Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment

Lawrence K. Wang has served the society as a professor, inventor, chief engineer, chief editor, and public servant (UN, USEPA, New York State) for 50+ years, with experience in the entire field of environmental science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). He is a licensed professional engineer in New York-Massachusetts-New Jersey-Pennsylvania-Ohio, a certified laboratory director in New York-Massachusetts-Rhode Island, a licensed water operator in Massachusetts-New York, and an Occupational Safety and Health Administration hazardous waste management instructor. He has special passion and expertise in developing various 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. He is the author of 750+ papers and 50+ books and is credited with 29 invention patents. He holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; an MSCE degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla; an 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. He has been a delegate of the People to People International Foundation; a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers; a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Water Environment Federation, American Water Works Association, Chinese Institute of Engineers, and Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association; and a recipient of many US and international engineering and science awards. Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; an editor of CRC Press, Springer Nature Switzerland, and Lenox Institute Press; and a university professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, National Cheng Kung University, and the Lenox Institute of Water Technology. Totally, she has been a government official and an educator in the USA and Taiwan for over 50 years. She 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, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, flotation technology, industrial waste treatment, and analytical methods. She is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of 14 US and foreign patents. She holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; an MS degree from the University of Rhode Island, RI, USA; and a PhD degree from Rutgers University, NJ, 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 American Water Works Association, New England Water Works Association, New England Water Environment Association, Water Environment Federation, Chinese Institute of Engineers and Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association. Yung-Tse Hung has been a 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 the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He has taught at 16 universities in eight countries. His research interests and publications have been involved with biological treatment processes, solid wastes, hazardous waste management, and industrial waste treatment. He is credited with over 470 publications and presentations, 28 books, and 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 the International Journal of Environmental Pollution Control and Management, the International Journal of Environmental Engineering, and the International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, and the coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group), and the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer). He is also the chief editor of the Handbook of Environment and Waste Management series (World Scientific Singapore), and the permanent executive director and the ex-president of OCEESA (Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association). J. Paul Chen has been a professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) since 1998. He has worked in R&D, education, and consultancy across separation, water treatment, safety, carbon capture, and biomedical engineering areas with more than 100 projects leading to great impacts (>200 papers and books/book chapters with citation > 20000, H-index = 74, 8 patents, 2 NUS spin-off). Through working internationally on industrial projects (e.g., UK, US, China, Norway, and Malaysia), he has established strong networks with industries, universities, and governments. Since 2023, he has served as Chair of the Management Committee, IWA Nano, and Water Specialist Group. Additionally, he has served as a member of several IWA committees as well as vice chair of IChemE Singapore. He is a recipient of the IChemE Sustainable Technology Award. He is an elected fellow of IWA, RSC, IChemE, IET, and IMarEST.

1. METALS ON EARTH, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

2. STRATEGIES FOR BIOREMEDIATION OF HEAVY METALS-CONTAMINATED INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS, Priya Katyal, Harpreet Kaur, Simranpreet Kaur Natt, and Yung-Tse Hung

3. SURFACE ENGINEERING OF COLLOIDAL QUATERNARY CHALCOGENIDE Cu2ZnSnS4 NANOCRYSTALS VIA LIGAND EXCHANGE FOR PHOTO-INDUCED CHARGE SEPARATION APPLICATIONS FOR WATER REMEDIATION, Pooja Semalti, Shailesh Narain Sharma, and Yung-Tse Hung

4. REMOVAL OF ARSENIC, OIL AND GREASE, CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, AND COLOR FROM STORMWATER RUNOFF BY CONTINUOUS DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION AND FILTRATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

5. UTILIZATION OF FUNGAL BIOPROCESS IN TREATING HEAVY METAL-CONTAMINATED WATER, Ülküye Dudu Gül and Yung-Tse Hung

6. DEPLETION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM TO TRIVALENT CHROMIUM FROM TANNERY INDUSTRY EFFLUENT USING NATURAL BACTERIAL BIOMASS, Venkatesan Govindaraj and Yung-Tse Hung

7. REDUCTION OF HIGH COLOR, HUMIC SUBSTANCES, TURBIDITY, COLIFORM BACTERIA, THMMFP, UV ABSORBANCE, CYSTS, CHLORINE DEMAND, AND METALS FROM UNPREDICTABLE WATER SOURCE BY DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION AND FILTRATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

8. TREATING TANNERY WASTE USING STACK FLUE GAS RECYCLE, SULFIDE PRECIPITATION, CHROMIUM REMOVAL, FERROUS SULFIDE RECYCLE, FERROUS ION RECYCLE, FILTRATION, FLOTATION, MEMBRANE, AND BIOREACTOR, Lawrence K. Wang, L. N. S. P. Nagghappan, Mu-Hao Sung Wang, and Milos Krofta

9. SLUDGE DRYING BED TECHNOLOGY, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

10. ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTES MANAGEMENT, AND DAF LANDFILL LEACHATE PRETREATMENT, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

11. REMOVAL OF IRON, COPPER, COLIFORM BACTERIA, AND HARDNESS FROM COOLING TOWER WATER BY DISSOLVED AIR-OZONE FLOTATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

12. RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SOLID WASTES CONTAINING HEAVY METALS AND OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES, Mu-Hao Sung Wang and Lawrence K. Wang

13. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTROPLATING AND METAL-FINISHING OPERATIONS, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

14. REDUCTION OF COLOR, TURBIDITY, ODOR, HUMIC ACID, METALS, EDB, COLIFORM, AND TTHM BY ADSORPTION, FLOTATION, AND FILTRATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang

15. CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF AIR EMISSIONS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY, Lawrence K. Wang , Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Jun He, and Mu-Hao Sung Wang