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Chul Park

Assistant Professor


University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
16A Marston Hall, 130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
Email: park@ecs.umass.edu
Tel: (413) 545-9456
Fax: (413) 545-2202

 

 

Full Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

  • Activated sludge, biofilm, and MBR wastewater treatment processes
  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Renewable bioenergy: hydrogen and methane
  • Reduction of excess sludge generation
  • Role of metals and extracellular polymeric substances in bacterial aggregation
  • Metaproteomics and metagenomics
  • Characterization of effluent organic nitrogen and effect on receiving water eutrophication

Education
Ph.D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2007.
M.S. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2002.
B.S. Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University, 2000.

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, September 2007 - present
  • Instructor, Virginia Tech, Spring 2007
  • Research Assistant, Virginia Tech, 2001 – 2006
  • Study abroad scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Washington State University, Aug 1998 – Jul 1999

Classes Taught

CEE 370 Environmental Engineering Principles
CEE 575 Hazardous Waste Management
CEE 671 Biological Processes for Environmental Engineering

Recent Papers Published

Chon, D.H., Rome, M., Kim, H.S., and Park, C. (under review) Investigating the mechanism of sludge reduction in activated sludge with an anaerobic side-stream reactor. Water Science and Technology.

Park, C., Fang, Y., Murthy, S.N., and Novak, J.T. (under review) Effects of floc aluminum on activated sludge characteristics and removal of 17-α-ethinylestradiol in wastewater treatment systems. Water Research.

Kim, J., Park, C., and Novak, J.T. (under review) Combination of coagulating agents (alum and cationic polymer) for sludge dewatering and odors. Korean Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Civil Engineering.

Baek, K.H., Park, C., Oh, H.M., Yoon, B.D., and Kim, H.S. (In revision) Diversity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in activated sludge treating different types of wastewater. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Ostendorf, D., Park, C., Rotaru, C., and Pereira, M. (In press) A case study of steady oxygen concentration gradients in a groundwater plume from a highway infiltration basin. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering.

Park, C. and Novak, J.T. (2009) Characterization of lectins and bacterial adhesins in activated sludge flocs. Water Environment Research. 81, 755-764.

Park, C. and Helm, R.F. (2008) Application of metaproteomic analysis for studying extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge flocs and their fate in sludge digestion. Water Science and Technology, 57, 2009-2015. 

Park, C., Helm, R.F., and Novak, J.T. (2008) Investigating the fate of activated sludge exocelluar proteins in sludge digestion using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Water Environment Research, 80, 2219-2227.

Park, C., Novak, J.T., Helm, R.F., Ahn, Y., and Esen, A. (2008) Evaluation of the extracellular proteins in full-scale activated sludges. Water Research, 42, 3879-3889.

Novak, J.T., Park, C., Higgins, M.J., Chen, Y.-C., Morton, R., Gary, D., Forbes, R., and Erdal, Z. (2007). Impacts of the MicroSludge™ process on odor causing compounds in anaerobically digested biosolids. Water Practice, 1.

Park, C. and Novak, J.T. (2007) Characterization of activated sludge exocellular polymers using several cation-associated extraction methods. Water Research, 41, 1679-1688. 

Park, C., Muller, C.D., Abu-Orf, M.M., and Novak, J.T. (2006). The effect of wastewater cations on activated sludge characteristics: effects of aluminum and iron in floc. Water Environment Research, 78, 31-40. 

Park, C., Abu-Orf, M.M., and Novak, J.T. (2006). The digestibility of waste activated sludges. Water Environment Research, 78, 59-68. 

Novak, J.T., Park, C., and Abu-Orf, M.M. (2005). “Conditioning and dewatering of digested waste activated sludges”-Closure. Journal of Residuals Science and Technology, 2, 110-112.

Novak, J.T. and Park, C. (2004). Chemical conditioning of sludge. Water Science and Technology, 49, 73-80.

Novak, J.T., Park, C., and Abu-Orf, M.M. (2004). Conditioning and dewatering of digested waste activated sludges. Journal of Residuals Science and Technology, 1, 45-51.

Abu-Orf, M.M., Muller, C.D., Park, C., and Novak, J.T. (2004). Innovative technologies to reduce water content of dewatered municipal residuals. Journal of Residuals Science and Technology, 1, 83-91.

Recent Conference Proceedings

Park, C., Nüsslein, K., Teague, P, and Wang, M.  (2009) Effects of Feeding patterns on activated sludge characteristics and its digestibility in anaerobic digestion. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 82nd Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2009), Orlando, FL.

Westgate, P. and Park, C. (2009) Evaluation of effluent proteins: Toward characterizing effluent organic nitrogen. Poster presentation and conference proceedings, Water Environment Federation 82nd Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2009), Orlando, FL.

