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Pei C. Chiu
Ph.D, Stanford University
Professor

Office: 344B DuPont Hall
Phone: (302) 831-3104
Fax: (302) 831-3640
Email: pei@udel.edu
Curriculum Vitae:  pdf
Web Page:  http://www.ce.udel.edu/~pei/

[ Short Bio | Education | Awards | Patents | Select Publications | Courses ]

Short Bio

Research Interests:
Kinetics and mechanisms of contaminant degradation; chemical and microbial transformation reactions; elemental iron technologies for groundwater remediation and water and wastewater treatment

Education

1996: Ph.D, Stanford University
1990: Master, Stanford University
1987: Bachelor, National Taiwan University

Honors and Awards

Fellow: Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, University of Delaware
Excellence in Teaching Award: College of Engineering, University of Delaware, 2003
Biosolids Research Award, Vivendi Water/US Filter: August, 2001
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award: NSF, 2000

Patents

Kim, B. J., Oh, S.-Y., Chiu, P. C., Cha, D. K., "System for Destroying Hazardous Waste Resultant from the Production of Energetics such as Explosives," U.S. Patent 7, January 2009.
 
Cha, D. K., Oh, S.-Y., Chiu, P. C., Kim, B. J., "Process for Treating Waste from the Production of Energetics," U.S. Patent 7, November 2008.
 
Cha, D. K., Chiu, P. C., Oh, S.-Y., Lee, J.-W., "Process for Treating Refractory Wastewater Using Zero-Valent Iron Treatment and Biodegradation," U.S. Patent 10, June 2007.
 
Jin, Y. and Chiu, P. C., "Removal of Microorganisms and Disinfection Byproduct Precursors Using Elemental Iron or Aluminum," U.S. Patent 0, .

Select Publications

Oh, S. Y. and Chiu, P. C. (2009) "Graphite- and Soot-Mediated Reduction of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene and Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine" Environmental Science&Technology, 43(18), 6983–6988.
 
Oh, S. Y., Chiu, P. C. and Cha, D. K. (2008) "Reductive Transformation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, and Nitroglycerin by Pyrite and Magnetite" Journal of Hazardous Materials, 158(2/3), 652-655.
 
Ye, J. and Chiu, P. C. (2006) "Transport of Atomic Hydrogen through Graphite and Its Reaction with Azoaromatic Compounds." Environmental Science&Technology, 40(12), 3959-3964.
 
Oh, S. Y., Lee, J., Cha, D. K. and Chiu, P. C. (2006) "Reduction of Acrolein with Elemental Iron: Kinetics, Pathway, and Enhanced Biodegradation" Environmental Science&Technology, 40(8), 2765-2770.
 
Zhang J., Joslyn, A. and Chiu, P. C. (2006) "1,1-Dichloroethene as the Predominant Intermediate of Microbial Trichloroethene Reduction" Environmental Science&Technology, 40(6), 1830-1836.
 
Son, A., Lee, J., Chiu, P. C. and Cha, D. K. (2006) "Microbial Reduction of Perchlorate with Zero-Valent Iron." Water Research, 40(10), 2027-2032.
 
Han, B., Jafarpour, B., Gallagher, V. N., Imhoff, P. T. Chiu, P. C. and Fluman, D. A. (2006) "Measuring Seasonal Variations of Moisture in a Landfill with the Partitioning Gas Tracer Test" Waste Management, 26(4), 344-355.
 
Saxe, J. R., Lubenow, B. L., Chiu, P. C., Huang, C.-P. and Cha, D. K. (2006) "Enhanced Biodegradation of Azo Dyes Using an Integrated Elemental Iron-Activated Sludge System: I. Evaluation of System Performance" Water Environment Research, 78(1), 19-25.
 
Oh, S. Y., Chiu, P. C., Kim B. J. and Cha, D. K. (2005) "Zero-Valent Iron Pretreatment for Enhancing the Biodegradability of RDX" Water Research, 39(20), 5027-5032.
 
