Dr. Samuel P. Massie
  Chair
Dr. Shoou-Yuh Chang
  Civil Engineering
  Department
910-334-7737
910-334-7667 (fax)
e-mail: chang@ncat.edu
 

Environmental Research and Training

Enhancement of waste management systems is an integral part of the university’s research. Research interests include:

	Waste management systems analysis
	Strategies for assessing solid waste disposal alternatives
	Site restoration technologies
	Subsoil properties controlling transport of waste contaminants
	Use of hollow-fiber reactors for wastewater treatment
	Effects of ozone and acid rain on soil biology and chemistry
	Removal of SO2 and NOx from flue gases
	Fluidized-bed and packed-bed bioreactors
	Bioremediation
	Thermal characterization and fermentation of food and agricultural wastes

North Carolina A&T's earth and environmental B.S. programs train students in ecological and environmental restoration, land resources, management and use of water resources, and pollution prevention. Graduate programs in civil engineering and soil science also have an environmental focus. Environmental issues are addressed through Scientific Opportunity Fellowships and the departments of:

	Civil Engineering--environmental engineering
	Construction Management and Safety--occupational safety program
	Plant Science--earth and environmental science, agricultural engineering
	Chemical Engineering--biochemical and environmental engineering

Research Facilities

	School of Engineering: State-of-the-art fabrication equipment, computer workstations, and special-purpose software at: Rockwell Solid State Laboratory Microelectronics Center of North Carolina Silicon Laboratory Communications Signal Process and Applications--Specific Integrated-Circuit Laboratory
	Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Laboratory equipped for the study of physical, chemical, and biological aspects of water and wastewater
	Plant Science and Technology Indoor wet laboratories totaling 3000 ft2 Approximately 40 acres of land used for field environmental studies
	Chemical Engineering Laboratories for diffusion measurements, thermodynamics, and membrane sciences Laboratories for industrial mixing and process control (under development) Biochemical engineering laboratory

Major Equipment

	Dohrmann carbon analyzer
	Milton Roy Spectronic 21
	Hewlett Packard gas chromatograph
	Hewlett Packard spectrophotometer, gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer
	Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer
	Perkin-Elmer Sigma-2000 gas chromatograph
	Scanning electron microscope
	Heavy-duty furnace (–300 to +1000°F)
	Energy dispersive system with thin-window detector

Faculty Profiles

Shoou-Yuh Chang, Professor of Civil Engineering, Graduate Program Coordinator (Ph.D., University of Illinois).
Research interests: Environmental systems analysis and solid and hazardous waste treatment/disposal.

Shamsuddin Ilias, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (Ph.D., Queens University).
Research interests: Bioremediation and water and wastewater treatment.

Jothi V. Kumar, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Ph.D., Kansas State University).
Research interests: Water pollution.

G. Bhaskar Reddy, Adjunct Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Design (Ph.D., University of Georgia).
Research interests: Site assessment and bioremediation by plants.

Keith Schilimmel, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (Ph.D., Northwestern University).
Research interests: Bioremediation of waste sites.

Dilip T. Shah, Associate Professor of Construction Management and Safety, Coordinator of the Occupational Safety and Health Program (Ph.D., Texas A&M University).
Research interests: Occupational safety management and hazards communication.

Abolghasem Shahbazi, Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Design (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University).
Research interests: Bioprocessing/alternate energy.

Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, Coordinator of the Earth and Environmental Science Program (Ph.D., University of Nebraska).
Research interests: Waste site selection and characterization.

For more information about tasking North Carolina A&T State
University for technical support, contact:
Cathy S. Fore
LMES HBCU/MEI Involvement Program Coordinator
Phone: 423-576-6838
e-mail: forecs@ornl.gov

Prepared by Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-84OR21400

April 1997