Dr. David Yonge
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Professor Phone: (509) 335-2147 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Environmental Systems Engineering, 1982 - Clemson University, S. Carolina
- M.S., Environmental Systems Engineering, 1976 - Clemson University
- B.S., Oceanographic Technology, 1975 - Florida Institute of Technology, School of Marine and Environmental Science,
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2002- Interim Director, NSF/IGERT Center for Multiphase Environmental Research
- 1999- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, WSU
- 1990-99 Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, WSU
- 1989-90 Senior Process Engineer, Environmental Engineering, RMT, Inc
- 1983-89 Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, WSU
SELECTED AWARDS
- Leon Luck Faculty Award, Most effective professor in department, 1993
- Outstanding Teacher in the College of Engineering and Architecture, 1988
RESEARCH
- Physical and chemical wastewater treatment process: adsorption phenomena, metal partitioning, precipitation, facilitated metal transport mechanisms, vapor extraction of chlorinated solvents
- Adsorption and desorption of hazardous organics and metals on soil and activated carbon
- Removal of metals from industrial waste streams
- Fate and transport of highway runoff contaminants
TEACHING
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
- Environmental Engineering Analysis
- Integrated Civil Engineering Design
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Alam, M., Hossain, M. A., Yonge, D. R., Peyton, B. M., and Petersen, J. N. (2006). "Bioreduction of Hexavalent Chromium in Flow-Through Quartz Sand Columns." Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 132(3), 358-366.
- Hossain, M. A., Alam, M., Yonge, D., and Dutta, P. (2005). “Finite Element Modeling of Cr(VI) Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Employing the Dual-Enzyme Kinetic Model.” Computers and Geosciences, 31, 1286-1292.
- Hossain, M. A., Alam M., Yonge, D.R., and Dutta, P. (2005). “Efficiency and Flow Regime of a Highway Stormwater detention Pond in Washington, USA.” Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 164, 79-89.
- Hossain, M. A., Alam, M, and Yonge, D. R. (2005). “Estimating the Dual-Enzyme Kinetic Parameters for Cr(VI) Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 from Soil Column Experiments.” Water Research, 39, 3342-3348.
- Wang, G., Chen, S., Barber, M., Yonge, D. (2004). Modeling Flow and Pollutant Removal of Wet Detention Pond Treating Stormwater Runoff, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 130, pp. 1315-1321.
- Rumburg, B., Neger, M., Mount, G., Yonge, D., Filipy, J., Swain, J., Kincaid, R., Johnson, K. (2004). Liquid and Atmospheric Ammonia Concentrations from a Dairy Lagoon During an Aeration Experiment, Atmospheric Environment, 38, pp. 1523-1533.
- Barber, M.E., King, S.G., Yonge, D.R., Hathhorn, W.E. (2003). Ecology Ditch: A Best Management Practice for Storm Water Runoff Mitigation, ASCE J. of Hyrd. Engr. 8, 111-122.
- Peyton, B., Wilson, T., Yonge, D. (2002). Kinetics of Phenol Degradation in High Salt Solutions, Water Research, 36, pp. 4811-4820.
- Mount, G., Rumburg, B., Havig, J., Lamb, B., Westberg, H., Yonge, D.R., Johnson, K., Kincaid, R. (2002). Measurement of Atmospheric Ammonia at a Dairy Using Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy in the mid-Ultraviolet, Atmospheric Environment, 36, 1799-1810.
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