CHEIN-CHI CHANG, Ph.D., P.E.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D./1988/Major:Structural Engineering, Minor: Computer Science/University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

M.S./1981/Structural Engineering/The Ohio State University, USA

B.E./1979/Hydraulic Engineering/Tamkang University, Taiwan

LICENSE REGISTRATIONS:

Professional Engineer/Washington, D.C., USA/1992/

Professional Engineer/Maryland, USA/1993/

SPECIALITIES:

Civil and structural designs for water and wastewater treatment facilities, civil and structural designs for buildings and bridges, storm water management, floodplain study, hydraulic analysis, water and sewer system modeling, project and construction management, risk management, optimal structural design, remote sensing, geographic information systems, operations research, quantitative methods for business, operations management.

PRESENT POSITIONS:

1. Senior Engineer, Department of Engineering and Technical Services, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority - serves as a civil and structural specialist for the design and construction of sewer, water, and wastewater treatment facilities.

2. Adjunct Professor and Special Graduate Faculty, Engineering Management Program and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County - teaches courses in project management, civil, and environmental engineering courses. 3. Adjunct Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Northern Virginia - teaches courses in business management and project management courses.

3. Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Hunan University, Hunan Province, China

4. Adjunct Professor, College of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Central South University, Hunan Province, China.

5. Visiting Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province, China.

6. Chinese American Professionals Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC.

COURSE TEACHING:

1. Storm Water Management

2. Database Management in Environmental Engineering.

3. Project Management - Foundations.

4. Project Planning.

5. Cost/Pricing Scheduling and Control.

6. Risk Management.

7. International Management.

8. Quantitative Methods for Business.

9. Statistics for Managers.

10. Operations Management.

11. Operations Research.

12. Systems Risk and Trade-off Analysis.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

1. 2004 President, Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association (OCEESA).

2. National Council Member, Chinese Institute of Engineers – USA

3. Board Member (2004-2008), Chinese Institute of Engineers – USA/Great New York Chapter

4. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.

5. Committee Member, Seismic Risk, Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers.

6. Reviewer, Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers.

7. Administrator, Modern Engineering Technology Seminar, Taipei, Taiwan, 2004.

8. Delegation Leader, U. S. – China Technology Exchange Delegation, 2002.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

1. Rajan Mahima Associates, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia, USA (12/1998-1/2000)

Senior Structural/Civil Engineer responsible for bridge structural analysis and design, hydraulic analysis and storm water management design.

2. ICF Kaiser Engineers, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (4/1998)

Senior Structural Engineer responsible for building structural analysis and design.

3. Brudis Associates, Columbia, Maryland, USA (8/1997- 3/1998)

Senior Civil Engineer responsible for sewer system design, storm water management design, roadway drainage system designs.

4. Specialty Engineering, Morrisville, Pennsylvanian, USA (5/1997- 8/1997)

Senior Structural Engineer responsible for bridge inspection and rating, and bridge analysis and design.

5. Delon Hampton Associates, Rockville, Maryland, USA (4/1990- 4/1997)

Senior Structural/Civil Engineer responsible for underground structural design, bridge analysis and design, storm sewer design, hydraulic analysis, storm water management design, roadway drainage system designs.

6. Tranviron Consulting Engineers, Lutherville, Maryland, USA (10/1988- 3/1990)

Structural/civil Engineer responsible for wastewater treatment plant facility management and foundation design.

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (AS AN OWNER’S TECHNICAL SPECIALIST):

§ Water System Facilities Plan, Washington, D. C.

§ Water Conservation Plan, Washington, D. C.

§ Grit and Screening Removal Upgrades, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Primary Treatment Facilities Upgrade, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Secondary Treatment Facilities Upgrade, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Gravity Thickener Facility Upgrades, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Additional Dewatering Facilities (Centrifuge Facilities), Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Additional Chemical Systems and Transmission Improvements (Metal Salts and Polymer), Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Alternate Disinfection Facility, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Nitrification Facilities Upgrade, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Egg-Shaped Digesters Facility, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Filtration and Disinfection Upgrades, Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

§ Bryant Street Pumping Station Rehabilitation, Washington, D. C.

