Service

Professional

ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)

  • Member, Wastewater Filtration Committee, 1983-1986.
  • Member, Risk Assessment and Multi-Media Committee, 1986-1991.
  • Member, Publications Committee, Environmental Engineering Division, 1990-2000.
  • Secretary, Publications Committee, Environmental Engineering Division, 1994-1996.
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 1990-2000.

WEF (Water Environment Federation)

  • Member, Aerobic Fixed Film System Committee, 1985-1987.
  • Member, Research Committee, in Charge of Annual Literature Review of Biological Fixed-Film Systems, 1989-1996.

AWWA (American Water Works Association)

  • Member, Research Committee, Chesapeake Section, 1995-1997.

OCESSA (Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association)

  • Chairman, Student Award Committee, 1992-1994; Chesapeake Regional Chapter, 1995-1996.
  • Board of Directors, 1994-1995.
  • Member, Best Paper Award Committee, 1995-1996.
  • Secretary, 1997.
  • Vice-president, 1998.
  • President, 1999.
  • Ex-Offico, 2000.

Member, National Council, Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA, 1998-1999.

Member, Conference Organizing Committee

  • Second International Conference on Fixed-Film Biological Processes, July 10-12, 1984, Arlington, VA.
  • International Conference on Innovative Biological Treatment of Toxic Wastewaters, June 24-26, 1986, Arlington, VA.
  • International Conference on Physicochemical and Biological Detoxification of Hazardous Wastes, May 3-5, 1988, Atlantic City, NJ.
  • International Conference on Hazardous Waste Management: Technology, Perception, and Reality, May 4-7, 1992, Atlantic City, NJ.
  • 25th Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, July 7-9, 1993, College Park, MD.
  • 26th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, August 8-10, 1994, Newark, DE.
  • International Chinese Environmental Protection Conference, January 21-22, 1995, San Francisco, CA.
  • 27th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, July 9-12, 1995, Bethlehem, PA.
  • 21st Wastewater Conference, National Taiwan University, December 1997, Taichun, Taiwan.
  • 1999 Chinese American Academic and Professional Convention (Steering Committee), July 2-5, 1999, Washington, DC.
  • Sludge Management Worshop, April 10-11, 2000, Cleege Park, MD.

Paper Review

  • Journal Water Pollution Control Federation (now Water Environment Research)
  • Journal Environmental Engineering, ASCE
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Technology
  • Biotechnology Progress
  • Water, Air and Soil Pollution
  • Biotechnology Bioengineering
  • Water Science Technology
  • American Chemistry Society Book Series
  • Journal Chinese Institute Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Science Technology
  • International Journal Chemical Kinetics
  • Toxicology Environmental Chemistry
  • Chemosphere
  • Resources Conservation Recycling
  • Environmental Engineering and Science
  • Industrial Engineering and Chemical Research
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Environmental Modeling & Software
  • Journal Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
  • Advances in Environmental Research

Proposal Review

  • National Science Foundation
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Agency for International Development
  • Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior
  • Water Resources Center, University of Delaware
  • Sea Grant College Program, University of Delaware
  • Kentucky PA/EPSCoR
  • Maryland Department of Nature Resources
  • Chesapeake Bay Research and Monitoring Division
  • The Lindbergh Foundation
  • Research Grants Council (Hong Kong)

Proceedings Reviewer

  • Editorial Reading of Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Waste Minimization 95, November 26-29, Taipei, Taiwan.

Session Chairman

  • International Conference on Physicochemical and Biological Detoxification of Hazardous Wastes, May 3-5, 1988, Atlantic City, NJ
  • National Conference on Environmental Engineering, ASCE, July 8-11, 1990, Arlington, VA
  • 26th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, August 8-10, 1994, Newark, DE.

Editorial Board

  • Journal of Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, 1994-present
  • Chemosphere, 1996-1999 (Editor, 1999-present)
  • Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (Associate Editor, 1997-present)
  • Journal Environmental engineering, ASCE (Associate Editor, 1990-2000)

External Reviewer for Faculty Promotion

  • National Taiwan University, 1995
  • Cleveland State University, 1996
  • University of Kentucky, 1997
  • City College of New York, 1998
  • Louisiana State University, 1999
  • University of Delaware, 1999
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, 1999

Program Evaluator

  • Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, March 1998.
  • Monitoring and Information Division, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration, Decmeber 1999.

University

Civil Engineering Department:

  • Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, 1983.
  • Member, Microcomputer Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, 1983-1984.
  • Coordinator, United Way Charity Campaign, Department of Civil Engineering, 1984.
  • Faculty Assembly Secretary, Department of Civil Engineering, 1984-1985.
  • Member, Transportation Engineering Faculty Search Committee, 1988,
    Environmental Engineering Faculty Search Committee, 1989, 1993.
  • Member, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1988-1989.
  • Member, Departmental Task Group on Program Development, 1987-1991.
  • Member, Departmental Faculty Evaluation and Development, 1989-1991.
  • Member, Departmental Graduate Affairs Committee, 1989-1991, 1992-1994.
  • Member, Department Mentoring Planning Committee, 1993.
  • Member, Departmental Promotion Review Committee, 1994-1995, 1996.
  • Member, Faculty Library Liaison, 1994-1995.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee, 1996.
  • Member, Tenure Faculty Evaluation Committee, 1998-1999.

Engineering College:

  • Member, Academic Dishonesty Hearing, College of Engineering, February 1987,
  • Member, Technology Advancement Program Screening Panel, Engineering Research Center, May 1989.
  • Member, College of Engineering Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1988-1990.
  • Member, Environmental Engineering Program for the College of Engineering, 1992.
  • Member, Search Committee for the Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering, 1994-1995.
  • Member, College of Engineering Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Jan/Feb 1997.

Campus:

  • Member, Academic Dishonesty Hearing, July 1990, April 1992.
  • Member, Admission Committee, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Program, 1991 to present.
  • Member, WRRC (Water Resources Research center) Faculty Advisory Committee, 1993-1994.
  • Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Marine-Estuarine Environmental Sciences, 1993-1998.
  • Member, Search Committee for Biosystems Engineering Faculty, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, 1995-1996.
  • Member, Senate Elections, Representation, and Governance Committee, 1995-1996.

Community

  • Member, Prince George's County Solid Waste Advisory Committee, 1987-1988.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Research Center, Washington, DC, 1987-1990.
  • Member, Selection Committee for the Principal of Dr. Charles Drew School, Montgomery County Public Schools, Oct 1990.
  • Judge, Eleanor Roosevelt High School Science and Engineering Fair, Feb 1992 ; Feb 1995 ; Feb 1997, Prince George's County, MD.
  • Extension Service Consultant, Engineering Research Center, University of Maryland, 1986-present.
  • Instructor, PE Review Courses, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1992-1998.
  • President, National Cheng Kung University Alumni Society, Metropolitan Washington Chapter, 1995-1996.
  • Board of Directors, National Cheng Kung University Alumni Society, Metropolitan Washington Chapter, 1995-1997.
  • Committee Chairman, North America National Cheng Kung University Alumni Society,
    • Summer Camp, 1995-1997
    • Scholarship, 1996-1997, 1998-1999
  • President, National Cheng Kung University North America Alumni Foundation, Inc., 1996-2002.
  • Vice-President, North America National Cheng Kung University Alumni Society, 1997-1999.

For more information, contact Oliver J. Hao, ohj1@eng.umd.edu

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