Irvine Wei
Associate Professor
443 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373 - 3368
Fax: (617) 373 - 4419
iwei@coe.neu.edu
Degree(s):
Ph.D., Environmental Chemistry, Harvard University, 1972
M.S., Environmental Engineering, Harvard University, 1968
M.S., Sanitary Engineering, University of Illinois, 1966
B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1963
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Areas of Research/Interest: Ozonation & Chlorination of Water, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Chemical Precipitation & Coagulation, Kinetics & Mechanism of Chemical Processes
Selected Publications:
Slowey, A. and Wei, I.W., "Using Manganese Fractionation to Assess the Impacts
of Humic Substances on Ozonation and Manganese Removal Efficiency"
Proceedings of 2000 Annual Conference of International Ozone Association
Pan American Group, Orlando, Florida, October 1-4, 2000.
Basu, S., and Wei, I.W., " Mechanism and Kinetics of Oxidation of
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol by Fenton's Reagent," Journal of Environmental
Engineering Science, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp 279-290, 2000.
Zevitas, C.D. and Wei, I.W., "Study of Arsenic Removal from Groundwater at
Baird & McGuire Superfund Site," Proceedings of 16th Annual International
Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, October 16-19, 2000, Vol. 6,
Chapter 13, pp. 155-166, Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA. 2001.
Basu, S., and Wei, I.W., " A Conceptual Continuous Process for the Treatment and
Toxicity Reduction of Wastewater Contaminated with 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol,"
Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Advanced Oxidation
Technologies for Water and Air Remediation, p. 156, Niagara Falls, Ontario,
Canada, June 26-29, 2001.
Lee, S., Basu, S., Tyler, C. and Wei, I., "Ciliate Populations as Bio-indicators
at Deer Island Treatment Plant," Advances in Environmental Research, 8,
2004, pp 371-378.
Wei, I., Huang, X., and Sung, W., “Pilot Study of Greater Boston Drinking Water QualityChanges−Impacts of Ozonation and Distribution System,” Proceedings of 6th Annual Symposium on Water Distribution Systems Analysis, ASCE World Water & Environmental Resources Congress, June 27 to July 1, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah. (in CD-ROM, no vol. or page no.)
Sung, W., Huang, X., and Wei, I., “Treatment and Distribution System Effects on Chloramine Decay, pH, Nitrification and DBP: A Case Study,” ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, Special Issue May/June 2005, Vol. 131, No. 3, pp.201-207.
Huang, X., Wei, I., and Sung, W., “Pilot Study of Greater Boston Drinking Water Quality – Monochloramine and pH Changes,” Proceedings of 124th Annual Conference of American Water Works Association (AWWA), San Francisco, California, June, 12–16, 2005. (in CD-ROM, no vol. or page no.)
External Affiliations:
American Water Works Association
Water Environment Federation
Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors
