Dr Yuan Wang
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Head
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
ÌýLectures taught
Research interest
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in membrane processes for water and wastewater treatment
- Mixing in full scale membrane bioreactors
- Design of aeration systems; optimisation of aeration energy
- Porous media models
- Membrane distillation
- Effects of mixing on the size and quality of crystals in membrane distillation/membrane crystallisation processes
- Design of membrane modules (MBR, RO, and MD)
- Membrane bioreactors
- Phosphorus removal using metal coagulants
- Design of membrane bioreactors
- Membrane fouling and cleaning
- Residence time distribution analysis
- Mechanical analysis of hollow fibre membranes in water and wastewater treatment applications
- Failure of different membranes and module configurations caused by both repetitive stress-based phenomena and shock loading
- Groundwater treatment for drinking water supplies for remote communities in Australia and China
- Removal of contaminants,Ìýarsenic, fluoride, nitrate, iron and manganese
- Selection of membrane processes
- Energy consumption
- Fouling of NF/RO membranesÌý
- Other projects
- Study of floc strength and stability during direct filtration of surface water
- Characterisation of polymeric membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy
- Development of online knowledge support tool for desalination plants
- Membrane autopsy
- Treatment of coal seam gas waterÌý
Grants
- Optimisation of coal mine water treatment processes, China Coal Technology Engineering Group, 2019 - 2021
- Wastewater treatment and resource recovery, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Torch Initiatives, funded by Beijing Origin Water Technology, 2016 - 2018
- Membrane Distillation Development for Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems, ARC LP 160100622, 2016-2019
- Development of mobile groundwater desalination systems, Tata Trust, 2015-2017
- Analytics based solution to predict floc strength in direct filtration water treatment plants, Sydney Water, 2016
- Evaluation of the performance and properties of two generations of membranes, Evoqua Water Technologies, 2016
- Evaluation of floc strength and stability during direct filtration of surface water, Sydney Water, 2015
- Design of anaerobic membrane bioreactors using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Abengoa Research Spain, 2015
- Development of National Digital Membrane Library and on-line knowledge support tool for desalination, National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, 2014
- Faculty of Engineering Early Career Research Grants Program, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ (2013)Ìý
- Faculty of Engineering Early Career Research Grants Program, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ (2012)
Awards
- The World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO) Innovation Award (2020)
- PIEoneer Awards for Public/Private Partnership of the Year (2018)
- ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ President Award on "Building Collaboration" (2017)
- Peter Farrell Challenge Cup,Ìý2nd place,ÌýAustralian Graduate School of Management, Australian School of Business, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ (2009)
- Commercialisation Training Scheme (CTS) Scholarships (2009),ÌýGraduate Research School, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ (2009)
Professional Organisations and Service Roles
Member, International Water Association (IWA)
Member, IWA working group on CFD
Member, Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA)
Education
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ; 2010.
Grad. Cert. of Research Management and Commercialisation, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ; 2009.
B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; 2001.
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 4377
E-mail
Location
Level 2, Rupert Myers Building (South Wing)
¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Kensington Campus
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