Dr. Chang is currently a professor with Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department at University of Central Florida (UCF). He conducts a research program and teaches courses in the areas of environmental and water resources systems engineering. Chang received his B.S. degree in 1983 from the National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan, and his Master's and Ph.D. degree from Cornell University, USA in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He was a professor with Environmental Engineering Department at Texas A&M University System before joining UCF in 2005.He is also an elected fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (F.ASCE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (F.AAAS), a registered professional engineer (PE) in Texas, A Board Certified Environmental Engineering (BCEE), Diploma of Water Resources Engineering (D.WRE), an accredited professional with Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED), and an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences (M.EAS).

 

At UCF, Dr. Chang teaches courses in Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering, Advanced Hydrology, Groundwater Hydrology, Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Informatics and Remote Sensing, and Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis. His major research interests are comprised of four main areas including: 1) Environmental Sustainability and Systems Analysis, 2) Resilient Infrastructure Systems, 3) Environmental Informatics and Remote Sensing, and 4) Environmental Health Engineering. He has supervised /co-supervised near 40 masters and Ph.D. students. His current research foci have been placed on: 1) sustainable stormwater management in urban regions with a suite of Best Management Practices, 2) watershed assessment of the impact of changes in climate and land use on hydrology and pollutant transport including hydrologic effects on ecosystem sustainability, 3) systems design of intelligent sensor and sensor networks for monitoring heterogeneous environmental and hydrologic systems in a stochastic environment, 4) eco-city design and industrial ecology, and 5) environmental systems related to energy production such as the development of stormwater energy recovery system using nanomaterials. He is also with UCF Stormwater Management Academy where he is actively involved in making his Systems Engineering Research connected with higher education program in the area of sustainability-based engineering applications. Research activities include both basic and applied sciences for the development of next –neneration engineering systems in the areas of ecological engineering, green engineering, industrial ecology, and earth systems engineering. Many current and previous projects lie on the interfaces between these topics leading toward the achievement of the goals in the nexus of resources management, technology integration, and engineering optimization. He received the Fulbright Scholar Award in Jan. 2011 in USA, Haitian Scholar Award from Dalian University of Technology in June 2010, China, Distinguished Chair Professorship, named by the National Science Council in June, 2010 in Taiwan, Outstanding Achievement Award in Environmental and Water Research Institute (EWRI), ASCE in May, 2010 in USA, Research Excellence Award, National Science Council, in 1997-2001 in Taiwan, and Russell Ackoff Award in University of Pennsylvania, 1994 . He has been an invited speaker of 20+ universities all over the world.

 

He has edited, authored and co-authored over 197 peer-reviewed journal articles, 8 books, 10 special issues of academic journals, 6 United States Patents, 14 book chapters, and 159 conference papers as of 2011. Articles published have been cited worldwide by over 2,826 cites as of April 2012 and his H-index is 30/30 (on Google Scholar Web Database). He is an ad hoc reviewer of 86 journals and a member of 10 more professional associations. He was one of the founders of International Society of Environmental Information Management and the former editor-in-chief of Journal of Environmental Informatics. He is the current editor-in-chief of Journal of Environment and Climate Change and an editorial board member of 34 international journals in the areas of water resources, environmental engineering and science, environmental management, earth system sciences, and sustainability sciences.

 

 

 

 

 

Ph.D.

Major: Environmental Systems Engineering, August 1989-August 1991
Minor: (1) Operations Research (2) Environmental Economics
Water Resources and Environmental Systems Engineering Program
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

 

M.S.

Major: Environmental Systems Engineering, August 1987-August 1989
Water Resources and Environmental Systems Engineering Program
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

 

B.S.

Civil Engineering, June 1983
National Chiao-Tung University
Taiwan, Republic of China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Experience

• Sept. 2011~present Director of Stormwater Management Academy
  University of Central Florida
  Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
• Aug. 2005~present Professor
  Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
  University of Central Florida
  Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
• Jan. 2002~ Aug. 2005 Professor
  Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering
  Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  Kingsville, Texas, 78363, USA
  Graduate Coordinator (from March 2002 to Jan. 2003)
  Associate Director (from Jan. 2003 to Aug. 2003)
  Center for Research Excellence of Science and Technology (CREST) at TAMUK (National Science Foundation-funded Center)
• Aug. 1997 ~ Jan. 2002 Professor
  Dept. of Environmental Engineering
  National Cheng-Kung University
  Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
• June 1999 ~ Aug., 2000 Associate Director
  Research Institute of Resources Recycling and Management
  National Cheng-Kung University
  Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
• June, 1999 ~ Sep., 1999 Visiting Professor
  Department of Systems Engineering
  University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, USA
• Aug. 1998 ~ Sep., 1998 Visiting Professor
  Institute of Engineering Thermophysics
  Chinese Academy of Science
  Beijing, China
• Jan. 2000 ~ June, 2000 Adjunct Professor
  Graduate Institute of Environmental Science
  Tong-Hai University
  Taichun, Taiwan
• Jan. 1998 ~ June, 1998 Adjunct Associate Professor
  Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering
  National Taiwan University
  Taipei, Taiwan
• Aug. 1992 ~ Aug. 1997 Associate Professor
  Dept. of Environmental Engineering
  National Cheng-Kung University
  Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
  

Industrial and Other Non-academic Experience

• Feb. 1992 ~ July 1992 Deputy Manager
  Division of Environmental Engineering
  Fichtner Pacific Engineers, Inc.
  (German-based Consultant Firm)
  Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  Main Projects: Planning and Design for four Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators, System Planning of a Sanitary Landfill
• Aug. 1991 ~ Feb. 1992 Deputy Manager
  Ecology & Environment, Inc.
  Taiwan Branch Office
  (US-based Consultant Firm)
  Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  Main Projects: Soil and Groundwater Remediation, Hazardous Waste Management, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Jan. 1986 ~ Aug. 1987 Environmental Engineer
  Dept. of Environmental Engineering
  Housing and Urban Development Bureau
  Taiwan Provincial Government
  Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  Main Projects: Planning and Design of Several Sewer Collection Systems, Design of a Large-scale Wastewater Treatment Plant (ranked the fifth in terms of treatment capacity in the world)
• Aug. 1985 ~ Jan. 1986 Environmental Engineer
  Bureau of Environmental Protection
  Kaohsiung City Government
  Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
  Main Projects: Water Quality Management in River and Coastal Region
• Oct. 1983 ~ Aug. 1985 Junior Lieutenant, the Navy of Taiwan
  Main Projects: Drainage System Design and Maintenance, Construction Management of a National Training Center for the Marine Corps in South Taiwan

 

Major Research Interests

a. Environmental Sustainability and Systems Analysis

• Hydrological and Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis
• Ecological engineering and Low Impact Development
  
• Green Engineering
  
• Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering
  
• Earth Systems Engineering and Climate Change
  

b. Resilient Infrastructure Systems

• Decision Making for Sustainable Infrastructure Management
  
• Reliability Assessment Incorporating Sensor and Information Technologies
  
• Minimization of Operational Disruption of Infrastructure Systems due to Human Activities and Natural Disasters
  
• Post-disaster Recovery Planning
  
• Hazard Analysis and Mitigation

c. Environmental Informatics and Remote Sensing

• Environmental Informatics and Decision Making
  
• Environmental Cyberinfrastructure
  
• Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

d. Environmental Health Engineering

• Health Informatics and Decision Making
  
• Multimedia Pollutant Fate and Transport Modeling
  
• Exposure Assessment and Risk Analysis

 

Theme: Multiscale Sustainable Systems Engineering

Due to rapid economic development and population growth and migration, these critical environmental engineering infrastructures have evolved into highly coupled and interacting, or interdependent networks and systems - through complex physical, natural resource, cyber, information, geographic, human, social, and logical connections. They must be sustainable and resilient, however, so as to cope with any catastrophic events, such as flood and drought, and they must be re-engineered to be more advanced to include recent forefronts of information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and cognitive optimization.

The aim of my research is to develop a suite of Sustainable Systems Engineering technologies with differing spatial and temporal scales to fulfill the resilient and sustainable goals in design, construction, and operation of these interdependent environmental infrastructures. My research is multidisciplinary in dealing with large-scale complex environmental and water resources systems leading to expand the theoretical frameworks for understanding the physical, chemical, and biological processes, and conduct modeling, simulation, and optimization of interdependent infrastructure systems at multiple time scales. The development of vital sensors to promote environmental sensing, detection, and decision making is deemed necessary in support of monitoring and modeling leading to explore the mechanisms and implications. These efforts focus on the concept of sustainability, developing and applying forward-looking, risk-informed, and cost effective decision-making models that combine social and economic factors with broad-based considerations of potential future environmental impacts. The research focus conducted under the topical area of “Multiscale Sustainable Systems Engineering” is devised to promote the "Resilient and Sustainable Environmental Engineering Infrastructures" at different temporal and spatial scales.

 

"National and Regional Baseline Assessment and Infrastructure Adaptation Outcome Documentation - Multi-scale Water Infrastructure Characterization Study Using Remote Sensing," US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), (PI) ($230,500 with $18,000 cost share), funded, Sept., 2007 (100% effort).

This study focuses on regional evaluation and analysis of major conditions that affect the functionality and sustainability of water and wastewater infrastructures. These regional case studies will be a part of EPA's regional adaptation research in two locations of representative hydroclimatic changes: South Florida. The objectives are to develop multimodal through the integration sensors, algorithms and systems for a holistic management of water quality, alternative water resources development, and optimized water infrastructure development for water efficiency under future climate and socioeconomic developments. A few tasks include:

• Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a sustainable tool that may be used to estimate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The use of LCA to generate the carbon footprint of water expansion alternatives or options is a key to improve the adaptive management of drinking water. To achieve the goal of sustainability, LCA has been used to support the dynamic optimization of expansion strategies of drinking water infrastructure in response to population growth, economic development and climate change impact using Manatee County in South Florida as an example.

• The nutrient level in Tampa is an environmental indicator that signifies several facets of urbanization impact in Tampa Bay, including the wastewater treatment effluent outfall, the stormwater runoff, and the natural vegetation/landscape changes. Remote sensing for nutrient estimation in coastal region has not yet been well studied due to the spectral and spatial complexity in costal regions. The use of MODIS remote sensing data with genetic programming model, seasonal total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) has been successfully estimated in Tampa Bay after calibration and verification.
• The aim of this study is also to present state-of-the-art remote sensing technologies to develop a new "Water Availability Index (WAI)" that serves for short-term water resources planning and water infrastructure management in dry periods. Such development may be geared toward presenting a near real-time, risked informed and forward looking instrumental message in terms of both the quantity and quality of available fresh water in the major metropolitan regions. The success of this effort has to count on the use of integrated remote sensing technologies in concert with intermediate- and long-term climate change forecasts.
  

 

"Improving Local Water Supply in Rural Communities via a Sensor Network with the Aid of a Rule-based Expert System in a GIS Platform," Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation, (Co-PI) with Dr. Andrew Ernest (PI) ($150,000), Funded, April, 2007 (33% effort).

• There are numerous traditional exterior and interior detection sensor technologies available for various type of vulnerability assessment in water supply systems. While many water utilities have strived to improve the monitoring of their distribution networks and sources of water, monitoring of transmission (trunk) pipelines has lagged. Current telemetry systems, sensors, and commercially available data loggers cannot completely satisfy the needs of water utilities. In addition to traditional instruments, emerging monitoring techniques have been developing with unprecedented speed. The continuous development and refinement of these monitoring techniques, including the developing triggers based on changes in network or system state rather than vector specific sensor responses, have had a profound impact in emergency preparedness and response. There is an acute need to develop an expert system to critically assess the performance of existing sensor technologies and consider the optimal deployment of various sensors in a sensor network capable of in-service condition assessment of water transmission mains and distribution network, as well as the relevant cost and performance guidelines for rural communities. There is currently no such product in the market.
• The proposed rule-based expert system for the customized sensor network in a GIS platform will be derived from extensive experience in modeling water transmission and distribution networks. The primary concern is the disruption of supply to a large number of customers in rural communities with all the consequences for disrupting fire fighting capabilities and public health risks. The optimal locations for sensor deployment may then be drawn from multi-dimensional simulation outputs with respect to associated statistical indices. Vulnerability assessment can be further made possible by combining sensors with models to determine what would be the optimal locations in the water supply systems to deploy and which type of sensor is required for corresponding location. Models required in this area include hydraulic models, steady state water quality models, dynamic water quality models, optimization models, and display/visualization models. The models encompass a wide range of methods that can be used to predict the water quality in an aquatic environment, treatment trains, and water distribution networks under a set of conditions. The component technologies, including distributed and adaptive artificial intelligence, knowledge information exchange ontologies, miniaturized embedded computing and sensor/control platforms, to be integrated into the production system are fully developed and easily translatable and scalable to the proposed product. The resulting platform will be significantly more effective, reliable, and scalable - human interface options may be tuned to the budget, needs and technical acuity of the end-user.
  

 

"Performance-based and Passive On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems Evaluation for Nutrients Removal," Florida Department of Environmental Protection, (PI) with Co-PI, Dr. Martin Wanielista, ($956,683), funded, Jan., 2007 (67% effort).

• When urban regions gradually expand due to regional development, complete service of sewage collection, treatment, and disposal is often unavailable for both geographic and economic reasons. Thus, decentralized or on-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) may be necessary to protect public health while the centralized system may be able to maintain the sewer collection effectively in those highly populated regions. Nation wide, wastewater effluent from OWTS can represent a large fraction of nutrient loads to groundwater aquifers. Phosphorus and nitrogen compounds are the most frequent measurements to indicate nutrient loadings. This project aims at developing and comparing three performance-based and passive OWTS, including 1) a septic tank followed by a recirculating sand filter (RSF) with effluent discharged to an unlined drip irrigation field, 2) a septic tank with effluent discharged to a lined drip irrigation field with soil substitution, 3) a septic tank followed by a subsurface wetland system, to ensure the effective removal of nutrient flux from septic tanks, and perform essential monitoring and modeling of the fate and transport of nutrient flux in vadose zone and aquifer system. It eventually leads to improve the State wide Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) programs.
  

 

"Alternative Stormwater Sorption Media for Control of Nutrients," Southwest Water Management District, Florida, (Co-PI) with Dr. Martin Wanielista ($100,000), funded, Nov., 2006 (50% effort).

• Stormwater runoff often contains organic and inorganic contaminants, nutrients and faecal coliforms (FC) that are associated with suspended solids and the dissolved phase. Stormwater may also transport high concentrations of these toxicants, including gross pollutants, into adjacent receiving waters (rivers, lakes, estuaries and sea/ocean) resulting in degraded water and sediment quality. In remediation of wet weather pollution, much attention has focused on urban stormwater runoff and its impacts on the receiving water bodies, including the physical, chemical, and biological effects that result in reducing beneficial water use. Infiltration of stormwater runoff into soil has long been an accepted development for the disposal of stormwater and recharge of groundwater in many sites in the United States. One of the best management practices (BMPs) is stormwater control measures using wet or dry ponds to reduce the impacts of urbanization on receiving water bodies. Water treatment occurs through the use of large volume of the stormwater wet pond allowing for high retention time and physical settling of solids onto the bottom. In fact, biofiltration process may not only remove suspended solids and dissolved organic carbon, but also metals, nitrogen, and phosphorous through coupled physical, chemical, and biological processes within the unit operation. These constituents are of concern in urban stormwater runoff since they contribute to increased eutrophication, sedimentation and toxicity in receiving water bodiesThis project aims at developing innovative sorption media materials that have multiple effect of removing heavy metal, nutrients, and some toxic chemicals. It may aid in low impact development in the future.
  
• Specializations of particular interest in applications include sustainability and green chemistry, stream restoration, environmental microbiology, watershed management, hydrodynamics, ecological engineering, low impact development and storm water management, urban sewer design, water management in streams and lakes, flood plain hydrology, eco-hydrology, environmental hydrology, and BMP and erosion control in the context of TMDLs.
  
  

"Floating Wetland Systems for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Ponds" Florida Department of Transportation (DOT), (Co-PI) ($200,706), with Dr. Marty Wanielista (PI), funded, Feb. 2010 (50% effort)."

• One ecological engineering approach used for treating polluted water containing high nutrients is treatment wetlands, where various aquatic plants are used for purifying the water and wastewater from excess nutrients. Floating wetland for handling urban stormwater impact is a new, innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable alternative in the context of Best Management Practices (BMPs). Plants grow on floating mat rather than rooted in the sediments. Therefore, water depth is not a concern here. Free-floating macrophytes provide shading of the water column, thereby providing a cooler habitat for fish and macro invertebrates in what otherwise would be a warm water tropical environment. The hanging roots provide a large surface area for denitrifying bacteria creating an anaerobic environment, which can remove nitrate by denitrification process, and these roots entrap fine suspended particulates that would otherwise remain in suspension in a conventional pond system. Microbes that live on the surface of plant roots in a wetland remove lot more nitrate than do the plants themselves. These microbes change nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) to ammonia nitrogen (NH4-N) in a process called nitrate assimilation. To explore the ultimate removal efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus, our floating treatment wetland project includes 11 mesocosms by using water tanks with various sizes, coverage of floating mats and sorption media, which replicate the field conditions of retention ponds. The test results may help us understand nutrient loading rate and total capacity associated with hydraulic conditions in real world systems.
• Groundwater contamination due to nutrient inputs via the infiltration flows from stormwater retention and detection ponds is a vital concern in groundwater management. This study represents a pioneering test of a full-scale retention pond (wet pond) with the inclusion of floating wetland technology as a novel ecological engineering practice in the field of urban stormwater management. The field implementation will follow the best microcosm pattern selected in earlier time period. Ecological systems, however, do not have a common characteristic scale. Use of ecological concepts, measurements, and experiments are usually scale-dependent. To verify the efficacy of floating wetland technology for stormwater management, actual pond sampling will be carried out in two phases at the 4M pond on campus of University of Central Florida (UCF). In this 1st phase, conductivity, pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, total nitrogen, turbidity, total alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, water temperature, etc. will be monitored to support the possible mass balance calculations. Apart from routine water quality measurements, hydrological data will also be collected and recorded using equipments like rain gage, evaporation pan, pressure transducer and flow rate meter. In the second phase, when the whole floating wetland may be implemented, we will monitor and test all the necessary water quality and hydrological parameters continuously to address the differential effects. Research findings will contribute to the applications of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Low Impact Development (LID) in urban regions.

 

Sponsored Research Projects (Total up to 6 million US$ as PI/CO-PI)

• “Best Management Practices for Aquatic Restoration in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands,” (PI) Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC), with Dr. Marty Wanielista and Dr. Patrick Bohlen, (PI) ($80,000) funded, Oct., 2011 (50% effort).
  
• “Maintenance Practices of Stormwater Runoffs,” (PI) Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), with Dr. Marty Wanielista and Dr. Patrick Bohlen, (PI) ($300,000) funded, Nov., 2011 (50% effort).
  
• “Multi-scale Water Infrastructure Characterization Study Using Remote Sensing (Phase III): Improvement of Water Availability Index Forecasting Tool with Environmental Change Reconstruction,” the NRMRL and NHEERL, US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), (PI) ($80,000) funded, Aug., 2011 (100% effort).
  
• “A Mesocosm Study of “Biohaven” Floating Islands for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Ponds,” (PI), ($25,000), Floating Islands Environmental Solutions, Inc., funded, March, 2011 (100% effort).
  
