CURRICULUM VITAE

3620 S. Vermont Ave. Hsun-Hao (Jeffrey) Tsai 1210 west 28th Street

Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531 Los Angeles, CA 90007

(213) 740-6835 (office) (213) 765-0219 (home)

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EDUCATION

Post-doctoral Research Associate (June 2002 – present)

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Southern California

Ph.D.: Environmental Engineering (May 2002)

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Southern California

Doctoral Dissertation: “Groundwater Denitrification Using Membrane Bioadsorber Reactor (MBAR): Model Development and Process Performance Evaluation.”

M.S.: Environmental Engineering (1994)

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Southern California

M.S.: Chemical Engineering (1990)

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Central University

Taiwan, R.O.C.

Thesis Title: “The Effect of Hydroxyl-terminated PolyButadiene (HTPB) on the Toughness

of Unsaturated Polyester”

B.S.: Chemical Engineering(1988)

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Central University

Taiwan, R.O.C

RELEVANT COURSES

 Advanced Transport Phenomena  Thermodynamics of Materials

 Advanced Polymer Chemistry  Advanced Polymer Physics

 Advanced Instrumental Analysis  Numerical Analysis and Computation

 Water Quality Control  Water Chemistry and Analysis

 Air Pollution Fundamentals  Air Pollution Control

 Solid Waste Management  Hazardous Waste Management

 Introduction to Microbiology  Ecology for Environmental Engineers

 Microbiology for Environmental EngineersAdvanced Sanitary Engineering Design

 Physical Processes in Environmental Engineering

 Systematic Approach to Scientific Writing

 Chemical and Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant (1995 – 2002)

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Southern California

Involved in all aspects of research projects including organization, experimental setup, analyses, model development/calibration/refinement, and paper publication. Major research projects included:

 Removing petroleum hydrocarbons from ground water using membrane bioadsorber

process

 Investigating the effect of different kinds of adsorbents on the permeate flowrate

of membrane process

 Surface characterization of nanofiltration memebrane using zeta-meter and

scanning electron microscopy

 MTBE removal using ozonation and membrane-bioadsorber process

 Removing BDOC from water using ozonation and membrane-bioadsorber process

 Nitrate, pesticide, and virus removal using membrane-bioadsorber process

 Model development and verification for membrane-bioadsorber process

 Model development and verification for fluidized-bed process

 Model development and verification for UV-H2O2advanced oxidation process.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (1996 – 1999)

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Southern California

 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Microbiology

 Water Chemistry and Analysis

 Physical Processes of Environmental Engineering

Graduate Teaching Assistant (1991 – 1992)

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Taipei University of Technology

Taiwan, R.O.C.

Chemistry Laboratory Instrumental Analysis Laboratory

Engineering Mathematics (1)Environmental Engineering

Engineering Mathematics (2)Process Control Laboratory

Process Control

COMPUTER SKILL

 Excellent programming skill in C++, FORTRAN, and MATLAB

 Excellent skill in Microsoft Word Processing software

 Specialized knowledge of HTML and JavaScript languages.

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

 H.H. Tsai, V. Ravindran, M.D. Williams, and M. Pirbazari, “Modeling the Performance of Membrane-Bioreactor in Denitrification of Groundwaters,” (in preparation).

 H.H. Tsai, V. Ravindran, M.D. Williams, and M. Pirbazari, “Removing Nitrite, Nitrate, Alachlor, and Viruses from Groundwater by Membrane-Bioreactor Process,” (in preparation).

 H.H. Tsai, V. Ravindran, and M. Pirbazari, “Model Development for the Predicting Process Dynamics of Membrane Bioadsorber Reactor System,” submitted to Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation (2001).

 H.H. Tsai, V. Ravindran, and M. Pirbazari, “Model Development for Predicting Process Dynamics of the Ultrafiltration-Biologically Active Carbon (UF-BAPC) System,” AIChE Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, Nov 2000.

 M.D. Williams, H.H. Tsai, and M. Pirbazari, “Optimizing Biodegradable Organic Matter Removal from Drinking Water in a Membrane-Bioreactor Process,” proceedings, AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2000.

 M.D. Williams, H.H. Tsai, and M. Pirbazari, “Development of a Predictive Membrane-Bioreactor Model for the Removal of Biodegradable Organic Carbon from Water,” AIChE Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, November 2000.

 V. Ravindran, S.C. Tu, M.D. Williams, H.H. Tsai, and M. Pirbazari, “Bio-Membrane Technology for Groundwater Decontamination,” Hazardous Waste Conference, Downey, California, October 22, 1998.

 M.D. Williams, Shih-Chieh Tu, V. Ravindran, Hsun-Hao Tsai, B. Badriyh, and M. Pirbazari, “Ozonation and Biodegradation of Ground Water Contaminated with MTBE Using a Membrane/Bioreactor Process,” American Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference, November 1998.

 M.D. Williams, S.C. Tu, H.H. Tsai, V. Ravindran, B. Badriyh, and M. Pirbazari, “Removal of MTBE from Ground Water Using a Membrane-Bioreactor Process,” Poster Presentation, American Water Works Association Cal-Nevada Section Fall Conference, October 1997.

 V. Ravindran, S.C. Tu, H.H. Tsai, M.D. Williams, B. Badriyha, and M. Pirbazari, “Hybrid Membrane Filtration-Biosorption Process for Purification of Water Contaminated with Gasoline,” the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 16-21, 1997.

 S.C. Tu, V. Ravindran, H.H. Tsai, B.E. Koel, and M. Pirbazari, “Surface Characterization of Nanofiltration Membranes in Water Treatment Applications,” the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 16-21, 1997.

REFERENCE

Available upon request

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