§ East Side Pumping Station Rehabilitation, Washington, D. C.

§ Combined Sewer System Long Term Control Plan, Washington, D. C.

§ Infiltration and Inflow Repairs, Washington, D. C.

§ Evaluation of Sewer Pipe Repairs, Washington, D. C.

§ Repair of Eastside Interceptor, Washington, D. C.

§ Water Conservation and Flow Reduction Program, Washington, D. C.

§ Potomac Interceptor Database and Geographical Information System, Washington, D. C.

SELECTED PROJECT DESIGN EXPERIENCE:

Water/Wastewater Projects

§ Combined Sewer Overflow, Washington, D.C. - Project Hydraulic Engineer for the combined sewer overflow study for the District of Columbia Government combined sewer systems.

§ Metro West Underground Water Storage Tank, Boston, MA – Project Structural Engineer responsible for structural design of two underground water storage tanks (400 feet long x 175 feet wide x 23 feet deep and 350 feet long x 270 feet wide x 25 feet deep).

§ Georgetown West Relief Sewer, Washington, D.C. - Project Hydraulic Engineer for feasibility study of three alternatives to repair or replace 1.5 miles of 100-year-old sewer system.

§ DP-5 Inter-Island Tunnel, Boston, MA - Project Hydraulic Engineer responsible for surge analysis using computer modeling to study a 5 miles long, 290 feet deep inter-island sewage tunnel.

§ Howard University Water Supply Upgrade, Howard University, Washington, D.C. - Project Engineer responsible for feasibility study, water distribution network analysis and water main design for the Howard University Central Campus water supply improvement program.

§ Sudbury Aqueduct Rehabilitation and Connecting Tunnels, Boston, MA - Project Hydraulic Engineer responsible for feasibility study aimed at suggesting improvements along the 20 miles water distribution system serving the Metropolitan Boston area.

Building Projects

Dulles Airport Pedestrian Tunnel and Terminal Expansion Structure, Washington, D.C. – Project Structural Engineer responsible for structural analysis and design of an underground pedestrian tunnel and a terminal expansion structure.

§ Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. – Project Structural/Hydraulic Engineer responsible for structural design of a sand filter tank (35 feet long x 10 feet wide x 10 feet deep) to provide water quality treatment and drainage system for a new four-story medical building addition.

§ Southeast Federal Center, Washington, D.C. – Project Structural/ Hydraulic Engineers responsible for structural design of water quality control sand filter tanks and drainage systems for this 55 acres federal site development to accommodate several federal office buildings.

§ MCI Center, Washington, D.C. - Project Engineer responsible for structural design of four water quality control sand filter tanks and drainage systems for a new 5 acres sport arena.

§ Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C. - Project Engineer responsible for storm, sanitary, and groundwater sewer design, surge analysis, flood routing, and Stormwater management of an eight-story building and adjacent roadways for this 15 acres second largest building development project in Washington, D.C.

§ G Street Office Building, Washington, D.C. - Project Engineer responsible for civil engineering and Stormwater management for this new eight-story office building.

§ 1331 'L' Street Office Building, Washington, D.C. - Project Engineer responsible for civil engineering and Stormwater management for a new ten-story office Building.

§ Vehicle Maintenance Facility, Washington, D.C. - Project Hydraulic Engineer responsible for storm sewer design and storm water management of this 3.5 acres vehicle maintenance facility building.

Bridge Projects

§ Daniell Boone Park Bridge, WV - Project Structural Engineer responsible for a design for the rehabilitation of an I-77 fatigue problem steel bridge.

§ Newsburg Bridge, WV - Project Structural Engineer responsible for structural analysis and design checking for a horizontal curve steel bridge.

