Publications

Books

Tang, W. Z. Physicochemical Treatment of Hazardous Wastes, Lewis Publishers,Boca Raton,FL, 2004.

Zhonghong Tang (with Yingxie Wang, Zhonghong Tang, Peihua Shen, and Jingyang Han), User’s Guide of HTML – Introduction to Web Page Design (in Chinese) Internet Series, Tsinghua Press, Beijing, China, 1997.

Book Chapters

Tang, W. Z. and Pierotti, A. J., “WWW Database of Disinfection By-Product Properties and Related QSAR Information,” Chapter 14 in Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSARs) for Pollution Prevention, Toxicity Screening, Risk Assessment and Web Applications, Walker, J. D. (Ed), SETAC Press. Pensacola,FL,USA (2003), pp189-197.

Tang, W. Z. and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for Elementary Hydroxyl Radical Reactions” Hazardous and Industrial Waste Proceedings, 32nd Mid-Atlantic Conference: Proceedings of the Thirty-second Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, June 26-28, 2000, Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY] Edited By James Kilduff, Kilduff E. Kilduff, Simeon Komisar, Marianne Nyman, Published by CRC Press, 2000, ISBN 1587160269, 9781587160264, 914 pages.

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

Walter Z. Tang, (With Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 2011.

Walter Z. Tang and Fang Wang, Chlorine Effect on Quantum Molecular Descriptors of Disinfection By-Products-Chlorinated Alkanes, Chemosphere, 78 (2010) 914–921.

Walter Z. Tang, (With Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 2010.

Tang, W. Z., Wang, F., Miralles-Wilhelm, F., and Damisse, E., Uncertainty Analysis of Rating Equations of Submerged Orifice Flow at Gated Spillway, the Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, the International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT) and the IEEE Reliability Society, August 6-8, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA. 165-169, 2009.

Walter Z. Tang, (With Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 2009.

Walter Z. Tang, (With Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 80:10, 1458-1480, 2008.

Tang, W. Z., (Shu-Ching Chen, Shyu, M. L., Zhang, C., Tang, W. Z., Zhang, K.), Damage Pattern Mining in Hurricane Image Databases, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI-2003), Smari, W. W. Ed., 227-234, Las Vegas, NV, October 27-29, 2003.

Tang, W. Z., (with Yang Hongwei, Jiang Zhanpeng, and Shi Shaoqi, and Tang, W. Z.), “INT Dehydrogenase Activity Test for Assessing Anaerobic Biodegradablity of Organic Compounds,” Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp 416-421. (November, 2002)

Tang, W. Z. (with Zidong Wei, Fei Yin, Jun Tan, Wanguo Hou, and Tang, W. Z.) Advances of Photocatalytic Oxidation Techniques Based on TiO₂, Chemistry (Japanese), 2001 Vol.64 No.2 P.76-80

Tang, W. Z., (with Jiang Zhanpeng, Yang Hongwei, Guan Yutao, Pierotti, A. J., and Tang, W. Z.), “Chlorine Effect on Molecular Descriptors of Dinsinfection By-Products,” Environmental Science, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp 51-54. (September, 2000)

Tang, W. Z., (with Yang Hongwei, Jiang Zhanpeng, Guan Yutao, Pierotti, A. J., and Tang, W. Z.), “Correlations Between SDWA Standards and Health Advisories Concentrations of DBPs and Molecular Descriptors,” Water and Wastewater Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 22-25 (January, 2000)

Tang, W. Z. (with Jiang Zhanpeng and You Zuoliang, Tang, W. Z.), “Advances in Study of Flocculation Morphology” Water and Wastewater Industry and Sustainable Development – in Honor of Professor Xu Baojiu’s 80^th Anniversary, Tsinghua University Press,Beijing,China, pp 64-71 (1998)

Tang, W. Z., and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for TiO₂/UV Photocatalytic Oxidation”, Water and Wastewater Industry and Sustainable Development – in Honor of Professor Xu Baojiu’s 80^th Anniversary, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China, pp427-439 (1998)

Tang, W. Z., and Todd Hendrix, “Development of QSAR Models to Predict Kinetic Rate Constants for Elementary Hydroxyl Radical Reactions”, Water and Wastewater Industry and Sustainable Development – in Honor of Professor Xu Baojiu’s 80^th Anniversary, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China, pp440-451 (1998)

Tang, W. Z. and Stephanie Tassos, “Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Trihalomethanes by Hydrogen Peroxide and Iron Systems,” Water Research, 31, 1117-1125, (1997).

