• Opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance electrochemical treatment of pollutants in potable water and industrial wastewater – a perspective Environ. Sci.: Nano 7 8 (2020), Sergi Garcia-Segura, Xiaolei Qu, Pedro J. Alvarez, Brian P. Chaplin, Wei Chen, John C. Crittenden, Yujie Feng, Guandao Gao, Zhen He, Chia-Hung Hou, Xiao Hu, Guibin Jiang, Jae-Hong Kim, Jiansheng Li, Qilin Li, Jie Ma, Jinxing Ma, Alec B. Nienhauser, Junfeng Niu, Bingcai Pan, Xie Quan, Filippo Ronzani, Dino Villagran, T. D. Waite, William S. Walker, Can Wang, Michael S. Wong, Paul Westerhoff.
• Scaling Resistance in Nanophotonics-Enabled Solar Membrane Distillation ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 54 4 (2020), Douglas Rice, Shahrouz J. Ghadimi, Ana C. Barrios, Skyler Henry, W. S. Walker, Qilin Li, Francois Perreault.
• Techno-economic analysis to identify key innovations required for electrochemical oxidation as point-of-use treatment systems ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA 338 (2020), Robert Stirling, W. S. Walker, Paul Westerhoff, Sergi Garcia-Segura.
• Removal of calcium ions from water by selective electrosorption using target-ion specific nanocomposite electrode Water Research 160 (2019), Jun Kim, Amit Jain, Kuichang Zuo, Rafael Verduzco, Shane Walker, Menachem Elimelech, Zhenghua Zhang, Xihui Zhang, Qilin Li.
• A Model for Estimating Resistivity of In-Service Backfill of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Based on Minimum Resistivity and Degree of Saturation TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2673 2 (2019), Jose L. Arciniega, W. S. Walker, Soheil Nazarian, Kenneth L. Fishman.
• A model for estimating resistivity of in-service backfill of mechanically stabilized earth walls based on minimum resistivity and degree of saturation Transportation Research Record 2673 2 (2019), Jose L. Arciniega, William S. Walker, Soheil Nazarian, Kenneth L. Fishman.
• Comparison of energy consumption in desalination by capacitive deionization and reverse osmosis DESALINATION 455 (2019), Mohan Qin, Akshay Deshmukh, Razi Epsztein, Sohum K. Patel, Oluwaseye M. Owoseni, W. S. Walker, Menachem Elimelech.
• Comparison of energy consumption in desalination by capacitive deionization and reverse osmosis (vol 455, pg 100, 2019) DESALINATION 461 (2019), Mohan Qin, Akshay Deshmukh, Razi Epsztein, Sohum K. Patel, Oluwaseye M. Owoseni, W. S. Walker, Menachem Elimelech.
• Evaluating Corrosivity of Geomaterials in MSE Walls: Determination of Resistivity From Pore Water Chemistry University of Texas at El Paso. Department of Civil Engineering (2019), William S. Walker, Shahrouz J. Ghadimi, Jose L. Arciniega, Soheil Nazarian, others.
• Evaluating corrosivity of geomaterials in MSE walls: determination of resistivity from pore water chemistry University of Texas at El Paso. Department of Civil Engineering (2019), William S. Walker, Shahrouz J. Ghadimi, Jose L. Arciniega, Soheil Nazarian, others.
• Hypochlorite Resistant Graphene Oxide Incorporated Ultrafiltration Membranes with High Sustainable Flux INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 58 27 (2019), Eva M. Deemer, Tallen Capt, Oluwaseye Owoseni, Tahmina Akter, W. S. Walker.
• Response to comments on "comparison of energy consumption in desalination by capacitive deionization and reverse osmosis" DESALINATION 462 (2019), Mohan Qin, Akshay Deshmukh, Razi Epsztein, Sohum K. Patel, Oluwaseye M. Owoseni, W. S. Walker, Menachem Elimelech.
