walter-zhonghong-tang
Walter Zhonghong Tang, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Florida International University University Park,
Miami, Florida, USA
Phone: 305-348-3046
E-mail: tangz@fiu.edu

Education

Ph.D. Civil  Engineering (Major:  Environmental  Engineering)  University of  Delaware, Newark, Delaware 1993
M.S. Civil Engineering (Major: Environmental Engineering) University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri 1988
M.S Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 1986

Biography

Dr. Walter Tang is Associate Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FIU. He has been with FIU since 1991.

Dr. Tang teaches a number of undergraduate and graduate courses and is heavily involved in research. His specialization areas are physico-chemical treatment processes; advanced oxidation processes; environmental applications of aquatic, organic, catalytic, and colloidal chemistry; environmental molecular structure and activity relationship; and environmental impact assessment.

Dr. Tang received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1993. Prior to pursuing his doctorate, Dr. Tang earned an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1988, an M.S. Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China in 1986, and a B.S. in Sanitary Engineering from Chongqing Jianzhu University in Chongqing, China in 1983.

Dr. Tang has numerous awards and honors to his credit, including a Fulbright lectureship award from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, which supported one academic year teaching at Tallinn Technology University in Estonia from 2009-2010. He was also named Outstanding Chinese Scholar in the South Region of the United States in 2001 and has twice won the FIU Faculty Teaching Award (1997 and 1998), among other honors.

Dr. Tang’s work has been published in over thirty peer-reviewed journals and several books. He has served on a multitude of committees in service to FIU throughout his career.

Research Interest

Water resource engineering, hydraulic structures, uncertainty analysis in engineering design, physicochemical treatment processes; environmental applications of aquatic, catalytic, photocatalytic and colloidal chemistry; advanced oxidation processes for groundwater remediation; treatability of organic pollutants in different physicochemical processes; kinetics and mechanisms involved in these processes; environmental Molecular Structure and Activity Relationship (QSAR); QSAR in predicting toxicity of organic pollutants and fate in air water, and soil; internet database of QSAR models; environmental impact assessment; hurricane impact assessment using internet database, internet GIS, expert system, HTML, C++, and Java languages.

