Environmental Engineering Research in March 2013

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Environmental Engineering Research. 2013;18(1):1-2
Publication date (electronic) : 2013 March 31
doi : https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2013.18.1.001
Chungnam National University, Korea, E-mail: seodi@cnu.ac.kr, Tel: +82-42-821-6679 Fax: +82-42-822-5610

This issue includes 6 papers selected from environmental engineering of wastewater treatment, corrosion control, urban air pollution, and effect of climate change on streamflow.

Seo et al. [1] showed that the dead biomass immobilized in polysulfone biocarrier beads effectively removed metal ions—Pb(II) and Cu(II) in this study—and suggested that their beads could be applied as a biosorbent in wastewater treatment. Kwon et al. [2] investigated the mechanism of the formation of a highly oxidizing unknown reactive species in the photolysis of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) with H2O2 and suggested this could be peroxynitrite (ONOO), a potent oxidant by itself and a source of hydroxyl radicals. Kim et al. [3] assessed degree of external corrosion of distribution pipe network by investigating in-situ data obtained through test pit excavation and direct sampling. They developed a regression model and reported that their method was effective to predict severity and rate of pipe corrosion that reflect fuzzy soil environment. Jo and Lee [4] examined the applicability of visible light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to the photocatalytic decomposition of indoor-level trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) over N-doped TiO2 (N-TiO2) under a range of operational conditions. They reported that violet LEDs can be utilized as energy-efficient light sources for the photocatalytic decomposition of TCE and PCE, if operational conditions of N-TiO2 photocatalytic system are optimized. Lee et al. [5] used CCT-ICP-MS to analyze concentrations of about 19 elements associated with airborne PM2.5 samples collected from a roadside station in Daejeon, Korea. They reported that findings of strong correlations between PM2.5 and the elements of crust-al origin may be directly comparable with the dominant role of those species by constituting a major fraction of even PM2.5 as well as PM10 at the roadside area. Kim et al. [6] suggested that the rainfall elasticity, the sensitivity of annual streamflow for the variations of potential annual rainfall, can be used to quantify the effects of climate change on major river basins in Korea.

The Environmental Engineering Research (EER), published by the Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, is the representative English academic journal in the field of environmental engineering published in Korea. The EER has been listed SCO-PUS and EBSCO and will be listed more worldwide academic databases soon. Unfortunately, the EER was informed last month that Thompson Reuters Inc. decided not to include our journal yet. The most important factor for their decision was the academic reputation of the journal. To be more specific, the EER’s impact factor or citation rate was not impressive to them. I sent a letter to the president of KSEE, Prof. Insoo Kim, to find better person for this editor’s role but he insisted to try one more time. After a long thought, I decided to try one more time by agreeing with Prof. Kim’s opinion though it will take another 2+1 years due to Thompson’s rule. But to do this, we need to improve our academic record significantly. It also is absolutely clear that another trial will not be successful without help of editorial board members and KSEE members. Therefore, I want to ask the all the KSEE members the following matters.

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References

1. Seo H, Lee M, Wang S. Equilibrium and kinetic studies of the biosorption of dissolved metals on Bacillus drentensis immobilized in biocarrier beads. Environ. Eng. Res 2013;18:45–53.
2. Kwon BG, Kim JO, Kwon JK. Formation of reactive species enhanced by H2O2 addition in the photodecomposition of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Environ. Eng. Res 2013;18:29–35.
3. Kim M, Inakazu T, Koizumi A, Koo J. Statistical approach for corrosion prediction under fuzzy soil environment. Environ. Eng. Res 2013;18:37–43.
4. Jo WK, Lee JY. Degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons via a light-emitting diode derived photocatalyst. Environ. Eng. Res 2013;18:21–28.
5. Lee JH, Jeong JH, Lim JM. Toxic trace and earth crustal elements of ambient PM2.5 using CCT-ICP-MS in an urban area of Korea. Environ. Eng. Res 2013;18:3–8.
6. Kim BS, Hong SJ, Lee HD. The potential effects of climate change on streamflow in rivers basin of Korea using rainfall elasticity. Environ. Eng. Res 2013;18:9–20.

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