Jy S. Wu, Ph.D., P.E., P.H.
Professor, Graduate Director
Office:
CARC 264 and Kennedy 310

Department of Civil Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223

Phone: 704 / 687-4178
Fax: 704 / 687-6953
E-mail: jwu@uncc.edu
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Interests - Infrastructure and Environmental Systems
- Disaster Research and Management
- Watershed Management and Modeling
- Industrial Waste management
- Air Pollution Control

Courses - CEGR 3143 Hydraulics/Hydrology
- CEGR 3141 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- CEGR 6171 Air Pollution Control
- CEGR 6147 Stormwater Modeling
- CEGR 6146 Advanced Groundwater Analysis
- CEGR 6145 Waste Incineration
- CEGR 6142 Bioenvironmental Engineering
- CEGR 6141 Water Quality Modeling
- CEGR 5237 Environmental Risk Management
- CEGR 5236 Watershed Analysis
- CEGR 5235 Industrial Pollution Control
- CEGR 5234 Hazardous Waste Management
- CEGR 5145 Groundwater Resources Engineering

Education - Rutgers-State University of New Jersey. Ph.D., Chemical Environmental Engineering, January 1980.
- Asian Institute of Technology. M.E., Environmental Engineering, 1974.
- National Taiwan University, B.S.ChE., Chemical Engineering, 1971.
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Civil Engineering, North Carolina, 1983 (#11327)
- Certified Professional Hydrologist (P.H.), American Institute of Hydrology, 1987 (#671)
- Certification: ISO 14000 Awareness, 1998

Recent Publications - Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Flood Stages in Urban Streams. In: Proceedings Hydrologic Extremes: Challenges for Science and Management, 2002. (with Jun Han and Mark Senior)

- Sampling and Testing of Stormwater Runoff from North Carolina Highways. FHWA/NC/2001-001, The Center for Transportation and the Environment, Raleigh, N.C., 101 pp. (with Craig Allan).

- Effects of Trace Volatile Organic Compounds on Methane Oxidation. Brazillian Archives of Biology and Technology, 44(2):135-140, 2001. (with W. Chiemchaisri and C. Visvanathan).

- Biological Activities of Methane Oxidation in Tropical Landfill Cover Soils. J. of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 27(2):97-104, 2001. (with W. Chiemchaisri and C. Visvanathan).

- Methanotrophic Production of Extracellular Polysaccharide in Landfill Cover Soils. WS&T, 43(6):151-159, 2001. (with W. Chiemchaisri and C. Visvanathan).

- Reaction Kinetics of Immobilized Cell Denitrification: II Experimental Study J. of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 127(8):689-697, 2001. (with William Langley and Allen C. Chao).

- Reaction Kinetics of Immobilized Cell Denitrification: I Background and Model Development. J. of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 127(8):682-688, 2001. (with William Langley and Allen C. Chao).

- Methanotrophic Activities in Tropical Landfill Cover Soils: Effects of Temperature, Moisture Content and Methane Concentration. J. of Waste Management and Research, 17:313-323, 1999 (with C. Visvanathan, D. Pokhrel, W. Cheimchaisri and J.P.A. Hettiaratchi).

- Modeling of Immobilized-cell Bioreactor Performance for AOC Removal. Proceedings of Biofilm Systems, IAWA, New York, Oct. 17-20, 1999. (with S. Nitisoravut)

- Case Study: Regrowth in Two Distribution Systems with High AOC. Proceedings of AWWA Water Quality Meeting, Texas, 1998 (with D.E. Francisco, F.A. DiGiano, W. Zhang and L. Todd).

- Characterization and Pollutant Loading Estimation for Highway Runoff. J. of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 124(7):584-592, 1998. (with Craig Allan, Jack Evett, and William Saunders)

- Case Study: Regrowth in Two Distribution Systems with High AOC. Proceedings of AWWA Water Quality Meeting, Texas, 1998 (with D.E. Francisco, F.A. DiGiano, W. Zhang and L. Todd).

- Characterization and Pollutant Loading Estimation for Highway Runoff. J. of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 124(7):584-592, 1998 (with C.J. Allan, W.L. Saunders and J.B. Evett).

- Water Quality of First Flush Runoff from Twenty Industrial Sites. Water Environment Research (WEF), 69:305-310, 1997 (with D.E. Line, J.A. Arnold, G.D. Jennings and R.A. Rubin).

- Columnar Biological Treatability of Assimilable Organic Carbon under Oligotrophic Conditions. J. Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(3):March, 1997 (with S. Nitisoravut, D. Reasoner and C. Chao).

- Metals and Organic Compounds in Stormwater From Ten Industrial Sites. Water Resources Bulletin, AWRA, 32(4):807-816, 1996 (with D.E. Line, J.A. Arnold and G.D. Jennings).

- Systematic Evaluation of Pollutant Removal by Urban Wet Detention Ponds. J. of Environmental Engineering, ASCE 122(11):983-988, 1996 (with Robert Holman and John Dorney).

- Nitrate Removal Using a Mixed-Culture Entrapped Microbial Cell Immobilization Process Under High Salt Conditions. Water Research, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1525-1532, 1995 (with P.Y. Yang and S. Nitisoravut).

- Drinking Water Denitrification With Entrapped Microbial Technology. Publication no. 90634, AWWARF, Denver, Colorado, 1994.

Awards and Honors - Water Resources Research Institute. P.I., July 1, 2001– December 30, 2003.
- “Hydrological and Biogeochemical Investigations of Riparian Buffers in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Regions of North Carolina,” co-PI with Dr. Craig Allan, July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003 and July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004.
- “GIS Coverage for North Carolina Highways and Sensitive Waters,” N.C. DOT through ITRE. P.I., January 15, 2002 – December 30, 2003.
- “Methodology to Estimate Nonpoint Source Pollutant Loadings from North Carolina Highways,” NCDOT, co-P.I. with Craig Allan, July 1, 2002-January 30, 2004.
- “Evaluation and Implementation of BMPs for NCDOT’s Highway and Industrial Facilities,” P.I. (co-PI: Allan). July 1, 2002 – June, 2005.
- “Technical Assistance to Gaston County’s Stormwater Infrastructure Program”, P.I. Gaston County Natural Resources Department, July 1, 2003-June 30, 2005.