Research Group
Jerry Lin, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Provost, University Professor & Scholar
Research Engineer: Ching-Chieh Lin, Ph.D.
Dr. Ching-Chieh Lin is a research engineer in the Center for Advances in Water and Air Quality at Lamar University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Utah in 2016.
He has served as teaching assistant from 2010-2014 for Water Chemistry Analysis Lab Class. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, membrane technology, membrane bioreactor (MBR), ozonation, pressure cycle technology, bioenergy, algal biofuel and algae harvest.
He also served in Engineers Without Borders at the University of Utah to contribute his wastewater treatment knowledge and received a national award funded by EPA, P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet). Dr. Lin’s research has been reflected by several peer-reviewed and conference publications, especially membrane technology and algal biofuel
Research Scientist: Tingting Cao, Ph.D.
Dr. Tingting Cao is a research scientist at the Center for Advances in Water and Air Quality at Lamar University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Texas Tech University in 2016, and during that time gained 5-years of experience teaching general and analytical chemistry while also serving as a research assistant.
Dr. Cao has expertise in air quality studies, focusing on both laboratory and field experiments for understanding optical and chemical properties of atmospheric aerosols and monitoring of airborne pollutants and trace gases.
Her work has led to the development of new methods for the characterization of black carbon and mineral dust as well as the design, assemblage and construction of portable and inexpensive devices for environmental analysis (i.e., smartphone sun photometer, ozone and PM2.5 sensors for human exposure monitoring).
Dr. Cao has published 7 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and has presented her research at several international conferences of AAAR, AMS, PITTCON, etc.
Graduate Students
Zhengduo Bao (de)
Study of biogeochemistry
of mercury in forest
ecosystems
Kiran Gurung (M.S.)
Development of
generalized assessment
protocol for rainwater
harvesting applications
Munshi Md S Yazdan (M.S.)
Studying environmental
impact of oil and gas
industry
Shengze Huang (M.S.)
Research and
development of air
pollution control decision
based on the ABaCAS
assessment tool
Md Masum Reza (M.S.)
Utilization and
assessment of Water-
Energy-Food nexus
Md Ariful Islam (M.S.)
Study of water reuse
in the oil and Gas
industry
Moumita Halder (M.S.)
Evaluation of produced
water treatment
Stephanie Plunkett (M.S.)
Modeling chemistry of
methylmercury in a two-
phase environment
Previous Graduate Students
Md Shafiuddin Shatu, M.S.
Characterization of a
selected refinery waste
water streams for
treatment assessment
Andrea Dearing, M.S.
Collection and
characterization of
rainwater in the
Golden Triangle Area