Dr. Kuo-Jen Liao
Assistant Professor
Email: kuo-jen.liao@tamuk.edu
Phone: (361)593-3898
Fax: (361)593-2069
Personal Website:
http://www.engineer.tamuk.edu/departments/even/Liao/Liao_home.html
Address:
Environmental Engineering Department
700 University Blvd. MSC 213
Kingsville, TX 78363
Research
Interests
- Regional air
quality modeling for developing least-cost
air quality management strategies
- Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses of
impacts of climate change on air quality
- Real-time environmental alert systems
integrating air quality forecasting models
and location-aware mobile devices (Environmental
Alert System)
- Optimal resource allocation strategies for
protecting human health from air pollution
Education
- Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2008
- M.S., Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2002
- B.S., Earth Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 2000
Honors and Awards
- AT&T Technology & Environmental Award,
2011
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Best Ph.D. Thesis Award - School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009
- American Association for Aerosol Research
(AAAR) Travel Grant, 2007
- Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)
Georgia Chapter Scholarship, 2006
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, August 2010 - present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 2008
- 2010
- Graduate Research Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005
- 2008
Sample Publications
- Liao, K.J., E. Tagaris, K. Manomaiphiboon, J.-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A.G. Russell, Cost Analysis of Impacts of Climate Change on Air Quality, 2010, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 60: 195-203
- Tagaris, E., K.J. Liao, A.J. DeLucia, L. Deck, A.G. Russell, Potential Impact of Climate Change on Air Pollution-related Human Health, 2009, Environmental Science & Technology, 43, 4979-4988
- Liao, K.J., E. Tagaris, K. Manomaiphiboon, J,-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A.G. Russell, Quantification of Impact of Climate Uncertainty on Regional Air Quality, 2009, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 865-878
- Tagaris, E., K.J. Liao, K. Manomaiphiboon, J.-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A.G. Russell, Impacts of Future Climate Change and Emissions Reductions on Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition over the United States, 2008, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 35
- Liao, K.J., E. Tagaris, K. Manomaiphiboon, S. L. Napolenok, J-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A.G. Russell, Current and Future Linked Responses of Ozone and PM2.5 to Emissions Controls, 2008, Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 4670-4675
- Liao, K.J., E. Tagaris, K. Manomaiphiboon, S. L. Napolenok, J.-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A.G. Russell, Sensitivity of Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter Formation to Emissions under the Impact of Potential Future Climate Change, 2007, Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 8355-8361
- Tagaris, E., K. Manomaiphiboon, K.J. Liao, L-Y. Leung, J.-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A.G. Russell, Impacts of Global Climate Change and Emissions on Regional Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations over the United States, 2007, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, VOL. 112
Courses
- Fall 2010, ENEV 6311 Air Quality Modeling
- Spring 2011, EVEN 6309 Fundamentals of Air
Quality and Pollution Control
- Fall 2011, EVEN 6318 Environmental Systems
Modeling
Professional Affiliations
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)
- Institute for Operations Resaerch and the
Management Sciences (INFORMS)