• “Floating Wetland Systems for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Ponds” Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), (Co-PI) ($200,706), with Dr. Marty Wanielista (PI), funded, Feb., 2010 (50% effort).
  
• Multi-scale Water Infrastructure Characterization Study Using Remote Sensing (Phase II),” the NRMRL and NHEERL, US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), (PI) ($89,000) funded, Jan., 2009 (100% effort).
  
• "Analysis of Predrainage Lake Okeechobee and Upper Everglades Modeling," South Florida Water Management District, Florida, (PI) ($20,000), funded, Sept., 2009 (100% effort).
  
• "CERP (Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program) ASR Alkalinity, Metal, and Mineral Impacts on Phosphorus Fate and Transport in Lake Okeechobee," South Florida Water Management District and US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Florida, (PI) ($25,000), funded, Feb., 2009 (100% effort).
  
• Denitrification Study beneath Stormwater Infiltration Ponds for Promoting Stormwater Reuse and Drinking Water Quality," the UCF Boardman Foundation, (PI) ($5,000) funded, Jan, 2009 (100% effort)
  
• "Sediment Characterization in Lake Okeechobee," South Florida Water Management District, Florida, (PI) ($90,000), funded, March, 2008 (100% effort).
  
• "National and Regional Baseline Assessment and Infrastructure Adaptation Outcome Documentation – Multi-scale Water Infrastructure Characterization Study Using Remote Sensing," the NRMRL and NHEERL, US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), (PI) ($230,000) funded, 2008 (100% effort).
  
• "Improving Local Water Supply in Rural Communities via a Sensor Network with the Aid of a Rule-based Expert System in a GIS Platform," Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation, (Co-PI) with Dr. Andrew Ernest at WKU (PI) ($150,000), funded, April, 2007 (33% effort).
  
• "Performance-based and Passive On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems Evaluation for Nutrients Removal," Florida Department of Environmental Protection, (PI) with Co-PI, Dr. Martin Wanielista at UCF, ($1,050,558), funded, March., 2007 (67% effort).
  
• "Alternative Stormwater Sorption Media for Control of Nutrients," Southwest Florida Water Management District, Florida, (Co-PI) with Dr. Martin Wanielista at UCF (PI) ($100,000), funded, Nov., 2006 (50% effort).
  
• "Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Arroyo Colorado River Basin due to Intensive Agricultural Practices in the Coastal Watershed," The Texas Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 319 grant), (PI) ($223,000), funded, July, 2005 (100% effort, career move before start date).
  
• "Enhancing Instrumentation Capabilities at TAMUK to Perform Advanced Environmental Analysis," Department of Defense (DOD), (Instrument Grant, Senior Personnel) ($399,897), funded, Jan. 2005.
  
• "Composting Feasibility Study and Regionalization Assessment for the City of Harlingen," City of Harlingen, Texas (PI) ($30,000), funded, Oct., 2004 (100% effort).
  
• "Composting Feasibility Study and Regionalization Assessment for the City of Mission," City of Mission, Texas (PI) ($30,000), funded, Oct., 2004 (100% effort).
  
• "Biosolid Treatability Study and Pilot Plant Planning" City of Edinburg, Texas (PI) ($10,000), funded, Oct., 2004 (100% effort).
  
• "Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Site Selection Analysis" The City of Harlingen (PI) ($25,000), funded, May, 2004 (100% effort).
  
• "The Planning and Design of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System in Suburban Colonias, Lower Rio Grande Region, Texas," The Rensselaerville Institute, (PI) ($ 45,000), funded, May, 2004 (100% effort).
  
• "Remote Sensing and Variable Rate Technology for Citrus Pest Management and Impact on Water Quality," Advanced Technology Program (ATP) in Texas Higher Education Coordination Board, (PI) with Dr. Jenny Du ($100,000), funded (Project Number: 003639-0019-2003), Nov., 2003 (50% effort).
  
• "Feasibility Study of the Potential for Re-routing Domestic Wastewater Streams," City of Pharr, Texas, USA. (PI) ($2,900), funded, Nov., 2003 (100% effort).
  
• "Storm Water Management Plans for Various Municipalities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley," Regional Task Force of Storm Water Management, Texas, USA. (PI) ($60,000), Funded, July, 2003 (100% effort).
  
• "Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES): Task Force Project" Storm Water Management Task Force in Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. (PI) ($55,000), funded, Oct., 2003 (100% effort).
  
• "Stream Flow Prediction by Remote Sensing and Genetic Programming Technologies," National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), USA. (PI) ($300,000), funded (NAG13-03008), Oct., 2002 (100% effort).
  
• "Research on Environmental Sustainability of Semi-Arid Coastal Areas (RESSACA)" Center for Research Excellence in Science & Technology (CREST) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, National Science Foundation, USA. (award ID: 0206259)(Senior Personnel/Associate Director) ($5,000,000) funded, Sept., 2002 (5% effort).
  
• "Acquisition of a GC/MS for the Study of Hydrocarbons in the South Texas Region," National Science Foundation, USA. (Instrument Grant, Co-PI), with Drs. John Kuruvilla, Venki Uddameri, King Jones ($180,000), Aug., 2002 (funded, 25% effort).
  
• "Feasibility Study of Reusing the Scrap Solvent as Auxiliary Fuel in the Cement Kiln" sponsored by the Cleanaway International Corporation, Taiwan Branch Office, April, 2001. (PI) ($13,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Feasibility Study of Using Plasma Arc Process for Handling Oily Sludge" sponsored by the Kaohsiung Harbor Management Bureau, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, April, 2001. (PI) ($80,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Nonpoint Sources Pollution Modeling and Application" sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC 90-2211-E-006-044, 2001. (PI) ($33,000) (funded,100% effort).
  
• "Combined Research and Curriculum Development: Environmental Informatics and Systems Analysis" sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC 90-2511-S-006-044, 2001. (PI) ($170,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "National Cost-Benefit Database for Environmental Pollution Control: Master Plan (II)" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC89-2211-E-006-006, 2000. (PI) ($13,000) (funded,100% effort).
  
• "National Cost-Benefit Database Construction for Solid Waste Management (II)" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC89-2211-E-006-005, 1999. (PI) ($9,500) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Environmental Restoration of Zen-Ai River in Kaohsiung – Master Plan" sponsored by the ROC National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC89-2621-Z-006-002, 2000. (PI) ($19,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Environmental Restoration of Zen-Ai River in Kaohsiung – Optimization Analysis for Sewage Treatment and Ocean Outfall System" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC89-2621-Z-006-002, 2000. (PI) ($15,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Sustainable Management and System Planning in the Tseng-Wen River Basin" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC88-2211-E-006-050, 1999. (PI) ($7,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "National Cost-Benefit Database Construction for Environmental Pollution Control - Master Plan (I)" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC88-2211-E-006-074, 1999. (PI) ($14,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "National Cost-Benefit Database Construction for Solid Waste Management (I)" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC88-2211-E-006-073, 1999. (PI) ($10,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Use of Economic Instrument and Systems Analysis for Water Pollution Control in the Kao-Ping River Basin" sponsored by the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, EPA-88-U1G1-03-001, 1999. (PI) ($114,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Community-based Allocation of Compensation Fund in the Proximity of Waste Incineration Facility via AHP-based Decision-Making" sponsored by the Taipei County Government, Taiwan, 1999. (PI) ($40,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Cost-benefit Analysis for Food Waste Recycling" sponsored by the Tainan County Government, Taiwan, 1999. (CO-PI) ($40,000) (funded, 50% effort).
  
• "Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning for Three Nuclear Power Plants via 3D Spatial Decision Support System" sponsored by the Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan, 1999. (PI) ($250,000)
  
• "Spatial Decision Support System for Scrap Automobile Management" sponsored by the 3R Foundation, Taiwan, 3RF-88-A-003-01, 1999. (PI) ($50,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Environmental Tax/Charge Assessment for Scrap Tire Management" sponsored by the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, EPA-88-HA21-03-419,1999. (PI) (funded, $ 160,000, 100% effort)
  
• "Resources and Energy Recovery for Combustible Demolition Waste Using a Redundant Brick Tunnel" sponsored by Brick Tunnel Association, Taichung, Taiwan, 1999. (PI) ($38,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Environmental and Ecological Investigation of the Hou-lung River Basin in Central Taiwan" sponsored by the Ministry of Economics, Taiwan, 1999. (Co-PI) ($100,000) with the Academia Sinica research team, (funded, 10% effort).
  
• "Stabilization of Incineration Ash Using Phosphorous Compounds" sponsored by the Waste Management , Inc., Taiwan Branch Office, 1999. (PI) ($7,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Environmental Impact Assessment for a Regional Mall in Kaoshiung City" sponsored by Fichtner Pacific Engineer, Inc., Taiwan, 1998. (PI) ($50,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Strategic Planning of Recycling in a Fast-growing Urban Region" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC87-2211-E-006-011, 1998. (PI) ($6,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Resources Recovery from Incineration Process (III)" sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC87-2621-P-006-004, 1998. (PI) ($14,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Use of Artificial Intelligence for Water Pollution Control in the River Basin" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC87-2211-E-006-012, 1998. (PI) ($10,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Water Resources Systems Analysis and GIS Application for the Tseng-Wen River Basin" sponsored by the Ministry of Economics, Taiwan, 1998. (PI) ($62,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Optimal Planning of Presorting Process prior to Shu-Lin Municipal Incinerator in Taipei County" sponsored by the Taipei County Government, Taiwan, 1998. ($85,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Strategic Planning for ISO14001 Accreditation in the Textile Dying Industry" sponsored by the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, EPA-86-G03-09-11, 1997. (PI) ($31,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Computer Aided Engineering Design of Large-scale Municipal Incinerators" sponsored by the China Ship Manufacturing Inc., Taiwan, 1997. (PI) ($42,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Management Information System and Network Communication Planning for Solid Waste Management in Taiwan" sponsored by the Department of Environmental Protection, Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan, 1997. (CO-PI) ($33,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Resources Recovery from Incineration Process (II)" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC86-2621-P-006-004, 1997. (PI) ($13,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Genetic Algorithm-based Optimization Analysis for Regional Solid Waste Management Planning" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC86-2211-E-006-017, 1997. (PI) ($8,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning Program" sponsored by the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, EPA-85-E3J1-09-06, 1996. (PI) ($80,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Chemometric Analysis for the prediction of Dioxins/Furans Emissions from Large-scale Municipal Incinerators" sponsored by the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, EPA-85-13S4-09-07, 1996. (PI) ($16,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Environmental Informatics for Metropolitan Solid Waste Management" sponsored by the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, EPA-85-L105-03-20, 1996. (PI) ($35,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Resources Recovery from Incineration Process (I)" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC85-2621-P-006-033, 1996. (PI) ($14,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Strategic Planning and Regionalization Assessment of Solid Waste Management in Taipei Metropolitan Region" sponsored by the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, EPA-044-840-040, 1995. (PI) ($80,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Optimization Analysis for Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, Treatment and Disposal System" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC87-2211-E-006-011, 1995. (PI) ($10,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Compatible Analysis between Recycling and Energy Recovery in Tainan City" sponsored by the Tainan City Government, Taiwan, 1993. (PI) ($15,000) (funded, 100% effort).
  
• "Recovery and Reuse of RFCC Scrap Catalyst for Removing VOCs in the Petrochemical Industry" sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan, NSC83-0421-P006-001Z, 1994. (PI) with Dr. H. P. Wang ($21,000) (funded, 50% effort).

1. Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA, Nov., 2011.
2. Fulbright Scholar Award, US Dept. of State, Jan., 2011.
3. Haitian Scholar Award, Dalian University of Technology, China, June, 2010.
4. Distinguished Chair Professorship, named by the National Science Council in Taiwan, June 3rd to June 15th, 2010 hosted by the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan.
5. Honorary Visiting Professor named by the Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan, May 31st to June 1st, 2010.
6. Outstanding Achievement Award, ASCE/EWRI, May, 2010.
7. Elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Feb., 2009.
8. Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences (http://www.eurasc.org), Oct, 24, 2008.
9. Appointed as the board member of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division in the EAS, March 10, 2009.
10. Paper entitled "Short-term Streamflow Forecasting with Global Climate Change Implications - A Comparative Study between Genetic Programming and Neural Network Models (published in Journal of Hydrology, Volume 352, Issue 3-4, May 2008, Pages 336-354) was listed as the "Top 25 Hottest Articles" (ranked 14th) in Science Direct (March, 2009).
11. Invited by the Editor-in-Chief (Dr. Philip Campbell) to serve on the reader panel of Nature, Nov. 2008.
12. Paper entitled 'Watershed-based Point Sources Permitting Strategy and Dynamic Permit-trading Analysis" was used by the European Commission's environmental news service for policy makers, distributed to over 6,000 subscribers -- Science for Environment Policy News Alert (Feb. 10, 2008).
13. Best paper award in the 6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, Nov. 21-23, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand. Founding fellow of International Society of Environmental Information Sciences, 2002
14. Distinguished Visiting Professor, Eastern China University of Science and Technology, China, 2002
15. Who is Who in Science and Engineering, The Marquis Who is Who, 2000, 2004, 2005
16. Who's Who in Engineering Education (WWEE), Academic Keys for Engineering, 2005
17. Who is Who in the World, The Marquis Who is Who, 2002, 2003, 2004 Who is Who in the American Education, The Marquis Who is Who, 2004
18. Paper entitled "Solid Waste Management System Analysis by Multi-objective Mixed Integer Programming Model" was used as the graduate teaching materials in University of Leeds, UK, 1998.
19. Young Engineer Award, Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taiwan, 1999
20. 1999-2001 Research Excellence Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
21. 1997-1999 Research Excellence Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
22. 1997 Best Paper Award, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan
23. Annual Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan, 1994, 1995, 1996
24. Russell Ackoff Award, in 1994 International Conference of Solid Waste Technology and Management, held by the Department of Systems Engineering, Univ. of Penn., USA
25. Award of a Three-year National Scholarship for Advanced Graduate Study Overseas from 1987-1990, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (about $70,000)
26. Invited guest speaker by

• National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan (1997),
• National Taiwan University, Taiwan (1998),
• Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (1998, 2002),
• Eastern China University of Science and Technology, China (2002),
• University of Louisiana - Lafayette (2004),
• Arizona State University, USA (April, 2005),
• University of Louisville, USA (May, 2005),
• Louisiana State University, USA (March, 2006),
• University of Texas - San Antonio, USA (Oct., 2007),
• Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (Nov., 2007),
• Natural Resource Ecology Lab. in Colorado State University, USA (Dec. 2008),
• Center of Sensing and Modeling for Agricultural Sustainability, USDA, USA (April, 2009),
• Research Center of Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (June, 2009),
• Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan (June, 2009),
• National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (June, 2009),
• George Mason University, USA (Oct. 2009),
• University of Cincinnati, USA (April, 2010),
• Dalian University of Technology, China (June, 2010),
• Eastern China Normal University, China (June, 2010)
• Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan (June 2010),
• National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (June, 2010),
• University of Tokyo, Japan (June, 2010),
• University Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (Jan. 2011),
• Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (June 2011),
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (June 2011),
  

 

 

PUBLICATION (1991-present)

 

(A) Peer-reviewed Journal Papers with 2010 “5-year Average Impact Factors” (Total = 195)

1. Publication in sustainable water resources management, hydrological systems, and water quality management (Total=70)

   • Kao, S. C. and Chang, N. B., “Copula-based Flood Frequency Analysis at Ungaged Basin Confluences: A Case Study for Nashville, TN,” Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, accepted, Oct., 2011 (Impact Factor = 1.385).
     

   • Jin, K. R., Chang, N. B., Ji, J., and Thomas, J. R., “Hurricanes Affect Sediment and Environments in Lake Okeechobee,” Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 41(S1), 382-394, 2011 (Impact Factor = 7.653).
     

   • Yeh, S. C., Chang, N. B., Wei, H. P., Chang, C. H., Chai, H. B., and Huang, J. W., “Optimal Expansion of Coastal Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System under Uncertainty (I): Simulation Analysis,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 28(1), 19-38, 2011 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yeh, S. C., and Chang, C. H., “Optimal Expansion of Coastal Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System under Uncertainty (II): Optimization Analysis,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 28(1), 39 -59, 2011 (Impact Factor = 0.804)
     

   • Gao, Z., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “Integrating Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) and Regional Water Stress Index (RWSI) for Drought Assessment with the Aid of Landsat TM/ETM+ Images,” International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 13(3), 495-503, 2011 (Impact Factor = 2.039).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, J., Daranpob, A., Jin, K. R., and James, T., “Spatiotemporal Pattern Validation of Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in Lake Okeechobee, Florida Using a Comparative MODIS Image Mining Approach,” International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33(7), 2233-2260, 2012 (Impact Factor =1.182).
     

   • Qi, C. and Chang, N. B., “System Dynamics Modeling for Municipal Water Demand Forecasting in a Fast Growing Region under Uncertain Economic Impacts,” Journal of Environmental Management, 92, 1628-1641,  2011 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Gao, Z., Liu, C., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “A Coupled Remote Sensing and the Surface Energy Balance with Topography Algorithm (SEBTA) to Estimate Actual Evapotranspiration over Heterogeneous Terrain.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 119-139, 2011 (Impact Factor = 2.967).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., and Henderson, D., “Temperature Effects on Functionalized Filter Media for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Treatment,” Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 30(3), 309-317, 2011 (Impact Factor = 1.848).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Daranpob, A., Hossain, F., and Xuan, Z., “New Performance-based Passive Septic Tank Underground Drainfield for Nutrient and Pathogen Removal Using Sorption Medium,” Environmental Engineering Science, 27(6), 469-482, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.041).
     

   • Ryan, P., Wanielista, M., and Chang, N. B., “Reducing Nutrient Concentrations from a Stormwater Wet Pond Using a Chamber Upflow Filter and Skimmer (CUFS) with Green Sorption Media,“ Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 208(1), 385-400, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.929). 
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chen, H. W., Ning, S. K., Shao, K. T., and Hung, T. C., “Sizing an Off-stream Reservoir with Respect to Water Availability, Water Quality, and Biological Integrity,” Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 15(5), 329-344, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.237).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Makkeasorn, A., “Optimal Site Selection of Watershed Hydrological Monitoring Stations Using Remote Sensing and Grey Integer Programming” Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 15(6), 469-486, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.237). 
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, J. and Daranpob, A., “Medium-term Metropolitan Water Availability Index (MWAI) Assessment Based on Synergistic Potentials of Multi-sensor Data,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, 043519, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.000).
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., “Using Fuzzy Operators to Address the Complexity in Decision Making of Water Resources Redistribution in two Neighboring River Basins,” Advances in Water Resources, 33, 652–666, 2010 (Impact Factor = 2.746).
     

   • Xie, H., Chang, N. B., Makkeasorn, A., and Prado, D. “Assessing the Long-term Urban Heat Island in San Antonio, Texas based on MODIS/Aqua Data,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, 043508, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.000).
     

   • Chang, N. B., “Hydrological Connections between Low Impact Development, Watershed Best Management Practices and Sustainable Development,” Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 15(5), 1-2, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.385).
     