Scientific Activities

Experience
08/01-present Associate Professor,  Department  of  Civil  and  Environmental  Engineering,  Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
05/15-08/15 Visiting Professor, LUT Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
04/14-07/14 Visiting Professor, LUT Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
05/13-08/13 Visiting Professor, LUT Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
09/09-05/10 Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright award from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board,  The  Fulbright  lectureship  supported  one  academic  year  teaching  at  Tallinn Technology University in Estonia.
01/06-05/06 Associate Director, Applied Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
06/08-08/08 Visiting Faculty, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
06/05-08/05 Visiting Professor, Department of Urban and Civil Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China.
06/04-08/04 Research Fellow, sponsored by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) from and hosted by the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
12/92-08/01 Assistant  Professor,  Department  of  Civil  and  Environmental  Engineering,  Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
08/91-12/92 Visiting  Instructor,  Department  of  Civil  and  Environmental  Engineering,  Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Responsible for undergraduate and graduate teaching Supervised master students in environmental engineering Conducted non-funded research
06/89-08/91 Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
  •  Worked   on   a   U.S.   Environmental   Protection   Agency   research   project   of “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Toxic Organics by Semiconductors”
  • Initiated  a  research  project  of  “Leachate Treatment by Fenton's  reagent,”  which provided a basis for a funded research project
01/89-05/89 Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri.
  • Taught an undergraduate course: Laboratory for Water Analysis for Environmental Engineering
10/87-01/89 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri.
  • Worked on a U.S. EPA research project of “Maximizing Anaerobic Sludge Digestion by Fixed Film System--Phase I and Phase II”
  • • Consisted of laboratory study for the first phase and pilot and prototype studies for the second phase
08/86-10/87 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri.
  • Worked on an E. I. Du Pont research project of “Adsorption Kinetics of Volatile Organic Compounds on Natural Soils”
09/83-07/86 Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Initiated  and  worked  on a  research  project  of  “Flocculation  Morphology-a  New Approach to Investigate Flocculation Mechanism”
Won financial support from the China National Natural Science Foundation for the project Supervised 3 undergraduates on their B.S. theses in this project
Honors and Awards
  • Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright award from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, The Fulbright lectureship supported one academic year teaching at Tallinn Technology University in Estonia from October 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010.
  • Faculty Research Fellow, HBCU/MEI Faculty Summer Research Participation Program: Scale-Dependent Metrics for Bioenergy: Land-Nutrient-Water Interactions under Future Energy Scenarios, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Science and Engineering Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, June 16 – August 16, 2008
  • Research Fellow, sponsored by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) from June 26, 2004 to August 28, 2004 and hosted by the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Outstanding Chinese Scholar in South Region of the United States, invited as a representative to participate a seminar hosted by the Chinese Ambassador in Houston, Texas,. December 1-2, 2001.
  • State Guest, invited as a state guest by the Chinese Educational Department for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of China National Day, October 1, 1999. Participated in various celebration activities such as parade, reception by the vice pre-minister Nanqing Li, and symposium on high tech work force for the new millennium by the state educational department.
  • Member in the Foreign Expert Delegation for State Sunshine Plan, invited as an environmental expert of Chinese abroad in Chongqing Environmental Management and Planning Task Force Delegation; signed 15 research proposals and won 5 projects, September 1998; and had a reception by the vice pre-minister Nanqing Li.
  • FIU Faculty Teaching Award: The award is the highest award at FIU granted to a faculty who has made significant contribution in teaching and was selected by a panel of faculty senate colleagues, Florida International University, 1998.
  • FIU Faculty Research Award: The award is the highest award at FIU granted to a faculty who has made significant contribution in research and was selected by a panel of faculty senate colleagues, Florida International University, 1997.
  • Teacher of the Year Award: The award is from Civil Engineering Honor Society, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, 1997.
  • China-Cornell Fellow: The fellow is supported by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for exchanging scientific knowledge with the best Chinese universities. Among 200 applicants evaluated by a scientific Review Committee, 35 multi-year fellowships were recommended to a Fellow Selection Committee in China for final choice and placement. The program supports Fellows with international airfare, and provides limited supplies for them to conduct collaborative teaching and research for two to three years as an adjunct professor in a host university in China. The Chinese State Education Commission and the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation provides matching funds to cover costs in China from 1995 to 1998.
  • Member of Chi Epsilon: National Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1998.
  • Who's Who in the World: Recognition is in the 16th edition of Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who (1998-1999), New Providence, NJ.
  • Who's Who Among America’s Teachers:   Recognition is in the fifth edition of Who's Who Among
  • America’s Teachers, 1998, Educational Communications, Inc., Lake Forest, Illinois.
  • Who's Who in America: Recognition is in the 1999 edition of Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who (1998-1999), New Providence, NJ.
  • Who's Who in Science and Engineering: Recognition is in the fifth edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who's Who (1997-1998), New Providence, NJ.
  • Distinguished Leadership: The recognition is in the eighth edition of the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership by the governing board of the American Biographical Institute, Inc., Raleigh,
Professional affiliations
  • International Association on Water Quality
  • Water Environmental Federation
  • American Water Works Association
  • Association of Environmental Engineering Professors
  • South Florida Association of Environmental Engineers
  • American Chemical Society

Publications

Books
  1. Tang, W. Z., and Sillanpää, M., Sustainable Environmental Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y. (to be published in 2017)
  2. Tang, W. Z., Physicochemical Treatment of Hazardous Wastes, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL, 2004. Zhonghong Tang (with Yingxie Wang, Zhonghong Tang, Peihua Shen, and Jingyang Han), User’s Guide of HTML - Introduction to Web Page Design (in Chinese) Internet Series, Tsinghua Press, Beijing, China, 1997.

Book Chapters

  1. Tang, W. Z. and Pierotti, A. J., “WWW Database of Disinfection By-Product Properties and Related QSAR Information,” Chapter 14 in Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSARs) for Pollution Prevention, Toxicity Screening, Risk Assessment and Web Applications, Walker, J. D. (Ed), SETAC Press. Pensacola, FL, USA (2003), pp189-197.
  2. Tang, W. Z. and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for Elementary Hydroxyl Radical Reactions” Hazardous and Industrial Waste Proceedings, 32nd Mid-Atlantic Conference: Proceedings of the Thirty-second Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, June 26-28, 2000, Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY] Edited By James Kilduff, Kilduff E. Kilduff, Simeon Komisar, Marianne Nyman, Published by CRC Press, 2000, ISBN 1587160269, 9781587160264, 914 pages.

