1. Overview:
- Supervised over 100 graduate students (with degrees awarded), including 50 PhD, 54 MASc (Thesis Option), 27 MEng (Project Option) students, and 115 BASc students (53 Fourth-Year Capstone Projects).
- Over 35 PhD graduates were appointed as faculty members at universities in Canada, USA, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and China, such as Queen's, McMaster, Dalhousie, Concordia, Memorial, UNBC, Ryerson, UPEI, Univ. College London, U. of Edinburgh, U. of Surrey, Brunel Univ. London, Texas A&M, U. of Texas, Temple, Texas Tech, U. of Louisianna, Nanyang Tech. U., Hongkong Polytechnic U., City U. of Hong Kong, Peking U., and Tsinghua U.
- Over 10 of Huang's students are now research chairs (e.g., Canada Research Chair) or full professors.
- Some of Huang's students are now Fellows of Canadian Academy of Engineering, Royal Society of Canada (College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists), Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, and Engineering Institute of Canada.
- 11 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship holders.
- 2 President's Distinguished Graduate Student Awards (2007 and 2016).
- 6 NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship holders.
- 2 NSERC-Supported Undergraduate Research Assistants.
2. Supervision of PhD Students at University of Regina, Canada
1. S. Y. Cheng, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on July 31, 2000)
Thesis: "Multi-Dimensional Multi-Box Models for Air Quality Prediction"
Current position:
Professor and Dean, College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
2. Z. (Michael) Chen, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on February 6, 2001)
Thesis: "Integrated Environmental Modeling and Risk Assessment under Uncertainty"
Current position:
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
3. L. Liu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on September 29, 2001)
Thesis: "Development of Environmental Modeling Methodologies for the Management of Regional and Industrial Pollution Control Systems"
Current position:
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
4. J. B. (Jason) Li, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on June 20, 2003)
Thesis: "Development of Inexact Environmental Modeling Systems for Supporting Management of Petroleum Contaminated Sites"
Current position:
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Environmental Science & Environmental Engineering, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
5. Y. F. Huang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 23, 2004) (
Changjiang Scholar; NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder; Best Paper Award, Environmental & Water Resources Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, 2004)
Thesis: "Integrated Groundwater Quality Simulation and Environmental Risk Assessment"
Current position:
Professor and Changjiang Research Chair, Department of Water Resource Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
6. I. Maqsood, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on September 3, 2004) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "An Integrated Fuzzy-Stochastic Modeling Approach for the Simulation of Contaminant Transport in Subsurface"
Current position: Manager, Technical Services (Environment), SaskPower, Regina, Canada
7. B. Chen, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on September 9, 2005) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder; Member, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada; Fellow, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering; Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada; Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering)
Thesis: "Development of an Integrated Modeling System for Supporting Simulation and Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution"
Current position:
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering (and Associate Dean of Engineering), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Canada
8. Y. P. Lin, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on January 30, 2006)
Thesis: "Simulation Modeling and Process Control of Composting Systems under Complexity and Uncertainty"
Current position: Senior Engineer and Director, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Academy of Municipal Planning and Design, Shenzhen, China
9. B. Luo, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 7, 2006)
Thesis: "Integrated Simulation and Optimization Approaches for Examining Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources"
Current position: Hydrologist, Manitoba Ministry of Water Stewardship, Winnipeg, Canada
10. B. Y. Zhang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 19, 2006) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder; 2020 President's Award for Outstanding Research at Memorial University; Fellow, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering; Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada)
Thesis: "Development of Biological Techniques for the Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated Sites"
Current position:
Professor and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Canada
11. F. Nasiri, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on February 2, 2007)
Thesis: "Development of Fuzzy Multiple-Attribute Decision Aid Methodologies for Energy-Environmental Policy Analysis and Assessment"
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
12. Y. P. Li, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on February 16, 2007) (
2007 President's Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Changjiang Scholar, China Young Woman Scientist Award)
Thesis: "Development of Inexact Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming Methods for Environmental Management under Uncertainty"
Current position:
Professor and Changjiang Research Chair, College of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