   • Hossain, F., Chang, N. B., and Wanielista, M., “Modeling Kinetics and Isotherm of Functionalized Filter Medium for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Dry Ponds”, Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 29(3), 319–333, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.848).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, Y., Goodrich, J. A., and Makkeasorn, A. “Development of the Metropolitan Water Availability Index (MWAI) and Short-term Assessment with Multi-scale Remote Sensing Technologies,” Journal of Environmental Management, 91, 1397-1413, 2010 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Xuan, Z., Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., and Hossain, F., “Laboratory-scale Characterization of the Green Sorption Medium for Wastewater Treatment to Improve Nutrient Removal” Environmental Engineering Science, 27(4), 301-312, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.041).
     

   • Hossain, F., Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Xuan, Z. M., and Makkeasorn, A., “Nitrification and Denitrification Effect in a Passive On-site Wastewater Treatment System with a Recirculation Filtration Tank,” Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, 1(3-4), 31-46, 2009 (new journal).
     

   • Xuan, Z. M., Chang, N. B., Makkeasorn, A., and Wanielista, M., “Initial Test of a Subsurface Constructed Wetland with Green Sorption Media for Nutrient Removal in On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems” Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, 1(3), 159–169, 2009 (new journal).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Mani, S., Gomathishanker, G., and Srilakshmi Kanth, R. “Pesticide Impact Assessment via Using Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Technique in the Lower Rio Grande River Basin, Texas” Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, 1(3), 145-158,2009 (new journal).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Daranpob, A., Yang, J. and Jin, K. R., “A Comparative Data Mining Analysis for Information Retrieval of MODIS Images: Monitoring Lake Turbidity Changes at Lake Okeechobee, Florida,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 3, 033549, 2009 (Impact Factor = 1.000).
     

   • Wang, C., Chang, N. B., and Yeh, G., “Copula-based Flood Frequency (COFF) Analysis at the Confluences of River Systems,” Hydrological Processes, 23, 1471-1486, 2009 (Impact Factor = 2.559).
     

   • Makkeasorn, A. and Chang, N. B., “Seasonal Change Detection of Riparian Zones with Remote Sensing Images and Genetic Programming in a Semi-arid Watershed,” Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 1069–1080, 2009 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Makkeasorn, A., Chang, N. B., and Zhou, X., “Short-term Stream Flow Forecasting with Global Climate Change Implications – A Comparative Study between Genetic Programming and Neural Network Models,” Journal of Hydrology, 352, 336-354, 2008 (Impact Factor = 3.118).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Hernandez, E. A. “Optimal Expansion Strategies for a Sanitary Sewer System under Uncertainty,” Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 13(1), 93-113, 2008 (Impact Factor = 1.237).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Srilakshmi Kanth, R., and Parvathinathan, G., “Comparison of Models of Simazine Transport and Fate in Subsurface Environment in a Citrus Farm,” Journal of Environmental Management, 86, 27-43, 2008 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Du, Q., Chang, N. B., Yang, C. H., and Srilakshmi Kanth, R., “Combination of Multispectral Remote Sensing, Variable Rate Technology and Environmental Modeling for Citrus Pest Management,” Journal of Environmental Management, 86, 14-26, 2008 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Zhou, X. B., Chang, N. B., and Li, S. S., “Detection of Coastal Region Sea Ice Decay from Orthorectified RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Imagery: A Case Study of Bering Strait and Norton Sound, Alaska,” Journal of Environmental Informatics, 10(1), 37-46, 2007 (Impact Factor = 1.145).
     

   • Ning, S. K. and Chang, N. B., “Watershed-based Point Sources Permitting Strategy and Dynamic Permit Trading Analysis,” Journal of Environmental Management, 84(4), 427-446, 2007 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chen, J. C. and Chang, N. B., “Mining the Fuzzy Control Rules of Aeration in Submerged Biofilm Wastewater Treatment Process,” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 20, 959-969, 2007 (Impact Factor = 1.598).
     

   • Ernest, A., Bokhim, B., Chang N. B., and Huang, I. J., “Fluvial Geomorphologic and Hydrodynamic Assessment in the Tidal Portion of the Lower Rio Grande River, US-Mexico Borderland,” Journal of Environmental Informatics, 10(1), 10-21, 2007 (Impact Factor = 1.145).
     

   • Ning, S. K., Chang, N. B., Jeng, K. Y., and Tseng, Y. H., ”Soil Erosion and Non-Point Sources Pollution Impacts Assessment with the Aid of Remote Sensing,” Journal of Environmental Management, 79(1), 88-101, 2006 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., “Decision Support for Allocation of Watershed Pollution Load Using Grey Fuzzy Multiobjective Programming,” Journal of American Water Resources Association, 42(3), 725-745, 2006 (Impact Factor = 1.771).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Parvathinathan, G., and Dyson, B., “Multi-objective Risk Assessment of Freshwater Inflow on Ecosystem in San Antonio Bay, Texas,” Water International, 31(2), 169-182, 2006 (Impact Factor = 0.682).
     

   • Makkeasorn, A., Chang, N. B., Beaman, M., Wyatt, C., and Slater, C., “Soil Moisture Prediction in a Semi-arid Reservoir Watershed Using RADARSAT Satellite Images and Genetic Programming,” Water Resources Research, 42, 1-15, 2006 (Impact Factor = 3.081).
     

   • Dong, S. Y., Shieh, W. K., and Chang, N. B., “Real-time Prediction of Effluent Water Quality via Adaptive Grey Dynamic Modeling Analysis,” The Journal of Grey Systems, 17(1), 51-66, 2005 (no Impact factor).
     

   • Ning, S. K. and Chang, N. B., “Screening and Sequencing Analysis for the Relocation of Water Quality Monitoring Network by Stochastic Compromise Programming,” Journal of American Water Resources Association, 41(5), 1039-1052, 2005 (Impact Factor = 1.771).
     

   • Ji, J. H. and Chang, N. B., “Risk Assessment for Optimal Freshwater Inflow in Response to Sustainability Indicators in a Semi-arid Coastal Bay,” Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 19(2), 111-124, 2005 (Impact Factor = 1.700).
     

   • Chen, H. W., Chang, N. B., and Shaw, D. G., “Valuation of In-stream Water Quality Improvement via Fuzzy Contingent Valuation Method,” Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 19(2), 158-171, 2005 (Impact Factor = 1.700).
     

   • Chang, N. B., “Sustainable Water Resources Management under Uncertainty,” Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 19(2), 1-2, 2005 (Impact Factor = 1.700).
     

   • Chen, J. C., Chang, N. B., Fen, C. S., and Chen, C. Y., “Assessing the Stormwater Impact to an Urban River Ecological System Using an Estuarine Water Quality Simulation Model,” Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 21(1), 33-50, 2004 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Ning, S. K. and Chang, N. B., “Optimal Expansion of Water Quality Monitoring Network by Fuzzy Optimization Approach,” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 91(1-3), 145-170, 2004 (Impact Factor = 1.436).
     

   • Chen, J. C., Chang, N. B., and Chen, C. Y., “Minimizing the Ecological Risk of Combined-Sewer Overflow in an Urban River System by a System-based Approach,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 130(10), 1-16, 2004 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chen, J. C., Chang, N. B., Chang, Y. C. and Lee, M. T., “Mitigating the Impacts of Combined Sewer Overflow in an Urban River System via Web-based Share-Vision Modeling Analysis,” Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 20(4), 213-230, 2003 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Chen, J. C., Chang, N. B., and Shieh, W. K., “Assessing Wastewater Reclamation Potential by Neural Networks Model,” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 16(2), 149-157, 2003 (Impact Factor = 1.598).
     

   • Chen, W. C., Chang, N. B. and Chen, J. C., “Rough Set-based Fuzzy Neural Controller Design for Industrial Wastewater Treatment,” Water Research, 37(1), 78-90, 2003 (Impact Factor = 4.966).
     

   • Yen, H. K., Chang, N. B., and Lin, T. F., “Bioslurping Model to Assess the Light Hydrocarbon Recovery in a Contaminated Unconfined Aquifer (I): Simulation Analysis,” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, ASCE, 7(2), 114-130, 2003 (no impact factor).
     

   • Yen, H. K. and Chang, N. B., “Bioslurping Model to Assess the Light Hydrocarbon Recovery in a Contaminated Unconfined Aquifer (II): Optimization Analysis,” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, ASCE, 7(2), 131-138, 2003 (no impact factor).
     

   • Ning, S. K. and Chang, N. B., “Multi-objective, Decision-based Assessment of a Water Quality Monitoring Network in a River System,” Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 4, 121-126, 2002 (Impact Factor = 2.083).
     

   • Ning, S. K., Cheng, K. Y., and Chang, N. B., “Evaluation of Non-point Sources Pollution Impacts by Integrated 3S Information Technologies and GWLF model in the Kao-ping River Basin, Taiwan,” Water Science and Technology, 46(6), 217–224, 2002 (Impact Factor = 1.116).
     

   • Chang, Y. C. and Chang, N. B., “The Design of a Web-Based Decision Support System for the Sustainable Management of an Urban River System,” Water Science and Technology, 46(6), 131-139, 2002 (Impact Factor = 1.116).
     

   • Chen, H. W., Wu, C. C., and Chang, N. B., “A Comparative Analysis of Methods to Represent Uncertainty in Estimating the Cost of Constructing Wastewater Treatment Plants,” Journal of Environmental Management, 65(4), 383-409, 2002 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Ning, S. K., Chang, N. B., Yang, L., Chen, H. W., and Hsu, H. Y., “Assessing Pollution Prevention Program by QUAL2E Simulation Analysis for Water Quality Management in the Kao-Ping River Basin, Taiwan,” Journal of Environmental Management, 61(1), 61-76, 2001 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chang, N. B, Chen, H. W., Ning, S. K., and Chen, K. Y., “Prediction Analysis of Non-point Pollutant Loadings for the Reservoir Watershed via the Use of GIS/GPS/RS Information Technology,” Water International, 26(2), 239-252, 2001 (Impact Factor = 0.682).
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., “Identification of River Water Quality using the Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation Approach,” Journal of Environmental Management, 63(3), 293-305, 2001 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chen, W. C., and Shieh, W. K., “Optimal Control of Wastewater Treatment Plant via Integrated Neural Network and Genetic Algorithms,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 18, 1-17, 2001 (Impact Factor = 0.804).  
     

   • Chen, W. C., Chang, N. B., and Shieh, W. K., “Advanced Hybrid Fuzzy Controller for Industrial Wastewater Treatment,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 127(11), 1048-1059, 2001 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yeh, S. C., and Wu, G. C., “Stability Analysis of Grey Compromise Programming and its Applications,” International Journal of Systems Science, 30(6), 571-589, 1999 (Impact Factor = 0.948).
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., “Water Pollution Control in the River Basin by Genetic Algorithm-Based Fuzzy Multi-objective Programming Modeling,” Water Science and Technology, 37(8), 55-63, 1998 (Impact Factor = 1.116).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Chen, H. W., “Water Pollution Control in a River Basin by Interactive Fuzzy Interval Multi-objective Programming,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(12), 1208-1216, 1997 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wen, C. G., and Chen, Y. L., “A Fuzzy Multi-objective Programming Approach for Optimal Management of the Reservoir Watershed,” European Journal of Operational Research, 99(2), 304-323, 1997 (Impact factor = 2.512).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wen, C. G., Chen, Y. L., and Yong, Y. C., “Optimal Planning of the Reservoir Watershed by Grey Fuzzy Multi-objective Programming (I): Theory,” Water Research, 30(10), 2329-2334, 1996 (Impact Factor = 4.966).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wen, C. G., Chen, Y. L. and Yong, Y. C., “Optimal Planning of the Reservoir Watershed by Grey Fuzzy Multi-objective Programming (II): Application,” Water Research, 30(10), 2335-2340, 1996 (Impact Factor = 4.966).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wen, C. G., and Wu, S. L., “Optimal Management of Environmental and Land Resources in a Reservoir Watershed by Multi-objective Programming,” Journal of Environmental Management, 44( 2), 145-161, 1995 (Impact Factor = 2.76).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “Optimal Planning for the Coastal Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System,” Coastal Management, 23, 153-166, 1995 (Impact Factor = 1.287).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “A Grey Nonlinear Programming Approach for Planning Coastal Wastewater Treatment and Ocean Disposal System,” Water Science and Technology, 32(2), 19-29, 1995 (Impact Factor = 1.116).

     
     
     
     

2. Publication in sustainable solid waste management, resources conservation and recycling (Total=65)

   • Lu, G. W., Chang, N. B., and Liao, L., “Environmental Informatics for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives,” Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, accepted, Jan. 2012 (Impact Factor = 7.653).

   • Pires, A., Chang, N. B., and Martinho, G., “An AHP-based Fuzzy Interval TOPSIS Assessment for Sustainable Expansion of the Solid Waste Management System in Satubal Peninsula, Portugal,” Resources Conservation and Recycling, 56, 7-21, 2011 (Impact Factor = 2.347).
     

   • Pires, A., Martinho, G., and Chang, N. B., “Solid Waste Management: in European Countries: A Review of Systems Analysis Techniques,” Journal of Environmental Management, 92, 1033-1050, 2011 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Pires, A., and Martinho, G., “Empowering Systems Analysis for Solid Waste Management: Challenges, Trends and Perspectives,” Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 41(16), 1449-1530, 2011 (Impact Factor = 7.653).
     

   • Chen, H. W., Chen, J. C., and Chang, N. B., “Environmental Performance Evaluation of Large-scale Municipal Incinerators Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA),“ Waste Management, 30, 1371–1381, 2010 (Impact Factor= 2.666).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chang, Y. H., and Chen, H. W., “Fair Fund Distribution for a Municipal Incinerator Using a GIS-based Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process,” Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 441-454, 2009 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chen, J. C., Chen, W. H., and Chang, N. B., “Diagnosis Analysis of a Small-scale Incinerator by Neural Networks Model.” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 25(3), 201-213, 2008 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Parvathinathan, G., and Breeden, J. B., “Combining GIS with Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making for Landfill Siting in a Fast Growing Urban Region,” Journal of Environmental Management, 87, 139-153, 2008 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chang, N. B., “Economic and Policy Instrument Analyses in Support of the Scrap Tires Recycling Program in Taiwan,” Journal of Environmental Management, 86, 435-450, 2008 (Impact Factor = 2.760)

   • Chang, N. B. and Davila, E., “Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Management Strategy for the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas,” Waste Management, 28, 776-794, 2008 (Impact Factor = 2.666).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Davila, E., “Minimax Regret Optimization Analysis for a Regional Solid Waste Management System,” Waste Management, 27(6), 820-832, 2007 (Impact Factor = 2.666).

   • Chang, N. B. and Davila, E., “Siting and Routing Assessment for Solid Waste Management under Uncertainty Using Grey Minimax Regret Criteria,” Environmental Management, 38, 654-672, 2006 (Impact Factor = 1.895).
     

   • Dyson, B. and Chang, N. B., “Forecasting of Solid Waste Generation in an Urban Region by System Dynamics Modeling,” Waste Management, 25(7), 669-679, 2005 (Impact Factor = 2.666).

   • Chang, N. B., Davila, E., Dyson, B., and Brown, R. “Optimal Site Selection and Capacity Planning of a Municipal Solid Waste Material Recovery Facility in an Urban Setting,”Waste Management, 25(8), 833-846, 2005 (Impact Factor = 2.666). Davila, E. and
   • Chang, N. B., “Sustainable Pattern Analysis of Publicly-owned Material Recovery Facility under Uncertainty,” Journal of Environmental Management, 75(4), 337-352, 2005 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
   • Davila, E., Chang N. B., and Diwakaluni, S., “Dynamic Landfill Space Consumption Assessment in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas by GIP-based Game Theory,” Journal of Environmental Management, 75(4), 353-366, 2005 (Impact Factor = 2.760).

   • Chen, J. C., Chang, N. B., Chen, W. H., Davila, E., and Tsai, C. H., “Interactive Analysis of Waste Recycling and Energy Recovery Program in a Small-scale Incinerator,” Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 55, 1356-1366, 2005 (Impact Factor = 1.923).
     

   • Chang, Y. H. and Chang, N. B., “Compatibility Analysis of Material and Energy Recovery in a Regional Solid Waste Management System,” Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 53, 32-40, 2003 (Impact Factor = 1.923).
     

   • Lin, K. S., Wang, H. P., Chang, N. B.,  Jou, C. J. G., and Hsiao, M. C.,  ”Synthesis of ZSM-type Zeolites from Ashes of Biowastes,” Energy Sources, 25(6), 565-576, 2003 (Impact Factor = 1.212).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wei, Y. L., “Comparative Study between Heuristic Algorithm and Optimization Technique for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling in the Solid Waste Management System,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 19(1), 41-65, 2002 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Chang, N. B, Chen, W. C., and Chen, J. C., “GA-based Neural-Fuzzy Controller Design for Municipal Incinerators,” Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 129(3), 343-369, 2002 (Impact Factor = 2.250).
     

   • Lin, K. S., Chang, N. B., and Wang, H. P., “Development and Applications of Plasma Melting Technology for Solid Waste Treatment,” Environmental Protection Monthly, 15, (9), 107-123, 2002. (in Chinese, no impact factor).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Huang, W. L., Lin, D. H., and Lin, K. S., “Recycling of Construction and Demolition Waste via a Mechanical Sorting Process,” Resources Conservation and Recycling, 37(1), 23-37, 2002 (Impact Factor = 2.347).
     

   • Chang, Y. H. and Chang, N. B., “Regional Shipping Strategy Assessment Based on Installing a Refuse-derived-fuel Process in a Municipal Incinerator,” Waste Management & Research, 19, 504-517, 2001 (Impact Factor = 1.308).
     

   • Chang, Y. C., Chang, N. B., and Ma, G. D., “Internet Web-based Information System for Handling Scrap Vehicles Disposal in Taiwan,” Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 6(4), 237-248, 2001 (Impact Factor = 1.237).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Chang, Y. H., “Optimal Shipping Strategy of Solid Waste Streams with respect to Throughput and Energy Recovery Goals of Incineration Facilities,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 18, 193-214, 2001 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Lin, K. S., Sun, Y. P. and Wang, H. P., “Oxidation Kinetics of Combustible Construction and Demolition Waste,” Journal of Environmental Quality, 30, 1392-1401, 2001 (Impact Factor = 2.738).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Lin, K. S., Sun, Y. P. and Wang, H. P., “An Engineering Assessment of the Burning of the Combustible Fraction of Construction and Demolition Waste in a Redundant Brick Kiln,” Environmental Technology, 22, 1405-1418, 2001 (Impact Factor = 0.894).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wei, Y. L., “Siting Recycling Drop-off Stations in an Urban Area by Genetic Algorithm-based Fuzzy Multi-objective Nonlinear Programming Modeling,” Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 114(1), 133-149, 2000 (Impact Factor = 2.250).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Chen, W. C., “Prediction of PCDDs/PCDFs Emissions from Municipal Incinerators by Genetic Programming and Neural Network Modelling,” Waste Management & Research, 18, 341-351, 2000 (Impact Factor = 1.308).
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B, “Prediction of Solid Waste Generation via Grey Fuzzy Dynamic Modeling,” Resources Conservation and Recycling, 29, 1-18, 2000 (Impact Factor = 2.347).
     

   • Chang, N. B and Chen, W. C., “Fuzzy Controller Design for Municipal Incinerators with the Aid of Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming Techniques,” Waste Management & Research, 18, 341-351, 2000 (Impact Factor = 1.308).
     