Paper in Refereed Journals

  1. Bianca-Maria Bresolin, Walter Z. Tang, Mika Sillanpää, Statistical analysis of the frontier molecular orbital energies and the size of quantum dots, submitted to Chemosphere August 2017.
  2. Tam Do, Walter Z. Tang, Mika Sillanpää, Assessment of Phosphorus recovery technologies from wastewater at pilot and full scales, submitted to Cleaner Production, August 2017.
  3. Deepika Lakshmi Ramasamy, Walter Z. Tang, Eveliina Repo, Mika Sillanpää, A Critical Review and Statistical Analysis on Capacitive Deionization (CDI) and Electrodeionization (EDI) as an Emerging Efficient Membrane Separation Processess in Water Treatment Applications, Purification and Separation, submitted September 2017.
  4. Pinto; Y., R., de Léis; C. M., Tang; W. Z., Hernández; R. B., Silva, J. R., Effects of copper bioaccumulation in freshwater fish Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) of the major urban reservoir: Guarapiranga, Brazil. Aquat. Toxicol. (to be submitted in September, 2017).
  5. Vilms, M., De Leis, C.M., Li, J. Z., Tang, W. Z., Sillanpää, M, Life cycle assessment of conversion of Fat-Oil-Grease to biodiesel vs. co-digestion with activated sludge, Environmental Processes, (to be submitted in August 31, 2017).
  6. Clandio Ruviaro; Thiago J Florindo; Giovanna M Florindo; Edson Talamini; Jaqueline S Costa; Luiz A Kulay; Cristiane M de Leis; Walter Z Tang, Carbon Footprint of the Brazilian beef cattle supply chain export, Journal of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, (submitted in August 1, 2017).
  7. Khum Gurung, Walter Z. Tang, Mika Sillanpää, Unit Energy Consumption as Benchmark to Select Retrofitting Strategies of Energy Positive Wastewater Treatments Plant in Finland, Journal of Clean Water, (submitted in July 25, 2017).
  8. De Leis, C. M.; Florindo, T.; Medeiros, G.; Tang, W. Z.; Da Costa, J. S.; Ruviaro C.; Kulay, L.; and Soares, S. R., Economics and Environmental Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Dairy Production Systems in Southern Brazil, Journal of Agricultural Science, (to be submitted in May, 2017).
  9. De Leis, C. M.; Vogel, E.; Tang, W. Z.; Ruviaro C.; Kulay, L.; and Soares, S. R., Comparison of environmental impacts of three milk production strategies using life cycle assessment in Southern Brazil, Journal of Agricultural Science, (to be submitted in May, 2017).
  10. Tang, W. Z., Sillanpää, M. and De Leis, C. M., Unit energy consumption benchmark for energy positive wastewater treatment plants for Miami-Dade county, Environmental Technology, (to be submitted), April 2017.
  11. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Walter Z. Tang, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, (to be published), August 2017.
  12. Burgos-Castillo, R. C., Fontmorin, J. M., Tang, W. Z., and Sillanpää, M. Towards reliable quantification of hydroxyl radical concentration generated by Fenton reagent, Water Research, submitted in December 2016.
  13. Baoe Wang, Kangqun Zhou, Hui Liu, Walter Z Tang, Biosorption behavior and reuse potential of waste biomass of Aspergillus fumigatus adhered humic acid for removal of Reactive Blue 49, Environmental Processes, 3:4, 843-856, 2016.
  14. Iakovleva, E., Maydannik, P., Ivanova, T. V., Sillanpää, M., Tang, W. Z., Mäkilä, E., Salonen, J., Gubal, A., Ganeev, A. A., Kamwilaisake, K., Wang, S. B., Modified and unmodified low-cost iron- coating solid wastes as adsorbents for efficient removal of As(III) and As(V) from mine water, Journal of Cleaner Production, 133, 1095-1104, 2016
  15. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Walter Z. Tang, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 88:10, 1395-1408, 2016.
  16. Fontmorin, J. M., Burgos-Castillo, R. C., Tang, W. Z., and Sillanpää, M. Stability of 5,5-Dimethyl- 1-Pyrroline-N-Oxide as a Radical Spin Trap Agent for Quantification of Hydroxyl Radical Concentration in Processes Based on Fenton Reaction, Water Research, 99, 24–32, 2016.
  17. Rena Zhanglei, Walter Z. Tang, Mika Sillanpää, Prediction of Log P of Halogenated Alkanes by Their ELUMO and Number of Chlorine and Carbon, Environmental Processes, 1-19, 2016.
  18. Trovó, A. G., Hassan, A. K. Sillanpää, M., Tang, W. Z., Degradation of Acid Blue 161 by Fenton and photo-Fenton processes, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 13:1, 147-158, 2016.
  19. Alam G. Trovó, Pavels Senivs, Ülar Palmiste, Mika Sillanpää and Walter Z. Tang, Decolorization of Acid Blue 161 by Different Peroxides Catalyzed by Iron, Journal of Desalination and Water Technology, September 29, 2015.
