Featured Team News!
Jan 2021_Our YouTube Chanel is online! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwr6tl0HFpeAmXxQeNEzKvA
Oct. 2023_Two Graduate Research Assistant positions are now available at NES Lab!
Oct. 2023_Two Graduate Research Assistant positions are now available at NES Lab!
Projects
2023_DOE project awarded for developing a Carbon-Negative Biosolids Treatment Process via CO2 Upcycling to
Enhance Sustainable Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF).
2023_Research project awarded by NSF for investigating Microbial Ecology and Ecophysiology of Electroactive Anammox Communities
2023_Grand Challenge Grant awarded by UMD for developing effective technology for removing emerging organic contaminants, i.e., PFAS! (check Research or UMD website for more information!)
2022_Ourtreach Educational Project awarded by AEESP for connecting future scientists and engineers to environmentally friendly water treatment technologies in the post COVID era (check Outreach for more information!).
2020_Project awarded by WSSC Water for implementation of enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) for nutrient removal and recovery.
2020_Project awarded by DoD-SERDP for investigating the long-term effectiveness of colloidal activated carbon (CAC) for cleaning up PFAS-contaminated costal sites.
Enhance Sustainable Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF).
2023_Research project awarded by NSF for investigating Microbial Ecology and Ecophysiology of Electroactive Anammox Communities
2023_Grand Challenge Grant awarded by UMD for developing effective technology for removing emerging organic contaminants, i.e., PFAS! (check Research or UMD website for more information!)
2022_Ourtreach Educational Project awarded by AEESP for connecting future scientists and engineers to environmentally friendly water treatment technologies in the post COVID era (check Outreach for more information!).
2020_Project awarded by WSSC Water for implementation of enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) for nutrient removal and recovery.
2020_Project awarded by DoD-SERDP for investigating the long-term effectiveness of colloidal activated carbon (CAC) for cleaning up PFAS-contaminated costal sites.
Students
Sep, 2023_Congratulation! Camila received the 2023 Environmental Research & Education Foundation Scholarship!
Aug, 2023_Congratulations to Liu Jiang! She presented her recent work titled "Physical and chemical aging impacts on the effectiveness of colloidal activated carbon (CAC): adsorption-relative surface properties and ability of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal" in 2023 ACS Annual Meeting (Oral).
April, 2023_Congratulations! Camila presented her work at 2023 CPRC_HDC SETAC Spring Meeting and won 3rd place (Oral).
Mar, 2023_Congratulations to Xiaojue and Khashayar for receiving UMD Summer Research Scholarship!April, 2023_Congratulations! Camila presented her work at 2023 CPRC_HDC SETAC Spring Meeting and won 3rd place (Oral).
Mar, 2023_Congratulations to Xiaojue and Khashayar for receiving UMD Summer Research Scholarship!
December, 2022_Congratulations! Camila presented her work at USM LSAMP Research Symposium and won 2nd place (Oral).
November, 2022_Congratulations to Camila Proano on being awarded the UMD Global STEWARDS NSF NRT Fellow
October, 2022_Congratulations to Liu Jiang! Her resent work titled "Effects of Chemical and Physical Aging on Activated Carbons for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Removal" has been accepted for poster presentation in 2022 SERDP & ESTCP Symposium
September, 2022_Welcome! Camila Proano joins N.E.S. Lab and received the Clark Doctoral Fellowship!
June, 2022_Congratulations to Khashayar Aghilinasrollahabadi for receiving The Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant ($400).
May 2022_ Congratulations to Xiaojue Chen for working as Intern at DC Water!
May 2022_ Congratulations to Camila Proano for successfully defending his MS thesis!
April 2022_ Congratulations to Khashayar Aghilinasrollahabadi for receiving travel award for presenting his work titled "Studying kinetic characterization and microbial community of biological phosphorus removal using different carbon sources" in 2022 AEESP Research and Education Conference at Washington University in St. Louis!
April 2022_ Congratulations to Xiaojue chen and Liu Jiang! Their recent work have been accepted for poster presentation in 2022 AEESP Research and Education Conference at Washington University in St. Louis! The titles of their work are "Short- and Long-term impacts of Azole compounds on Biological Nitrogen Removal Processes in Wastewater Treatment Plants", and "Effects of chemical and physical aging and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) appearance on the adsorption of benzotriazole (BTA) onto activated carbons (ACs)".