   • Lin, K. S., Wang, H. Paul, Chang, N. B., Huang, Y. J., and Liu, S. H., “Pyrolysis Kinetics of Refuse-derived Fuel,” Fuel Processing Technology, 60, 103-110, 1999 (Impact Factor = 3.436).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wei, Y. L., “Strategic Planning of Recycling Drop-off Stations by Multi-objective Programming,” Environmental Management, 24(2), 247-264, 1999 (Impact Factor = 1.895).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chen, W. C., and Chang, Y. H., “Comparative Evaluation of RDF and MSW Incineration,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 58, 33-45, 1999 (Impact Factor = 3.997).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wang, H. P., Huang, W. L., and Lin, K. S., “The Assessment of Reuse Potential for MSW and RDF Incineration Ashes,” Resources, Conservation, & Recycling, 25(3-4), 255-270, 1999 (Impact Factor = 2.347).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Lin, Y. T., and Chang, Y. H., “A Client-Server Computer Framework for Solid Waste Management Decision Analysis in Taiwan,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 58, 15-31, 1998 (Impact Factor = 3.997).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chang, Y. H. and Chen, W. C., “Systematic Evaluation and Uncertainty Analysis of Refuse-derived Fuel Process in Taiwan,” Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 48, 537-544, 1998 (Impact Factor = 1.923).
     

   • Chang, Y. H. and Chang, N. B., “Optimization Analysis for the Development of Short-term Solid Waste Management Strategies using Presorting Process prior to Incinerator,” Resources Conservation and Recycling, 24, 7-32, 1998 (Impact Factor = 2.347).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Lu, H. Y., and Wei, Y. L., “GIS Technology for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling in Solid Waste Collection Systems,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(9), 901-910, 1997 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “A Fuzzy Goal Programming Approach for the Optimal Planning of Solid Waste Management Systems,” European Journal of Operational Research, 99(2), 287-303, 1997 (Impact Factor = 2.512).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chen, Y. L., and Wang, S. F., “A Fuzzy Interval Multi-objective Mixed Integer Programming Approach for the Optimal Planning of Metropolitan Solid Waste Management System,” Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 89(1), 35-60, 1997 (Impact Factor = 2.250).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Lu, H. Y., “A New Approach for Long Term Planning of Solid Waste Management Systems Using Fuzzy Global Criterion,” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, A32(4), 1025-1047, 1997 (Impact Factor = 1.087).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “Integrated Analysis of Recycling and Incineration Programs by Goal Programming Techniques,” Waste Management & Research, 15(2), 121-136, 1997 (Impact Factor = 1.308).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chang, Y. H., and Chen, Y. L., “Cost-effective and Workload Balancing Operation in Solid Waste Management Systems,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(2), 178-190, 1997 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Lin, Y. T., “Optimal Siting of Transfer Station Locations in a Metropolitan Solid Waste Management System,” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, A32, (8), 2379-2401, 1997 (Impact Factor = 1.087).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Lin, Y. T., “Economic Evaluation of a Regionalization Program of Solid Waste Management in a Metropolitan Region,” Journal of Environmental Management, 51(3), 241-274, 1997 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chang, Y. H., and Chen, W. C., “Evaluation of Heat Values and its Prediction for Refuse-derived Fuel,” Science of the Total Environment, 197, 139-148, 1997 (Impact Factor = 3.366).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Lin, Y. T., “An Analysis of Recycling Impacts on Solid Waste Generation by Time Series Intervention Modeling,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 19(3), 165-186, 1997 (Impact Factor = 2.347).
     

   • Chang, N. B and Chen, Y. L., “Construction Cost Analysis for Landfill Gas Recovery System in the U.S. via Fuzzy Regression Technique,” Journal of the Chinese Fuzzy Systems Association, 3(1), 23-48, 1997. (in Chinese, no impact factor)
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “The Development of an Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management,” Computers, Environment and Urban System, 20(3), 201-212, 1996 (Impact Factor = 1.183).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yong, Y. C., and Wang, S. F., “Solid Waste Management System Analysis with Noise Control and Traffic Congestion Limitations,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 122(2), 122-131, 1996 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Shoemaker, C. A., and Schuler, R. E., “Solid Waste Management System Analysis with Air Pollution Control and Leachate Impact Limitations,” Waste Management & Research, 14, 463-481, 1996 (Impact Factor = 1.308).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “Comparative Risk Analysis of Solid Waste Management Alternatives in a Metropolitan Region,” Environmental Management, 20(1), 65-80, 1996 (Impact Factor =1.895).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “Solid Waste Management System Analysis by Multi-objective Mixed Integer Programming Model,” Journal of Environmental Management, 48, 17-43, 1996 (Impact Factor = 2.76).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “Managerial Fuzzy Optimal Planning for Solid Waste Management Systems,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 122(7), 649-658, 1996 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Huang, S. H., “A Chemometric Approach for the Verification of Dioxin/Furan Formation Mechanism in Municipal Incinerators,” Chemosphere, 32(1), 209-216, 1996 (Impact Factor = 3.559).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Chen, Y. L. and Yong, H. H., “A Fuzzy Goal Regression Model for the Construction Cost Estimation of Municipal Waste Incinerators,” International Journal of Systems Science, 27(5), 433-445, 1996 (Impact Factor = 0.948).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Huang, S. H., “Statistical Modelling for the Prediction and Control of PCDDs and PCDFs Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators,” Waste Management and Research, 13, 379-400, 1995 (Impact Factor = 1.308).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “The Development of Material Recovery Facilities in the United States: Status and Cost Structure Analysis,” Resources Conservation and Recycling, 13(2), 115-128, 1995 (Impact Factor = 2.347).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., “A Locational Model for the Site Selection of Solid Waste Management Facilities with Traffic Congestion Constraints,” Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 11, 287-306, 1994 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Mount, T. D., and Schuler, R. E., “Econometric Analysis of the Construction and Operating Costs of Solid Waste Incinerators,” Environmental Modelling and Software, 8, 173-186, 1993 (Impact Factor = 2.900).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Schuler, R. E., and Shoemaker, C. A., “Environmental and Economic Optimization of an Integrated Solid Waste Management System,” Journal of Resource Management and Technology, 21(2), 87-98, 1993 (no Impact Factor).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Pan, Y. C., and Huang, S. D., “Time Series Forecasting of Solid Waste Generation,” Journal of Resource Management and Technology, 21(1), 1-10, 1993 (no Impact Factor).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Schuler, R. E., “Optimal Pricing of the Sanitary Landfill Use Over Time,” Journal of Resource Management and Technology, 19(1), 14-24, 1991 (no Impact Factor).

     
     
     
     

3. Publication in sustainable air quality management (Total=13)

   • Gao, Z., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “Detection of Multidecadal Changes in UVB and Total Ozone Concentrations over the Continental US with NASA TOMS Data and USDA Ground-based Measurements,” Remote Sensing, 2(1), 262-277, 2010 (new journal).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and D. Q. Chang “Long-term Risk Assessment of Possible Accidental Release of Nuclear Power Plants in Complex Terrains with respect to Synoptic Weather Patterns," Frontiers of Earth Science, 4(2), 205-228, 2010, DOI: 10.1007/s11707-010-0001-0 (new journal).
     

   • Cheng, K. Y. and Chang, N. B., “Assessing the Impact of Biogenic VOC Emissions in a High Ozone Episode via Integrated Remote Sensing and the CMAQ Model,” Frontiers of Earth Science, 3(2), 182-197, 2009 (new journal).
     

   • Tseng, C. C. and Chang, N. B., “Environmental Exposure Assessment for Emergency Response in a Nuclear Power Plant Using an Integrated Source Term and 3D Numerical Model,” Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 14(6), 661-675. 2009 (Impact Factor = 1.237).
     

   • Weng, Y. C., Chang, N. B., and Lee, T. Y., “Nonlinear Time Series Analysis of Ground-Level Ozone Dynamics in Southern Taiwan,” Journal of Environmental Management, 87(3), 405-414, 2008 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Lin, K. S. and Chang, N. B., “Control of PCDDs/PCDFs in a Fluidized Bed Incinerator via Activated Carbon Injection in Petrochemical Industry,” Petroleum Science and Technology, 26(7/8), 764-789, 2008 (Impact Factor = 0.345).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Ning, S. K., and Chen, J. C., “Multi-criteria Relocation Strategy of Offsite Radioactive Monitoring Network for a Nuclear Power Plant,” Environmental Management, 38(2), 197-217, 2006 (Impact Factor = 1.895).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Tseng, C. C., “Assessing Relocation Strategy of Urban Air Quality Monitoring Network by Compromise Programming,” Environment International, 26, 524-541, 2001 (Impact Factor = 4.786).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Jang, Carey, and Ji-Cheng, “Development and Application of U.S. EPA’s Models-3: An Integrated “One-Atmosphere” Third-Generation Air Quality Modeling System,” Journal of Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, 10(1), 19-34, 2000 (no impact factor).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Tseng, C. C., “Optimal Design of Multi-pollutant Air Quality Monitoring Network in a Metropolitan Region using Kaohsiung, Taiwan as an Example,” Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 57(2), 121-148, 1999 (Impact Factor = 1.436).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Tseng, C. C., “Optimal Evaluation of Expansion Alternatives for Existing Air Quality Monitoring Network in an Urban Area by Grey Compromise Programming,” Journal of Environmental Management, 56(1), 61-77, 1999 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Kao, C. Y., Wei, Y. L., and Tseng, C. C., “Comparative Study of 3-D Numerical Simulation and Puff Models for Dense Air Pollutants,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 125(2), 125-134, 1998 (Impact Factor = 1.217).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wei, Y. L., Tseng, C. C., and Kao, C. Y., “The Design of a GIS-based Decision Support System for Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Response in an Urban Environment,” Computers, Environment and Urban System, 21(1), 67-94, 1997

     (Impact Factor = 1.183).
     
     
     

4. Publication in Industrial Ecology, Earth Systems Engineering, Ecological Engineering, and Environmental Health (Total=46)

   • Liu, S. and Chang, N. B. “Geochemical Impact of Aquifer Storage and Recovery Operation on Fate and Transport of Sediment Phosphorus in a Large Shallow Lake,” Environmental Earth Sciences, accepted, Jan., 2012 (Impact Factor = 1.075).
     

   • Sun, Z. and Chang, N. B., and Huang, Q. “Precipitation Patterns and Associated Summer Extreme Flow Analyses in the Yangtze River, China Using TRMM/PR Data,” Journal of Hydrologic Sciences Journal, accepted, Jan. 2012 (Impact Factor = 1.891).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Islam, K., Marimon, Z., Xuan, Z. M., and Wanielista, M., “Assessing Chemical and Biological Signatures of Nutrient Removal via the Use of Floating Islands in Stormwater Mesocosms,” Chemosphere, accepted, Jan., 2012 (Impact Factor = 3.559).
     

   • Sadeghi, Z., Zouj, M. J. V., Dehghani, M., and Chang, N. B., “An Enhanced Algorithm Based on Persistent Scatterer Interferometry for High-rate Land Subsidence Estimation,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, accepted, Feb. 2012 (Impact Factor=1.000).
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Jin, K. R., “Ecodynamic Assessment of the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Okeechobee, Florida under Natural and Anthropogenic Stress,” International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, accepted, Dec. 2011 (New journal, no impact factor).
     

   • O’Reilley, A., Wanielista, M., Chang, N. B., and Harris, W. G., “Soil Property Control of Biogeochemical Processes beneath Two Subtropical Stormwater Infiltration Ponds,” , accepted, Nov, 2011 (impact factor=2.738).
     

   • O’Reilley, A., Chang, N. B., and Wanielista, M., “Effects of Cyclic Biogeochemical Processes on Nitrogen Cycling beneath a Subtropical Stormwater Infiltration Pond,” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, accepted, Jan., 2012 (impact factor=2.213).
     

   • Qi, C., and Chang, N. B., “Integrated Carbon Footprint and Cost Evaluation in a Drinking Water Infrastructure System for Screening Expansion Alternatives,” Journal of Cleaner Production, doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.009, 2011 (impact factor=2.598).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Qi, C., and Yang, J., “Optimal Expansion of a Drinking Water Infrastructure System with respect to Carbon Footprint, Cost Effectiveness, and Water Demand,” Journal of Environmental Management, accepted, Jan., 2012 (Impact Factor = 2.760).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Ernest, A., and Pongsanone, N. P., “A Rule-based Decision Support System for Sensor Deployment in Small Drinking Water Networks,” Journal of Cleaner Production, accepted, Nov., 2011 (impact factor=2.598).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Islam, K., and Wanielista, M., “Floating Wetland Mesocosm Assessment of Nutrient Removal to Reduce Ecotoxicity in Stormwater Ponds,” International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, accepted, Dec., 2011 (impact factor=3.534).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wimberly, B., and Xuan, Z. M., “Identification of Spatiotemporal Nutrient Patterns in a Coastal Bay via an Integrated K-means Clustering and Gravity Model,” Journal of Environmental Monitoring, accepted, Dec., 2011 (Impact Factor =2.083).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Xuan, Z. M., and Wimberly, B., “Remote Sensing Assessment of Spatiotemporal Nitrogen Concentrations in Tampa Bay, Florida under the Impact of Drought,” Journal of Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, accepted, Nov. 2011 (Impact Factor = 0.590).
     

   • Thomas, N., Chang, N. B., and Qi, C., “Preliminary Assessment for Global Warming Potential of Leading Contributory Gases from a 40” LCD Flat Screen Television,” Internal Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 17(1), 96-104, 2012 (Impact Factor =3.233). 
     

   • Chang, N. B., "Making a Progress to Speed up the Nitrification and Denitrification Processes in Novel Biosorption Activated Media: Can Archaea be in Concert with Anammox?" Journal of Bioprocessing and Biotechniques, 1(2), 1-5, 2011 (New Journal, no impact factor).
     

   • Gao, Z., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “Evaluation of Dynamic Linkages between Evapotranspiration and Land Use/Land Cover Changes with Landsat TM and ETM+ Data”, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33(12), 3733-3750 2012 (Impact Factor =1.182).
     

   • Gao, Z., Xie, X., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “Spatial Analysis of Terrain-impacted Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR) Using MODIS Data,” GIScience & Remote Sensing, 48(4), 1-21, doi: 10.2747/1548-1603.48.4.1, 2011 (Impact Factor = 1.000).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Xuan, Z. M., and Wanielista, M., “A Tracer Study for Addressing the Interactions between Hydraulic Retention Time and Transport Processes in a Subsurface Wetland System for Nutrient Removal”, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, doi 10.1007/s00449-011-0578-z, 2011 (Impact Factor =2.060).
     

   • Xuan, Z. M., Chang, N. B., and Wanielista, M., “Modeling the System Dynamics for Nutrient Removal in an Innovative Septic Tank Media Filter”, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s00449-011-0627-7, 2011 (Impact Factor = 2.060).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Qi, C., Islam, K., and Hossain, F., “Comparisons between Global Warming Potential and Cost-Benefit Criteria for Optimal Planning of a Municipal Solid Waste Management System,” Journal of Cleaner Production,  20(1), 1-13, 2012 (Impact Factor =2.598). 
     

   • Chang, N. B., Pongsanone, N. P., and Ernest, A., “Comparisons between a  Rule-based Expert System and Optimization Models for Sensor Deployment in a Small-scale Drinking Water Distribution Network,” Expert System with Applications, 38, 10685–10695, 2011 (Impact Factor =2.193).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Rivera, B., and Wanielista, M., “Optimal Design for Water Conservation and Energy Savings Using Green Roofs in a Green Building under Mixed Uncertainties” Journal of Cleaner Production, 19, 1180-1188, 2011 (Impact Factor =2.598).
     

   • Pires, A., Chang, N. B., and Martinho, G., “Reliability-based Life Cycle Assessment for Future Solid Waste Management Alternatives in Portugal,” International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 16(4), 316-337, 2011 (Impact Factor = 3.233).
     

   • Sun, Z., Chang, N. B., Opp, C., and Hennig, T., “Evaluation of Ecological Restoration through Vegetation Patterns in the Lower Tarim River, China with MODIS NDVI Data,” Ecological Informatics, 6, 156-163, 2011 (Impact Factor = 1.446).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Han, M., Yao,  W., Xu, S. G., and Chen, L. C., “Change Detection of Land Use and Land Cover in a Fast Growing Urban Region with SPOT-5 Images and Partial Lanczos Extreme Learning Machine” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 4, 043551, 2010 (Impact Factor =1.000).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Xuan, Z. M., Daranpob, A., and Wanielista, M., “A Subsurface Upflow Wetland System for Nutrient and Pathogen Removal in On-site Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems,” Environmental Engineering Science, 28(1), 11-24, 2011 (Impact Factor = 1.041).
     

   • Xuan, Z. M., Chang, N. B., Daranpob, A., and Wanielista, M., “Modeling the Subsurface Upflow Wetlands (SUW) Systems for Wastewater Effluent Treatment,” Environmental Engineering Science, 27(10), 879-888, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.041).
     

   • Sun, Z., Chang, N. B., and Opp, C., “Using SPOT-VGT NDVI as Successive Ecological Indicators of for Understanding the Environmental Implicationsin the Tarim River Basin, China,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, 043554, 2010 (Impact Factor =1.000).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Feng, R., Gao, Z., and Gao, W., “Skin Cancer Incidence is Highly Associated with Ultraviolet-B Radiation History,” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 213, 359-368, 2010 (Impact Factor = 2.590).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Hossain, F., and Wanielista, M., “Use of Filter Media for Nutrient Removal in Natural Systems and Built Environments (I): Previous Trends and Perspectives,” Environmental Engineering Science, 27(9), 689-706, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.041).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., and Makkeasorn, A. “Use of Filter Media for Nutrient Removal in Natural Systems and Built Environments (II): Design Challenges and Application Potentials,” Environmental Engineering Science, 27(9), 707-720, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.041).
     

   • Gao, Z., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “Comparative Analyses of the Ultraviolet-B Flux over the Continental United States Based on the NASA TOMS Data and USDA Ground-based Measurements,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing,  4, 043547, 2010 (Impact Factor = 1.000).
     

   • Gao, Z., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “Impact of Climate and Land Use/Cover Changes on the Carbon Cycle in China (1981-2000): a System-based Assessment, Biogeosciences, 7(4), 5517-5555, 2010 (Impact Factor = 4.064).
     

   • Gao, W., Zhang, W., Gao, Z., and Chang, N. B., “Modeling the Land Surface Heat Exchange Process with the Aid of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Images,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 3, 033573, 2009 (Impact Factor = 1.000).
     

   • Chen, H. W., Chang, N. B., Yu, R. F., and Huang, Y. W. “Urban Land Use and Land Cover Classification Using the Neural-fuzzy Inference Approach with Formosat-2 Data,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 3, 033558, 2009 (Impact Factor = 1.000).
     

   • Zhou, X. B., Chang, N. B., and Li, S. S., “Applications of SAR Interferometry in Earth and Environmental Science Research,“ Sensors Journal, 9(3), 1876-1912; 2009 (Impact Factor = 1.917).
     

   • Lin, K. S., Chang, N. B. and Chuang, T. D., “Fine Structure Characterization of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles for Decontamination of Nitrites and Nitrates in Wastewater,” Science and Technology for Advanced Materials, 9, 025105 (9pp), doi:10.1088/1468-6996/9/2/025015. 2008 (Impact Factor = 3.220).
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Hossain, F., Zhai, L., and Lin, K. S., “Integrating Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron and Titanium Dioxide for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Systems,” NANO: Brief Reports and Reviews, 3(4), 297-300, 2008 (Impact Factor = 1.106).
     