  20. Tang, W. Z., and Sillanpää, M., Bacteria Sensitivity Index (VSI) of UV Disinfection of Bacteria with Shoulder Effect, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 3:4, 2588-2596, 2015.
  21. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Walter Z. Tang, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 87:10, 1360-1372 (2015)
  22. Feiping Zhao, Eveliina Repo, Mika Sillanpaä, Yong Meng, Dulin Yin, and Walter Z. Tang, Green Synthesis of Magnetic EDTA- and/or DTPA-Cross-Linked Chitosan Adsorbents for Highly Efficient Removal of Metals, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 54, 1271−1281 (2015).
  23. Tang, W. Z., and Sillanpää, M., Virus Sensitivity Index (VSI) of UV Disinfection, Environmental Technology, 36:11, 1464-1475, 2015.
  24. Feiping Zhao, Dulin Yin, Dongbo Zhao, Yong Meng, Walter Z. Tang, Mika Sillanpää, Adsorption kinetics, isotherms and mechanisms of Cd(II), Pb(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) by a modified magnetic polyacrylamide microcomposite adsorbent, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol: 4, 47-57, 2014.
  25. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Walter Z. Tang, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 86:10, 1498-1514, 2014.
  26. Yaoyang Yan, R. Thomas James, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, and Walter Tang, Geographically Weighted Spatial Modelling of Sediment Quality in Lake Okeechobee, Florida, GIScience and Remote Sensing, 51:4, 366-389, 2014.
  27. Sanna Hokkanen, Eveliina Repo, Amit Bhatnagar, Walter Z. Tang, Mika Sillanpää, Adsorption of hydrogen sulphide from aqueous solutions using modified nano/micro fibrillated cellulose, Environmental Technology, 35:18, 2014.
  28. Anna R. Bernardo-Bricker, Shrawan Singh, Alam Trovo, Walter Z. Tang and Georgio Tachiev, Biodegradability Enhancement of Mature Landfill Leachate by Fenton Process under different COD Loading Factors, Environmental Processes, 1, 207-219, 2014.
  29. Aare Kuusik, Karin Pachel, Argo Kuusik, Enn Loigu,, Walter Z. Tang, Reverse Osmosis and Nano- filtration of Biologically Treated Leachate, Environmental Technology, 35:19, 2416-2426, 2014.
  30. Marina Shestakova, Pedro Bonete, Roberto Gómez, Mika Sillanpää, and Walter Z. Tang, Novel Ti/Ta2O5-SnO2 electrodes for water electrolysis and electrocatalytic oxidation of organics, Electrochimica Acta, 120, 302–307, 2014.
  31. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Walter Z. Tang, Food- Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 85:10, 1501- 1514, 2013.
  32. Raili Niine, Enn Loigu and Walter Z. Tang, Development of Estonian nutrient discharge standards for wastewater treatment plants, Estonian Journal of Engineering, 19:2, 152–168, 2013
  33. Shrawan K. Singh, Walter Z. Tang and Georgio Tachiev, Fenton Treatment of Landfill Leachate under Different COD Loading Factors, Journal of Waste Management, 33, 2116–2122, 2013.
  34. Singh, S. K., and Tang, W. Z., Statistical Analysis of Optimum Fenton Oxidation Conditions for Landfill Leachate Treatment, Journal of Waste Management, 33, 81–88, 2013.
  35. Tang, W. Z. and Fang Wang, Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) between ELUMO of Chlorinated Alkenes and the Number of Chlorine and Carbon, Advances in Environmental Research, 1:4, 257-276, 2012.
  36. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 84:10, 1485-1501, 2012.
  37. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 83:10, 1488-1505, 2011.
  38. Walter Z. Tang and Fang Wang, Chlorine Effect on Quantum Molecular Descriptors of Disinfection By-Products-Chlorinated Alkanes, Chemosphere, 78, 914–921, 2010.
  39. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 82:10, 2010.
  40. Tang, W. Z., Wang, F., Miralles-Wilhelm, F., and Damisse, E., Uncertainty Analysis of Rating Equations of Submerged Orifice Flow at Gated Spillway, the Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, the International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT) and the IEEE Reliability Society, August 6-8, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA. 165-169, 2009.
  41. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 81:10, 2009.
  42. Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 80:10, 1458-1480, 2008.
  43. Shu-Ching Chen, Shyu, M. L., Zhang, C., Tang, W. Z., Zhang, K., Damage Pattern Mining in Hurricane Image Databases, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI-2003), Smari, W. W. Ed., 227-234, Las Vegas, NV, October 27-29, 2003.
  44. Yang Hongwei, Jiang Zhanpeng, and Shi Shaoqi, and Tang, W. Z., “INT Dehydrogenase Activity Test for Assessing Anaerobic Biodegradablity of Organic Compounds,” Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp 416-421. (November, 2002)
