Dr. Jiannan (Nick) Chen is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He is the leading PI of the Pollutant Fate and Transport Processes and Geochemistry Laboratory (PFTPG) rooted in the smart cities initiatives at UCF. The PFTPG focuses on predominantly applied research in environmental and geotechnical engineering in urban areas, including solid waste management, green infrastructure, and local geochemical processes. The PFTPG diagnoses, analyzes, and evaluates the diverse and complicated environmental-systems problems by applying numerical methods, experimental tools, advanced sensing techniques, and site geophysical techniques.
Jiannan (Nick) Chen, Ph.D., E.I.T., A.M. ASCE
Assistant professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida
ACADEMIA EXPERIENCE
2020-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, U.S.
2018-2020, Postdoc Researcher, Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, U.S.
2016, Postdoc Researcher, Water Science and Engineering Lab, University of Wisconsin at Madison, U.S.
2015, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, U.S.
2009, B.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
RESEARCH INTEREST
Smart Barrier Materials for Waste Containment
Mining Waste and Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
Slope Remediation and Stability
Flow and Contaminant Transport in Saturated & Unsaturated Soils
Life-cycle Analysis for Solid Waste Management
Resource Recovery