Industrial Waste Engineering (eBook)

Editor Lawrence K. Wang has served the society as a professor, inventor, chief engineer, chief editor and public servant (UN, USEPA, New York State) for over  years, with experience in  field of environmental science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). He is a licensed Professional Engineer (NY-MA-NJ-PA-OH), a certified Laboratory Director (NY-MA-RI) , a licensed Water Operator  (MA-NY), and an OSHA certified Hazardous Waste Management Instructor. He has special passion, and expertise in developing  innovative technologies, educational programs, licensing courses, international projects, academic publications, and humanitarian organizations, all for his dream goal of promoting world peace. He is a retired Acting President/Professor of the Lenox Institute of Water Technology, USA, a Senior Advisor of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria, and a former professor/visiting professor of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Illinois, National Cheng-Kung University, Zhejiang University, and Tongji University. Dr. Wang is the author of over 750 technical papers and over 50 books, and is credited with 29 invention patents.  He holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng- Kung University, Taiwan, ROC,  a MSCE degree from the University of Missouri, a MS degree from the University of Rhode Island and a PhD degree from Rutgers University, USA. Currently he is the book series editor of CRC Press, Springer Nature Switzerland, Lenox Institute Press, World Scientific Singapore, and John Wiley. Dr. Wang has been a Delegate of the People to People International Foundation, a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a member of ASCE, AIChE, ASPE, WEF, AWWA, CIE and OCEESA, and a recipient of many US and international engineering and science awards.   

Editor Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, a university professor of the Stevens Institute of Technology, National Cheng-Kung University, and the Lenox Institute of Water Technology, and an editor of CRC Press, Springer Nature Switzerland, and Lenox Institute Press .  She has been a government official, and an educator in the USA and Taiwan for over 50 years.  Dr. Wang is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE).  Her publications have been in the areas of water quality, modeling, environmental sustainability, solid and hazardous waste management, NPDES, flotation technology, industrial waste treatment, and analytical methods. Dr. Wang is the author of over 150 academic papers, over 12 books,   and an inventor of 14 US and foreign patents. She holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, a MS degree from the University of Rhode Island,  USA, and a PhD degree from Rutgers University,  USA. She is the Co-Series Editor of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer Nature Switzerland), Coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group) and the Coeditor of the Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press). She is a member of AWWA, NYWWA, NEWWA, WEF, NEWEA, CIE and OCEESA.

Editor Yung-Tse Hung has been Professor of Civil Engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, since 1981. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio and North Dakota, and a Diplomate of American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He has taught at 16 universities in 8 countries. His research interests and publications have been involved with biological treatment processes, solid wastes, hazardous waste management, and industrial waste treatment. Dr. Hung is credited with over 470 publications and presentations, 28 books, 159 book chapters, in water and wastewater treatment. He received his BSCE and MSCE degrees from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, and his PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Environmental Pollution Control and Management, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, and International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, and Co-Editor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group) , and the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer). Dr. Hung is also the Chief Editor of the Handbook of Environment and Waste Management series (World Scientific Singapore), and the Permanent Executive Director and Ex-President of OCEESA (Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association). 

Consulting Editor Hamidi Abdul Aziz is a Professor in Environmental Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Professor Aziz received his PhD degree in civil engineering (environmental) from the University of Strathclyde in 1992. He is currently the Head of the Solid Waste Management Cluster (SWAM), Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has 29 years of teaching and research experiences in the field of environmental engineering, mainly related to solid waste management and landfill technology, water and wastewater treatment, leachate treatment, bioremediation, pollution control, and environmental impact assessment. To date, he has graduated over 100 PhD and MSc students and has published over 200 ISI papers, a few books and has become an editor and sits in editorial board members of a few international journals. Malaysia Academy of Sciences awarded him a Top Research Scientist of Malaysia in 2012. In 2020 he was listed as among the top 2% Scientist in his field in a global list compiled by the prestigious Stanford University from the United States (US) for the year 2019.