Primary Investigator
Huichun (Judy) Zhang
Frank H. Neff Professorship in Civil Engineering
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ECIV)
Examines fate and transformation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered environments and develops advanced water/wastewater treatment technologies
Office
239 Bingham
Email
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Ph.D.,
Environmental Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
2004
M.S.,
Environmental Science,
Nanjing University,
1997
B.S.,
Environmental Chemistry,
Nanjing University,
1994
Awards and Recognition
2021, Outstanding Editor of 2021, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering (FESE)
2019, Nanova/CAPEES Frontier Research Award, CAPEES
2023, CAPEES Award for Environmental Application of AI/ML, CAPEES
2022, 2021 Best ES&T Paper Award, Environmental Science & Technology
2022, Best Presentation Award, International Congress on Separation and Purification Technology
2023, ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry C. Ellen Gonter Award, American Chemical Society
1) Predictive modeling based on AI and machine learning;
2) Reduction-oxidation processes in complex mixtures;
3) Transformation and fate of emerging contaminants in natural and engineered environments;
4) Interfacial reaction of organic contaminants with natural minerals in complex mixtures;
5) Polymeric sorbents for the removal of organic contaminants: sorption, ion exchange, novel sorbents, catalytic adsorption and reduction for in-situ regeneration;
6) Predictive modeling for sorption of single and multi-solutes by various sorbents;
7) Novel Fe/Mn based redox active inorganic materials for contaminant removal;
8) Capture of dissolved P from agricultural runoff
2) Reduction-oxidation processes in complex mixtures;
3) Transformation and fate of emerging contaminants in natural and engineered environments;
4) Interfacial reaction of organic contaminants with natural minerals in complex mixtures;
5) Polymeric sorbents for the removal of organic contaminants: sorption, ion exchange, novel sorbents, catalytic adsorption and reduction for in-situ regeneration;
6) Predictive modeling for sorption of single and multi-solutes by various sorbents;
7) Novel Fe/Mn based redox active inorganic materials for contaminant removal;
8) Capture of dissolved P from agricultural runoff
Environmental Organic Chemistry;
Water Chemistry;
Intro to Environmental Engineering
Water Chemistry;
Intro to Environmental Engineering
Professional Memberships
Jan. 1, 2016 -
PRESENT, member and Board of Directors Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
Jan. 1, 2010 -
PRESENT, member and 2017 President Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES)
Jan. 1, 2002 -
PRESENT, member and Student award committee American Chemical Society
Jul. 1, 2023 -
PRESENT, Associate Editor ACS ES&T Water
Consulting
2017 - , Temple University
Research Thrusts
358459
sponorg
NSF
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Research Thrust(s)
Energy and Sustainability
Environmental Engineering
The proposed research aims to develop predictive models for multisolute adsorption equilibria of a number of organic contaminants (OCs) by two common adsorbents, in both the absence and presence of natural organic matter (NOM).