• Self assembled, sulfonated pentablock copolymer cation exchange coatings for membrane capacitive deionization MOLECULAR SYSTEMS DESIGN & ENGINEERING 4 2 (2019), Amit Jain, Cierra Weathers, Jun Kim, Matthew D. Meyer, W. S. Walker, Qilin Li, Rafael Verduzco.
• A Process for Optimizing Gradation of Marginal Backfill of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls to Achieve Acceptable Resistivity TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2672 52 (2018), Ose L. Arciniega, W. S. Walker, Soheil Nazarian, Kenneth L. Fishman.
• A process for optimizing gradation of marginal backfill of mechanically stabilized earth walls to achieve acceptable resistivity Transportation Research Record 2672 52 (2018), Jose L. Arciniega, William S. Walker, Soheil Nazarian, Kenneth L. Fishman.
• Aqueous-Processed, High-Capacity Electrodes for Membrane Capacitive Deionization ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 52 10 (2018), Amit Jain, Jun Kim, Oluwaseye M. Owoseni, Cierra Weathers, Daniel Cana, Kuichang Zuo, W. S. Walker, Qilin Li, Rafael Verduzco.
• Implementation of New Specification Requirements for Coarse Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls University of Texas at El Paso. Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (2018), Jose L. Arciniega, Diana Cabrera, Troy Svede, Sergio Rocha, Jose L. Garibay, William S. Walker, Arturo Bronson, Soheil Nazarian, others.
• Implementation of New Specification Requirements for Coarse Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls University of Texas at El Paso. Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (2018), Jose L. Arciniega, Diana Cabrera, Troy Svede, Sergio Rocha, Jose L. Garibay, William S. Walker, Arturo Bronson, Soheil Nazarian, others.
• Point-of-use drinking water treatment with membrane filtration and desalination: A tale of two cities ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 255 (2018), W. S. Walker, Ivonne Santiago.
• Predicting electro conductivity based on ionic composition for multi component aqueous solutions ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 255 (2018), Shahrouz J. Ghadimi, W. S. Walker.
• Technical feasibility of inland desalination using zero discharge desalination ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 255 (2018), Malynda A. Cappelle, W. S. Walker, Thomas A. Davis.

• Desalination of Brackish Groundwater with Photovoltaic-Thermal Solar Power (2022), Volume Alamogordo, NM, Martin Chavarin, William S. Walker.
• Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Treatment with Fujifilm’s Salt-free Electrodialysis Metathesis (2022), Volume Austin, TX, Tayia Oddonetto, William S. Walker.
• Clean Water for all Texans. (2022), Volume El Paso TX, Ingrid Gust, Jeannie B. Concha, Kristina Mena, William S. Walker, Alex Mayer, Daniel Brent, S Leurig, Ivonne Santiago.
• Startup of high-recovery direct potable reuse (DPR) piloting in El Paso, TX (2021), Volume Austin, TX, William S. Walker, Malynda A. Cappelle, Marcela Herrera-Alvarez.
• Advancing Inland Brackish Groundwater Desalination and Potable Reuse (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, William S. Walker.
• Concentrate Enhanced-Recovery Reverse Osmosis (CERRO) (2021), William S. Walker, Anthony J. Tarquin, Guillermo Delgado, Angel Bustamante, Paul Diaz.
• Concentrate Enhanced-Recovery Reverse Osmosis (CERRO) (2019), Volume Albuquerque, NM, William S. Walker, Anthony J. Tarquin, Guillermo Delgado, Angel Bustamante, Paul Diaz.
• Sustainable and Resilient Water Supply in Arid Inland Communities (2019), Volume Houston, TX, William S. Walker.
• “Convergence to One Water”: A New Research Approach to Water Security in Dry Climates (2019), Volume Beijing, China, William S. Walker, E. Archuleta, Malynda A. Cappelle, William L. Hargrove, Josiah M. Heyman, Deana D. Pennington, Ivonne Santiago, Z. Sheng, P. Xu.

• Double-Bonus: High-Recovery Concentrate Treatment With Salt-Free Electrodialysis Metathesis
• Reclamation DWPR - All of the above and the kitchen sink: High‐recovery zero liquid discharge desalination for direct potable reuse