C. T. Tien is currently chief of the Groundwater Discharge Permit Division of the Maryland Department of the Environment. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Delaware and his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the National Taiwan University . C. Tien has been with the Maryland Department of the Environment since July, 1975. He was the author of the Maryland Sewerage Facilities Guidelines and helped to develop guidelines regarding groundwater discharge in Maryland . C. Tien was named the Young Engineer of the Year (1979) by the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers. He also served as Director of Environmental Research Center in the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant, Washington , D.C. in 1988. C. Tien has authored or co-authored 32 research papers, book chapters, conference proceedings and governmental publications.

Specialties and Interests:

Groundwater hydrology and groundwater quality protection