Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Theory and Design Examples, Volume 2:: Post-Treatment, Reuse, and Disposal (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781138300941)

Dr. Syed R. Qasim is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr Qasim received his Ph.D and MSCE degrees from West Virginia University, and BSCE degree from India. He served on the faculty of Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY; and on the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington, TX from 1973 till his retirement in 2007. Dr. Qasim has conducted full time research with Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus Laboratories; and has worked as a design engineer with a consulting engineering firm in Columbus, Ohio. He has over 47 years of experience as an educator, researcher, and practitioner in the related fields of environmental engineering. His principal research and teaching interests include water and wastewater treatment processes and plant design, industrial waste treatment, and solid and hazardous waste management. He served nationally and internationally as a consultant with governmental agencies and private concerns. Dr. Qasim has written three books, and is author or coauthor of over 150 technical papers, encyclopedia and book chapters, and research reports. His papers, seminars, and short courses have been presented nationally and internationally. He is a life member of American Society of Civil Engineers and Water Environment Federation; a member of Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, American Water Works Association, and other professional and honor societies. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Dr. Guang Zhu is an Associate and Senior Water and Wastewater Engineering Director with CP&Y, Inc., a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Zhu has over 20 years of consulting experience in planning, process evaluation, pilot testing, design, and commissioning of numeral conventional and advanced water and wastewater treatment plants in the United States. He had ten years of consulting experience with Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute, Beijing, China. Dr. Zhu has coauthored one textbook, and many technical papers, and has translated two water and wastewater books in Chinese. He has taught several design courses as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.