Park, C., Nüsslein, K., Zhang, C., Teague, P, and Wang, M. (2009) Effects of Feeding Conditions on Activated Sludge Characteristics and Anaerobic Digestion. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 23rd Annual Residuals Biosolids Management Conference, Portland, OR.

Park, C. and Novak, J.T. (2008) Characterization of Lectins and Bacterial Adhesins in Activated Sludge Flocs. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 81th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2008), Chicago, IL.

Park, C. and Helm, R.F. (2008) Application of metaproteomic analysis for studying extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge flocs and their fate in sludge digestion. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, International Water Association (IWA) Water Congress, Vienna, Austria.

Park, C. and Novak, J.T. (2007) Investigating the fate of activated sludge exocelluar proteins in sludge digestion using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 80th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2007), San Diego, CA.

Novak, J.T., Park, C., Higgins, M.J., Chen, Y.-C., Morton, R., Gary, D., Forbes, R., and Erdal, Z. (2007). WERF Odor study phase III: Impacts of the microsludge process on odor causing compounds. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 21st Annual Residuals Biosolids Management Conference, Denver, CO.

Muller, C.D., Park, C., Verma, N., and Novak, J.T. (2007). The Influence of Anaerobic Digestion on Centrifugally Dewatered Biosolids Odors. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 21st Annual Residuals Biosolids Management Conference, Denver, CO.

Verma, N., Park, C., Novak, J.T., Erdal, Z., Forbes, B., and Morton, R. (2006). Effects of anaerobic digester sludge age on odors from dewatered biosolids. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 79th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2006), Dallas, TX.

Park, C., Abu-Orf, M.M., and Novak, J.T. (2006). Investigation of extracellular polymeric substances in activated sludge flocs; their structural links with key floc cations and fates in sludge digestion. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, International Water Association (IWA) Specialized Conference-Sustainable sludge management: state of the art, challenges and perspectives, Moscow, Russia.

Park, C., Abu-Orf, M.M., and Novak, J.T. (2005). Activated sludge extracellular polymeric substances extracted by different cation-targeted extraction methods: their key roles in floc structure and sludge digestibility. Poster presentation and conference proceeding, International Water Association (IWA) 3rd Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology, Sapporo, Japan.

Park, C. and Novak, J.T. (2005). Characterization of floc structure using different extraction methods. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 19th Annual Residuals Biosolids Management Conference, Nashville, TN.

Park, C., Abu-Orf, M.M., and Novak, J.T. (2004). Analysis of floc structure and predicting sludge digestibility using different cation-associated EPS extraction methods. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 77th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2004), New Orleans, LA.

Abu-Orf, M.M., Laquidara, M., Muller, C.D., Park, C., and Novak, J.T. (2004). Adjusting floc cations to improve effluent quality: the case of aluminum addition at Sioux City wastewater treatment facility. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 77th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2004), New Orleans, LA.

Holbrook, R.D., Wagner, M., Mahoney, C., Wight, S., Park, C., and Novak, J.T. (2004). Investigating the structure of activated sludge flocs: morphologic and compositional characterization of surface and bulk components. Oral presentation and conference proceeding, Water Environment Federation 77th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2004), New Orleans, LA.

Recent Research Contracts Funded

Natural Attenuation of Ethylene Dibromide (1,2-Dibromoethane [EDB]) at MMR, The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment, PI (Co-PI, Sarina Ergas and Klaus Nüsslein), 7/09 ~ 6/10, $183,111.

Assessing the transport and fate of effluent organic nitrogen in the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound using mass-mapping proteomics technology, Matching fund to U.S Geological Survey’s Water Resources Annual Institute Program from the Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center, Springfield Water and Sewer Commission , PI, 4/09 ~ 3/10, $30,000.

Assessing the transport and fate of effluent organic nitrogen in the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound using mass-mapping proteomics technology, U.S Geological Survey’s Water Resources Annual Institute Program from the Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center, PI, 4/09 ~ 3/10, $30,000.

Phenotypic characteristics of activated sludge generated under different feeding conditions and implications for wastewater treatment performance and sludge treatment, Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant, University of Massachusetts, PI, 9/08 ~ 8/09, $30,000.

Characterization of wastewater effluent from Western Massachusetts publicly owned treatment works using metaproteomic analysis, U.S Geological Survey’s Water Resources Annual Institute Program from the Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center. Graduate student project, PI (Graduate student: Pamela Westgate), 4/07 ~ 3/09, $5,000.

Recent Honors and Awards

  • Finalist, University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium, Cambridge, MA 2009
  • Finalist, CVIP Technology Development Awards, University of Massachusetts, 2009
  • Graduate Research & Development Program Award, Virginia Tech, 2006
  • Sussman Fellowship, Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation, 2004
  • Paul E. Torgersen Research Excellence Award, Virginia Tech, 2003
  • International Exchange Program Scholarship, Yeungnam University, 1998
  • Best Academic Performance, Environmental Engineering, Yeugnam University, 1997

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