Emerging Technologies for Agriculture and Environment: Select Proceedings of Itsfew 2018
暫譯: 農業與環境的新興技術：2018年ITSFEW會議選輯論文集

本書包含2018年國際農業新興技術會議 - 能源與環境 - 水資源（ITsFEW 2018）的選定會議論文。內容分為三個部分，即：（i）農業發展，（ii）能源與環境，以及（iii）水資源保護與管理。本書旨在提供及時的解決方案，利用創新和新興技術應對全球在農業、能源、環境和水資源管理方面的挑戰。本書涵蓋的一些主題包括智慧農業的遙感技術、地理資訊系統（GIS）、灌溉工程、土壤科學與農學、智慧電網、可再生能源、能源管理系統、能源儲存技術、生物水處理、工業廢水處理、流域管理與可持續性。考慮到討論的主題範圍廣泛，本書對於對農業和環境工程感興趣的學生、研究人員和實務工作者將非常有用。

Dr. Babu Subramanian is currently Professor and Director of VIT Centre for Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning (VAIAL). He graduated from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India with vast post-doctoral research experience from University of Angers, France, University of Alberta, Canada, Pennsylvania State University, USA, North Eastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, USA, Florida Atlantic University, USA. His research areas include molecular plant-microbe interactions and functional genomics and he is currently working on proteome level investigations on cross-talking genes in rice during abiotic and biotic stress, role of transcription factors and their downsteam genes in plant disease resistance, metabolic engineering of tomato for over-expression of stigmasterol biosynthesis, molecular interactions of human enteric bacteria in fruits and vegetables, compatibility of bicontrol and biofertilizer bacteria in crop growth and health and bacterial biofilms: metagenomics and bioinformatics. He has published around 75 papers in notable journals and more than 100 papers in reputed conferences.
Dr. Shiao-Shing Chen is currently working as Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida, Master from the University of Maryland, College Park, and Bachelor from National Cheng Kung University. He also had his sabbatical researches in University of Washington, Seattle and University of Technology, Sydney. He has over 20 years of research, teaching and consulting experience. His areas of interest include physicochemical process on water and wastewater treatment by incorporation of membrane. Currently, his projects have primarily dealt with membrane, oxidation-reduction, and catalysis processes for application in the High-Tech industries in Taiwan and several full scale plants have been built based on his researches. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and more than 100 papers in conference proceedings. He has also authored four book chapters including Sustainable Desalination Process in Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World and Nanoscale Materials in Water Purification. He was a guest editor for Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE and was on the editorial board of several renounced journals. He has received several awards for excellence in research including Taipei Tech Distinguished Researcher Award two times and Research Award from Chinese institute of environmental engineering (CIEE).

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL), and also the Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory (GAGEL) in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Dr. Reddy has over 25 years of research, teaching and consulting experience within the broad fields of civil, geotechnical, materials and environmental engineering, addressing the nexus among sustainability, resiliency, infrastructure, water, energy, and the environment in an urban setting. His research expertise includes: environmental remediation of soils, sediments, groundwater, and stormwater; solid and hazardous waste management and landfill engineering; engineering applications of waste/recycled materials; life cycle assessment and sustainable engineering; and geotechnical engineering. His research is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, several prominent state and local government agencies, and industries. Dr. Reddy is the author of three books: (1) Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, (2) Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater, and (3) Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites. He has also published 193 journal papers, 14 edited books and conference proceedings, 12 book chapters, and 175 full conference papers. He has served or currently serves as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of over 10 different journals, including the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, the ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, the ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, the Journal of Hazardous Materials, among others. Dr. Reddy has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the ASTM Hogentogler Award, the UIC Distinguished Researcher Award, the University of Illinois Scholar Award, and the University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), a Diplomat of Geotechnical Engineering (DGE), and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE). He is also a registered Professional Civil Engineer (PE) and an EnvisionTM Sustainability Professional (ENV SP).