Oct_2021_A short video made by Spencer Huang to introduce anaerobic digestion of organic waste is now available on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-o4TDECjY
Aug 2021_Xiaojue Liu and Camila Proano received $1,000 Student Travel Award from Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) for presenting in 2021 ACS Fall National Meeting in Atlanta.
Aug, 2023_Congratulations to Liu Jiang! She presented her recent work titled "Physical and chemical aging impacts on the effectiveness of colloidal activated carbon (CAC): adsorption-relative surface properties and ability of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal" in 2023 ACS Annual Meeting (Oral).
April, 2023_Congratulations! Camila presented her work at 2023 CPRC_HDC SETAC Spring Meeting and won 3rd place (Oral).
Mar, 2023_Congratulations to Xiaojue and Khashayar for receiving UMD Summer Research Scholarship!April, 2023_Congratulations! Camila presented her work at 2023 CPRC_HDC SETAC Spring Meeting and won 3rd place (Oral).
Mar, 2023_Congratulations to Xiaojue and Khashayar for receiving UMD Summer Research Scholarship!
December, 2022_Congratulations! Camila presented her work at USM LSAMP Research Symposium and won 2nd place (Oral).
November, 2022_Congratulations to Camila Proano on being awarded the UMD Global STEWARDS NSF NRT Fellow
October, 2022_Congratulations to Liu Jiang! Her resent work titled "Effects of Chemical and Physical Aging on Activated Carbons for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Removal" has been accepted for poster presentation in 2022 SERDP & ESTCP Symposium
September, 2022_Welcome! Camila Proano joins N.E.S. Lab and received the Clark Doctoral Fellowship!
June, 2022_Congratulations to Khashayar Aghilinasrollahabadi for receiving The Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant ($400).
May 2022_ Congratulations to Xiaojue Chen for working as Intern at DC Water!
May 2022_ Congratulations to Camila Proano for successfully defending his MS thesis!
April 2022_ Congratulations to Khashayar Aghilinasrollahabadi for receiving travel award for presenting his work titled "Studying kinetic characterization and microbial community of biological phosphorus removal using different carbon sources" in 2022 AEESP Research and Education Conference at Washington University in St. Louis!
April 2022_ Congratulations to Xiaojue chen and Liu Jiang! Their recent work have been accepted for poster presentation in 2022 AEESP Research and Education Conference at Washington University in St. Louis! The titles of their work are "Short- and Long-term impacts of Azole compounds on Biological Nitrogen Removal Processes in Wastewater Treatment Plants", and "Effects of chemical and physical aging and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) appearance on the adsorption of benzotriazole (BTA) onto activated carbons (ACs)".
Oct_2021_A short video made by Spencer Huang to introduce anaerobic digestion of organic waste is now available on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-o4TDECjY
Aug 2021_Xiaojue Liu and Camila Proano received $1,000 Student Travel Award from Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) for presenting in 2021 ACS Fall National Meeting in Atlanta.
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Emerging Organic ContaminantsPer- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of anthropogenic chemicals that contain one or more perfluoroalkyl moiety (-CnF2n-) and have been widely used in industrial processes and consumer products. The unique physiochemical properties of PFAS also make them highly mobile and persistent in the environment with high bioaccumulation potential. The presence of PFAS in all types of waters and human bodies through the world has been documented in literature.
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Energy Recovery and Water ReclamationAchieving energy neutral/positive water reclamation facilities (WRFs) is one of the core missions of WRF for energy optimization and resource recovery.
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Nutrient Removal and ReocveryThe nutrients nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are widely present in wastewater streams. The typical concentration ranges (mg/L) of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are 20-70 and 4-12, and 427-3400 and 134-321 for mainstream and anaerobic digestion effluent, respectively. Traditional WWTPs often call these nutrients “waste” and focus on technologies to remove them from wastewater stream. The remaining N and P in WWTP effluent is discharged into receiving waterways, which can result in eutrophication and cause negative impacts on human health, environment, and economy. In comparison, current views of water reclamation facilities (WRFs) consider N and P as nutrient resource for land application thus advocate recovery from wastewater to produce commercial fertilizer products by developing efficient and economic technologies
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