   • Lin, K. S., Chuang, T. D., and Chang, N. B, “Decontamination of Nitrates and Nitrites in Wastewater by Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles,” NANO: Brief Reports and Reviews, 3(4), 291-295, 2008 (Impact Factor = 1.106).
     

   • Lin, K. S., Lo, C. C., and Chang, N. B., “Synthesis and Characterization of Titania Nanotube for Dye Wastewater Treatment,” NANO: Brief Reports and Reviews, 3(4), 257-262, 2008 (Impact Factor = 1.106).
     

   • Ko, A. and Chang, N. B., “Optimal Planning of Co-Firing Alternative Fuels with Coal in a Power Plant by Grey Nonlinear Mixed Integer Programming Model,” Journal of Environmental Management, 88, 11-27, 2008 (Impact Factor = 2.76).
     

   • Wu, C. C. and Chang, N. B., “Evaluation of Environmentally Benign Production Program in the Textile Dying Industry (I): an Input-Output Analysis,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 24(4), 275-298, 2007 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Wu, C. C. and Chang, N. B., “Evaluation of Environmentally Benign Production Program in the Textile Dying Industry (II): a Multi-objective Programming Approach,” Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 25(1), 299-322, 2008 (Impact Factor = 0.804).
     

   • Wu, C. C. and Chang, N. B., “Corporate Optimal Production Planning with Varying Environmental Costs: A Grey Compromise Programming Approach,” European Journal of Operational Research, 155, 68-95, 2004 (Impact Factor = 2.512).
     

   • Huang, G. H. and Chang, N. B., “The Perspectives of Environmental Informatics and Systems Analysis,” Journal of Environmental Informatics, 1(1), 1-6, 2003 (Impact Factor =1.145).
     

   • Wu, C. C. and Chang, N. B., “Grey Input-Output Analysis and its Application for Environmental Cost Allocation,” European Journal of Operational Research, 145(1), 175-201, 2003 (Impact Factor = 2.512).
     

   • Wu, C. C. and Chang, N. B., “Global Strategy for Optimizing Multiproduct Textile Dyeing Process via GA-based Grey Compromise Programming,” Computers and Chemical Engineering, 27(6), 833-854, 2003 (Impact Factor = 2.235).
     
     

5. Journal Papers in Review, Revision, and Preparation (Total =41)

   • Chang, N. B. and Pongsanone, N. P., “Optimal Sensor Deployment in a Large-scale Complex Drinking Water Distribution Network: Comparisons between an Expert System and Optimization Models,” Computers and Chemical Engineering, in review, Dec., 2010.
     

   • Lian, J., Xu, S., Chang, N. B., Han, C., and Liu, J., “Removal of Molybdate from Mine Tailing Effluents with the Aid of Loessial Soil and Slag Waste,” Environmental Engineering Science, in review, Sept., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Islam, K., Marimon, Z., and Wanielista, M., “Ecosystem Dynamics of Floating Wetlands for Stormwater Treatment under Natural and Anthropogenic Stress,” Journal of American Water Resources Association, in review, Nov., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, J., and Xuan, Z. M., “Monitoring Spatiotemporal Nutrient Concentrations in Tampa Bay, Florida with MODIS Images-based Genetic Programming Models,” Remote Sensing of Environment, in review, Aug., 2011.
     

   • O'Reilly, A., Wanielista, M., Chang, N. B., Xuan, Z., and Harris, W. G., “Biogeochemical Assessment of Coupled Nitrogen and Carbon Cycle beneath a Stormwater Infiltration Basin with Biosorption Activated Media,” Science of the Total Environment, in review, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Gao, Z., Wang, J., Chang, N. B., and Gao, W., “An Associative Analysis between TOMS and ISCCP Data to Address Ultraviolet B Flux Variations in the Continental US,” GIScience and Remote Sensing, in review, Jan., 2012.
     

   • Xuan, Z., Chang, N. B., O'Reilly, A. and Wanielista, M., “System Dynamics Modeling for Nutrient Removal Design of Biosorption Activated Media in a Stormwater Infiltration Basin,” Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, in review, Feb., 2012.
     

   • Jin, K. R., Chang, N. B., and East, T., “Coupling Effects of Hurricane and Drought Impacts on Ecosystem in Lake Okeechobee, Florida,” Journal of Environmental Management, in review, Sept., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Xuan, Z., Marimon, Z., Island, K., and Wanielista, M., “Multimedia Fate and Transport Assessment of a Floating Island for Nutrient Removal in a Stormwater Pond,” Chemosphere, in review, Feb., 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Marimon, Z., and Wanielista, M., “Ecosystem Dynamics Modeling of a Floating Island for Nutrient Removal in a Stormwater Retention Basin,” Chemosphere, in review, Feb., 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Xuan, Z., and Wanielista, M., “A Novel Floating Wetland for Nutrient Removal and Ecotoxicity Control in a Stormwater Retention Pond,” Water Research, in review, Jan. 2012.
     

   • Ning, S. K., Chang, N. B., Hong, M. C., and Chou, Y. H., “A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Two Types of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators,” Journal of Cleaner Production, in review, Feb., 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Zhang, L., Hardin, M., and Wanielista, M., “Integrated Green Roof and Stormwater Management Technologies for Low Impact Development: Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives”, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, in review, Feb., 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wimberly, B., and Xuan, Z, “Spatiotemporal Variability of Ecohydrological Patterns in the Tampa Bay Watershed, Florida under the Impacts of Hurricanes and Droughts,” Journal of Hydrology, in review, Feb., 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Wimberly, B., and Xuan, Z, “Spatiotemporal Nutrient Flux Predictions in Tampa Bay Watershed, Florida under Natural Hazard Impacts Using Artificial Neural Network Models,” Science of the Total Environment, in review, Feb., 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, J., Mullon, L., and Weiss, J. “Influence of Long-Distance Climate Teleconnection on Seasonality Effect of Vegetation Cover at Three Undisturbed Forested Sites in Northeast America,” Ecological Informatics, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, J., Mullon, L., and Weiss, J. “Remote Sensing-based Wavelet Assessment for Middle-term Climate Teleconnection between Atlantic Ocean and Undisturbed Forested Sites in Northeast America,” Environmental Research Letters, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., “Optimal Site Selection of Natural Gas Stations for Gas-driven Cars in an Urban Region with Gravity Model-based Integer Programming,” Environmental Science and Technology, in preparation, Nov., 2011.
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., “Dust Impact Assessment in an Estuarine Region via Integrated Remote Sensing and Air Quality Modeling,” Journal of Environmental Management, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., “Screening and Selection of Alternatives for Estuarine Dust Impact Management Using an Integrated Simulation and Optimization Model,” Journal of Environmental Management, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Chang, D. K., Chen, C. C., Weng, Y. C., and Lee, C. Y., “A Spatial Decision Support System for Emergency Response and Risk Communication in Nuclear Power Plants,” Journal of Environmental Management, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Qi, C., “Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Analyses in Decision Making: Barriers and Perspectives,” European Journal of Operation Research, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Qi, C., “Robust Optimal Expansion of a Drinking Water Infrastructure System with Sustainability Implications,” Journal of Cleaner Production, in preparation, Dec, 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wu, M. C., “Intercomparisons between Diagnostic and Objective Wind Field Projection Based on Synoptic Weather Patterns in a Complex Terrain,” Frontiers of Earth Science, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., and Wu, M. C., “Developing a Genetic Algorithm-based Neural Network Model for Diagnostic Wind Field Projection in a Complex Terrain,” Frontiers of Earth Science, in preparation, Dec., 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, J., Mullon, L., and Xuan, Z., “Reconstruction of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Total Organic Carbon Concentrations in Harsha Lake, Ohio with an Integrated Data Fusion and Mining Technique,” Remote Sensing of Environment, in preparation, Jan., 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Yang, J., McBee, M., and Xuan, Z., “Water Quality Assessment in the Great Black Marsh Area of Lake Erie with LNADSAT and MODIS Data Fusion,” Environmental Research Letters, in preparation, Feb, 2012.
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Wanielista, M., “Passive On-site Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Nutrient Removal: Recent Trends and Challenges,” Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, in preparation, Dec., 2010.
     

   • Chen, H. W., Chang, N. B., Ning, S. K., and Chuang, Y. H., “Sizing a Reservoir with Respect to Uncertain Hydrological Features, Water Demand, and Ecosystem Restoration Requirements,” Advances in Water Resources, in preparation, Aug., 2011.
     

   • Gao, Z., Chang, N. B., and Gao, W., “A Spatiotemporal  Dependence Analysis of UV Flux across the Continental US with Integrated Sensing, Monitoring, and Modeling Approach,” Remote Sensing of Environment, in preparation, Dec., 2010.
     

   • Chang, N. B., and Chen, H. W. “Developing the Evolutionary Support Vector Machine (ESVM) for Land Use Change Detection in an Urban Region with Formosa-II Images” Remote Sensing of Environment, in preparation, Dec., 2010.
     

   • Gao, Z., Gao, W., and Chang, N. B., “Assessing the Climate Change Impact on the Decadal Net Primary Productivity (NPP) of Ecosystem in China with Integrated Remote Sensing  and Modeling,”  Nature-Geoscience, in preparation, Nov., 2010.
     

   • Lu, G. W., Chang, N. B., and Liao, L., “Recycling Potentials of Solid Waste Management Streams in Four Mega Cities in China: A Comparative Review,” Waste Management, in preparation, May, 2011.
     

   • Lu, G. W., Liao, L., and Chang, N. B., “RFID-based Vehicle Routing Optimization Strategies for Collecting Solid Waste Streams in a Fast Growing Urban Region,” Environmental Science and Technology, in preparation, May, 2011.
     

   • Chang, N. B., Lu, G. W., and Liao, L., “ACompromise Programming Approach to Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cost-Benefit Concerns for SustainableSolid Waste Management,” Science of the Total Environment, in preparation, May, 2011.
     

   • Jin, K. R. and Chang, N. B, , “Assessing the Sediment Erosion Potential under Hurricane and Drought Impacts in Lake Okeechobee, Florida,” Science of the Total Environment, in preparation, Dec., 2009.
     

   • Chang, N. B. and Chen, J. C., “Evaluation of ISC-PRIME Model Suitability for Three Nuclear Power Plants with Unusual Structures or Landscape via Wind Tunnel Observations.” Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, in preparation, Oct., 2009.

 

(B) Conference Papers and Presentations (Total = 155)

• Wang, H. P., Chang, N. B., and Yang, S. S., "Recycle Spent FCC Catalysts as VOCs Adsorbents," Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 13-16, pp. 3C-1-3A-8, 1994, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., and Fang Y. C., "Computer-aided Environment for System Design of Mass Burn Waterwall Incinerator," Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies, Southampton, U.K., Sep., 13-16, Envirosoft/94, 197-203, 1994, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Lo, M. H. "An Expert System for Regional Air Quality Management," Proceedings of the International Specialty Conference of Computing in Environmental Management, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Nov., 30 - Dec. 2, pp. 133-146, 1994, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Tseng, Yi-Hsing, "A Framework of Intelligent Environmental Decision Support System," presented to the 1994 International Symposium on Environmental Information Management and EDI, Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, pp. 25-33, 1994, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chang, Y. H., "Combustion Control of Municipal Waterwall Incinerators by Fuzzy-Neural Logic," Proceedings of International Conference on Solid Waste Management: Thermal Treatment and Waste-to-Energy Technologies, Washington D.C. USA, April 18-21, 1995, pp. 1-14, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "The Development of Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management," 1995 Chinese & German Environmental Protection Technology Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 15, pp. 95-121, 1995, invited presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "The Applications of Fuzzy Control Technology in the Field of Environmental Engineering," 1995 Chinese & German Environmental Protection Technology Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 15, pp. 122-145, 1995, invited presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chen, Y. L., "Fuzzy Regression Analysis of the Capital Cost of Small Wastewater Treatment Plants," The 3rd International Specialized Conference on Design and Operation of Small Wastewater Treatment Plants, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 30, pp. 279-286, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Evaluation of River Basin Pollution Control by Geographical Information System, "AWRA 1995 Annual Conference and Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, Nov. 6-10, pp. 77-80, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. "Remediation Planning of Seawater Intrusion by Grey Mixed Integer Programming," AWRA 1995 Annual Conference and Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, Nov. 6-10, pp. 265-270, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Lin, Y. T., "Solid Waste Management by Geographical Information Systems," Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 12-15, pp. 3C-14-3C~22, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Wang, S. F., "Long Term Planning of Solid Waste Management Systems by Compromise Programming," Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, pp. 4D-1-4D8, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 12-15, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Lin, Y. T., "Solid Waste Management by Geographical Information Systems," Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 12-15, pp. 3C-14-3C~22, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, Y. H, Chang. N. B., and Chen, Y. L., "Optimal Operation Modeling for Solid Waste Management Systems," Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 12-15, pp. 3C-1~3C-8, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Overview of the Refuse-Derived Fuel Technology in the USA," The Third International Symposium on East Asian Recycling Technology EARTH '95, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Nov. 21-25, pp. 580-587, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Lu, H. Y., "Optimal Planning of Reservoir Watershed by Grey Compromise Programming," International Joint Conference of CFSA/IFIS/SOFT'95 on Fuzzy Theory and Application, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Dec., 7-9, pp. 71-76, 1995, oral presentation.
  
• Kao, C. J. J. and Chang, N. B., "Use of 3D Numerical Simulation Model for Impact Analysis of Accidental Release of Hazardous Substance in Urban Environment," presented to the 5th International Conference on Atmospheric Science and Application, Seattle, Washington, USA, June-18-20, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Tseng, Yi-Hsing, and Kao, C. J. Jim, "The Application of Geographical Information System for Chemical Emergency Response Planning in Urban Environment," presented to the 5th International Conference on Atmospheric Science and Application, Seattle, Washington, USA, June-18-20, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and C. Y. Kao, "Environmental Monitoring of Radioactive Nuclides by Lidar Remote Sensing System in a Emergency Response System," Proceedings of 1996 SERNIA Symposium on Environmental Radioactive Nuclides Impact in Asia, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 5-8, pp. 365-374, 1996 invited presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., C. Y. Kao, and Tseng, J. J. "The Use of 3D Numerical Simulation Model for Impact Analysis of Accidental Release of Radioactive Nuclides from the Nuclear Power Plants," Proceedings of 1996 SERNIA Symposium on Environmental Radioactive Nuclides Impact in Asia, Sep. 5-8, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 375-378, 1996, invited presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Chen, Y. L. and Chen, H. W. "The Development of Fuzzy Goal Regression Techniques and Its Applications," Proceedings of Fourth European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing, Aachen, Germany, Sep. 2-5, pp. 1463-1467, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chen, H. W. "Measurement of Recreational Value of River Flow by Fuzzy Contingent Valuation Method," presented to CWRA Watercourse Conference, Oct. 27-29, Vancouver, Canada, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chang, Y. H., "The Use of '5E' Criteria for the Optimal Planning of Solid Waste Management Systems," Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, pp. 3E21-3ED26, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, Y. H. and Chang, N. B., "Reliability Analysis of the Solid Waste Presorting Plant in Taiwan," Proceedings of Twelfth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, pp. 2D9-2D16, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chang, Y. H., "Evaluation of the Impacts of Solid Waste Presorting on Municipal Incinerators," Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, pp. 2E19-2E26, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, W. C. and Chang, N. B., "Combined Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network for Combustion Control of Municipal Incinerators," Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, pp. 3D17-3D26, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chen, H. W., "The Application of Genetic Algorithm and Nonlinear Fuzzy Programming for Water Pollution Control in a River Basin," Proceedings of 1996 Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium, Renting, Taiwan, Dec.11-14, pp. 339-345, 1996, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chen, H. W., "The Use of Fuzzy Interval Genetic Algorithm for Solving Multi-objective Nonlinear Mixed Integer Programming Model," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Jaipur, India, Jan. 5-8, pp. 76-82, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chen, H. W., "The Application of Fuzzy Interval Genetic Algorithm for Water Pollution Control in the River Basin," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Jaipur, India, Jan. 5-8, pp. 653-660, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chang, Y. H., "Benefit/Cost Analysis of Refuse-derived Fuel," Proceedings of Fifth Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, April, 22-25, pp. 1007-1026, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wang, H. P., Huang, W. L., Lin, K. S., and Chang, Y. H., "Comparison between MSW ash and RDF ash from Incineration Process," Fifth Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, April, 22-25, pp. 959-974, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Lin, T. Z., "The Impact Assessment of Oil Leakage by Multiphase Subsurface Transport Simulation," First International Conference on Environmental Restoration, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 6-9, pp. 91-99, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N.B. and Chen, H. W., "Application of Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm and Multi-objective Programming for Water Pollution Control in the River Basin," First International Conference on Environmental Restoration, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 6-9, pp. 53-60, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., and H. W. Chen, "Combined Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network Logic for Optimal Control of Wastewater Treatment Plants," Proceedings of the Seventh IAWQ Workshop on Instrumentation, Control, and Automation of Water and Wastewater Treatment and Transport Systems, Brighton, U.K., 6-9, July, pp. 573-580, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Y. H. Chang, "Economic Evaluation of Material Recovery in Urban Area by Cost/Benefit Analysis," Proceedings of The 4th International Symposium on East Asian Recycling Technology, Sep., 1-4, Kunming, China, pp. 83-92, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Wen-Ling Huang, "Feasibility Study of the Reuse of Incineration Ash as Concrete Aggregate," The 4th International Symposium on Bast Asian Recycling Technology, Sep., 1-4, , Kunming, China, pp. 558-564, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Y. H. Chang, "Economic Evaluation of Material Recovery in Urban Area by Cost/Benefit Analysis," Proceedings of The 4th International Symposium on East Asian Recycling Technology, Sep., 1-4, 1997, Kunming, China, pp. 83-92, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Wen-Ling Huang, "Feasibility Study of the Reuse of " Incineration Ash as Concrete Aggregate," The 4th International Symposium on East Asian Recycling Technology, Sep., 1-4, 1997, Kunming, China, pp. 558-564, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, Y. H. and Chang, N. B., "Optimal Operation Modeling with the Considerations of Heating Value and Energy Recovery Requirement," Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, pp. 4C12-4C19, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Wei, Y. L., "Vehicle Routing and Scheduling by Heuristic Algorithm in the Solid Waste Management System," Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, pp. 5C17-5C26, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chang, Y. H., 'The Economic Planning of a RDF Process Based on the Existing Incinerator and Service Areas," Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, pp. 2C1-2C9, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chen W. C., "Optimal Control of Solid Waste Incineration Process with a Rule Base Generator," the Thirteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 17-20, 1997, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Uncertainties and Risk in the Development of Long-term Solid Waste Management Strategies," International Workshop of Systems Engineering Models for Waste Management, Goteborg, Sweden, Feb., 25-26, 1998, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chen, W. C., "Symbolic Regression by Genetic Programming: Using the Prediction of PCDDs/PCDFs Emissions from Incinerators as an Example," The Third International Conference on Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-28, pp. 255-272, 1998, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, Y. H. and Chang, N. B., "Grey Goal Programming Modeling for Regulating Regional Solid Waste Shipping Strategies in the Metropolitan Region," Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 1-4, pp. 8A6-8A12, 1998, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, Y. H. and Chang, N. B., "Optimal Sizing of Presorting Facility prior to Incinerator Using Goal Programming as a Tool," Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Nov., 1-4, pp. 8A 1-8A6, 1998, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Chen, H. W., Chiang, J. L., and Ning, S. K., "System Analysis for Water Resources Management in South Taiwan," presented to the International Conference of Science and Policy Working Together in Catchment Management, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov., 5-6, 1998, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., "Simulation Analysis using Remote Sensing and Nonpoint Source Pollution Modeling as an Integrated Tool," 26th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, ASCE, The Buttes, Arizona, USA, June 6-9, in CD, 1999, oral presentation.
  
