prof. dr. Di Wu
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Coupure Links 653, geb. B
21985 Gent - Di.Wu@ghent.ac.kr
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0000-0003-4293-5034
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- Short-Bio: Di Wu (03/1981) completed his Master's study in 2007. Then he went to industry for 2y. From 2009 to 2013, he joined the Wastewater Research Group at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to pursue his Ph.D. study, and obtained post-doc training at the same group (2014-2016). In 2016, HKUST promoted him as Research Assistant Professor (RAP) for teaching and research. In 2021, he was appointed as the tenured Associate Professor at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University (UGent). Di endeavored to develop an interdisciplinary Environmental Technology program. His team is recently working on the three research themes: (1) Water-Energy Sustainability [WEs]: Unlocking the potential of using saline water as alternative water for desalination, toilet flushing, and cooling, via i) system integration (multiple water supply system) and ii) water treatment process innovation – low-cost membrane (forward osmosis membrane, dynamic membrane) process and chemical-free electrochemical treatment process (electrification) etc. (2) Sustainable Microbial Engineering [SMe]: integrating process engineering and microbiological science for water remediation and waste-to-chemicals, mainly focus on i) innovative CNSP-cycle transformations and assembling rare function genomes in urban and/or extreme environment(s), ii), and iii) producing bioenergy (CH4, Biofuels) and biomaterials (pharmaceuticals, food-addition) from waste streams. (3) Rethinking Environmental Infrastructures [rEI]: developing smart, resilient concepts and analytical tools, tackling open, dynamic, complex problems in environmental engineering system, e.g. combining system dynamics with life-cycle modeling for coastal urban environmental and resource management, and machine learning (deep neural network, XGBoost, etc.) for sewerage system diagnosis and control. Overall, his current research works circulate around 'Saline Environmental technoLogy Innovation aNd Application (SELINA)', aiming to understand the interactions between saline environments and human societies and develop new methods for sustainability. The outcomes have been i) published in some academic journals (see: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57043878600) and patents, ii) transferred to industrial application, and iii) awarded with international (IWA PIA2012, 2018) and local (HK green innovation) prizes.
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Comparison of produced hydrochar from microwave-based synthesis and conventional method
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Fluorescence and lipid bodies as potential new endpoint markers for toxicity tests to complement cell number in the benthic diatom Cylindrotheca closterium
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Development of a wide-range soft sensor for predicting wastewater BOD5 using an eXtreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) machine
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Production of solid hydrochar from waste seaweed by hydrothermal carbonization : effect of process variables
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Distinct membrane fouling characteristics of anammox MBR with low NO2−-N/NH4+-N ratio
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Integrating electrochemical pretreatment (EPT) and side-stream sulfidogenesis with conventional activated sludge process : performance, microbial community and sludge reduction mechanisms
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Dynamic anaerobic membrane bioreactor coupled with sulfate reduction (SrDMBR) for saline wastewater treatment
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Integrated self-forming dynamic membrane (SFDM) and membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) system enhanced single-stage autotrophic nitrogen removal
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Application of Ulva australis reproduction inhibition test to assess toxicity of industrial wastewater
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Electrochemical pretreatment (EPT) of waste activated sludge : extracellular polymeric substances matrix destruction, sludge solubilisation and overall digestibility