Research & Industrial Projects and My Roles

Research Projects

  1. Degradation of refractory organic contaminants in water by far-UVC-driven photolysis and advanced oxidation processes. General Research Fund (GRF) by Hong Kong Research Grants Council. 2023–present, Co-I.

  2. Development of a ClO2-UV/chlorine Advanced Treatment Process for Provision of Clean Water. Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund and Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme, 2019–2022, Deputy Project Manager.

  3. Provision of Services for Water Sampling and Testing for Hypochlorite/Colorant Dosing Strategy, Decolorization Methodology for Reclaimed Water Supply to Sheung Shui and Fanling. Water Supplies Department (WSD) of Hong Kong and Black & Veatch. 2021–2022, Deputy Project Manager.

  4. A Paradigm-Shifting, Fully Integrated, Compact Wastewater-to-Resource Facility (WWRF). Theme-based Research Scheme by Hong Kong Research Grants Council. 2019–present, Major Participant.

  5. Degradation of Emerging Micropollutants in Water Supply by Optimal UV-LED Photolysis of Chlorine and Chloramine, General Research Fund by Hong Kong Research Grants Council. 2017–2022, Major Participant.

  6. Development of a High-Efficiency and Low-Cost UV-LED/Chlorine Process for Removal of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Their Resistance Genes in Municipal Wastewater Disinfection General Research Fund by Hong Kong Research Grants Council. 2017–2021, Major Participant.

  7. A Comparative Study of Natural Magnetic Minerals for Efficient and Cost-Effective Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Disinfection of Bacteria. General Research Fund by Hong Kong Research Grants Council. 2015–2019, Major Participant.

  8. To Evaluate and Demonstrate the Innovative, Low-Cost, Long-Lasting Granular Iron-Based Technology for Odor Control in JVBC. Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund. 2014–2015, Major Participant.

  9. Photocatalytic Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium by Cu Doped TiO2. HKUST-Ford Foundation. 2013, Major Participant.

  10. Water Pollution Control by UV Photolysis of Low-Molecular Acetones. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2012–2014, Participant.

  11. Integration of Oxidation and Membrane Separation for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water. Nanjing University Student Innovation Projects Foundation. 2013–2014, Principal Investigator.

Engineering & Industrial Projects

  1. Pilot-Scale Design and Operation of UV-based AOPs for Swimming Pool Water Treatment at HKUST. 2020–present, Project Manager.

  2. Full-Scale Design of UV-based AOPs for Wastewater Non-potable Reuse at Shek Wu Hui Effluent Polishing Plant at Hong Kong. 2021–present, Deputy Project Manager.

  3. Field Study on Granular Iron-based Technology for Odour Control in Jordan Valley Box Culvert at Hong Kong. 2015–2018, Major Participant.

  4. Design and Development of Deep UVC-LED-Based Products for Combating the Pandemics, in collaboration with Youwei Gaoke Ltd. 2021–present, Project Coordinator.

External Collaborators

  1. Prof. Paul Westerhoff at Arizona State University

  2. Prof. William A Mitch at Stanford University

  3. Prof. Ernest R. Blatchley III at Purdue University

  4. Prof. Shujuan Zhang at Nanjing University

  5. Prof. Xin Yang at Sun-yat sen University

  6. Prof. Dehua Xia at Sun-yat sen University

  7. Prof. Bo Sun at Shandong University

  8. Prof. Zeyu Lu at Southeast University

  9. Prof. Juan Li at Beijing Normal University

  10. Prof. Ping Shen at University of Macau

  11. Prof. Jianliang Sun at South China Normal University