• Ning, S. K., Chen, H. W. and Chang, N. B., "System Analysis for Water Resources Management in Kao-Ping River Basin, Taiwan," 26th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, ASCE, The Buttes, Arizona, USA, June 6-9, in CD, 1999, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, H. W., Chang, N. B., Hsu, H. Y., and Ning, S. K., "Stochastic Optimal Sizing for Reservoir Capacity via a Nonlinear Optimization Technique," Asian Waterqual'99, 7th IAWQ Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct., 18-20, pp. 795-800, 1999, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, H. W., Chang, N. B., Hsu, H. Y., and Ning, S. K., "Uncertainty Analysis of Water Quality in the Kao-Ping River Basin based on Grey System Theory," Asian Waterqual'99, 7th IAWQ Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct., 18-20, pp. 1629-1632, 1999, , oral presentation.
  
• Lin, K. S., Wang, H. P., Chang, N. B., and Jou, C. J. G., "Gasification of Refuse-derived Fuel," Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Dec., 12-14, pp.5E1-7, 1999, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Chang, Y. H., "Assessing the Redistribution Strategy of the Compensatory Fund Based on an Integrated AHP and EIA Approach for a Municipal Incinerator," Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management, March 22-25, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, pp. 175-190, 2000, , oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Won, Y. C., "The Development of Sanitary Landfill and its Cost Structure Analysis in Taiwan," Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management, March 22-25, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, pp. 145-156, 2000, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Lin, K. S., Sun, Y. P., and Wang, H. P., "Engineering Assessment for Burning Combustible Construction and Demolition Wastes in a Brick Kiln," Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management, March 22-25, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, pp. 443-456, 2000, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Hsu, S, Y., Soong, W. K., and Yang, H. Y., "Design of Chemical Emergency Response System by Diagnostic Wind Field and Particle Models in a GIS Environment," Taiwan-France Symposium on Natural Hazard Mitigation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (NSC Conference), May 23-25, 2000, invited presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Hsu, H. Y., "Decision Support System for Emergency Response and Risk Management of Nuclear Power Plants," Proceedings of Australia Taiwan Joint Symposium on Environment Modeling and Management," Taichung, Taiwan, June 28-30, 2000, proceedings presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Lin, K.S., and Wang, H. P., "Resource Recycling via Sorting the Construction and Demolition Waste in Taiwan," ISWA International Symposium on Waste Management in Asian Cities, Hong Kong, China, Oct. 23-26, 2000, oral presentation.
  
• Lin, G. N. and Chang, N. B., "Emissions test of PCDDs/PCDFs for an Industrial Fluidized Bed Incinerator," ISWA International Symposium on Waste Management in Asian Cities, Hong Kong, China, Oct. 23-26, 2000, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wu, M. C., and Weng, Y. C., "The Application of Economic Instruments and Policy Analysis for Scrape Tire Recycling in Taiwan," 2000 Taipei Conference on Policies for Greenhouse Gases Reduction and Pollution Control in Asian-Pacific Region, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov., 28- 30, 2000, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Assessing the Impact of Installing a Refuse-derived-fuel Process in a Retrofit Program of Municipal Incinerator, the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande Environmental Conference, Weslaco, Texas, USA, 2001, 4/26-28, oral presentation.
  
• Ning, S. K., Cheng, K. Y., and Chang, N. B., Evaluation of Non-point Sources Pollution Impacts by Integrated 3S Information Technologies and GWLF model in the Kao-ping River Basin, Taiwan," The second World Water Congress, Berlin, Germany, Oct 16-19,2001, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, Y. C. and Chang, N. B., "The Design of a Web-Based Decision Support System for the Sustainable Management of Urban River System," the second World Water Congress, Berlin, Germany, Oct 16-19, 2001, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, J. C., Chang, Y. C., Chang, N. B., and Lee, M. T. "Mitigating the Impact of Combined Sewer Overflow to an Urban River System via Web-based Share-vision Modelling Analysis, Envirosoft 2002, Bergen Point, Norway, May 3-8, 2002, oral presentation.
  
• Ning, S. K. and Chang, N. B., "Assessing Long-term Land-Use Variations and Nonpoint Source Pollution Impacts by Remote Sensing Technology," Proceedings of International Society of Environmental Information Study (ISEIS) 2002 Specialty Conference, Information
• Systems for Water Resources Management, September 10 – 13, Beijing, China, pp. 1246-1252, 2002, oral presentation.
  Dyson, B. and Chang, N. B., "Optimal Reservoir Operation in the Semi-arid Area in terms of Sustainability Information," Proceedings of International Society of Environmental Information Study (ISEIS) 2002 Specialty Conference, Information Systems for Water Resources Management, Beijing, China, pp. 1193-1199, September 10 – 13, 2002, oral presentation.
  
• Wu, C. C. and Chang, N. B., "Evaluation of Environmentally Benign Production Program in the Textile Dying Industry: a Multi-objective Programming Approach," Symposium on Sustainable Products and Industrial Management, oral presentation, Tainan, Taiwan, in CD Proceedings, March 15-16, 2003, oral presentation.
  
• Ji, J. H., Makkeasorn, A., Chang, N. B., Ernest, A., "Optimal Reservoir Operating Strategy in terms of Salinity Level in Corpus Christi Bay, South Texas, The 4th Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Environmental Conference, oral presentation, South Padre Island, TX, USA, April 10-11, 2003, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Bonner, J. and Le Vine, D. M. "Environmental Cyberinfrastructure in Support of Modeling Complex Coastal Bay Ecosystem," Frontiers in Assessment Methods for the Environment (FAME), poster presentation, Coffman Union, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, August 10-13, 2003, oral presentation.
  
• Parvathinathan, G., Dyson, B., and Chang, N. B., "Optimal Strategies of Freshwater Inflows to the San Antonio Bay by Multi-Objective Stochastic Compromise Programming, 2003 International Conference of Agricultural Science and Technology, Houston, Texas, USA, Oct. 11-14, 2003, poster presentation.
  
• Ning, S. K., Chang, N. B., and Jeng, K. Y. "Assessing Ecological Impacts in Response to Basin-scale Long-term Land-use Variations and Erosion Potential," 30th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, in CD Proceedings, (oral presentation), Nov. 10-14, 2003, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, J. C., Shiu, C.-S. and Chang, N. B., "Web-based Decision Support System for Flooding Prevention and Mitigation in an Urban Region Using Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling,"30th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, oral presentation, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, in CD Proceedings, Nov. 10-14, 2003, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Soil Moisture Measurement Using Remote Sensing in Preparation for Climate Modeling," EPA Workshop of Houston Air Quality Modeling and Monitoring, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Dec. 16, 2003, invited presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Integrating Space-borne Remote Sensing Technology (LANDSAT and RADARSAT) and Genetic Programming Algorithms for Stream Flow Rate Prediction," 2004 Technical and Policy Conference in Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP), Texas A&M International University, Laredo, February 11-13, 2004, invited presentation.
  
• Chen, J. C. and Chang, N. B. "Robustness Analysis of Neural-Fuzzy Control Scheme in Aerated Submerged Biofilm Wastewater Treatment Process," IWA The 1th Special Conference on Small and on-site Water and Wastewater Systems, Perth, Australia, Feb. 11, 2004, poster presentation.
  
• Davila, E. and Chang, N. B., "Optimal Siting of Material Recovery Facilities and Routing Strategy in an Urban setting under Uncertainty," Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March, 21-25, 2004, oral presentation.
  
• Diwakaruni, S., Davila, E., and Chang, N. B., "Strategic Planning for Solid Waste Management in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas," Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March, 21-25, 2004, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A., Guerrero, J. Chang, N. B., and Gomathishanker, P. "NDVI Analysis for Riparian Buffer Zone Design in the Nueces River Basin, Texas," American Water Resources Association Summer Specialty Conference, Olympic Valley, California, June 26-30, 2004, poster presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A., Chang, N. B., Beaman, M., Du, Q., and Wyatt, C., "Optimal Siting of Hydrological Monitoring Stations using Remote Sensing-based Grey Mixed Integer Programming Model," IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, Sep. 22-24, 2004, interactive presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A., Chang, N. B., Beaman, M., and Wyatt, C., " Soil Moisture Analysis using RADARSAT Satellite Imagery in the Choke Canyon Reservoir Watershed, South Texas," IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, Sep. 22-24, 2004, interactive presentation.
  
• Jeng, K. Y. and Chang, N. B., "Assessing Biogenic Emission Impact on the Ground-level Ozone Concentration by Remote Sensing and Numerical Model," IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, Sep. 22-24, 2004, interactive presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Makkeasorn, A., Beaman, M., and Wyatt, C., "Soil Moisture Detection Using RADARSAT Corner Reflector Enhanced Satellite Imagery in a Semi-arid Watershed with Complex Terrain," SPIE Optics East, 2004: Optical Science, Sensors and Systems, Technology, Architecture, and Applications, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA, USA, October 25-28, 2004, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, Jeng-Chung, Tsou, Pei-Shan and Chang, N. B., "Combined Remote Sensing with Water Quality Modeling for Storm Water Management," The First International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, held by the American Academy of Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, January 23-26, 2005, oral presentation.
  
• Srilakshmi K. R., Parvathinathan, G., and Chang, N. B., "Risk Assessment of Citrus Pesticide Impact in Groundwater and Soil Environment in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas," The First International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, held by the American Academy of Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA , January 23-26, 2005, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Parvathinathan, G., "Combining GIS with Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision-Making for Siting New Regional Landfills," The First International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, held by the American Academy of Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, January 23-26, 2005, oral presentation.
  
• Davila, E. and Chang, N. B., "Multi-faceted Sustainability Assessment for Resources Conservation and Recycling in US-Mexico Border Land," The First International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, held by the American Academy of Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA January 23-26, 2005, oral presentation.
  
• Davila, E. and Chang, N. B., "Assessing Mini-max Regret Criteria for Regional Solid Waste Management System," the 20th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, April 3-6, 2005, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A., Chang, N. B., and Beaman, M., "Stream Flowrate Forecasting using Genetic Programming Model in a Semi-arid Coastal Region," World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 15-19, Anchorage, Alaska, 2005, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Hernandez, A., and Davila, E., "Optimal Risk-based Expansion Strategy of Sewer Infrastructure System in a Fast Growing Urban Region under Uncertainty," World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 15-19, Anchorage, Alaska, 2005, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A. Chang, N. B., Beaman, M., Wyatt, C. and Slater, C. "Seasonal Soil Moisture Variation Analysis using RADARSAT-1 Satellite Image in a Semi-arid Coastal Watershed," Third International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Images, May 16-18, Biloxi, Mississippi, 2005, poster presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A., Chang, N. B., Beaman, M. "Comparative Study of Forecasting Potential between Genetic Programming Model and Neural Network Model: A Case Study for Streamflow Forecasting," The 2nd International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2005, July 14 - 17, 2005 in Orlando, Florida, USA, proceeding presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Guo, D. H. "Urban Flash Flood Monitoring, Mapping, and Forecasting via a Tailored Sensor Network System," 2006 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. April 23-25, 2006, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A. and Chang, N. B., "Riparian Buffer Zone Change Detection Based on RADARSAT-1 and LANDSAT Satellite Images," ASCE World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2006, Omaha, Nebraska, May 21 – 25, 2006, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Systems Engineering" a keynote speech in HYPERLINK "http://www.ksi.edu/seke/sk06WSchan.pdf" Workshop on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Energy Production and Environmental Systems Engineering in The Eighteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'06), San Francisco Bay, USA, July 5-7, 2006, invited presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Du, Q, and Srilakshmi, K. R., "Integration of Remote Sensing and Environmental Modeling for Pollution Prevention in Citrus Industry," the 5th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, August 1-3, 2006, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Makkeasorn, A. "Water Demand Analysis in an Urban Region by Neural Network Models," the 8th Annual International Symposium on Water Distribution Systems Analysis, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 27-30, 2006, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Gonzalez, A.  J. "Knowledge Acquisition and Ontology Modeling for Construction of an Environmental Decision Support System for Water Utilities," ASCE EWRI Conference - An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources 2006, New Delhi, India, Dec. 18-20, 2006, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. "Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Adaptive Watershed Management" American Geological Union (AGU) Fall meeting, Dec. 11-15, 2006, San Francisco, CA , poster session.
  
• Chang, N. B. "Combining SAR with LANDSAT for Change Detection of Riparian Buffer Zone in a Semi-arid River Basin" American Geological Union (AGU) Fall meeting Dec. 11-15, 2006, San Francisco, CA, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Ernest, A., "Use of Inexact Multiobjective Programming Model for Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Networks under Uncertainty," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI-2007 conference, May 15-19, 2007, Tampa, Florida, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Reservoir Capacity Planning with Respect to Water Demand, Water Quality, and Biological Integrity," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI-2007 conference, May 15-19, 2007, Tampa, Florida, poster presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., and O'Reilly, A., "Use of Alternative Sorption Media for Removing Nutrients Associated with Stormwater BMPs," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI-2007 conference, May 15-19, 2007, Tampa, Florida, oral presentation.
  
• O'Reilly, A., Wanielista, M., and Chang, N. B., "Data Mining Analysis of Nitrogen in the Florida Aquifer and BMP Management Strategies," 9th Biennial Conference on Stormwater Research & Watershed Management, May 2-5, 2007, Orlando, Florida, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A. and Chang, N. B., "Change Detection of Riparian Buffer Zone with Multiple Remote Sensing Imageries in a Semi-arid Watershed," AEESP Distinguished Lecture, March 5, 2007, Orlando, FL, poster presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Gonzalez, A. J., "A Decision Support System for Sensor Deployment in Water Distribution Networks for Improving the Infrastructure Safety," the 52nd International Scientific Colloquium, 10-13 September 2007, the Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A. and Chang, N. B., "Short-term Stream Flow Forecasting with the aid of Global Climate Change Indices," 6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, November 21-23, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand, oral presentation..
  
• Chang, N. B., Ernest, A., and Makkeasorn, A., "Rule-based Expert System for Sensor Deployment in Drinking Water Systems for Rural Communities," 6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, November 21-23, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., and Makkeasorn, A., "Innovative Design of Stormwater and On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems in Support of Green Building Initiative," 6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, November 21-23, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand, oral presentation.
  
• Lin, K. S., Lo, C. C., and Chang, N. B., "Synthesis and Characterization of Titania Nanotube for Dye Wastewater Treatment," International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Environmental Protection and Pollution, Ft. Lauderdale, USA, Dec. 11-13, 2007, Poster presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Zhai, L., Hossain, F., and Lin, K.S. "Integrating Nano-sized Zero Valent Iron and Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles for Nutrient Removal in Water Systems," International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Environmental Protection and Pollution, Ft. Lauderdale, USA, Dec. 11-13, 2007, oral presentation.
  
• Lin, K. S., Chang, N. B., and Chuang, T. D., "Decontamination of Nitrates and Nitrites in Wastewater by Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles," International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Environmental Protection and Pollution, Ft. Lauderdale, USA, Dec. 11-13, 2007, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Makkeasorn, A., and Xie, H. J. "A New Water Availability Index with Respect to Soil Moisture Information ," 3rd NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study NEWS PI Meeting, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, September 19-21, 2007, poster presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Hossain, F., and Naujock, L. "Material Characterization and Kinetics Study of Green Sorption Media for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Management Facilities," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI-2008 Conference, May 13-16, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. Yang, Y, and Goodrich, J. A., and Buchberger, S. "Multiple Satellite Remote Sensing Images for the Derivation of a Water Availability Index," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI-2008 Conference, May 13-16, 2008, Honolulu Hawaii, oral presentation.
  
• Ernest, A., Andrew, K., and Chang, N. B., "Spatial Rule-based Expert System for Optimal Planning of Sensor Network in Drinking Water Systems," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI-2008 Conference, May 13-16, 2008, Honolulu Hawaii, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A., Cheng, C. H., and Chang, N. B. "Use of MODIS satellite images to investigate the chlorophyll-a concentrations in Lake Okeechobee, Florida," SPIE, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability V, August. 13, 2008, San Diego, CA, poster presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Reuse Potential of Tire Crum in a Green House Program: Linking the Scrap Tire Recycling Industry with the Construction Industry," Gordon Conference on Industrial Ecology, Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, USA, August 17-22, 2008, poster presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Wanielista, M., "Subsurface Wetland Systems for On-site Wastewater Treatment and Reuse," 2008 International Low Impact Development Conference, November 16-19, 2008, Seattle, Washington, poster presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., and Hossain, F., "Optimal Design of Green Sorption Media Filtration System for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Ponds," 2008 International Low Impact Development Conference, November 16-19, 2008, Seattle, Washington, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Henderson, D., and Daranpob, A., "Investigating the Temperature Effects on Nutrient Removal in Green Sorption Media " ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 5-7, 2009, Kansas City, USA, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Makkeasorn, A., and Hossian, F, "Comparative Study of Two Traditional Septic Tank Drainfields Using Different Sand for Nutrient Removal," ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 5-7, 2009, Kansas City, USA, oral presentation.
  
• Fang, X., Chang, N. B., and Lee, M. K., "Environmental Impacts on Surface Water and Groundwater for Expanding Urban Water Supply Capacity Using Stone Quarries," ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 5-7, 2009, Kansas City, USA, oral presentation. 
  
• Wanielista, M., Chang, N. B., Daranpob, A., and Xuan, Z., "Nutrient and Pathogen Removal with an Innovative Passive Underground Drainfield for On-site Wastewater Treatment," ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 5-7, 2009, Kansas City, USA, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B. and Yang, J., "Water Availability Forecasting Methods and Applications in South Florida," First National Expert and Stakeholder Workshop on Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Adaptation to Global Changes, January 6-8, 2009, Washington DC, oral presentation.
  
• Daranpob, A. Chang, N. B., and Xie, H., "Heat Island Effect of San Antonio Downtown Area Detected by MODIS/AQUA Temperature Sensor," SPIE Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability VI, August. 2-6, 2009, San Diego, CA, oral presentation.
  
• Makkeasorn, A. and Chang, N. B. "Monitoring the Algal Bloom Event in Lake Okeechobee, Florida under Tropical Storm Fay Impacts Using MODIS/Terra Images," SPIE Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability VI, August. 2-6, 2009, San Diego, CA, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Makkeasorn, A., and Hart, Q. "Multitemporal Terrestrial Evapotranspiration (ET) Estimation Using GOES Satellite Images and GIS in a Cloudy Region," Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystem, and Hydrology XI in SPIE Europe Remote Sensing, Berlin, Germany, Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 2009, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Makkeasorn, A., and Yang, Y., "Fusion of Multi-source and Multi-scale Remote Sensing Data for Water Availability Assessment in a Metropolitan Region," Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology IX in SPIE Europe Remote Sensing, Berlin, Germany, Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 2009, oral presentation.
  
