About the Editors
Lawrence K. Wang has more than 28 years of experience in facility design,
environmental sustainability, natural resources, resources recovery, global pollution
control, construction, plant operation, and management. He has expertise in water
supply, air pollution control, solid waste disposal, water resources, waste treatment,
and hazardous waste management. He is a retired dean/director/VP of the Lenox
Institute of Water Technology, Krofta Engineering Corporation, and Zorex Corporation, respectively, and was an Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University
of Illinois, respectively, in the USA. He has represented the US Government to serve
the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a Senior
Advisor in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Wang is the author of over 700 papers and
45 books, and is credited with 24 US patents and 5 foreign patents. He received
his BSCE from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; his two MS
degrees from the University of Missouri (Missouri University of Science and
Technology) and the University of Rhode Island, USA; and his PhD degree from
Rutgers University, USA. Currently, he is the chief series editor of the Advances in
Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis
Group), the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer), the Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics series
(Lenox Institute Press), and the Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press). He is also the coeditor of the
Handbook of Environment and Waste Management series (World Scientific) and
the coauthor of the Water and Wastewater Engineering series (John Wiley).
Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer, an editor, and a professor serving
private firms, governments, and universities in the USA and Taiwan for over 25 years.
She is a licensed professional engineer and a Diplomate of American Academy of
Environmental Engineers. Her publications have been in the areas of water quality,
modeling, environmental sustainability, waste management, NPDES, flotation, and
analytical methods. Dr. Wang is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of
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Lawrence K. Wang has more than 28 years of experience in facility design,
environmental sustainability, natural resources, resources recovery, global pollution
control, construction, plant operation, and management. He has expertise in water
supply, air pollution control, solid waste disposal, water resources, waste treatment,
and hazardous waste management. He is a retired dean/director/VP of the Lenox
Institute of Water Technology, Krofta Engineering Corporation, and Zorex Corporation, respectively, and was an Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University
of Illinois, respectively, in the USA. He has represented the US Government to serve
the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a Senior
Advisor in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Wang is the author of over 700 papers and
45 books, and is credited with 24 US patents and 5 foreign patents. He received
his BSCE from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; his two MS
degrees from the University of Missouri (Missouri University of Science and
Technology) and the University of Rhode Island, USA; and his PhD degree from
Rutgers University, USA. Currently, he is the chief series editor of the Advances in
Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis
Group), the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer), the Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics series
(Lenox Institute Press), and the Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press). He is also the coeditor of the
Handbook of Environment and Waste Management series (World Scientific) and
the coauthor of the Water and Wastewater Engineering series (John Wiley).
Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer, an editor, and a professor serving
private firms, governments, and universities in the USA and Taiwan for over 25 years.
She is a licensed professional engineer and a Diplomate of American Academy of
Environmental Engineers. Her publications have been in the areas of water quality,
modeling, environmental sustainability, waste management, NPDES, flotation, and
analytical methods. Dr. Wang is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of
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