Professor Yung Tse Hung, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, Fellow-ASCE, is Professor of Civil Engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, since 1981. He has obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, and his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1970. He has been on faculty and taught at 16 universities in 8 countries. He has served on the faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, University of Texas at Arlington, University of North Dakota, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, United Arab Emirates University, and Cleveland State University, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, and Cleveland State University. As a Fulbright Scholar he has served on the faculty of Kazan State University, Kazan State Technological University, Kazan State Academy of Architecture and Construction, Kazan, Russia, and Kyrgyz State National University, International University of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Agrarian Academy, Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture, and Bishkek Humanities University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
His primary research interests and publications have been involved with biological wastewater treatment, industrial water pollution control and industrial waste treatment, and municipal wastewater treatment. He has about 10 books, 450 report and journal publications, and conference presentations in water and wastewater treatment. He is a Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers, a diplomate of American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Fellow of Ohio Academy of Science, a member of Association of Environmental Engineering Association and Water Environment Federation. He is the Executive Director of Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association (OCEESA) and the Editor-in-Chief of OCEESA Journal. He is Editor, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Editor, International Journal of Environmental Engineering (IJEE), Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science (IJEES), and Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Science and Technology of Wastewater and Sludge Treatment", Water ¿ MDPI. He is co-editor of several environmental engineering books by Humana Press and CRC. He is a registered professional engineer in Ohio and North Dakota.