Tang, W. Z., Zhihua Zhang, and Huren An, M. O. Quitana, and D. F. Torres, “UV/TiO₂Photodegradation of Azo Dyes,” Environmental Technology, 18, 1-12, (1997).

Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Stoichiometry of Fenton’s Reagent in the Oxidation of Chlorinated Aliphatic Organic Compounds,” Environmental Technology, 18, 13-23, (1997).

Tang, W. Z., Radeloff, D. F., and Tsihrintzis, V. A., “Transmissivity of the Upper Portion of the Biscayne Aquifer of DadeCountyFlorida,” Hydrological Science and Technology, 12, 71-82, (1997).

Tang, W. Z. and Rena Z. Chen, “Degradation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Commercial Dyes by H₂O₂/Iron Powder System,” Chemosphere, 32(5), 947-958 (1996).

Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanisms of 2,4-Dichlorophenol by Fenton’s Reagent,” Environmental Technology, 17, 1371-1378 (1996).

Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “An Oxidation Kinetic Model of Unsaturated Chlorinated Aliphatic Compounds by Fenton’s Reagent,” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, A31 (10), 2755-2775, (1996).

Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Effect of Chlorine Content of Chlorinated Phenols on Their Oxidation Kinetics by Fenton’s Reagent,” Chemosphere, 8, 1621-1635 (1996).

Tang, W. Z. (with Huren An, Yi Qian, Xiasheng Gu, Tang, W. Z.), “Biological Treatment of Dye Wastewaters Using an Anaerobic-Oxic System,” Chemosphere, 33 (12), 2533-2542, (1996).

Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Effect of Chlorine Position of Chlorinated Phenols on Their Dechlorination Kinetics by Fenton’s Reagent,” Waste Management, 15 (8), 615-622, (1996).

Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “Photocatalytic Oxidation Pathways of  2,4-dichlorophenol by CdS in Acidic and Basic Aqueous Solutions,” Water Research, 29, 745-756 (1995).

Tang, W. Z. and Huang, C. P., “The Inhibitory Effects of Thioacetamide on CdS Dissolution during Photocatalytic Oxidation of 2,4-dichlorophenol,” Chemosphere, 30 (7), 1385-1399 (1995).

Tang, W. Z. and An, H. R., “UV/TiO₂Photocatalytic Oxidation of Commercial Dyes in Aqueous Solutions,” Chemosphere, 31 (9), 4157-4170 (1995).

Tang, W. Z. and An, H. R., “UV/TiO₂Photodegradation of C.I. Acid Blue 40 in Aqueous Solutions,” Chemosphere, 31 (9) 4171-4183 (1995).

Tang, W. Z., (with Huang, C. P., and C. Dong, Tang, W. Z.) “Advanced Chemical Oxidation: Its Present Role and Potential Future in Hazardous Waste Treatment,” Waste Management, 13, 361-377 (1993).

Tang, W. Z. and Jiang, Z, P., “Flocculation Morphology — a New Approach to Investigate Flocculation Mechanism,” Journal of China Water and Wastewater, 3(5), 4-9, (1987).

Publications Under Review

Singh, S. K., and Tang, W. Z., Statistical Analysis of Optimum Fenton Oxidation Conditions for Landfill Leachate Treatment, Chemosphere, 2012.

Walter Z. Tang, (With Val S. Frenke, Gregg Cummings, Dennis E. Scannell, Walter Z. Tang, Krishnanand Y. Maillacheruvu, Food-Processing Wastes-Literature Review, Journal of Water Environmental Federation, 2011.

Recent Presentations/Conferences

Tang, W. Z, “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Halogen Substituted Meta-Phenols by UV/TiO₂ in Acidic and Basic Aqueous Solutions, Finish Conference of Environmental Science, Turku, Finland, May 5-6, 2011.

Tang, W. Z., Miralles-Wilhelm, F., Wang, F., Monte Carlo Simulation of Submerged Orifice Flow at Full Scale Gated Spillways, to be presented at the Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, accepted by the International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT) and the IEEE Reliability Society, August 6-8, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA. To appear in International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 2009.

Tang, W. Z., Miralles-Wilhelm, F., Wang, F., Uncertainty Analysis of Rating Equations of Submerged Orifice Flow at Gated Spillway, to be presented at the Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, accepted by the International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT) and the IEEE Reliability Society, August 6-8, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA. To appear in International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 2009.

Patrick Mulholland, Virginia Dale, and Walter Tang, Biofuel Crops: Impacts on Hydrology and Water Quality, Sustainability of Biofuels Workshop Bethesda by the US Department of Energy, Maryland, October 28, 2008.