Introduction
Kuan received his bachelor’s degree in Water Supply and Drainage Engineering from Hunan University, China in June 2016. During his undergraduate study, Kuan worked with Dr. Tang as an undergraduate research assistant focusing on new water desalination technologies from October 2014 to June 2016. During this time, he had one SCI paper published and two Chinese patents under review. He was awarded as The Person of the Year 2015 by College of Civil Engineering, and 2016 Outstanding Graduate of Universities by the Education Department of Hunan Province. He won the 2016 First Undergraduate Thesis Award as the best gift of his two year-research in Hunan University.
Kuan joined the M.S. Environmental Pollution Control program at Penn State Harrisburg in August 2016 and has been supported by a research assistantship as well as the Robert W. Graham Endow Graduate Fellowship since then. Working with Dr. Xie, Kuan focused on the effects of shale gas production wastewater on drinking water disinfection by-product formation. He has presented his work as either poster or oral presenters in a few international and domestic academic conferences such as NEGSWS 2016, PA-AWWA 2017, PSU Graduate Exhibition 2017, and AEESP 2017. He will also publish a journal paper very soon based on what he has done this year. Besides, an overall GPA of 3.95 for the past year also confirmed his diligence on course studies. For this academic year, besides research, Kuan is also assigned as a graduate teaching assistant working with Dr. Xie and lab manager Mr. Spear on CE 475 to organize and direct students doing experiments. Kuan has been a member of PA Section of America Water Works Association (PA-AWWA) since 2016 and will pursue his Ph.D. degree after completing his master’s study to make more contributions to water works.
Research Interests
- Drinking Water Disinfection By-product (DBP) Control
- Capacitive Deionization (CDI) and Membrane Capacitive Deionization (MCDI) Technologies
Education
2016-2018 (Expected) M.S. in Environmental Pollution Control, The Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA, USA
2012-2016 B.S. in Water Supply and Drainage Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Work Experiences
- 2017-Present Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA, USA
- 2016-Present Graduate Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA, USA
- 2014-2016 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- 2014 Winter Intern, Ningbo Chuanning Environmental Protection Technologies Co. Ltd., Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Honors and Awards
- 2017-Present President of American Water Works Association at Penn State Harrisburg, The Pennsylvania State University
- 2017 Graduate Assistantship, The Pennsylvania State University
- 2016 Graduate Assistantship, The Pennsylvania State University
- 2016 Robert W. Graham Endow Graduate Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University
- 2016 First Prize of Undergraduate Thesis, Hunan University
- 2016 Outstanding Graduate of Universities, Hunan Province
- 2015 Person of the Year of College of Civil Engineering, HNU College of Civil Engineering
- 2015 National Endeavor Fellowship, Ministry of Education of China
- 2015 Undergraduate Assistantship, Hunan University
- 2014 Third Place in Water Supply Professional Knowledge Competition, HNU College of Civil Engineering
- 2013-2014 Vice President of Dishuien Social Entrepreneurship Association, Hunan University
- 2013 Outstanding Organizer of Mingcang Cup National College Students Entrepreneurship Competition, Mingcangge Culture Communication Co. Ltd.
- 2013-2016 Volunteer of Hunan Province, Hunan Province
- Kuan Z. Huang, Hao L. Tang, Yuefeng F. Xie*. Impacts of Gas Production Wastewater on Formation of Disinfection By-Products: An Investigation from a Non-Bromide Perspectives. (Awaiting Submission to ES&T)
- Danyang Liu, Kuan Huang, Leijie Xie, Hao L. Tang*. Relation between operating parameters and desalination performance of capacitive deionization with activated carbon electrodes. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2015, 1, 516-522. [PDF download]
(For more Chinese publications, please visit http://www.minnwater.com/research/?p=796)
Conference Presentations
- Kuan Z. Huang (Presenter), Linlin Tang, Hao L. Tang*, Yuefeng F. Xie*. Effects of Non-Bromide Ions on Disinfection Byproduct Formation during Water Chlorination. (Poster) AEESP 2017 Conference, June 20-22, 2017, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Kuan Z. Huang (Presenter), Hao L. Tang*, Yuefeng F. Xie*. Impact of Metal Ions on Disinfection By-product Formation during Water Chlorination. (Poster) 2017 PA-AWWA 69th Annual Conference, April 25-27, 2017, Hershey, PA, USA.
- Kuan Huang (Presenter), Hao Tang*, Yuefeng Xie*. Effects of Metal Ions on Trihalomethane Formation during Water Chlorination. (Poster) The 32nd Annual PSU Graduate Exhibition, March 24-26, 2017, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- Kuan Z. Huang (Presenter), Hao L. Tang*, Yuefeng F. Xie*. Kinetic Modeling of Capacitive Deionization Systems for Water Desalination. (Oral Presentation) The 3rd New England Graduate Student Water Symposium (NEGSWS 2016), September 09-11, 2016, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
- Kuan Huang (Presenter), Hao L. Tang*, Zhiyong Ren, Danyang Liu, Leijie Xie. Capacitive Deionization with Activated Carbon Electrodes for Desalination of Wastewater for Reuse Applications. (Oral Presentation) The 4th Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials (WCAM 2015), May 27-29, 2015, Chongqing, China.
Related Professional Skills and Qualifications
- Laboratory – Reactor design, Experiment design, Water quality analysis (e.g. BOD, COD, TOC, TSS, TN, TP), Instrument analysis and maintenance, Statistical analysis
- Computer – MS office, AutoCAD, Origin, Photoshop, EPANET, C/C++
- Language – English (Working Proficiency), Mandarin Chinese (native)
- Qualification – Level 2 of C language programming (Certificate No: 24394303176763)
Download PDF File of CV (Revised 12/22/2017)
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