巴布·蘇布拉馬尼安博士目前是VIT農業創新與高級學習中心（VAIAL）的教授及主任。他畢業於印度泰米爾納德邦農業大學，並在法國昂熱大學、加拿大阿爾伯塔大學、美國賓夕法尼亞州立大學、美國北東俄亥俄大學醫學院及美國佛羅里達大西洋大學擁有豐富的博士後研究經驗。他的研究領域包括分子植物-微生物相互作用和功能基因組學，目前正專注於水稻在非生物及生物壓力下交互作用基因的蛋白質組層面研究、轉錄因子及其下游基因在植物病害抗性中的作用、番茄的代謝工程以過表達甾醇生物合成、人類腸道細菌在水果和蔬菜中的分子相互作用、雙重控制和生物肥料細菌在作物生長和健康中的相容性，以及細菌生物膜：宏基因組學和生物資訊學。他在知名期刊上發表了約75篇論文，並在多個著名會議上發表了超過100篇論文。

陳曉興博士目前擔任國立台北科技大學環境工程與管理研究所的特聘教授。他在中央佛羅里達大學獲得博士學位，在馬里蘭大學帕克分校獲得碩士學位，並在國立成功大學獲得學士學位。他還曾在華盛頓大學（西雅圖）和悉尼科技大學進行學術休假研究。他擁有超過20年的研究、教學和諮詢經驗。他的研究興趣包括通過膜技術進行水和廢水處理的物理化學過程。目前，他的項目主要涉及膜、氧化還原和催化過程，應用於台灣的高科技產業，並基於他的研究建造了幾個全規模的工廠。他在知名期刊上發表了超過100篇論文，並在會議論文集中發表了超過100篇論文。他還撰寫了四個書章，包括《可持續脫鹽過程：為可持續世界的環境化學》和《水處理中的納米材料》。他曾擔任《環境工程學報》（ASCE）的客座編輯，並在幾本知名期刊的編輯委員會中任職。他因研究卓越獲得多項獎項，包括兩次獲得台北科技大學特聘研究獎和中國環境工程學會（CIEE）的研究獎。

克里希納·R·雷迪博士是伊利諾伊大學芝加哥分校（UIC）土木與環境工程系的土木與環境工程教授、可持續工程研究實驗室（SERL）主任，以及土木與材料工程實驗室（GAGEL）主任。雷迪博士在土木、岩土、材料和環境工程等廣泛領域擁有超過25年的研究、教學和諮詢經驗，專注於可持續性、韌性、基礎設施、水、能源和環境在城市環境中的聯繫。他的研究專長包括：土壤、沉積物、地下水和雨水的環境修復；固體和危險廢物管理及填埋工程；廢物/回收材料的工程應用；生命週期評估和可持續工程；以及岩土工程。他的研究獲得美國國家科學基金會、美國環境保護署、幾個知名的州和地方政府機構以及產業的資助。雷迪博士是三本書的作者：（1）《岩土環境工程：場地修復、廢物控制和新興廢物管理技術》，（2）《污染土壤、沉積物和地下水的電化學修復技術》，以及（3）《受污染地點的可持續修復》。他還發表了193篇期刊論文、14本編輯書籍和會議論文集、12個書章，以及175篇完整的會議論文。他曾擔任或目前擔任超過10本不同期刊的副編輯或編輯委員會成員，包括ASCE《岩土與環境工程學報》、ASTM《岩土測試學報》、ASCE《危險、有毒和放射性廢物學報》、以及《危險材料學報》等。雷迪博士因研究和教學卓越獲得多項獎項，包括ASTM霍根托格獎、UIC特聘研究獎、伊利諾伊大學學者獎和伊利諾伊大學教學卓越獎。他是美國土木工程師學會（FASCE）會士、岩土工程外交官（DGE）和經過認證的環境工程師（BCEE）。他還是一名註冊專業土木工程師（PE）和EnvisionTM可持續專業人士（ENV SP）。