  45. Zidong Wei, Fei Yin, Jun Tan, Wanguo Hou, and Tang, W. Z., Advances of Photocatalytic Oxidation Techniques Based on TiO2, Chemistry, Vol.64 No.2 P.76-80, 2001.
  46. Jiang Zhanpeng, Yang Hongwei, Guan Yutao, Pierotti, A. J., and Tang, W. Z., “Chlorine Effect on Molecular Descriptors of Dinsinfection By-Products,” Environmental Science, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp 51-54. (September, 2000)
  47. Yang Hongwei, Jiang Zhanpeng, Guan Yutao, Pierotti, A. J., and Tang, W. Z., “Correlations Between SDWA Standards and Health Advisories Concentrations of DBPs and Molecular Descriptors,” Water and Wastewater Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 22-25 (January, 2000)
  48. Jiang Zhanpeng and You Zuoliang, Tang, W. Z., “Advances in Study of Flocculation Morphology” Water and Wastewater Industry and Sustainable Development – i n Honor of Pr of essor X u  Baoj i u’ s  80th Anniversary, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China, pp 64-71 (1998)
  49. Tang, W. Z., and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for TiO2/UV Photocatalytic Oxidation”, Water and Wastewater Industry and Sustainable Development – in Honor of Professor Xu Baojiu’s 80th Anniversary, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China, pp427-439 (1998)
  50. Tang, W. Z., and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for Elementary Hydroxyl Radical Reactions”, Water and Wastewater Industry and Sustainable Development – in Honor of Professor Xu Baojiu’s 80th Anniversary, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China, pp440-451 (1998)
  51. Tang, W. Z. and Stephanie Tassos, “Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Trihalomethanes by Hydrogen Peroxide and Iron Systems,” Water Research, 31, 1117-1125, (1997).
  52. Tang, W. Z., Zhihua Zhang, and Huren An, M. O. Quitana, and D. F. Torres, “UV/TiO2 Photodegradation of Azo Dyes,” Environmental Technology, 18, 1-12, (1997).
  53. Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Stoichiometry of Fenton's Reagent in the Oxidation of Chlorinated Aliphatic Organic Compounds,” Environmental Technology, 18, 13-23, (1997).
  54. Tang, W. Z., Radeloff, D. F., and Tsihrintzis, V. A., “Transmissivity of the Upper Portion of the Biscayne Aquifer of Dade County Florida,” Hydrological Science and Technology, 12, 71-82, (1997).
  55. Tang, W. Z. and Rena Z. Chen, “Degradation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Commercial Dyes by H2O2/Iron Powder System,” Chemosphere, 32(5), 947-958 (1996).
  56. Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of 2,4-Dichlorophenol by Fenton's Reagent,” Environmental Technology, 17, 1371-1378 (1996).
  57. Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “An Oxidation Kinetic Model of Unsaturated Chlorinated Aliphatic Compounds by Fenton's Reagent,” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, A31 (10), 2755- 2775, (1996).
  58. Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Effect of Chlorine Content of Chlorinated Phenols on Their Oxidation Kinetics by Fenton's Reagent,” Chemosphere, 8, 1621-1635 (1996).
  59. Huren An, Yi Qian, Xiasheng Gu, Tang, W. Z., “Biological Treatment of Dye Wastewaters Using an Anaerobic-Oxic System,” Chemosphere, 33 (12), 2533-2542, (1996).
  60. Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Effect of Chlorine Position of Chlorinated Phenols on Their Dechlorination Kinetics by Fenton's Reagent,” Waste Management, 15 (8), 615-622, (1996).
  61. Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Photocatalytic Oxidation Pathways of 2,4-dichlorophenol by CdS in Acidic and Basic Aqueous Solutions,” Water Research, 29, 745-756 (1995).
  62. Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “The Inhibitory Effects of Thioacetamide on CdS Dissolution during Photocatalytic Oxidation of 2,4-dichlorophenol,” Chemosphere, 30 (7), 1385-1399 (1995).
  63. Tang, W. Z. and An, H. R., “UV/TiO2 Photocatalytic Oxidation of Commercial Dyes in Aqueous Solutions,” Chemosphere, 31 (9), 4157-4170 (1995).
  64. Tang, W. Z. and An, H. R., “UV/TiO2 Photodegradation of C.I. Acid Blue 40 in Aqueous Solutions,” Chemosphere, 31 (9) 4171-4183 (1995).
  65. Huang, C. P., and C. Dong, Tang, W. Z., “Advanced Chemical Oxidation: Its Present Role and Potential Future in Hazardous Waste Treatment,” Waste Management, 13, 361-377 (1993).
  66. Tang, W. Z. and Jiang, Z, P., “Flocculation Morphology: a New Approach to Investigate Flocculation Mechanism,” Journal of China Water and Wastewater, 3(5), 4-9, (1987).