• Chen, H. W. Ning, S. K., and Chang, N. B., "Multitemporal NDVI-based Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection in an Urban Region," Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology IX in SPIE Europe Remote Sensing, Berlin, Germany, Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 2009, oral presentation.
  
• Ernest, A. and Chang, N. B., "Water Resources Management Capacity Development: A Small Systems Technology Transfer Model," the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 14 - 17, 2009, Austin, Texas, oral presentation.
  
• Chang, N. B., Makkeasorn, A., and Yang, J. "Monitoring Multitemporal Soil Moisture, Rainfall, and ET in Lake Manatee Watershed, South Florida under Global Changes Impact," Oral presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 16-20, 2009.
  
• Qi, C. and Chang, N. B. "Multi-objective Evaluation for Water Utility Expansion with Respect to Cost Effectiveness and Global Warming Potential," Conference on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change February 26 - 28, 2010 Gainesville, Florida, held by INFORMS Optimization Society.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Hossain, F., and Daranpob, A., "Nutrient Removal in a Passive On-site Wastewater Treatment System with a Recirculation Filtration Tank," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Providence, Rhode Island, May 16-20, 2010.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Xuan, Z., and Daranpob, A., Using a Subsurface Upflow Wetland for Nutrient Removal in On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems," World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Providence, Rhode Island, May 16-20, 2010.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., and Rivera, B., "Cost Benefit Optimization of Cistern Volume and Greenroof Area in the Florida Showcase Green Envirohome (FSGE)" 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, May 16-19, 2010, Washington, DC, USA.
  
• Chang, N. B., "Monitoring Aquatic Eutrophication Using Multispectral Remote Sensing," 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, June 22–25, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.
  
• Chen, H. W, Chang, N. B., Ning, S. K., "Impact Evaluation of Environmental Change to Air Quality in an Estuary Area with Remote Sensing Data," 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, June 22–25, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.
  
• Duranpob, A., Chang, N. B., and Yang, J. "Comparative Analysis of Algal Bloom Prediction Algorithms Using MODIS Satellite Data" SPIE OP403: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability VII Symposium, Oral presentation (invited), San Diego, CA, August 1-5, 2010.
  
• Duranpob, A. Chang, N. B., and Yang, J. "Multitemporal Interactions between ET and Soil Moisture in an Urban Watershed Using MODIS and GOES Satellite Data" SPIE OP403: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability VII Symposium, Oral presentation, San Diego, CA, August 1-5, 2010.
  
• O'Reilly, A. M., Wanielista, M., and Chang, N. B., "Using Multiple Methods to Identify Sequential Biogeochemical Processes beneath a Stormwater Infiltration Basin: Implications for Improved Infiltration BMPs for Groundwater Resource Protection" Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World, Zurich Switzerland, June 13 - 18, 2010.
  
• O'Reilly, A. M., Wanielista, M., and Chang, N. B., "Algal Toxin Transport and Fate in Groundwater beneath Stormwater Ponds: Implications for Reuse of Infiltrated Stormwater," Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World, Zurich Switzerland, June 13 - 18, 2010.
  
• Chen, H. W., Chang, N. B., Ning, S. K., and Che, S. F., "Reservoir Capacity Planning with Respect to Uncertain Hydrological Features and Water Quality," The Sixth International Conference on Sustainable Water Environment: Water Infrastructures in Time of Climate Change, 29-31 July 2010, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, poster presentation.
  
• Kaneko, D., Yang, P., Chang, N. B., and Kumakura, T. "Developing a Desertification Monitoring System for Asian Grasslands by RSEM Photosynthesis Model Using MODIS and SPOT Data", International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission VIII Symposium, Aug. 9-12, Kyoto, Japan.
  
• Chang, N. B., Han, M., Yao, W., Chen, L. C., and Xu, S. G., "Land Use and Land Cover Classification with PL-ELM Model and SPOT-5 Images in Dalian, China," SPIE RS08: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, 20 - 23 September, 2010 Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis, Toulouse, France.
  
• Chang, N. B., Feng, R., Gao, Z.., and Gao, W., "Remote Sensing-based Correlation Analysis between UVB-Exposure and Skin Cancer- Recent Trend in the Continental US," SPIE RS10: Remote Sensing Applications in Addressing Societal Issues, 20 - 23 September 2010 Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis, Toulouse, France.
  
• Chang, N. B., Daranpob, A., and Yang, J., "Assessment of Spatiotemporal Nutrient Pollution Impacts in the Tampa Bay Estuary System Using MODIS Images," RS02: Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, and Large Water Regions,20 - 23 September 2010 Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis, Toulouse, France (invited paper).
  
• Sun, Z., Chang, N. B., and Opp, C., "Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Aridity Conditions in Tarim Basin, China," RS08: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, 20 - 23 September, 2010 Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis, Toulouse, France.
  
• Liu, S., Chang, N. B., and Yang, Y. J., "Geochemical Effects of ASR Well Water on Stability of Sediment Phosphorus in a Shallow Freshwater Lake," 241st American Chemistry Society National Meeting, March 27-31, 2011, Anaheim, California (invited).
  
• Kaneko, D., Yang, P., Chang, N. B., and Kumakura, T., "Improvements of Rice and Wheat Production Models by Carbon Partitioning with Multi-satellite Imageries and Meteorological Reanalysis Data," International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE), April, 10-15, 2011, Sydney, Australia.
  
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Islam, K., Stuart, E., Marimon, Z., and Chopra, M., "Floating Wetland for Nutrient Removal in a Stormwater Pond: A Few Mesoocosm Studies" ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 22-26, 2011, Palm Springs California, USA, oral presentation.
• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M., Xuan, Z., Islam, K., and Stuart, E., , "Floating Wetland for Nutrient Removal in a Stormwater Pond: A Field-scale Study," ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 22-26, 2011, Palm Springs California, USA, oral presentation.
• Chang, N. B. and Xuan, Z., "MODIS-based Spatiotemporal Patterns of Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration Interactions in Tampa Bay Urban Watershed due to Hurricane Impact," SPIE OP403: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability VII Symposium, Oral presentation, San Diego, CA, August 22-25, 2011.
• Chang, N. B., Xuan, Z., and Nayee, K. "Exploring the Nutrient Inputs and Cycles in Tampa Bay and Coastal Watersheds Using MODIS Images and Data Mining" SPIE OP403: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability VII Symposium, Oral presentation, San Diego, CA, August 22-25, 2011.
• Chang, N. B., Han, M., Yao, W., and Xu, S. G., "Land Use and Land Cover Classification with Evolutionary Support Vector Machine (ESVM) and SPOT-5 Images in Dalian, China," RS08: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, 29 - 22 September, 2010, Clarion Hotel
  Congress Ctr. Prague Czech Republic.
• Chang, N. B., and Nayee, K., "Exploring Nutrient Dynamics in Tampa Bay via Sea-Land Interactions Using MODIS Images and Clustering Analysis" RS02: Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, and Large Water Regions, 29 - 22 September, 2010, Clarion Hotel Congress Ctr. Prague Czech Republic.

• Chang, N. B., “Sustainability Assessment of Lake Okeechobee, Florida under Climate Change Impact" Invited Keynote presentation, Lake Sustainability 2011, Sept. 13-15, 2011, Ashurst New Forest, United Kingdom (invited Keynote Speaker).
  

• Noori, M., Rastgoftar, H., Madani, K., and Chang, N. B., “Stochastic Fuzzy Assessment for Managing Hydroenvironmental Systems under Uncertainty and Ambiguity,” ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 20-24, 2012, Albuquerque, NM, USA, oral presentation.
  

• Mokhtari, S., Madani, K., and Chang, N. B., “Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Selecting the Best Option for Exporting Water from the California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,” ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 20-24, 2012, Albuquerque, NM, USA, oral presentation.
  

• Imen, S., Madani, K., and Chang, N. B., “Bringing Environmental Benefits into Caspian Sea Negotiations from Resources Allocation: Cooperative Game,” ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 20-24, 2012, Albuquerque, NM, USA, oral presentation.
  

• Kao, S. C. and Chang, N. B., “Multivariate Flood Frequency Analysis through Copulas in a Partially Gauged Watershed,” ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 20-24, 2012, Albuquerque, NM, USA, oral presentation.
  

• Chang, N. B., “Novel Ecological Applications of Integrated Data Mining and Remote Sensing for estimating chlorophyll-a concentrations in a lake”, EcoSummit, September 30th – October 5th 2012, Columbus, Ohio, USA (invited Presentation).
  

• Chang, N. B., “Recent Development in Ecological Engineering Wetlands for Nutrient Control in Stormwater Treatment,” EcoSummit, September 30th – October 5th 2012, Columbus, Ohio, USA (invited Presentation).
  

• Wanielista, M., O’Reilly, A., and Chang, N. B., “Performance of a Bio-Retention System?” Florida Stormwater Conference, Sanibel Harbour Marriott, FL, June 13-15, 2012.
  

• Chang, N. B., “Challenges of Design for Water-Energy-Environment-Infrastructure Systems under Climate Change Impacts toward Urban Sustainability,” Keynote Speaker, Conference of GREENS for Sustainable Development, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, June25-26, 2012.
  

• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M. P., and Xuan, Z., “Floating Wetland for Nutrient Removal in a Stormwater Infiltration Basin,” the 9th International Wetlands Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 3-8, 2012.
  

• Chang, N. B., Wanielista, M. P., Jones, J., and Islam, K. “A Holistic Assessment of Lake and Wetland Restoration Best Management Practices in Florida,” the 9th International Wetlands Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 3-8, 2012.

 

(C) Books and Book Chapters (11 books published, 2 books in preparation, and 18 book chapters published):

• Chang, N. B., "Water Resources Engineering: A Systems Engineering Approach," (in Chinese), Published by Gio-hua Bookstore, Taipei, 1988 (450 pages).
  

• Chang, N. B., "Solid Waste Management" (in Chinese), Published by Three Principles Bookstore, Taipei, 1996 (300 pages). (This book has been used as a textbook in the solid waste management programs in several major Universities in Taiwan)
  

• Chang, N. B., "Theory and Applications of Environmental Systems Analysis (I)" (in Chinese) Published by Prosperity Bookstore, Taipei, 1997 (280 pages). (This book has been used as a textbook in the environmental management programs in several major Universities in Taiwan)
  

• Chang, N. B., "Theory and Applications of Environmental Systems Analysis (II)" (in Chinese) Published by Prosperity Bookstore, Taipei, 1997 (250 pages). (This book has been used as a textbook in the environmental management programs in several major Universities in Taiwan)
  

• Chang, N. B., "Systems Engineering Design of Solid Waste Incinerators (I)" (in Chinese), Publisher: Prosperity Bookstore, Taipei, 1998 (500 pages). (This book has been used as a main textbook in the solid waste management programs in several major Universities in Taiwan)
  

• Chang, N. B., "Systems Engineering Design of Solid Waste Incinerators (II)"(in Chinese), Publisher: Prosperity Bookstore, Taipei, 1998 (650 pages). (This book has been used as a main textbook in the solid waste management programs in several major Universities in Taiwan)
  

• Chang, N. B., et al., “Environmental Informatics and Systems Analysis,” (in Chinese), Published by Chun-Hai Bookstore, Taichung, Taiwan, June 2004 (550 pages) (with S. K. Ning, J. C. Chen, L. H. Shi, Y. C. Chang, and S. M. Tzeng)
  

• Chang, N. B., “The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development,” (in English) published by ASCE in June. 2010 (ISBN 978-0-7844-1078-3) (400 pages).
  

• Chang, N. B., “Systems Analysis for Sustainable Engineering,“ (in English) published by McGraw Hill in Oct., 2010 (ISBN 978-0-07-163005-8) (700 pages).
  

• Chang, N. B., “Multi-scale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications,” (in English) published by Taylor and Frances Group – the CRC Press, ISBN: 9781439877456, Dec. 2011 (624 pages).
  

• Chang, N. B., “Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis,” (in English) published by Taylor and Frances Group – the CRC Press, ISBN: 9781439877432, Dec. 2011 (550 pages).
  

• Chang, N. B. and Yang, H., ”Principles of Remote Sensing and Applications,” (in English) published by Taylor and Frances Group – the CRC Press, in preparation, to be published in 2012.
  

• Chang, N. B. and Pire, A., “Systems Analysis for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management: A Sustainable Engineering Approach,“ (in English) in preparation, to be published in 2013.
  

• Chang, N. B. “Linkages between Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis,” Chapter 1 in Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis, CRC Press.
  

• Gao, Z., Gao, W. and Chang, N. B. “Recent Trends of UVB and Stratospheric Ozone Concentrations at the Continental United States,” Chapter 17 in Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis, CRC Press.
  

• Chang, N. B. and Xuan Z., ”Using Remote Sensing-based Carlson Index Mapping to Assess Hurricane and Drought Effects on Lake Trophic State,” Chapter 2 in Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis, CRC Press.
  

• Chang, N. B. and Nayee, K., ”Estimating Total Phosphorus Impacts in a Coastal Bay with Remote Sensing Images and In Situ Measurements”, Chapter 2 in Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis, CRC Press.
  

• Chang, N. B. and Han, M., Yao, W., and Chen, L. C..”Remote Sensing Assessment of Coastal Land Reclamation Impact in Dalian, China, Using High Resolution SPOT Images and Support Vector Machine,” Chapter 12 in Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis, CRC Press.
  

• Chang, N. B. and Hong, Y. ”Towards Multi-scale Hydrologic Remote Sensing for Creating Integrated Hydrological Observatories ,” Chapter 1 in Multi-scale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications, CRC Press.
  

• Chang, N. B. and. Xuan, Z., ”Spatiotemporal Interactions between Soil Moisture, Vegetation Cover and Evapotranspiration in the Tampa Bay Urban Region, Florida,” Chapter 6 in Multiscale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications, CRC Press.
  

• Gao, Z., Gao, W. , and Chang, N. B., ”Developing a Composite Indicator with Landsat TM/ETM+ Images for Drought Assessment in a Coastal Urban Region,” Chapter 7 in Multiscale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications, CRC Press.
  

• Sun, Z., Opp, C., Hennig, T., and Chang, N. B., ”Modeling Stream Flow Changes with the Aid of Multi-sourced Remote Sensing Data in a Poorly Gauged Watershed,” Chapter 8 in Multiscale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications, CRC Press.
  

• Chang, N. B., “Development and Application of Metropolitan Water Availability Index (MWAI),” Chapter 9 in US EPA Report: Multi-Scale Water Infrastructure Characterization and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change, Land Use and Socioeconomic Developments: A National Assessment, to be published by US EPA in March 2012.
  

• Chang, N. B., Pires, A., and Martinho, G., “The Impacts of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on Solid Waste Management,” Chapter X in Encyclopedia for Environmental Management, to be published by Taylor and Frances, 2012.
  

• Chang, N. B., Pires, A., and Martinho, G. “Environmental Legislation for Solid Waste Management in EU Countries via Using Economic and Policy Instruments,” Chapter X in Encyclopedia for Environmental Management, to be published by Taylor and Frances, 2012.
  

• Chang, N. B., “Trends and interannual variability in surface UV-B radiation over 8-11 years observed across the United States” Chapter 10 in UV Radiation in Global Change: Measurements, Modeling and Effects on Ecosystems (with Wei Gao and Zhiqiang Gao), published by Springer Verlag in March 2010.
  

• Chang, N. B., “Environmental Assessment of Using Stone Quarries as Part of an Integrative Water Supply System in Fast Growing Urban Regions,” Chapter 3 in The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development(with Xing Fang, Ming-Kuo Lee, and Lorraine Wolf), published by ASCE in Feb. 2010.
  

• Chang, N. B., “Use of a Wetland System for Groundwater Recharge in an Urban Wastewater Treatment Plan in Orlando, Florida,” Chapter 11 in The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development(with Brian J. Megic), published by ASCE in Feb. 2010.
  

• Chang, N. B., “Use of Functionalized Filter Media for Nutrient Removal in Stormwater Ponds,” Chapter 8 in The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development(with Marty Wanielista and Mikhal Moberg, and Fahim Hossain), published by ASCE in Feb. 2010.
  

• Chang, N. B.,  “Comparative Assessment of Two Standard Septic Tank Drain Fields Using Different Sand with Recirculation for Nutrient Removal,” Chapter 9 in The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development(with Marty Wanielista,  Fahim Hossain, Zhemin Xuan, and Ammarin Daranpob), published by ASCE in Feb. 2010.
  

• Chang, N. B., “The Frontiers of Sustainable Development in Urban Regions,” Chapter 1 in The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development, published by ASCE in Feb. 2010.

 

(D) Patents (in total =11)

• Passive Nutrient Removal Material Mixes.” US Patent 7824551 with Dr. Marty Wanielista, Nov. 2, 2010.
  

• “Retention and Detention Pond Passive Nutrient Removal Material Mixes.” US Patent 7897047 with Dr. Marty Wanielista, March 4, 2011.
  

• “Functionalized Green Filtration for Passive Underground Drainfield for Septic Tank Nutrient Removal,” US Patent 7955507 with Dr. Marty Wanielista, June 26, 2011.
  

• Provisional Patent: “Passive Underground Drainfield for Septic Tank Nutrient Removal Using Special Functionalized Green Filtration Media,” US Patent 7927484 with Drs. Marty Wanielista and Ammarin Makkeasorn, April 19, 2011.
  

• Non-provisional (Divisional) Patent “Passive Nutrient Removal Material Mixes” US Patent 8002985 B1 with Dr. Marty Wanielista, August 23 2011.
  

• Provisional Patent: “Green Sorption Media for Water Treatment” US Patent 8002984 B1 with Dr. Marty Wanielista, August 23 2011.
  

• Non-provisional (Divisional) Patent: “Retention/Detention Pond Stormwater Treatment System" approved UCF-637 DIV.C (UCF Patent ID: 32109 NPR) with Dr. Marty Wanielista.
  

• Provisional Patent: “On-site Wastewater Treatment Using a Functionalized Green Filtration Media Sorption Field", approved Docket UCF-663DIV.B with Dr. Marty Wanielista and Ammarin Makkeasorn, Dec. 27, 2011.
  

• Provisional Patent: “A Subsurface Upflow Wetland System for Nutrient and Pathogen Removal in Wastewater Treatment Systems.” Docket No: UCF-686P with Dr. Marty Wanielista
  

• Provisional Patent: “Rainfall Energy Recovery with an Integrated Stormwater Harvesting and Thermoelectrical Conversion System” Docket UCF- -705P with Dr. Marty Wanielista

 

Professional  Societies

• Member, International Water Association (IWA) (member ID: 00799264)
  

• Member, American Water Work Association (AWWA) (member ID: 630219)
  

• Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (member ID: 2396745)
  

• Member of International Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) (member ID: 172914)
  

• Senior Member, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) – the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the IEEE Communications Society, and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (member ID: 90573668)
  

• Member of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) (member ID: 27072)
  

• Associate Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 1992-1998 (member ID: 285056)
  

• Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 1999 – 2008 (member ID: 285056)
  

• Member of American Society of Engineering Education 2009 – today (member ID: 328308)
  

• Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2009 – today (member ID: 285056)
  

• Member of Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) in American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (member ID: 285056)
  

• Member of the ASCE Global Center of Excellence in Computing since Nov. 2007
  

• Member of Society of Photonics and Instrumentation Engineering (SPIE) (member ID: 882117)
  

• Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (member ID: 10685397)
  

• Member, National On-site Wastewater Recycling Association and Florida Onsite Wastewater Association
  

• Member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) (member ID: 1032019)
  

• Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Member ID: 40295539)
  

• Member of Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
  

• Member of New York Academy of Science (1996 ~ 1999)
  

• Member of Chinese Society of Civil & Hydraulic Engineering (lifetime)
  

• Member of Chinese Society of Environmental Engineering (lifetime)
  

• Member of the Chinese Fuzzy Systems Association (lifetime)
  

• Member of the Chinese Grey Systems Association (lifetime)
  

• Member of Chinese Water Supply Association (lifetime)
  

• Member of Chinese Institute of Engineers (lifetime)

 

PROFESSIONAL  COMMUNITY  SERVICE

  (A) Committee Members and Service Positions

• Member of the joint Germany Space Center/Tan DEM Science Team in Germany since Sept., 2010
  

• Chair of Task Committee of Global Networks and Education for Sustainable Water Management, International Council, ASCE/EWRI since May, 2010
  

• Graduate Program Assessment Committee Member of Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, May, 2010
  

• Member of ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (JHE) committee for the best paper awards (2010).
  

