Prof. Ching-Hua Huang, Environmental Engineering


Link to Group Photos

 

Current Group Members:

Dr. Bo Zhang, 2007-present, Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-advising with Dr. Joe Hughes and Dr. Jaehong Kim)

Research Project: Photochemical reactivity of aqueous C60 in contaminant degradation

 

Lokesh Padhye, 2004-present, Ph.D. Candidate

Research Project: Formation and fate of nitrosamines in water/wastewater treatment systems

 

Pei Wang, 2007-present, Ph.D. Candidate (Visiting student from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China)

Research Project: Formation and degradation of nitrosamines in water/wastewater treatment systems

 

Punita Anand, 2007-present, M.S. Student

Research Project: NDMA formation pathway and precursors in water/wastewater treatment systems

 

Sara Nichols, 2008-present, M.S. Student

Research Project: Photolytic transformation of tetracycline antibiotics

 

Michael Mecredy, 2008-present, B.S./M.S. Student

Research Project: Photolytic transformation of tetracycline antibiotics

 

Former Group Members:

 

Ph.D. Students

 

Dr. Amisha D. Shah, 2002-2008 (co-advised with Dr. Jaehong Kim)

Ph.D. Dissertation: “Antibiotics in Water Treatment: The Role of Water Quality Conditions on their Fate and Removal during Chlorination and Nanofiltration

Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Yale University, New Haven, CT

 

Dr. Wan-Ru Chen, 2003-2008

Ph.D. Dissertation: “Interactions of Tetracycline Antibiotics with Dissolved Metal Ions and Metal Oxides

Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

 

Dr. Sang Hyuck Park, 2003-2008

Ph.D. Dissertation: "Effect of Amine-Based Water Treatment Polymers on the Formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Disinfection By-Product"

Current position: Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, GA

 

Dr. Huichun (Judy) Zhang, 2000-2004

Ph.D. Dissertation: "Metal Oxide-Facilitated Oxidation of Antibacterial Agents" (2005 CEE Best Ph.D. Thesis Award)

Current position: National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, GA

 

 

M.S. Students

 

Anh Tien Do, 2004-2006

Special Research Problem: "Adsorption of Estrogenic Hormone 17b-Estradiol by Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes" (Advisor: Dr. Jaehong Kim; Co-advisor: Dr. Ching-Hua Huang)

Current position: Doctoral candidate at Central University of Florida

 

Seung Jin Lee, 2003-2006

M.S. Thesis: "Hydrolysis of Organophosphorous Esters Induced by Nanostructured Titania-Based Replicas of Diatom Microshells"

Current position: Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, GA

 

Piti Piyachaturawat, 2003-2005

M.S. Thesis: "Potential N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Formation from Water Treatment Polymers"

Current position: Graduate student at Georgia Tech ISyE program

 

Edward A. McCallum, 2003-2005

M.S. Thesis: "Adsorption, Desorption, and Steady-State Removal of Estrogenic Hormone 17b-Estradiol by Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes". (Advisor: Dr. Jaehong Kim; Co-advisor: Dr. Ching-Hua Huang)

Current position: Hazen and Sawyer Environmental Consulting, Atlanta, GA

 

Michael C. Dodd,  2001-2003

Undergraduate Research (2001): Removal of ciprofloxacin by coagulation/flocculation and granular activated carbon.

M.S. Thesis: "Chemical Oxidation of  Aquatic Antibiotic Microcontaminants by Free and Combined Chlorine" (2003 CEE Best M.S. Thesis Award)

Current position: Ph.D. candidate at EAWAG, Switzerland

 

Jay E. Renew, 2000-2003

M.S. Thesis: "Novel Analytical Method Development and Fate Assessment for Fluoroquinolone, Sulfonamide and Trimethoprim Antibiotics in Engineered Water Treatment Systems".

Current position: Krebs Architecture and Engineering, Atlanta, GA

  

Kristen L. Smeby, 2000-2002

M.S. Thesis: "Occurrence and Fate of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in Wastewater Treatment Systems".

Current position: Hazen and Sawyer Environmental Consulting, Atlanta, GA

 

Non-Thesis Research Students

Yu-Wen Huang, 2006, EnvE graduate student

Kinjal Shah, 2006 Spring, EnvE graduate student

John Atwood, 2004 Fall, EnvE graduate student

 

YeunChul Chung, 2008 Summer, high school student (GTEERIP program)

TeaSeung Kim, 2008 Summer, high school student (GTEERIP program)

Keebuhm Park, 2007 Summer, high school student (GTEERIP program)

Matthew Thompson, 2006 Summer, CEE undergraduate student

Doo Hyun Chung, 2006 Summer, high school student (GTEERIP program)

Kin Man Chung, 2003-2004, exchange undergraduate student from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 

Andrew Tartaglia, 2002-2003, CEE undergraduate student

 

 


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