§ Route 604 over Route 29 Bypass, VA - Project Structural Engineer responsible for structural analysis and design for a steel bridge.

§ Maryland Route 100, Anne Arundel County, MD - Project Hydraulic Engineer responsible for hydrologic analysis, storm sewer design and Storm water management of this 3.7 miles highway project.

§ Statewide Highway Project, Montgomery County, MD - Project Hydraulic Engineer responsible for storm drainage design of an Interstate I-270 4.15 miles widening improvement project extended from Rt.. 118 to Rt.. 121.

§ Addison Road South, Prince George’s County, MD - Project Hydraulic Engineer for storm drainage and storm water management design for improvements to the 3,300 feet of Addison Road.

COMPUTER PROGRAM KNOWLEDGE:

STAAD/Pro (Structural Analysis Program), DESCUS (Design and Analysis of Curved I-Girder Bridge System), MDX Bridge Girder Design Programs, Bridge Analysis and Rating (BAR7), Prestressed Concrete Girder and Rating (PS3), BDS (Bridge Structural Analysis Program), PCA-COL (Column Analysis), ADOSS (Analysis and Design of Slab System), AUTOCAD, MICROSTATION.

HYDRAIN (Drainage System Design),TR-55 & TR-20 (Hydrology Computer Programs), HEC-RAS (Water Surface Profile Programs), HY-8 (Culvert Analysis), SWMM (Storm Water Management Modeling), KY-PIPE and WatCad(Water Distribution Network Analysis).

TRAINING CERTIFICATES AND SEMINARS:

“ACI 318-02 Building Code,” sponsored by American Concrete Institute, April, 2003.
“Introduction to Design and Construction of Tunnels” sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers, March, 2003.
“Repair of Concrete Workshop,” sponsored by American Concrete Institute, May, 2002.
“Construction Project Administration” sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers, June, 2001.
“Structural Masonry Code,” sponsored by American Concrete Institute, May, 2000.
"Bridge Engineering II - Steel Bridge Design ", sponsored by Federal Highway Institute and Virginia Department of Transportation, 1999.
"The Interactive Graphics Roadway Design System (IGRDS)," sponsored by Virginia Department of Transportation, 1999.
"Underground Detention Designs for Storm water Management," sponsored by Northeast Corrugated Steel Pipe Association
"Buried Wastewater and Storm water Pipelines," sponsored by American Concrete Pipe Association
"Water Surface Profile (WSPRO)," sponsored by Federal Highway Institute and Maryland State Highway Administration
"Advanced HEC-2," sponsored by Federal Highway Institute and Maryland State Highway Administration
"Slope Stability Analysis for Evaluation and Design of Embankment and Concrete Dam," sponsored by Association of State Dam Safety Officials
"Total Quality Management," sponsored by CareerTrack, Inc.

"Design of Concrete Buildings for Earthquake and Wind Forces," sponsored by Portland Cement Association and International Conference of Building Officials

PUBLICATIONS:

Chang, C. I., Ren, H., Chang, C. C., D’Amico Francis, and Jensen, J. O., “Estimation of Subpixel Target Size for Remotely Sensed Imagery”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, to be published.
Du, Y., Chang, C. I., Ren, H., Chang, C. C., Jensen, J. O, and D’Amico Francis, “A New Hyperspectral Discrimination Measure for Spectral Characterization”, Optical Engineering, to be published.
Chang, C. I., Wang, J., Chang, C. C., Lin, C., “Spectral Binary Coding for Remotely Sensed Imagery”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, under review.
Wang, J., Chang C. I., and Chang, C. C., "Binary Coding for Hyperspectral Imagery," Image Spectrocopy, Denvor, Co., August, 2004.
Chang, C. I., Liu W., and Chang C. C., "Discrmination and Identification for Subpixel Targets in Hyperspectral Imagery," IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Singapore, Oct. 2004
Chang, C. C, Wang, L. K., and Shammas, N. K., “TERTIARY MICROSCREENING”, ADVANCED PHYSICOCHEMICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES, HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Series, Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, USA, 2004.
Chang, C. C. and Xia, F. D., “Decision Techniques in Project Selection”, 9^th Mainland Taiwan Environmental Protection Conference, Xian, China, May 10-14, 2004.
Wang, L. K. and Chang, C. C, “Atmospheric Modeling and Dispersion,” ADVANCED AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL, HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Series, Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, USA, 2003.
Wang, L. K., Chang, C. C., Kunin, R., and Shammas, N. K. “Polymeric Adsorption and Regenerant Distillation,” ADVANCED PHYSICOCHEMICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES, HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Series, Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, 2003.
Yapijakis, C., Trotta, L. R., Chang, C. C., Wang, L. K., “Stormwater Management and Treatment,” HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, Marcel Dekker, NY, NY, USA, 2003.
Huang, T. K., Chen, J. C. and Chang, C. C., 2003, “Stability Analysis of Rock Slopes Using Block Theory,” Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 353-356. (EI), 2003.
Huang, T. K., Chen, J. C. and Chang, C. C., “Finite Element Computation of Soil Slopes,” Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 663-668. (EI), 2002.

13. Chang, C. C., “Hyperspectral Image Analysis for Land-Cover Classification and Its Potential Use for Flood Prevention.” 18^th Modern Engineering & Technology Seminar, November 13-19, 2000, Taipei, Taiwan.

14. Chang, C. C., Ren, H., and Chang, C. I " Exploitation of Remote Sensing Image Processing in Environmental Study and Monitoring", 1999 Chinese American Academic and Professional Convention, Washington, D. C., July 2-5, 1999.

15. Chang, C. C. "Storm Water Management Design in U. S. A.” Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration, December 1996.

16. Chang, C. C., "Storm Water Management Design in Urbanized Environment", 1996 Mainland-Taiwan Environmental Technology Seminar, Chungli, Taiwan, December 1996.

17. Chang, C. C., Ger, J. F., and Cheng, F. Y., "Reliability-Based Optimal Design to UBC and Nondeterministic Seismic Response Spectra", Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 139-159, January 1994.

18. Cheng, F. Y. and Chang, C. C., "Reliability-Based Optimal Design with Random Seismic Input,"Proc. of the International Conf. on Computer Aided Optimal Design of Structure, Boston, June 1991.

19. Cheng, F. Y. and Chang, C. C., "Optimum Studies of Coefficient Variation of UBC Seismic Forces," Proc. of the 5th International Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (LASSAR) and ASCE, Vol. III, pp. 1895‑1902, 1989.

20. Cheng, F. Y. and Chang, C. C., "Safety-Based Optimum Design of Nondeterministic Structures Subjected to Various Types of Seismic Loads," National Science Foundation Report, the U. S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, Virginia, NTIS No. PB 90‑133489/ As, (326 Pages), 1988.

21. Cheng, F. Y. and Chang, C. C., "Aseismic Structural Optimization with Safety Criteria and Code Provisions," Proc. of the US-ASIA Conf. on Engineering for Mitigating Natural Hazards Damage, Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 1987, D8/1-12.

22. Cheng, F. Y. and Chang, C. C., "Optimum Design of Steel Building with Consideration of Reliability," Proc. of the 4th International Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, Kobe, Japan, Vol. 3, 1985, pp. 81‑88.

23. Cheng, F. Y. and Chang, C. C., "Optimality Criteria for Safety Based Design," Proc. of the 5th ASCE Eng. Mech. Div. Specialty Conf., University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, Vol. 1, Aug. 1984 pp. 54‑57.

FUNDING

Removal of Biological, Chemical or Radiological (BCR) Agents by Sorbent Addition and Gravity Settling at Wastewater Treatment Plants, Funding by U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Funding Amount: $199,359, Funding Period: 2004 and 2005.