• Member of International Council, ASCE/EWRI since April, 2010.
  

• Member of Committee of Innovation and Technology, ASCE/EWRI since May, 2010.
  

• Member, IEEE Intelligence System Applications Technical Committee, Feb., 2009
  

• Member of Groundwater Hydrology Task Committee under Groundwater Council of ASCE/ EWRI since May, 2007
  

• Member of Groundwater Management Committee under ASCE/EWRI since May, 2009
  

• Member of Green Roofs Task Committee under ASCE/EWRI since May, 2007
  

• Chair of Urbanization Effects on Groundwater Task Committee under Groundwater Council of ASCE/EWRI since May, 2008
  

• Member of Watershed Management Systems Analysis Task Committee under ASCE/ EWRI since May, 2006.
  

• Member of Environmental and Water Resources System Committee under ASCE/EWRI since May 2003.
  

• Technical Advisory Group for the entire Middle Basin, St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida since June 2006
  

• Lake Jesup-Crane Strand-Long Branch BMAP/TMDL Working Group, Florida Department of Environmental Protection since June 2006
  

• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCF)
  

• Annual Evaluation Standards and Procedures (AESP) committee (UCF)
  

• ABET Review Committee (UCF)
  

• ABET Outcome Assessment Subcommittee (UCF)
  

• Department Chair Search Committee (UCF)
  

• University's Master Plan Committee (UCF)
  

• Environmental Management Council (UCF)
  

• Faculty Recruitment Committee (UCF and TAMUK)
  

• Promotion and Tenure Committee (UCF and TAMUK)
  

• Member, Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (FCSHWM) advisory board since Oct. 2005-Feb. 2011.
  

• Advisory Board Member and Teaching Fellow, Florida Green Engineering Education Program, State Government of Florida since June 2006.
  

• Board Member, International Society of Environmental Information Sciences since 2002 (http://www.iseis.org).
  

• University Library Liaison (TAMUK, 2002-2004)
  

• Member of Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ)’s Arroyo Colroado TMDL Steering committee Dec. 2004- August, 2005.
  

• Founder, Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES):  Task Force Committee, Texas in Aug. 2003.
  

• Founder, International Society of Environmental Information Sciences in 2002 (http://www.iseis.org).
  

• Deputy Director, Environmental Planning and Management Division, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan, 2001-2002.
  

• Committee Member, International Affairs Division, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan, 2001-2002.
  

• Member of Panel Review Committee, National Science Council, Taiwan 1998-2001.
  

• Chairman, Academic Committee, Taiwan Section, International Air and Waste Management Association, Taiwan, 1999-2001.
  

• Committee Member, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 1999-2001.
  

• Founding Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2001.
  

• Deputy Director, Solid Waste Management Division, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan, 1996-1998.
  

• Committee Member, Environmental Planning and Management Division, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan, 1994-2001.

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 (B) Journal Editorship

 

• Guest Editor, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Special Issue Theme: Advances in Remote Sensing for Monitoring Global Environmental Changes, Vol. 8, Nov. 2012.
  

• Guest Editor, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Special Issue Theme: Remote Sensing for Coupled Natural Systems and Built Environments, Vol. 5, Nov. 2010.
  

• Guest Editor, Ecological Informatics, Sept. 2009, Special Issue Theme: Advances of Ecological Remote Sensing under Climate Change Impacts, Vol. 5, No. 9, Sept. 2010.
  

• Guest Editor, Journal of Hydrological Engineering, ASCE, Special Issue Theme: Low Impact Development, Sustainability Science, and Hydrological Cycle, Vol. 16, No. 6, June, 2010.
  

• Guest Editor, Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, Special Issue Theme: Environmental Sensing, Informatics, and Decision Making, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2009
  

• Guest Editor, Journal of Environmental Informatics, Special Issue Theme: Remote Sensing for the Environment, Vol. 10, No. 1, Sept., 2007.
  

• Guest Editor, Journal of Environmental Management, Special Issue Theme: Sustainable Planning in a Semi-Arid Fast Growing Region - South Texas (Vol. 75, No. 4, June, 2005).
  

• Guest Editor, Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment, Special Issue Theme: Sustainable Water Resources Management under Uncertainty (Vol. 19, No. 2, May, 2005).
  

• Guest Editor, Practice Periodicals of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, ASCE, Special Issue Theme: Planning, Design, and Management of Hazardous Waste Disposal by Environmental Systems Engineering Approach (Vol. 7, No. 2, June, 2003).
  

• Guest Editor, Journal of Environmental Modeling & Assessment, Special Issue Theme: Systems Analysis for Solid Waste Management (Vol. 6, No. 4, Oct., 2001).
  

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Sept., 2010- today.
  
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Environmental Informatics, Sept., 2002-Sept., 2006.
  

• Editor, International Journal of Ecology & Development, April, 2006-today
  

• Editor, Advances in Fuzzy Sets and Systems, July, 2011-today
  

• Editor, Journal of Bioprocessing & Biotechniques,  Nov., 2010-today
  

• Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Informatics, Sept., 2006-today.
  

• Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrological Engineering, ASCE, May, 2008-Oct. 2011.
  

• Associate Editor, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, ASCE, Sep., 2002- May, 2006.
  

• Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Official Journal of SPIE, Oct., 2006-today.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, Oct., 2007-today.
  
• Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, Oct. 2009 – Nov. 2011
  
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, June, 2011-today.
  
• Associate Editor-in-Chief, Frontiers of Earth Sciences, Dec., 2011-today.

• Editorial Board Member:
  
  • Journal of Hydroinformatics, Sept.2011-today
  • Journal of Cleaner Production, Jan. 2012-today
  • Wireless Sensor Network, Dec, 2009-today
  • Ecological Informatics, Jan., 2010-today 
  • Open Access Bioinformatics, May, 2009-today
  • Advances in Water Resources, Dec., 2009-today.
  • Advances in Internet of Things, June, 2011-today
  • International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, Sept., 2011-today
  • Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment, Jan., 2004-today.
  • Journal of Environmental Modeling & Assessment, Nov., 2002-today 
  • Journal of Environmental Management, Jan., 2007-today.
  • Environnemental Management, Dec., 2004 - Dec. 2007.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment Review, July, 2006 – July 2010
  • Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, Nov., 2002-today.
  • Journal of Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering, April, 2007-today.
  • Journal of Information Technology Research, May, 2007-today.
  • Journal of Advances and Applications in Bioinformatics and Chemistry, Feb., 2008-today.
  • Frontiers of Earth Sciences, January, 2009-today
  • Journal of Waste Water Treatment & Analysis, Nov., 2010-today
  • International Journal of Fuzzy Mathematics and Informatics, Aug.., 2011-today
  • Energies, April 2008–June 2009.
  • The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 1996-2009
  • Grey Systems: Theory and Application, May, 2010-today
  • Journal of the Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, 1999-today.

 

 

  (C) Ad Hoc Reviewer for Academic Journals (88 journals in total)

 

• · Water Research
  · Geophysical Research Letters
  · Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  · Hydrological Processes
  · Hydrological Sciences Journal, IAHS Press
  · Journal of Hydrology
  · Hydrobiologia
  · Ecological Economics
  · Ecological Informatics
  · Hydroinformatics
  · Ecological Modeling
  · Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE
  · Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE
  · Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE
  · Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE
  · Practice Periodicals of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, ASCE
  · Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE
  · Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE
  · Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
  · Journal of Industrial Ecology
  · Ecological Engineering
  · Environmental Science and Technology
  · Science of the Total Environment
  · Journal of Air & Waste Management Association
  · Journal of American Water Resources Association
  · Water Resources Management
  · Advances in Water Resources
  · Environmental Management
  · Journal of Environmental Management
  · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
  · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  · Chemosphere
  ·  Environmental Earth Sciences
  · Resources Conservation & Recycling
  · Advances in Environmental Research
  · Waste Management & Research
  · International Journal of Environment and Waste Management
  · International Journal of Global Warming
  · Journal of Geophysical Research
  · Journal of Hydro-environment Research
  · Waste Management
  · Environmental Technology
  · Environmental Engineering Science
  · The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management
  · Remote Sensing of Environment
  · International Journal of Computer Mathematics
  · Applied Mathematical Modeling
  · International Journal of Systems Science
  · International Journal of Climatology
  · Computers and Chemical Engineering
  · International Journal of Chemical Engineering
  · International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making
  · International Journal of Energy Sector Management
  · Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence
  · Environmental Modeling & Assessment
  · Environmental Modeling & Software
  · International Transactions in Operational Research
  · International Journal of Production Research
  · Networks and Spatial Economics
  · Computers & Industrial Engineering
  · Information Sciences
  · Waste and Resources Management
  · Atmospheric Environment
  · Atmospheric Research
  · Applied Energy
  · Energy-The International Journal
  · ICE-Civil Engineering
  · Frontiers of Earth Science
  · European Journal of Operational Research
  · America Journal of Soil Science Society
  · Building & Environment
  · Regional Sciences
  · Engineering Optimization
  · IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letter
  · IEEE, Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  · Journal of Production Economics
  · Environmental Impact Assessment Review
  · The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management
  · The International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
  · Journal of Fuel
  · Chemical Engineering Journal
  · Optimal Control, Applications and Methods
  · Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEMWA)
  · Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science
  · Journal of Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering
  · Journal of Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering

 

 

  (D) Conference Leadership

 

• Program Committee Member, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications,SPIE Remote Sensing Conference,  Edinburgh International Conference Centre Edinburgh, United Kingdom, September 24 – 27, 2012.
  

• Co-Chair and Session Chairman, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability,SPIE Remote Sensing Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, Aug. 21 - Aug. 25, 2012.
  

• Member of Organizing Committee and Session Chair, The Tenth International Conference on Hydroscience & Engineering, November, 4 – 7, 2012 at Orlando, FL. USA.
  

• Reviewer of papers for the IEEE Green Technologies Conference, April 19-20, 2012 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
  

• Member of International Advisory Board of the 7th International Engineering and Construction Conference (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Conference) on “Green Infrastructure System” 13-15 February 2012 at Brisbane, Australia.
  

• Member, International Program Committee, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Grey Systems and Intelligent Services (GSIS’11), Sept. 15 – Sept.18, 2011, Nanjing, China.
  

• Session Chairman, ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, Palm Springs, CA, USA, May 21-25, 2010.
  

• Co-Chair and Session Chairman, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability,SPIE Remote Sensing Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, Aug. 21 - Aug. 25, 2011.
  

• Committee Member, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, SPIE Europe Remote Sensing Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 19-22, 2011.
  

• Chairman, Workshop of Green Engineering and Industrial Ecology, held in the University of Kaohsiung, June 3 – June 14, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2010.
  

• Session Chairman, Hydrological and Environmental Remote Sensing for Global Changes, 2010, the Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting (WPGM), May 22-25, Taipei, Taiwan.
  

• Program Committee Member, International Workshop Advances in Sensors and Algorithms for Topographic and Thematic Mapping, 18‐19 November 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  

• Committee Member and Session Chairman: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability,SPIE Remote Sensing Conference, Aug. 1 - Aug. 5, 2010, San Diego, CA, USA.
  

• Committee Member, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, SPIE Europe Remote Sensing Conference, Sept 22-25, 2010, Toulouse, France.
  

• Member of International Program Committee (IPC), International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering (EME 2010), in Banff, Canada, July 15 – 17, 2010.
  

• Session Chairman, ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 16-20, 2010, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
  

• International Scientific Committee Member, ISEIS 2010 International Conference on Environmental Informatics, Aug. 27 - Aug. 29, 2010, Beijing, China.
  

• Program Committee Member and the Student Technical Paper Contest Panel Reviewer, 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, May 16-19, 2010, Washington DC, USA.
  

• Advisory Committee Member, 2010 Cross-Strait (Taiwan-China) Remote Sensing Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, March 15-19, 2010.
  

• Advisory Committee Member of INFORMS Optimization Society Conference on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change, February 26 - 28, Gainesville, Florida, 2010.
  

• Session Chairman, ASCE/EWRI Annual Congress, May 5-7, Kansas City, 2009.
  

• Session Chairman and Program Committee member for 2009 SPIE Remote Sensing and Modeling for Ecosystem Sustainability Conference, San Diego, CA, August 16-19, 2009.
  

• Member, International Program Committee (IPC) for International Symposium on Environmental Modeling and Simulation (EMS), Banff, Alberta, Canada from July 06-08, 2009.
  

• Paper Review Committee Member for 2008 International Low Impact Development Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 16-19, 2008.
  

• Member, International Program Committee (IPC) for International Symposium on Environmental Modeling and Simulation (EMS), Orlando,, Florida, Nov.16-18, 2008.
  

• Local Coordination Committee, the International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Environmental Protection and Pollution, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Dec. 10-13, 2007.
  

• International Committee Chair and Science Committee Chair, and Co-organizer of the 6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 21-23, 2007.
  

• Scientific/Program Committee member, the 6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, Bangkok, Thailand, November 21-23, 2007.
  

• Scientific Committee Chair and Session Chairman, the 5th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. , August 1-3, 2006.
  

• Chair and Keynote Speaker in Workshop on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Energy Production and Environmental Systems Engineering in The Eighteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE’06), San Francisco Bay, USA, July 5-7, 2006.
  

• Session Chairman and Member of Advisory Committee, The First International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2005.
  

• Member, Science Advisory Committee, 2005 International Conference of Environmental Information Management, Xiamen, China, July 2005.
  

• Chair, Science Advisory Committee, 2004 International Conference of Environmental Information Management, Regina, Canada, August 2004.
  

• Session Chairman, Twentieth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, March 2004.
  

• International Scientific Committee Member, Energy & Environment, Changsha, China, October 2003.
  

• Chair, 2002 the Urban Environmental Protection Conference, Taiwan, October 2002
  

• Organizing Committee Member, International Solid Waste Management Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2002.
  

• Organizing Committee Member, Session Chair, and Keynote Speaker, First International Conference of Environmental Information Management, Beijing, China, September 2002
  

• Session Chairman, 2002 Coastal Bend Environmental Conference, Kingsville, Texas, October 2002.
  

• Session Chairman, 2001 the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande Environmental Conference, Weslaco, Texas, April 2001.
  

• Co-Chair, Organizing Committee Member, 2000 Taipei Conference on Policies for Greenhouse Gases Reduction and Pollution Control in Asian-Pacific. Taipei, Taiwan, May 2000.
  

• Session Chairman, 2000 World Energy Forum, Las Vegas, NV, USA, June 2000.
  

• Chairman, the Second Annual Conference of Environmental Systems Analysis, Taiwan, December 1999
  

• Chairman, Organizing Committee, The Thirteen National Conference of Environmental Planning and Management, Taiwan, 1999.
  

• Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, The Eleven National Conference of Solid Waste Management, Taiwan, 1999.
  

• Session Chairman, 7th IAWQ Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 1999.
  

• Session Chairman, Fourteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia , USA, 1998.
  

• Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, The Third Annual Conference of Environmental Protection between Taiwan and China, Taiwan, 1998.
  

• Chairman, the First Annual Conference of Environmental Systems Analysis, Taiwan, 1998.
  

• Session Chairman, First International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Jaipur, India , 1997.
  

• Session Chairman, Thirteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia , USA, 1997.
  

• Chairman, 1997 Workshop of Environmental Systems Analysis, Taiwan, 1997.
  

• Session Chairman, Twelfth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia , USA ,1996.
  

• Session Chairman, Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium, Pentung, Taiwan , 1996.
  

• Keynote speaker, 1995 Chinese-German Environmental Protection Technology Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan,1995.
  

• Session Chairman, Eleventh International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, USA , 1995.

 

  

  (E) Others

 

• Proposal review panelist:
    1)  Member of Panel Review Committee, National Science Council, Taiwan 1998-2001.
    2) NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) “Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and  
  Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM) program”, 2007
    3) Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) of 2008 Research Frontiers Programme (Dublin, Ireland)
    4)  NSF Environmental Engineering Program - Water Quality/Pollution Control, 2008.
    5) Panel member of the “Complex Exploratory Research Projects” in “Ideas” research program, the National Council for Scientific Research, Romania, 2012.
  
• Ad hoc proposal reviewer: NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) – MERHAB Program, DOD Environmental Remediation Technology Program, DOE Recovery Act: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (DOE Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC)), USGS National Initiative of Water Resources (NIWR) program, Water Environment Federation, National Science Council (Taiwan), NSF Hydrological Sciences Program and International Research Fellowship Program, U.S. - Israel Binational Science Foundation, Research Grant Council (Hong Kong, China), National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC, Canada), Joint German-Israeli Research Program in Germany and Israel, and National Research Foundation in Singapore.
  
• UCF representative at the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
  
• Short visits of Oxford University, Cambridge University, University of Reading, University of Portsmouth, and The Council of Environment in England in 2000 (funding source: National Science Council in Taiwan).
  
• Short visits of Karlsruhe University, Heidelburg University, Stuttgart University, and Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany in 2001 (funding source: National Science Council in Taiwan).

 

CURRENT COURSES TAUGHT AT UCF

Undergradutate
• Introduction to Environmental Engineering (Fall 2005, Spring/Fall 2006, Spring 2007)
• Hydraulics (Fall 2005, Spring/Fall 2006)
• Engineering Fluid Mechanics (Fall 2006, Summer 2006)

Graduate

• Advanced Hydrology (Spring 2007)
• Industrial Ecology (Summer 2007)
• Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis (Fall 2007)
• Groundwater Hydrology (Fall 2010)
• Environmental Informatics and Remote Sensing (Spring 2011)

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT AND OFFERED IN TEXAS A&M University (2002-2005)

• Environmental Systems Engineering (Spring, 2002 and Fall, 2003)
• Decision Sciences for Environmental Systems (Fall, 2002; Spring, 2004)
• Environmental Systems Modeling (Spring, 2003)
• Environmental Regulations and Policy (Fall, 2004)
• Engineering Optimization for Environmental Systems (Spring, 2005)

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT IN TAIWAN

(1992-2001)

• Introduction to Environmental Systems Analysis (Undergraduate level)
• Environmental Economics (Undergraduate level)
• Mathematical Programming for Civil and Environmental Engineers (Undergraduate level)
• Environmental Statistics for Engineers (Undergraduate level)
• Engineering Design for Solid Waste Management (Undergraduate level)
• Water Resources and Environmental Systems Analysis (I) (Graduate level)
• Water Resources and Environmental Systems Analysis (II) (Graduate level)