Conference Presentations

  1. Evgenia Iakovleva, Mika Sillanpää, Shoai Khan, Khanit Kamwilaisak, Shaobin Wang, Walter Z. Tang, Synthesis of Sorbents from Industrial Solid Wastes with Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for Mine Waters Treatment, the 13th International Mine Water Association Congress in Lappeenranta, Finland, June 25 to 30, 2017
  2. De Leis, C. M., Kulay, L. A., Tadini, C. C., Tang, W. Z., Water Footprint of Biodegradable Films Based on Cassava Starch, 25th Annual Conference of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), UIC Forum, 725 W Roosevelt Rd., Chicago‚ Illinois, June 25 – 29, 2017
  3. Tang, W. Z., Electron Microscopic Investigation of Oxidation and Adsorption of Leachate Using Calcium Peroxide and Iron, Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill Joint Technical Awareness Group Meeting, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Orlando, Florida, July 13th, 2012.
  4. Tang, W. Z., Liquid and Solid Peroxide in Fenton Treatment of Leachate, Sustainable Management of Landfill Leachate, Joint TAG Meeting of Florida International University and University of Central Florida, EC 2300, College of Engineering and Computing, Engineering Center Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33174, February 10, 2012.
  5. Tang, W. Z, “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Halogen Substituted Meta-Phenols by UV/TiO2 in Acidic and Basic Aqueous Solutions, Finish Conference of Environmental Science, Turku, Finland, May 5-6, 2011.
  6. Tang, W. Z., Miralles-Wilhelm, F., Wang, F., Uncertainty Analysis of Rating Equations of Submerged Orifice Flow at Gated Spillway, presented at the Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, accepted by the International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT) and the IEEE Reliability Society, August 6-8, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA. Conference proceeding of the International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 165-169, 2009.
  7. Patrick Mulholland, Virginia Dale, and Walter Tang, Biofuel Crops: Impacts on Hydrology and Water Quality, Sustainability of Biofuels Workshop Bethesda by the US Department of Energy, Maryland, October 28, 2008.
  8. Jeff Czajkowski and Walter Z. Tang, “Estimating the Economic Benefits of Improved Water Quality Through Housing Prices” presented at the EPA Science Forum—Collaborative Science for Environmental Solutions” hosted by the US EPA at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. from May 4 to May 8, 2005.
  9. Jeff Czajkowski and Walter Z. Tang, “Economic Analysis of the Florida Everglades Restoration” presented at the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) and Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship Conference "Next Generation Scientists, Next Opportunities” hosted by the US EPA at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. from October 11 to October 13, 2004.
  10. Walter Z. Tang, “Damage Pattern Mining in Hurricane Image Databases, in Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI-2003), Smari, W. W. Ed., 227-234, October, 2003.
  11. Walter Z. Tang and Nauman Ahmed, “Development of Impact Models Using finite Element Analysis”, the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability Conference 2001, June, Newport Beach, California, 2001.
  12. Tang, W. Z. and Angela Jones Pierotti, “Chlorine Effect on Molecular Descriptors of Disinfection By-products”, the 11th SETAC Europe Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain, May 6-10, 2001.
  13. Tang, W. Z. and Marcos Avellan, “Computer Simulation of Hurricane Winds’ Effects on Manufactured Houses”, XXIX IAHS World Congress on Housing, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 21- 25, 2001.
  14. Tang, W. Z. and Colin P. Henderson, “Environmental Impact of a Roadway Widening in Key West, Florida", ICTPA Annual Conference, Miami, 2001.
  15. Tang, W. Z., Santiago Torrijos Oro, and Carolyn Anderson, “An Internet GIS for Hurricane Vulnerability Analysis of Critical Facilities,” The Twenty-first ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, July 9-13, 2001.
