ABSTRACT
Qin Qian has a PhD in civil engineering and is an assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, United States. Dr Qian joined the Lamar University in June 2008, immediately a²er completing her PhD study in civil engineering at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests are in hydrology, hydraulics, and water resources. Her research goal is to advance process-based knowledge to allow better informed land use planning, ecological restoration design, and preservation of aquatic ecosystems. £e funded projects are (1) Assessment of the Impact of Airborne Particulate Pollutants on the Rio Grande Basin Watershed, (2) Hydraulic Performance of Rectangular Deck Drains, (3) Modeling the Solute Transport in the Interfacial Exchange Zone, and (4) Modeling the Sediment Transport in Rio Grande River. Dr Qian is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association (OCEESA), Chi Epsilon Honor Society of ASCE, and Chinese American Water Resources Association (CAWRA). She served as National Science Foundation Panel reviewer for the Water Quality/Pollution Control Unsolicited Spring Panel (P091361), a committee member of the ASCE Groundwater Hydrology Committee, technical assistant of the Technical Advisory Panel for the Research Management Committee 5 (RMC-5) of the Texas Department of Transportation, and board member for the Gulf Coast Recovery and Protection District.
