DR. WEILIN HUANG
	Weilin Huang, Ph.D. University of Michigan Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering Physiochemical processes; contaminant fate and transport; aquifer remediation; water and wastewater treatment. I recently joined SESEP as a tenure-track assistant professor to fill the vacant area of physical and chemical processes of environmental engineering. I am currently teaching one graduate course (Mass Transfer, Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design) and wil be teaching one undergraduate course (Environmental Transport and Kinetics) and one graduate course (Unit Operations: Chemical) in the Spring Term. My research interests generally focus on physical and chemical processes affecting organic and inorganic contaminants in natural and engineered environmental systems. My current activities relate to: 1.) sorption, desorption, and sequestration of organic (e.g., chlorinated compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls) and inorganic (E.G., lead, cadmium and copper) contaminants in soils and sediments; ii) abiotic degradation and bioavailability of contaminants presorbed on soils and sediments; iii) development of cost-effective remediation technologies for in-situ immobilization of contaminants associated with dredged sediments; vi) development of cost-effective technologies for water quality control. I currently have a two-year grant ($70,000 per year) awarded by the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Substance Research Center based in Ann Arbor, Michigan for investigating sequestration of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and chlorinated organic solvents by heterogeneous soils and sediments. I received two doctoral degrees, one in geochemistry (1988, Chinese Academy of Science) and the other in environmental engineering (1997, University of Michigan). Before joining the faculty at Drexel, I worked at the University of Michigan as a research investigator and adjunct assistant professor. In that capacity, I helped supervise a large research group and taught undergraduate and graduate courses. While at Michigan, I received four major awards including the ACS Environmental Chemistry Student Award (1997), ACS Environmental Chemistry Student Paper Award (1997), WEF Ph.D. Student Paper Award (1997), and AEESP Ph.D. Dissertation Award in Environmental Engineering (1998). The latter is given each year to a recent graduate of the nation whose dissertation work has the most significant impact in the field. Weilin.Huang@Drexel.edu