  16. Tang, W. Z., and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for TiO2/UV Photocatalytic Oxidation,” The Sixth International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalytic Purification and Treatment of Water and Air, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 26-29, 2001.
  17. Tang, W. Z., and Tzai-Shian Rax Jung, “QSAR Models for Oxidation Rate Constants of Organic Compounds by UV/H2O2 Process,” The Seventh International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Air Remediation, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 26-29, 2001.
  18. Tang, W. Z., and Manman Ahmed, “Development of Impact Models Using Finite Element Analysis,” the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability Conference, Newport Beach, California, June 17-22, 2001.
  19. Tang, W. Z., and Manman Ahmed, “Computer Simulation of Hurricane Impacts on Residential Houses Using ALGOR Finite Element Analysis Software” The XXIX IAHS World Congress on House, International Association for Housing Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 21-25, 2001.
  20. W.Z. Tang and A.J. Pierotti, Chlorine Effect on Molecular Descriptors of Disinfection By- Products,” the SETAC Europe 11th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Madrid, Spain, May 6-10, 2001
  21. Tang, W. Z., and Sangeeta Dulashia, “Stoichiometry of Fenton's Reagent in the Oxidation of Azo Dyes,” the 32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Troy, New York, 2000.
  22. Tang, W. Z., and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for Elementary Hydroxyl Radical Reactions”, the 32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Troy, New York, 2000.
  23. Tang, W. Z. and Angela Jones Pierotti, "Development of A Website Containing QSAR Models Toxicities of Disinfection By-Products", the 8th International Conference of QSAR in Environmental Sciences, Maryland, 1998.
  24. Tang, W. Z. and Angela Jones Pierotti, "Development of QSAR Models Toxicities of Disinfection By-Products", the 3rd Annual STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference, Arlington, Virginia, June 14-16, 1998.
  25. Tang, W. Z., and Santiago Torrijos Oro, "Dissemination of Dade County Emergency Plan through Internet”, the 3rd Annual STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference, Arlington, Virginia, June 14-16, 1998.
  26. Walter Z. Tang and Todd Hendrix, “An Internet Database of Kinetic Rate Constants for Hydroxyl Radical Reactions and TiO2/UV Photocatalytic Oxidation”, the 3rd Annual STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference, Arlington, Virginia, June 14-16, 1998.
  27. Tang, W. Z., and Santiago Torrijos Oro, “Quantitative Damage Assessment of Residential Houses After Hurricane Andrew Using Aerial Photographs,” The International Congress on European Housing, International Association for Housing Science, Sinaia, Romania, September 1 - 4, 1997.
  28. Tang, W. Z., and Santiago Torrijos Oro, “Spatial Analysis of Damage on Residential Houses by Hurricane Andrew Using GIS,” The International Congress on European Housing, International Association for Housing Science, Sinaia, Romania, September 1 - 4, 1997.
  29. Tang, W. Z., and Santiago Torrijos Oro, “Quantitative Damage Assessment of Wind Shielding Effect on Residential Houses Using Aerial Photographs,” the International Congress on European Housing, International Association for Housing Science, Sinaia, Romania, September 1 - 4, 1997.
  30. Tang, W. Z., and Santiago Torrijos Oro, “Quantitative Assessment of Solid Debris Generation due to Residential House Damage After Hurricane Andrew Using Aerial Photographs,” The International Congress on European Housing, International Association for Housing Science, Sinaia, Romania, September 1 - 4, 1997.
  31. Tang, W. Z., and Todd Hendrix, “Adsorption Kinetics and Mechanisms of Azo Dyes onto TiO2 Surface,” The Third International TiO2  Photocatalytic Purification and Treatment of Water and Air, Orlando, Florida, September 23-26, 1997.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Sangeeta Dulashia, “Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Azo Dyes by H2O2/Fe Powder,” The IX Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 15-17, 1997.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Sangeeta Dulashia, “Stoichiometry of Fenton's Reagent in the Oxidation of Azo Dyes,” The IX Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 15-17, 1997.
