Invited Talk & Seminar

  1. Harnessing electric driving forces for energy-efficient NEW resource recovery from wastewater <04/2020, delivered virtually due to COVID-19>  Invited by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at University of Toronto, Canada

     

  2. Osmotic, electric, and biologic driving forces to recover NEW resource from wastewater <04/2020, delivered virtually due to COVID-19>  Invited by the Department of Civil Engineering at Auburn University, USA

     

  3. Advancing Forward Osmosis for Non-Potable Water Reuse: Opportunities, Challenges, and Perspectives <06/2019>  Invited by Prof. Meagan Mauter, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

     

  4. Energy analysis of bioelectrochemical systems <11/2018>  Invited by Prof. Marika Kokko, University of Tampere, Finland

     

  5. Advancing forward osmosis for energy-efficient wastewater treatment towards enhanced water reuse <11/2018>  Invited by Prof. Marika Kokko, University of Tampere, Finland

     

  6. Optimizing forward osmosis process for enhanced water reuse <05/2018>->Invited by Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Conferences

* stands for the presenter
  1. Towards Sustainable Water Reuse: Mitigation of Bidirectional Solute Flux in Forward Osmosis Process <06/12/2019>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->Annual Conference and Exposition 2019, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Denver, CO

  2. Mitigation of Bidirectional Solute Flux in Forward Osmosis via Surface Coating of Zwitterion Functionalized CNTs <05/15/2019>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->AEESP 2019, AEESP Research and Education Conference, Arizona State University, AZ

  3. Towards Sustainable Water Reuse: Mitigation of Bidirectional Solute Flux in Forward Osmosis Membrane Process <03/27/2019>
    ->Oral Presentation

    ->35th GSA Research Symposium & Expo, Graduate Student Assembly, Virginia Tech, VA

  4. Efficiently “Pumping Out” Value-added Resources from Wastewater by Bioelectrochemical Systems: A Review from Energy Perspective <09/13/2018>
    ->Oral Presentation (canceled due to Hurricane Florence) 

    ->WaterJAM 2018, VA AWWA/VWEA Joint Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA

  5. Evaluation of Energy Consumption of Treating Nitrate-Contaminated Groundwater by Bioelectrochemical Systems <09/12/2018>
    ->Poster Presentation (Daniele Cecconet*, Shiqiang Zou, Andrea G. Capodaglio, Zhen He)

    ->4th ISMET European Meeting, Newcastle, England

  6. Towards Sustainable Desalination: Mitigation of Bidirectional Solute Flux in Forward Osmosis Process <09/12/2018>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->WaterJAM 2018, VA AWWA/VWEA Joint Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA

  7. Advancing Forward Osmosis for Energy-Efficient Wastewater Treatment towards Enhanced Water Reuse <06/14/2018>
    ->Oral Presentation

    ->Annual Conference and Exposition 2018, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Las Vegas, NV

  8. Nutrient-Energy-Water Recovery from Sidestream Centrate via Microbial Electrolysis Cell–Forward Osmosis Hybrid System <06/13/2018>
    ->Oral Presentation

    ->Annual Conference and Exposition 2018, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Las Vegas, NV

  9. Direct electricity generation from waste heat in water via thermoelectric generator <06/13/2018>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->Annual Conference and Exposition 2018, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Las Vegas, NV

  10. Direct electricity generation from waste heat in water via thermoelectric generator <04/20/2018>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->2018 CEE Research Day, Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Virginia Tech, VA

  11. Direct electricity generation from waste heat in water via thermoelectric generator <03/28/2018>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->34th GSA Research Symposium & Expo, Graduate Student Assembly, Virginia Tech, VA

  12. Advancing forward osmosis for energy-efficient wastewater treatment towards enhanced water reuse <09/14/2017>
    ->Oral Presentation

    ->WaterJAM 2017, VA AWWA/VWEA Joint Annual Meeting, Hampton, VA

  13.  Direct electricity generation from waste heat in water via thermoelectric generator <09/13/2017>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->WaterJAM 2017, VA AWWA/VWEA Joint Annual Meeting, Hampton, VA

  14. NEW recovery from sidestream centrate via a microbial electrolysis cell ─ forward osmosis hybrid system <08/09/2017>
    ->Oral Presentation (Shiqiang Zou, Zhen He*)

    ->2nd International Resource Recovery Conference, International Water Association, Columbia University, New York

  15. Electrolysis-assisted mitigation of reverse solute flux in a three-chamber forward osmosis system <06/21/2017>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->AEESP 2017, AEESP Research and Education Conference, University of Michigan, MI

  16. Nutrient-Energy-Water recovery from synthetic sidestream centrate using a microbial electrolysis cell ─ forward osmosis hybrid system <03/31/2017>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->2017 CEE Research Day, Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Virginia Tech, VA

  17. Nutrient-Energy-Water recovery from high-strength wastewater using a microbial electrolysis cell – forward osmosis hybrid system <03/29/2017>
    ->Oral Presentation

    ->33rd GSA Research Symposium & Expo, Graduate Student Assembly, Virginia Tech, VA

  18. Nutrient-Energy-Water recovery from synthetic sidestream centrate using a microbial electrolysis cell ─ forward osmosis hybrid system <02/22/2017>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->Borchardt 2017 Conference, 24th Triennial Symposium on Advancements in Water & Wastewater, University of Michigan, MI

  19. Closed-loop nutrient-energy-water (NEW) recovery from synthetic sidestream centrate using a microbial electrolysis cell ─ forward osmosis hybrid system <09/14/2016>
    ->Poster Presentation
    ->WaterJAM 2016, VA AWWA/VWEA Joint Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA
  20. Enhancing wastewater reuse by forward osmosis with self-diluted commercial fertilizers as draw solutes <04/22/2016>
    ->Poster Presentation

    ->2016 CEE Research Day, Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Virginia Tech, VA

  21. Enhancing wastewater reuse by forward osmosis with self-diluted commercial fertilizers as draw solutes <03/25/2016>
    ->Oral Presentation
    ->32nd GSA Research Symposium & Expo, Graduate Student Assembly, Virginia Tech, VA