Idaho State University

• Academics
• Prospective Students
• Current Students
• Faculty & Staff
• Alumni & Visitors

College of Engineering

• CoE Home
  • Advisory Council
  • Alumni
  • Donate
  • History
  • Information for Faculty
  • Job Opportunities
  • Message from the Dean
  • Outreach
• Contact
• Civil Engineering
  • Home
  • Courses
  • Faculty
  • Graduate Program
  • Job Opportunities
  • Message From the Chair
  • Prospective Students
  • Student Organizations
  • Undergraduate Program
• Computer Science
  • Home
  • BS Program
  • Courses
  • Facilities
  • Faculty
  • Graduate Program
  • History
  • Prospective Students
  • Job Opportunitities
  • Student Organizations
• Electrical Engineering
  • Home
  • Courses
  • Faculty
  • Graduate Program
  • Job Opportunities
  • News Letters
  • Prospective Students
  • Research
  • Student Organizations
  • Undergraduate Program
• Graduate Programs
  • Graduate Home
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Nuclear Science and Engineering
  • Measurement and Control Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
  • Home
  • Courses
  • Faculty
  • Graduate Program
  • Job Opportunities
  • Prospective Students
  • Student Organizations
  • Undergraduate Program
• Nuclear Engineering
  • Home
  • Courses
  • Facilities
  • Faculty
  • Graduate Program
  • Job Opportunities
  • Prospective Students
  • Student Organizations
  • Undergraduate Program
• Research Facilities
  • INSE
  • MCERC
  • Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory
• Scholarships
• Statistics
• Senior Design
• Calendar

Faculty

Leung, Solomon Ph.D., P.E. - Professor, ENVE Coordinator

Posted by Administrator (admin) on Mar 17 2008 at 5:06 PM

Faculty >> CE Faculty

Office: Colonial Hall #35
Telephone: (208) 282-2524
E-mail: leunsolo@isu.edu

Dr. Leung received his Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering in 1989 from the University of Iowa. His research interests include physicochemical treatment processes: particularly chemical oxidations applied to the treatment of soils and groundwater, disinfection and by-products generation in water and wastewater, environmental systems modeling, environmental risk assessment, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.

Education

 

• B.A. Chemistry, 1978, University of Iowa
• M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1982, University of Iowa
• Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1989, University of Iowa

Publications (2005 - 2007)

 