13. X. S. Qin, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on January 4, 2008)
Thesis: "Development of Integrated Simulation, Optimization, and Risk-Assessment Methodologies for Supporting Management of Petroleum-Contaminated Sites"
Current position:
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
14. L. He, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on Oct. 21, 2008) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Development of Integrated Simulation and Optimization Models for Petroleum-Contaminated Groundwater Remediation Management Under Various Uncertainties"
Current position: Professor, College of Water Resource Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
15. Q. G. Lin, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on Oct. 24, 2008) (
NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Development of Optimization Methodologies for Supporting Energy Systems Planning Under Uncertainty"
Current position:
Professor, Centre for Business and Climate Change, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
16. P. Guo, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on Jan. 19, 2009) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Inexact Mathematical Programming for the Management of Water Resources and Environmental Systems under Multiple Uncertainties"
Current position:
Professor, College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
17. Z. F. Liu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on May 15, 2009)
Thesis: "Development of Dual-Interval Optimization Methodologies for the Management of Regional Environmental Systems"
Current position: Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, Hunan University, Changsha, China
18. Y. P. Cai, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on October 18, 2009) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Integrated Energy-Environmental Modeling and Climate Change Adaptation Planning under Uncertainty"
Current position:
Professor, College of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
19. X. H. Nie, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 21, 2009)
Thesis: "Development of Robust Optimization Methodologies for Environmental Systems Management under Uncertainty"
Current position: Engineer, SaskPower Corporation, Estavan, Canada
20. H. W. Lu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 21, 2009) (
NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Inexact Mathematical Programming Methods for Water Resources Management"
Current position: Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Geography and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
21. X. D. Zhang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on June 14, 2010)
Thesis: "Development of Integrated Simulation, Optimization, and Risk Assessment Methodologies for Environmental Management under Multiple Uncertainties"
Current position: Professor and Excellent Youth Research Chair, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
22. H. Yu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on June 16, 2010) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Combined Effects of Biosurfactant and Porous-Medium on the Fate and Transport of Petroleum Contaminants"
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States
23. Y. M. Zhang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 10, 2010) (
NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Development of Inexact Optimization Methods for Environmental Systems Management under Multiple Uncertainties"
Current position: Professor and Associate Dean, Suzhou Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
24. Q. Tan, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on July 7, 2011) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder; Best Paper Award of AWWA West Canada)
Thesis: "Inexact Programming Methodologies for Water Resources and Environmental Management under Compound Uncertainty"
Current position:
Professor and Dean, College of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guozhou, China
25. H. Zhang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 31, 2011)
Thesis: "Development of Integrated Characterization, Simulation and Risk-Assessment Methodologies for Examining the Impacts of Climate Change on Small Prairie Watersheds"
Current position:
Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, USA
26. W. Sun, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on May 29, 2012)
Thesis: "Development of Characterization and Optimization Methodologies for Waste Management"
Current position:
Associate Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
27. J. Wei, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 5, 2013)
Thesis: "Enhancement of Solubilization and Sorption Behaviors of PAHs through Involvement of Gemini Surfactants in Soil-Water Systems"
Current position: Associate Professor, College of Civil Engineering, Beijing Polytechnical University, Beijing, China
28. C. J. An, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 19, 2013)
Thesis: "Physiochemical and Biological Behaviors of Organic Contaminants in Multi-Phase Media under Enhanced Treatment Conditions"
Current position: Associate Professor and Concordia University Research Chair, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
29. G. C. Li, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 23, 2013)
Thesis: "Development of GHG-Mitigation Oriented Models for the Planning of Integrated Energy-Environment Systems (IEES) under Uncertainties"
Current position: Transboundary Water Quality Specialist, Alberta Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resources, Edmonton, Canada
30. H. Zhu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on January 10, 2014)
Thesis: "Inexact Fractional Optimization for Multicriteria Resources and Environmental Management under Uncertainty"
Current position: Senior Engineer, Energy Development and Climate Change, Energy Policy Branch, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Regina, Canada
