Environmental Engineering Dictionary of Technical Terms and Phrases

Francis J. Hopcroft has been teaching civil and environmental engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, since January, 1994. He has written several books on various topics such as hazardous waste management, wastewater treatment, and engineering economics. He has served as the Collection Editor for the Environmental Engineering Collection at Momentum Press since 2013 and has published or reviewed dozens of professional papers, articles, and presentations. Shivani Kumar is a civil engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Technology, studying under Prof. Hopcroft. Ms. Kumar is a US citizen of Indian extraction who grew up speaking several languages, including the Tamil language. She was hand-picked to assist with the Tamil translations due to her exceptional engineering and language skills. Dr. Barur R. Rajeshkumar is a laboratory manager and senior research scientist, cardiovascular medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Barur R. Rajeshkumar has published more than a dozen publications in English in different peer-reviewed journals and currently serves as a reviewer\editorial board member for 25 professional journals.