• Ha , Dong Yun Ha, Soon Haing Cho, Young Kwon Kim, Solomon W. Leung, "Biodegradation Characteristics of Organics by Molecular Size Distributions in the Landfill Leachate", Water Environment Research, accepted for publication with revision
• Leung, Solomon W., Valentine, Richard L., "Nitrite and Chloramine Loss in a Chlorinated Model Waste Water", accepted for publication with revision, Water Environmental Research
• James C.K. Lai, Maria B. Lai, Kristina L. Edgley, Alok Bhushan, Vikas V. Dukhande, Christopher K. Daniels, and Solomon W. Leung,, "Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles Can Exert Cytotoxic Effects on Neural Cells", proceeding of the 5th Annual NSTI BioNano Conference, Silicon Valley, CA, May 20-24, 2007
• S. W. Leung, C. Trigo, C.K. Daniels, A. Bhushan, and J.C.K. Lai, "Transport of Ionic Electrolytes and Proteins through Semipermeable Membrane with Effect of Surfactants", proceeding of the 10th Annual NSTI Nanotech Conference, Silicon Valley, CA, May 20-24, 2007
• Alok Bhushan, Solomon Leung, Christ Daniels, and James Lai, "Detection of Cell Signaling Processes and Their Parallels in Bioengineering: Potential and Challenges for New Technologies", proceeding of the special seminar on Robotics and Computer Assisted Micro-Surgery, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Medical Engineering Board, London, UK, Nov 9, 2006, pp 1-4.
• James C.K. Lai, Marco P. Schoen, Alba Perez Gracia, Solomon W. Leung, "Prosthetic devices: Challenges and implications of orbotic implants and biological interfaces", an invited paper to the special issue of "Micro and Nano Technologies in Medcine", invited paper to the special issue of "Micro and Nano Technologies in Medcine", Proc. IMechE, Part H, J. of Engineering in Medicine, 221:173-183, 2007
• S W Leung, A Gironella, C Trigo, A Bhushan, C K Daniels, J C K Lai, "Cationic Surfactant and Other Factors That Affect Enzymatic Activities and Transport", invited paper to the special issue of "Micro and Nano Technologies in Medcine", Proc. IMechE, Part H, J. of Engineering in Medicine, 221:153-160, 2007
• Johnson, T, Lai, MB, Puli, S, Leung SW, Lai JCK & Bhushan A (2006) Effect of Isoflavones on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines. 97th Annual Meeting, American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, DC, April 1-5, 2006. In Proceedings of American Association for Cancer Research, Vol. 47, p. 1194 (Abs #5086).
• C. Trigo, S. W. Leung, A. Bhushan, C. K. Daniels and J. C. K. Lai, "Transport of Multiple Enzymes through Semipermeable Membrane and Effect of Surfactants", proceeding of the NSTI Nanotech 2006 nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 2, Chapter 2: Biomaterials and Tissues, pp. 136-139, 2006
• Kim, Y.K., J.S. Ahn, and S.W. Leung, "Destruction of Humic Matters and Ammonia in the Landfill Leachate by Supercritical Water Oxidation", Environmental Engineering Research, 11(6): 311-317, 2006
• Lai, James C.K., Solomon Leung, "Protein and Cell Signaling with Biomaterials: Interfacial Transport", invited book chapter, Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Marcel Dekker, New York pp. 1-11(www.dekker.com, Nov. 2006)
• Leung, Solomon W., and James C.K. Lai, "Protein and Cell Signaling with Biomaterials: Influence of Surfactants", invited book chapter, Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Marcel Dekker, New York pp.1-10 (www.dekker.com, March 2006)
• Leung, Solomon, and James C.K. Lai, "Differential Effects of Anionic Surfactants on Activities of GDH, LDH, and GDH", Biochemical Engineering Journal, 25(1): 79-88 (2005)
• Leung, Solomon W., Garnet Rivera, James C.K. Lai, "Effects of Surfactants in Membrane Separation of Proteins at Trace Levels for Drinking Water", proceeding of the 3rd IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology, 6 - 8 June 2005, Sapporo, Japan
• Leung, Solomon, and James C.K. Lai, "Differential Effects of Surfactants on Enzyme Activity and Transport across a Semipermeable Cell", proceeding of the 2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Vol 1, Chapter 5.2: Bio Nano Analysis and Characterization, pp. 246-249 (2005)

Publications in Preparation

• "Cancer Hotspots in Idaho", in preparation to submit to Environmental Engineering and Science.
• "Health Assessment of Uranium Uptake by Workers in Environment with Depleted Uranium"

Proposals

• Congressional Grant on "Continuation of Smart Prosthetic Devices Technology", ($842,000), Co-Investigator with (S. Naidu, A. Perez, M. Schoen, James Lai), pending
• NASA Idaho EPSCoR Pre-Proposal Evaluation, "Electroactive Polymers for Space Applications", ($750,000 for 3 years), Co-PI (PI, Marco Schoen, with other Co-PI’s), pending

Conference Presentations (2006 - 2007)

