Lamar UniversityCollege of EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers

 


Chen, Dong, Ph.D., P.E.

 

Dr. Dong Chen

Department of Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710

Phone: 409-880-8447; Fax: 409-880-8121; Email: dong.chen@lamar.edu

 

Education

 

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2005.

M.ENG. Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2002.

M.ENG. Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, China, 1995.

B.A. Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, China, 1992.

 

Areas of Expertise

 

Water filtration membranes fouling and control

• Sonochemistry

• Photooxidation

• Natural organic matter

 

Publications

 

Saqib Shirazi, Che-Jen Lin, Dong Chen, “Inorganic fouling of pressure-driven membrane processes --- a critical review”, submitted to Desalination.

• Dong Chen, Kerry Howe, Jack Dallman, Bruce Letellier, “Corrosion of aluminum in the aqueous chemical environment of a loss of coolant accident at a nuclear power plant”, Corrosion Science, 50, pp1046-1057, 2008.

• Dong Chen, Kerry Howe, Jack Dallman, Bruce Letellier, Marc Klasky, Janet Leavitt, Bhagwat Jain, “Experimental analysis of the aqueous chemical environment following a loss-of-coolant accident”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 237, pp2126-2136, 2007.

Jinsuo Zhang, Marc Klasky, Mei Ding, Dong Chen, Jack Dallman, Bruce Letellier, “Preliminary analysis on chemical compositions following a loss-of-coolant accident”, Transactions (The American Nuclear Society), 93, pp312-313, 2005.

• Dong Chen, Linda K. Weavers, Harold W. Walker, John J. Lenhart, “Ultrasonic control of ceramic membrane fouling by natural organic matter and silica particles”, Journal of Membrane Science, 276, pp135-144, 2006.

• Dong Chen, Linda K. Weavers, Harold W. Walker, “Ultrasonic control of ceramic membrane fouling: effect of particle characteristics”, Water Research, 40, pp840-850, 2006.

• Dong Chen, Linda K. Weavers, Harold W. Walker, “Ultrasonic control of ceramic membrane fouling by particles: effect of ultrasonic factors”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 13(5), pp379-387, 2006.

• Dong Chen, Ziqi He, Linda K. Weavers, Yu-Ping Chin, Harold W. Walker, Patrick G. Hatcher, “Sonochemical reactions of dissolved organic matter”, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 30(7-8), pp735-753, 2004 (invited).

Joo H. Tay, Dong Chen, Darren D. Sun, “Removal of color substances using photocatalytic oxidation for membrane filtration processes”, Water Science & Technology, 43(10), pp319-325, 2001.

• Dong Chen, “AB process for wastewater treatment”, Research on the Technology for Water Pollution Control, Chapter 2-1, 2-2, Edited by Guowei Gu, Tongji University Publisher, Shanghai, 1997 (in Chinese).

 

Patents

 

• “Protection of Aluminum from Corrosion during a Loss-of-Coolant Accident at a Nuclear Power Plant”, U.S. patent pending, 2007.

“Ultrasonically Cleaned Membrane Filtration System”, U.S. patent #7008540, 2006.

 

News Reports on My Research

 

“Sound Cleans Up Water Purification”, Nature, May 15, 2002.

“Ultrasound Cleans Ceramic Filters”, Chemical Engineering Progress, pp19, June 2002.

“OSU Researchers Sound Out New Membrane Cleaning Technology”, Water Environment & Technology, pp30, July 2002.

“Ultrasound Cleans Ceramic Filters: Could Aid Water Treatment”, Science Daily, April 11, 2002.

“Sound Cleans Up Water Purification”, Innovations Report, May 16, 2002.

“Tiny Bubbles Can Clean Up Water”, InTech Online, April 17, 2002.

“Young Professionals Committee --- Paper Competition Winners”, Ohio Section AWWA Newsletter, pp21, Winter 2003.

 

Professional Membership

 

• Registered Professional Engineer, State of Ohio.

• American Chemical Society (Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry Division) (member since 2002).

• American Society of Civil Engineers (member since 2008).

• Association of Environment Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) (member since 2005).

• Sigma Xi full member (member since 2007).

• Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association (member since 2005).

 

Professional Service

 

• Invited reviewer for Environmental Science & Technology.

• Invited reviewer for Water Research.

• Invited reviewer for Journal of Membrane Science.

• Invited reviewer for Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE).

• Invited reviewer for Desalination.

• Invited reviewer for the book “Membrane Treatment for Drinking Water and Reuse Applications: A Compendium of Peer-Reviewed Papers”, American Water Works Association, February 2007.

 

 

 

 

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