Dr. Amy B. Chan Hilton

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Florida State University
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2006
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Mailing Address

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
2525 Pottsdamer Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32310
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (850) 410-6121
Fax: (850) 410-6142
abchan@eng.fsu.edu
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~abchan

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Virginia, Civil Engineering, 2000.
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering, 1995.
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering, 1993.
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering, 1993.

Expertise and Research Interests

- Environmental impacts of biomass and biofuels
- Sustainability
- Environmental systems analysis
- Optimization and management of groundwater remediation and monitoring systems
- Evolutionary computation and artificial intellience (genetic algorithms, ant colony optimization, etc.)
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling
- Contaminant hydrogeology

Future Research

Environmental impacts of nanotechnology

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Civil Engineering, Education, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Planning or Policy, Environmental Restoration or Remediation, Fluid Mechanics, Genetic Algorithms, Hydrogeology, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Water Resources Engineering, Water Resources environmental impacts, Water Resources Management or Planning.

Additional Terms:

Education, Energy, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Planning or Policy, Environmental Restoration or Remediation, Genetic Algorithms, Sustainability, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Water Resources Engineering, Water Resources Environmental Impacts, Water Resources Management or Planning.

Memberships

American Geophysical Union
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Civil Engineers
National Ground Water Association

Honors and Awards

2008, ASCE EWRI Certificate of Appreciation, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Outstanding Service as Chair of the Groundwater Symposiua and Continuing Education Committee
2007, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Service Award, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
2007, ASCE EWRI Outstanding Achievement Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2007, ASCE EWRI Expression of Appreciation, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Chair of the 5th Groundwater Hydrology, Quality and Management Symposium
2006, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Teaching Award, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
2005, ASCE EWRI Expression of Appreciation, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Chair of the 4th Groundwater Hydrology, Quality and Management Symposium
2005, Professional Development Award, Progress Energy
2003, ASCE ExCEED New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (Zone II), ASCE
2000, First Year Assistant Professor Award, FSU Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University
1999-2000, Selected Professions Engineering Dissertation Fellowship, American Association of University Women (AAUW), University of Virginia
1995-1999, Graduate Traineeship at UVA's Program in Interdisciplinary Research in Contaminant Hydrogeology (PIRCH), National Science Foundation, University of Virginia
1994-1995, Honorable Mention, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, Department of Defense, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993-1994, Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Fellowship, Department of Energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993, Dean A. Horn Award for outstanding marine-related research project, MIT Sea Grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993, Russell Award for outstanding graduating student, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineernig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993, Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1991-1993, Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Scholarship, Department of Energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Previous Positions

2000-2006, Assistant Professor, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Publications

  • Penagonda, V, Chan Hilton, AB (2008) Impact of Lipopolysaccharide extraction on bacterial adhesion and transport, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, In Press
  • Li, Y, Chan Hilton, AB (2007) Optimal groundwater monitoring design using an ant colony optimization Paradigm, Environmental Modeling and Software, 22 (1), 110-116
  • Chen, G, Chan Hilton, AB (2007) Surface free energy relationships in interpreting bacterial deposition in porous media, Modeling Bacterial Adhesion and Transport in the Environment, T. Camesano Editor, American Chemical Society (bookchapter)
  • Li, Y, Chan Hilton, AB (2005) Reducing Spatial Sampling in Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Networks Using Ant Colony Optimization, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research, 1 (1), 19-28
  • Chan Hilton, A.B. and T.B. Culver (2005) Groundwater remediation design under uncertainty using a robust genetic algorithm, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 131 (1), 25-34
  • Huang, W., B. Xu, A. Chan Hilton (2004) Forecasting flow in Apalachicola River using artificial neural networks, Hydrological Processes, 18 (13), 2545-2564
  • Chan Hilton, A. B. and T. B. Culver, Sensitivity of optimal groundwater remediation designs to residual water quality violations, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 127(5), 316-323, 2001
  • Chan Hilton, A. B., A. Aksoy, and T. B. Culver, Dynamic optimal design of groundwater remediation using genetic algorithms, In Physiochemical Groundwater Remediation, Smith, J. A. and S. Burns, eds, 2001
  • Chan Hilton, A. B. and T. B. Culver, Constraint-handling methods for genetic algorithms in optimal pump-and-treat design, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 126(3), 128-137, May 2000
  • Chan Hilton, A. B., D. L. McGillivary, E. E. Adams, Residence time of freshwater in Boston's Inner Harbor, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, 124(2), 82-89, 1998
  • Alber, M. and A. B. Chan, Sources of Contaminants to Boston Harbor: Revised Loading Estimates, MWRA Environmental Quality Technical Report No. 94-1, 1994
  • Sherif, S. A., S. P. Raju, M. M. Padki, and A. B. Chan, A semi-empirical transient method for modelling frost formation on a flat plate, International Journal of Refrigeration, 16(5), 321-329, 1993
  • Li, Y. and A.B. Chan Hilton, Reducing Spatial Sampling in Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Networks Using Ant Colony Optimization, International Journal of Compututational Intelligence Research, In Press

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