• James CK Lai, Marco P Schoen, Arya Ebrahimpour, Alok Bhushan, and Solomon W Leung, "Fast-Response Smart Self-Assembling Biosensors for Biomarker Detection", 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, Nov 12-15, 2007
• Solomon W Leung, Arya Ebrahimpour, Marco P Schoen, and James CK Lai, "Self-Cleansing Flexible Stent for Prevention of Clogging of Blood Vessels", 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, Nov 12-15, 2007
• S. W. Leung, "Global Environment Sustainability: from Developed to Developing Countries", Oxford Round Table on Global Warming and Sustainable Development: Governing a Crises, Aug 12-17, 2007, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, England-invited.
• James C.K. Lai, Vikas Bhardwaj, Nisha Rizvi, Tanushree Chatterji, Alfred O. Isaac, Maria B. Lai, Tara Johnson, Solomon W. Leung, Christopher K. Daniels, and Alok Bhushan, "Glycolytic enzyme inhibitors as novel anti-cancer drugs", ACS Northwest Regional Meeting, Boise, Idaho, June 17 - 20, 2007.
• Solomon W. Leung, Christopher K. Daniels, James C.K. Lai, "Spectrophotometric Investigation of Surfactant Properties on Characterization of Herring DNA", ACS Northwest Regional Meeting, Boise, Idaho, June 17 - 20, 2007.
• S. W. Leung, C. Trigo, C.K. Daniels, A. Bhushan, and J.C.K. Lai, "Transport of Ionic Electrolytes and Proteins through Semipermeable Membrane with Effect of Surfactants", 10th Annual NSTI Nanotech Conference, Silicon Valley, CA, May 20-24, 2007
• James C.K. Lai, Maria B. Lai, Kristina L. Edgley, Alok Bhushan, Vikas V. Dukhande, Christopher K. Daniels, and Solomon W. Leung,, "Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles Can Exert Cytotoxic Effects on Neural Cells", 5th Annual NSTI BioNano Conference, Silicon Valley, CA, May 20-24, 2007
• James C.K. Lai, Cristian Trigo, Sandra Bartolin, and Solomon W. Leung, "Characterization of DNA Stability with Surfactants and DNA Transport across Semipermeable Membranes", 49th Annual Meeting and Symposium of Idaho Academy of Science, Idaho Falls, ID, April 19-21, 2007.
• Solomon W. Leung, Songqiao Chen, Golam M.I. Chowdhury, and James C.K. Lai, "In Situ Arsenic Remediation in Groundwater by Immobilization with Iron Oxid", 49th Annual Meeting and Symposium of Idaho Academy of Science, Idaho Falls, ID, April 19-21, 2007.
• Maria B. Lai, Golam M.I. Chowdhury, Sandeep B. Sheth, Solomon W. Leung, Alok Bhushan, Alex W.K. Chan, Margaret J. Minski, Christopher K. Daniels, and James C.K. Lai , "Differential Organ Distribution of Manganese from Drinking Water and Cellular Manganese Toxicity", 49th Annual Meeting and Symposium of Idaho Academy of Science, Idaho Falls, ID, April 19-21, 2007
• Solomon Leung, joint presentation with Alok Bhushan, "Detection of Cell Signalling Processes and Their Parallels in Bioengineering: Potential and Challenges for New Technologies", special seminar on Robotics and Computer Assisted Micro-Surgery, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Medical Engineering Board, London, UK, Nov 9, 2006-invited.
• Solomon Leung, "Differential Effects of Surfactants on Activities of GDH, LDH, and MDH", presented at Nantong University, Nantong, China, Oct 25, 2006-invited.
• Leung, Solomon W., "Advances of Nanotechnology in Engineering", Idaho State University Office of Research Sponsored Research Colloquium, Oct. 11, 2006. -invited.
• K. Edgley, M. Lai, A. Bhushan, S. Leung, J. Lai, "Toxicity of Nano-materials and Mangnaese in Human Neurotumor Cells", 5th Annual INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) Research Conference, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, August 6-8, 2006
• Trigo, Cristian, Solomon W. Leung, Alok Bhushan, Christopher K. Daniels, and James C.K. Lai, "Transport of Multiple Enzymes through Seimipermeable Membrane and Effect of Surfactants", 2006 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference, May 7-11, 2006, Boston, MA

Research Interests

• Physicochemical treatment processes: particularly chemical oxidations applied to the treatment of soils and groundwater
• disinfection and by-products generation in water and wastewater
• environmental systems modeling
• air pollution and transport
• environmental risk assessment
• biotechnology
• nanotechnology

Recent Courses Taught

 

• Engr 223 Materials and Measurements
• Engr 264 Numerical Analysis of Engineering Problems
• Engr 400 Essentials of Engineering
• CE 490 Civil Engineering Seminar
• Enve 504 Environmental Risk Assessment
• Enve 611 Treatment Systems in Environmental Engineering
• Enve 617 Environmental Engineering Design
• Enve 629 Physical Chemical Treatment of Water and Wastewater
• Enve 630 Air Pollution and Control
• PSCE 599 Elements of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (F, 2007 colist with College of Pharmacy)

Back