Dr. Ni-Bin Chang received his Master’s and Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1989 and 1991, respectively. Both are in the field of Environmental Systems ngineering. He is currently a professor with Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Central Florida (UCF). He has been directing academic research in the field of environmental and water resources engineering systems over 20 years. Since 1992, as a Principal Investigator Chang has received and managed more than 5,000,000 in external funding from federal, state and local agencies. His area of expertise is environmental resources management, sustainable systems engineering, environmental systems modeling, remote sensing, environmental informatics, and industrial ecology. He owns those distinctions which are the selectively awarded titles, such as the Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), Diplomat of Water Resources Engineer (DWRE), Certificate of Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED), elected Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and elected fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (F.EAS). He has authored and co-authored over 142 peer-reviewed journal articles, 7 books and chapters, and additional 132 conference papers. Dr. Chang has considerable experience in managing international journals. He was one of the founders of International Society of Environmental Information Management and the former editor-in-chief of Journal of Environmental Informatics. He is
currently editorial board member or associate editor of 21 international academic journals.