31. L. Jin, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 22, 2014)
Thesis: "Development of Inexact T2 Fuzzy Optimization Approaches for Supporting Energy and Environmental Systems Planning under Uncertainty"
Current position: Associate Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, China
32. S. Wang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 14, 2015) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "Factorial Probabilistic Methodologies for Water Resources and Hydrologic Systems Analysis under Interactive Uncertainties"
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
33. Y. R. Fan, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 16, 2015)
Thesis: "Uncertainty Quantification of Hydrologic Predictions and Risk Analysis"
Current position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom
34. S. Zhao, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 24, 2015)
Thesis: "Enhanced Physiochemical Processes for the Treatment of Petroleum-Contaminated Systems"
Current position: Professor and Excellent Youth Research Chair, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
35. X. Q. Wang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 26, 2015) (
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder)
Thesis: "High-Resolution Regional Climate Downscaling and Probabilistic Projection for Impact Assessment - A Canadian Case Study"
Current position: Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Interim), School of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
36. Y. Zhou, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 12, 2016)
Thesis: "Development of Stochastic Factorial Programming Methods for Water Resources Management Under Uncertainty"
Current position: Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
37. Z. Li, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on May 30, 2016) (
NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship; 2016 President's Distinguished Graduate Student Award)
Thesis: "Stochastic Modeling and Risk Management for Water Resources Systems under Changing Climatic Conditions"
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
38. G. H. Cheng, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 30, 2016)
Thesis: "Development of an Integrated Hydro-Climatic Systems Analysis Framework and Its Application to the Athabasca River Basin, Canada"
Current position: Professor, College of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
39. L. Guo, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 11, 2016)
Thesis: "Emergency evacuation management for nuclear power plant accidents under multiple uncertainties"
Current position: Research Scientist, Institute of Environment Sciences, China
40. J. X. Zhu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 8, 2018)
Thesis: "Investigate Influence of Anthropogenic Temperature Increase on Climate Extremes Through a Dynamical Downscaling Approach - A Chinese Case Study"
Current position: Associate Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
41. L. R. Liu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 9, 2019) (Co-supervised with B. W. Baetz)
Thesis: "Disaggregated Modeling of Environmental and Economic Systems for Supporting the Development of Greenhouse Gas Mitugation Policies"
Current position: Lecturer, Centre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
42. X. Y. Xin, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 13, 2019)
Thesis: "Aquatic Toxicity of Pharamaceuticals and Personal Care Products to Algae"
Current position: Assistant Professor, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
43. X. Zhou, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on May 8, 2020)
Thesis: "Development of Integrated Regional Climate Modeling Methodologies for Impact Assessment"
Current position: Assistant Professor, College of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
44. X. J. Chen, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 24, 2020)
(Best Student Paper Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2017)
Thesis: "Membrane Surface Functionalization Through Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment"
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, USA
45. P. Zhang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 29, 2021)
Thesis: "Development of Multi-Layer Soil Systems for Wastewater Treatment in Rural Areas"
46. K. L. Li, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on Dec. 10, 2021)
Thesis: "Statistical-Based Hydrological Simulation and Inference"
Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
47. Y. Y. Zhai, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on April 11, 2022)
Thesis: "Assesing Factors Contributing to the Changes in Historical Temperature Extremes and Investigating Future Changes in Extreme Events"
Current position: Emissions Analyst, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Regina, Canada
48. C. Lu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 18, 2022)
Thesis: "Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in Precipitation and Moisture Transport over China and Their Connections with Anthropogenic Emissions and Natural Variability"
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
49. X. Y. Zhang, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on August 18, 2022)
Thesis: "Multi-Level Energy-Environmental-Economic Modeling for Supporting Low-Carbon Transition of Power Systems under Uncertainty"
50. Y. H. Wu, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 12, 2022)
Thesis: "Development of High-resolution Climate Projections over Canada in the 21st Century"
51. T. N. Song, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on December 18, 2023)
Thesis: "Bayesian probabilistic projections of future climate over Canada based on the RCM ensemble"
52. J. N. Yin, Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering, Univ. of Regina (Ph.D. thesis defended on January 9, 2024)
Thesis: "Nanocellulose-based materials for sustainable soil remediation and water purification"