    • Tang, W. Z., Zhihua Zhang, and Huren An, “UV/TiO2 Photocatalytic Oxidation of Azo Dyes,” The VIII Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Birmingham, Alabama, September 9-12, 1996.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Radeloff, D. F., and Tsihrintzis, V. A., “Aquifer Transmissivity Computations Based on Data from Pump-and Treat Facilities,” Proceedings of the North American Water and Environment Congress ’96 (on CD-ROM), ASCE, June 22-28, 1996.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Rena Z. Chen, “The Role of Fe Dissolution in the Adsorption of Reactive Red 120 Dye by Iron Powder,” The VIII conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Birmingham, Alabama, September 9-12, 1996.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Stephanie Tassos, “Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Trihalomethanes by Hydrogen Peroxide and Ferrous Iron,” The VIII conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Birmingham, Alabama, September 9-12, 1996.
    • Tang, W. Z., Zhihua Zhang, and Huren An, “UV/TiO2 Photocatalytic Oxidation of Basic Dyes,” The VII Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, September 19-21, 1995.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Rena Z. Chen, “Catalytic Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Commercial Dyes by H2O2/Iron Powder System,” The VII Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, September 19-21, 1995.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Huang, C. P., “Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of 2,4-Dichlorophenol by Fenton's Reagent,” Proceeding of the 26th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Newark, Delaware, 212-220 1994.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Huang, C. P., “Stoichiometric Requirements for H2O2 and Fe2+ During Oxidation of Chlorinated Aliphatic Organic Compounds,” Superfund XV, Washington D.C., Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 1994.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Huang, C. P., “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Compounds by CdS-- Improvement of the Photostability of CdS,” Environmental Engineering, (O'Melia, C. R., Ed.), Proceedings of the 1990 Specialty Conference, Division of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Arlington, Virginia, 1990.
    • Tang, W. Z, and Foti, F., “Photocatalytic Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of meta-Phenols Substituted by Electron Donating and Withdrawing Groups by UV/TiO2,” at VI Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, September 19-21, 1994.
    • Tang, W. Z, and Huang, C. P., “Effect of Chlorine Content of Chlorinated Phenols on Their Oxidation Kinetics by Fenton's Reagent,” The VI Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, September 19-21, 1994.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Foti, F., “Photocatalytic Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of meta-Substituted Phenols by TiO2/UV,” The First International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Air Remediation, London, Ontario, Canada, June 25-30, 1994.
    • Tang, W. Z., Foti, F., O'Shea, K., and Cooper, W., “Molecular Structure and Reactivity Correlation during Photocatalytic Oxidation of Halogen Substituted Phenols by TiO2/UV,” The V Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, September 27-29, 1993.
    • Tang, W. Z., and Huang, C. P., “pH Effect on Photocatalytic Oxidation Pathways of 2,4- dichlorophenol by CdS,” The IV Conference of Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, September 21-23, 1992.
    • Tang, W. Z., “Fenton's Reagent in the Treatment of Chlorinated Phenols,” The Fourth World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Karlsruhe, the Federal Republic of Germany, June 16-21, 1991.
    • Tang, W. Z., “Anaerobic Sludge Digestion by Fluidized Beds: a Pilot Study,” The 60th Annual Conference of Missouri Water Pollution Control Association, St. Louis, Missouri, February 15, 1989.
    • Tang, W. Z., “Anaerobic Sludge Digestion by Fluidized Beds: an Experimental Study,” The 59th Annual Conference of Missouri Water Pollution Control Association, Lake Ozark, Missouri, March 1, 1998.

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