Chen, Edward T., President, Chinese American Society of Environmental Protection & Safety, Houston, Texas, USA 

 

EDUCATION

 

1977: University of Arkansas, MS in Environmental Health

 

1975: Northwestern Oklahoma State University, BS in Biology & Chemistry

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2001 - 2011: Deputy Director, Managing waste collections such as automated waste collection, heavy trash collection, yard waste, curbside recycling, hazardous waste etc ( oversaw 300 full time employees) and responsible citywide comprehensive recycling program, Department of Solid Waste Management, City of Houston, Texas, USA

 

2003 - 2011: Visiting Lecturer, Waste Management Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

 

1997 - 2001: Assistant Director/Division Head, Recycling and Environmental Resource Division, Dept. of Solid Waste Management, City of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

 

1991 - 1997: Deputy Assistant Director/Division Head, Recycling and Environmental Resource Div., Dept. of Solid Waste Management, City of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

 

1984 - 2004: Lecturer, Solid Waste Technology courses. Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, USA

 

1982 - 1991: Environmental Technologist & Recycling Coordinator, Planning & Research Div., responsible planning & design solid waste facility, Dept. of Solid Waste Management, City of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

 

1978 -1982: Appointed by Mayor of the Taipei for the Chief Advisor to the Director, Environmental Protection Department, City of Taipei

 

1978 - 1982: Assistant Professor, Environmental Protection, Chinese Culture University, Taipei

 

 

AREA OF EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTEREST

 

More than fifty (50) years experience, research and operation in the areas of environmental pollution control with emphasis on municipal solid waste management, operations, recycling, waste to energy, planning and design transfer station, landfill disposal, circular economy, household hazardous waste ( HHW) management, end user markets, recycled product procurement, waste minimization/prevention, waste audit, design material recovery facility (MRF), biomass technology, construction & demolish (C&D) waste recycling, and CO2 reduction. Developed an award-winning public-private recycling partnership that has saved millions dollars for the Houston, the partnership was used to implement a comprehensive recycling program for the Houston, and was a founder of Houston

comprehensive recycling program since 1982.

 

HONORS

 

2009 -2019: Each of the year as an invited Keynote speaker and guest speaker in the annual International Conference of Waste Management and Technology  (ICWMT), sponsored by Ching-Hua University, Beijing, China

 

1999 - 2004: Appointed by the Houston Mayor Lee Brown to be Environmental Protection Coordinator and Advisor to the Shanghai Municipal Government, China 

 

2007 - Invited as a Keynote speaker at " Contamination  Clean Up 07" , an Industry Summit held in Australia, June 2007

 

1998, 2000 and 2005 - Three times as an invited Keynote speaker at the International Solid Waste Technology Conference, sponsored by Taipei Municipal Government.

 

1993 - Received the United States Conference of Mayor's Municipal Solid Waste Management Association's National Fellowship and Achievement Award, given in recognition of Mr. Chen's outstanding contribution in the field of solid waste, Washington D.C., USA

 

1999 - As Mayoral appointee & delegate of the Houston Mayor's Business Development Mission to Japan, China, Taiwan and other Asia countries to promote business development in the area of environmental protection.

 

2002 - Second time as Mayoral appointee & delegate of the Houston Mayor's Business Development Mission and visited sister cities such as: Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai. Shi-an, and Hangzhou.

 

1984 and 2002 - Two times as an invited Keynote speaker for The Environmental Protection Session at the Modern Engineering & Technology Seminar (METS，近代工程技術研討會） sponsored by Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

 

2004 - Received President's Award from the Recycling Alliance of Texas for outstanding leadership in solid waste & recycling

 

1989 - Invited as a Delegate of the Environmental Protection session of the National Development Conference (國家建設研討會）sponsored by government of the Republic  of China

 

1998 - Received the Chairman's Award for outstanding leadership in Houston's recycling efforts from the Houston Corporate Recycling Council (HCRC)

 

EXTRACURRICULAR ACITIVITIES

 

2018 - present, Member of the Scientific Committee, Solid Waste Management, Ching-Hua University, Beijing, China

 

2009 - present, Member of the Steering Committee, Waste Technology, Ching-Hua University, Beijing, Chin

 

2015 -2018, Board of Director, Colony Grant HOA, Sugar Land, USA

 

2003 - 2004, President of Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association (OCEESA), USA

 

2001 - 2002, President of Association of Chinese American Professionals (ACAP), Houston, USA

 

1994 - 1998, Board of Director of Solid Waste Association of North America - Texas Chapter, USA

 

1989 - 1993, Board of Director of Recycling Coalition of Texas, USA