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Jiannen Chen

Jiannan Chen

Assistant Professor

 

Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Wisconsin at Madison, U.S. 2015
B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Southwest Jiaotong University, China 2009

RESEARCH

  • Smart barrier materials for waste containment
  • Mining waste and low-level radioactive waste management
  • Slope remediation and stability
  • Flow and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated soils
  • Life-cycle analysis for solid waste management
  • Resource recovery

PUBLICATIONS

  • Mert, G.†, Zhang, W., Manage, N.†, Mbengue, M.†, Bolyard, S., and Chen, J.* (2023). Survey on the current leachate treatments of public municipal solid waste landfills and the potential impact of per- and polyfluorinatedalkyl substances in the eastern and northwestern united states, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 73(8), 638-648. (IF= 2.7).
  • He, L.*, Lu, X., Copeland, T.†, Chen, J., Yan, J., and Zhao, W. (2023). The impact of shear rate on the mechanical behavior of rock joints under multiple-influencing factors, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 1-18. (IF= 6.518).
  • Chen, X., Yu, T., Copeland, T.†, Chen, J., Peng, D.*, and Huang, T. (2023). Influencing factors and controlling mechanisms of polymer elution and hydraulic conductivity of polymer-bentonite geosynthetic clay liners to bauxite liquors, Applied Clay Science, Accepted. (IF= 5.907).
  • Pu, H., Wen, X., Min, M.*, Chen, J.*, and Qiu, J.(2023). Analytical Solution for Coupled Water-gas Transport in Landfill Cover. Acta Geotechnica, 1-13. (IF= 5.856).
  • Tan, Y., Zhang, P.†, Chen, J.* et al. (2023). Predicting the hydraulic conductivity of compacted soil barriers in landfills using machine learning techniques. Waste Management, 157, 357-366. (IF= 8.816)
  • Reinhart, D., Bolyard, S., and Chen, J. (2022). Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in post-consumer products during waste management. Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 149(4), 03123002. (IF= 1.657)
  • Chen, J., Gustitus, S., Lin, H., and Benson, C. (2022). Shear strength of bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners and geomembranes. Environmental Geotechnics, 40(XXXX), 1-10. (IF= 2.516)
  • Tang, Q, Shi, S., Chen, J.*, et al. (2022). Modeling the influence of microbial growth on the hydraulic properties of porous media. Computers and Geotechnics, 10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.104786. (IF= 4.956)

1 † co-author(s) designate(s) graduate student advised at UCF; * designates the corresponding author. IF= 5-year impact factor (Web of Science)

AWARDS

  • 2022 Terracon Foundation Award, Terracon Consultants, Inc., U.S.
  • 2021 “Superior” paper Award at the WM2021 Conference, U.S. DOE, U.S.
  • 2019 Top Reviewer for the Journal of Waste Management for 2018, Elsevier, Netherlands
  • 2015 Norman Severson Geotechnical Award, University of Wisconsin at Madison, U.S.