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Yuefeng F. Xie, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
A registered environmental engineer and a certified water operator in Pennsylvania, Dr. Xie is a
Professor of Environmental Engineering at Penn State Harrisburg and a Diplomate of the
American Academy of Environmental Engineering. Further, distinctions include:
- Director of the Small Public Water Systems Technology Assistance Center at Penn State
- Director of the Environmental Training Center at Penn State Harrisburg
- Committee member of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
- Member of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's former Information
Collection Rule Chemical Analysis Joint Task Work Group
- Member of the former Joint Task Group for Standard Method 6251, Disinfection By-Product:
Haloacetic Acid and Trichlorophenol
- Current Chair of the Organic Contaminant Control Committe of the American Water Works
- Member Water Quality Laboratory Committee of the AWWA
- Member of the Research Committee of the AWWA, Pennsylvania Section
- Former Chair of the American Chemical Society, Southeastern Pennsylvania Section
- Recipient of the Penn State Harrisburg Excellence in Research Award, 2001
- Recipient of the AWWA, Pennsylvania Section Victor A. Appleyard Award, 1999 and 2000
- First Place "Gidgets and Gadgets Contest Award" at the Water Works Operators' Association
of Pennsylvania annual meetings for his "Bar Theories" of Water Coagulation (2000) and
Chemical Dosage Calculation (2001)
Books:
- Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water: Formation, Analysis, and Control.
Yuefeng F. Xie. Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, 2003.
- Haloacetic Acid Removal Using Granular Activated Carbon, by Yuefeng F. Xie, Hongwei
Wu, and Hsin-hsin Tung. AWWA Research Foundation, 2005
- Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water: Occurrence, Formation, Health Effects and
Control. Karanfil, Krasner, Westerhoff, and Xie (Editors), American Chemical Society,
2008, in press.
Dr. Xie received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1984, M.S. degree in Environmental
Engineering in 1986, and Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering in 1989 from Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China. He held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Civil Engineering at
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst from 1989 to 1994. In 1995, he joined the
Environmental Programs at Penn State Harrisburg. His current professional and academic
interests include disinfection byproduct analysis and control, water reuse, and water operator
training.
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