Amy B. Chan Hilton, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor and Associate Chair

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Area Coordinator

E-mail: abchan@eng.fsu.edu

Ph.D. (2000) Civil Engineering, University of Virginia

M.S. (1995) Environmental Engineering, MIT

B.S. (1993) Environmental Engineering, MIT

B.S. (1993) Civil Engineering, MIT

Research areas:

1. • Environmental impacts of energy systems
   

2. • Environmental impacts of nanomaterials and emerging technologies
   

3. • Sustainability
   

4. • Environmental systems analysis, life cycle analysis
   

5. • Applied optimization and evolutionary computation
   

6. • Groundwater remediation and monitoring management
   

7. • Groundwater and contaminant transport modeling
   

Gang Chen, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor

E-mail: gchen@eng.fsu.edu

Ph.D. (2002) Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma

M.E. (1998) Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University

M.S. (1994) Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

B.S. (1991) Environmental Engineering, Qingdao Technological University

Research areas:

1. • Microbial and chemical processes in porous media, environmental biotechnology, surface chemistry. 
   

2. • Characterization of water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone
   

3. • Modeling sorption kinetics and transport of microorganisms, organic chemicals, and colloids in the subsurface
   

4. • Colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides in unsaturated porous media
   

5. • Bioremediation kinetics
   

6. • Genetic microbiology
   

7. • Interfacial phenomena
   

Clayton Clark II, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor

E-mail: clark@eng.fsu.edu

Ph.D. (1999) Environmental Engineering, University of Florida

M.S. (1993) Environmental Engineering, University of Florida

B.S. (1993) Chemical Engineering, Florida A&M University

Research areas:

1. • Hazardous Waste Management & Contaminant Degradation
   

2. • Site Monitoring & Delineation
   

3. • Water Resources Engineering & Hydrology
   

4. • Environmental & Water Chemistry
   

5. • Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Water Systems
   

6. • Pollutant Transport
   

Wenrui Huang, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor

E-mail: whuang@eng.fsu.edu

Ph.D. (1993) Civil Engineering, University of Rhode Island

M.S. (1986) Civil Engineering, Hohai University

B.S. (1982) Civil Engineering, Hohai University

Research areas:

1. • Environmental hydrodynamic and water quality modeling for surface water systems (e.g. estuaries, lakes, and rivers)
   

2. • Coastal storm surge and wave modeling, and dynamic wave load simulations.
   

3. • Environmental and ecosystem assessments
   

4. • Neural network and frequency analysis in hydrological and oceanographic applications
   

Michael J. Watts, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

E-mail: mwatts@fsu.edu

Ph.D. (2008) Environmental Engineering, Duke University

M.S. (2004) Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina

B.S. (2001) Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina

Research areas:

1. • Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
   

2. • Alternative disinfectants
   

3. • Engineered and natural photodegradation of aqueous micropollutants

Omar Beckford, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Development of an Evolutionary Algorithm for Remediation at Fort Ord Site OU2, May 2009

M.S. (2003) Civil Engineering, Florida A&M University

B.S. (2000) Environmental Engineering, Florida A&M University

Xiao Hong, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Numerical Modeling of Extreme Wave Loads on Coastal Structures, May 2009

Angelo Karavalos (Ph.D. student)

Dissertation: Development of bio-nanomaterials for the maintenance of space crew habitat health

Debraj Mukherjee (Ph.D. student)

Dissertation: To be determined

Pawan Kumar Subramaniam (Ph.D. student)

Dissertation: Bacterial Retention in the Subsurface Soil during Agricultural Practices

M.S. (2007) Civil Engineering, Florida State University

B.S. (2004) Civil Engineering, Visveswaraiah Technological University

Chi-Wen Chang (M.S. student)

Thesis: Application of SCS CN method in HEC-HMS in ShihMen watershed – Simulation of Rainfall-Runoff Hydrologic model

Andrea Davis (M.S. student)

Thesis: To be determined

Andres Lastra (M.S. student)

Thesis: Advanced oxidation processes

Chandra McGee (Research Assistant)

Research: Characterization of biomass to biofuel processes

Natalie Monteiro (M.S. student)

Thesis: The usefulness of using the Partitioning Coefficient in Petroleum Contaminated Sites in Florida

Gideon Nnaji (M.S. student)

Thesis: Hydrological Analysis of Extreme Flood and Low Flow in Suwannee River

Kenya Rolle (M.S. student)

Thesis: Pathogen Transport and Water Quality Monitoring and Management

Dana Voight (M.S. student)

Thesis: To be determined

Matt Cummings

Research topic: Water quality analysis of coastal wetlands

Dan Mathis

Research topic: Assessment of the management of disposed CRTs in Florida

Gustavo Munoz

Research topic: Environmental impacts of energy production systems