Gordon C. C. Yang, Professor Emeritus

 

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Educational Background

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. (1983)

M.S., University of Alaska, Fairbanks, U.S.A. (1979)

B.S., National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan (1974)

Work Experiences

Director, Center for Emerging Contaminants Research, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan (2010-2017)

Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan (1994-2017)

Guest Professor, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden (2006-2006)

Director, Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan (1997-2000)

Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan (1991-1994)

Researcher, Energy & Resources Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan (1988-1991)

Manager, Firmtel Inc., California, U.S.A. (1986-1988)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ames Laboratory-U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa, U.S.A. (1984-1986)

Academic Honors

Editor, Journal of Hazardous Materials (1998-2003)

Guest Editor, Journal of Hazardous Materials - Special Issue on Waste Management Technology, Taiwan (1997)

Organizer and Symposium Chair, The 9th Symposium on Electrokinetic Remediation (EREM 2010) (2010)

Guest Editor, Separation and Purification Technology - Special Issue on Scientific Advances and Innovative Applications in Electrokinetic Remediation (in progress, 2010)

Expertise and Research Interests

Waste Management and Treatment

Resources Recovery and Recycling

Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater

Treatment and Reclamation of Hi-tech Industrial Wastewaters

Removal and Treatment of Emerging Contaminants

Nanotechnology and the Environment

Membrane Technology

Patents

  1. Gordon C. C. Yang, 2008, "Method for Treating a Body of a Polluted Porous Medium"(US 7334965 B2)

  2. Eight additional Taiwanese patents.