You, Y., Han, J., Chiu, P. C. and Jin, Y. (2005) "Removal and Inactivation of Waterborne Viruses Using Zero-Valent Iron" Environmental Science&Technology, 39(23), 9263-9269.
 
Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K., Kim, B. J. and Chiu, P. C. (2005) "Transformation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), Octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX), and Methylenedinitramine (MDNA) with Elemental Iron" Environmental Toxicology&Chemistry, 24(11), 2812-2819.
 
Jafarpour, B., Imhoff, P. T. and Chiu, P. C. (2005) "Quantification and Modeling of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Reduction with High-Purity and Cast Iron" Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 76(1&2), 87-107.
 
Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K., Kim B. J. and Chiu, P. C. (2004) "Reduction of Nitroglycerin with Cast Iron: Pathway, Kinetics, and Mechanisms" Environmental Science&Technology, 38(13), 3723-3730.
 
Dentel, S. K., Strogen, B. and Chiu, P. C. (2004) "Direct Generation of Electricity from Sludges and Other Liquid Wastes" Water Science&Technology, 50(9), 161-168.
 
Türkmen, M., Dentel, S. K., Chiu, P. C. and Hepner, S. (2004) "Analysis of Sulfur and Nitrogen Odorants Using Solid-Phase Micro-Extraction (SPME) and GC-MS" Water Science&Technology, 50(4), 115-120.
 
DiFrancesco, A. M., Chiu, P. C., Standley, L. J., Allen, H. E. and Salvito, D. (2004) "Dissipation of Fragrance Materials in Sludge-Amended Soils" Environmental Science&Technology, 38(1), 194-201.
 
Oh, S. Y., Chiu, P. C., Kim B. J. and Cha, D. K. (2003) "Enhancing Fenton Oxidation of TNT and RDX through Pretreatment with Zero-Valent Iron" Water Research, 37(17), 4275-4283.
 
Imhoff, P. T., Jakubowitch, A., Briening, M. L. and Chiu, P. C. (2003) "Partitioning Gas Tracer Tests for Measurement of Water in Municipal Solid Waste" J. Air&Waste Manage. Assoc., 53(11), 1391-1400.
 
Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K. and Chiu, P. C. (2002) "Graphite-Mediated Reduction of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene with Elemental Iron" Environmental Science&Technology, 36(10), 2178-2184.
 
Perey, J. R., Chiu, P. C., Huang C. P. and Cha, D. K. (2002) "Zero-valent Iron Pretreatment for Enhancing Biodegradability of Azo Dyes" Water Environment Research, 74(3), 221-225.
 
Oh, S. Y., Cha, D. K., Kim B. J. and Chiu, P. C. (2002) "Effect of Adsorption to Elemental Iron on the Transformation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene and Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in Solution" Environmental Toxicology&Chemistry, 21(7), 1384-1389.
 
Lampron, K. J., Chiu, P. C. and Cha, D. K. (2001) "Reductive Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Ethenes with Elemental Iron: the Role of Microorganisms" Water Research, 35(13), 3077-3084.
 
Chiu, P. C. and Lee M. (2001) "2-Bromoethanesulfonate Affected Bacteria in a Trichloroethene-Dechlorinating Culture" Applied&Environmental Microbiology, 67(5), 2371-2374.

Courses Taught

2009-2010
Fall CIEG833 Fate of Organic Pollutants in the Environment
 
2008-2009
Fall CIEG233 Environmental Engineering Processes
Spring CIEG434 Air Pollution Control


Highlights
Jack Puleo has won the NSF Early Career Development Award
Jack Puleo, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study swash zone sediment transport. The swash zone is the area near the shoreline where waves wash up and down the beach face.

The five-year $444,229 award is aimed at developing a broader understanding of the physics of coastal sediment transport in this area, thereby leading to significant improvement in the ability to predict such coastal phenomena as beach erosion and beach nourishment performance.

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