"Microbial and Electrochemical Pathways for Waste Resource Recovery"
Appreciating the abundant carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous and other resources that are embedded in bio-waste, traditional wastewater treatment have evolved to water resource recovery processes. In addition, the abundant and low-cost renewable electricity brought new opportunities to convert “electrons to molecules”. How to use cheap renewable energy to maximize waste and CO2 valorization has become an emerging direction. In Zhiyong Jason Ren this talk, I will share some recent progress in identifying the synergy between renewable energy and waste management, such as electroactive membrane electrodes, microbial photoelectrochemical processes, and novel wood-based membranes for energy and water applications. I will also discuss some new directions on wastewater decarbonization.
Bio: Z. Jason Ren (@zjasonren) is a professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. He currently serves as the center's acting director and associate director for research. His research focuses on water-energy nexus especially in areas of energy and resource recovery during environmental processes such as wastewater treatment and reuse, water desalination, remediation, and decarbonization (https://ren.princeton.edu). He has received various recognitions with most recent being a recipient of the 2020 ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize. Ren received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Penn State University.
Seminar Time: 11:00 – 11:50 AM
General Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/93671622250
Meeting ID: 936 7162 2250
More details at: http://cee.unl.edu