2024
4/12. Matthew Lowe won the 2024 BEST PAPER AWARD in journal: Water. “A Review on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Technology in Water Treatment and Monitoring”.
2023
12/16 Dr. Yuyin Tang starts a new position as the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mao’s group.
9/12 Congratulations to Yuyin Tang to pass the Ph.D dissertation defense!
9/1 Dr. Mao starts a new position as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Stony Brook University.
8/28 Shannon Haller and Qi Pan joined the research group in the fall of 2023. Welcome Qi and Shannon!
8/26 Yuhang Lu joined the research group in the fall of 2023. Welcome Yuhang!
8/26 Ao Fu joined the research group in the fall of 2023. Welcome Ao!
8/20 Jenna Greenberg and Danny Lin won the GAANN Fellowship and joined the research group in fall 2023. Welcome Jenna and Danny!
7/30 Dr. Mian Wang successfully hosted NSF summer camp in collaboration with Electrical Engineering department.
6/30 Maggie Wu joined the lab for summer research on “Greenhouse gas emission from onsite wastewater treatment systems” (Supervisor Siwei Chen).
6/22 Siwei Chen, Fanjian Zeng, and Xiumei Jian presented posters at AEESP 2023 Conference, Boston, MA.
6/22 Yuyin Tang gave an oral presentation on Effects of operating parameters and co-contaminant on the efficiency of 1,4-dioxane removal by biological activate filtration process” at AEESP 2023 Conference. Boston, MA.
6/21 Dr Mian Wang gave an oral presentation on Phosphorus attenuation and mobilization in filtration-based onsite wastewater treatment systems” at AEESP 2023 Conference. Boston, MA.
6/1 Dr. Arif Reza joined the research group as the Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome Arif!
5/18 Yuyin Tang and Siwei Chen won the annual “CIV Research Merit Award”.
5/18 Undergraduate Research Assistant Qi Pan won the “Harold Walker Hard Hat” Award. Qi will join the research group as a master student in Fall 2023!
04/17 Yuyin published a review article “Recent Advances in 1,4-Dioxane Removal Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment” in the journal of Water, 15, 1535. DOI:10.3390/w15081535
03/03 Dr. Mian Wang published the paper 1, 4-Dioxane removal in nitrifying sand filters treating domestic wastewater: Influence of water matrix and microbial inhibitors in Chemosphere. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138304
03/15 Dr. Mao published a book chapter: Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment in the Book: Advanced Technologies for Solid, Liquid, and Gas Waste Treatment (1sst Edition). Page: 133-160.
02/09 Siwei Chen was awarded first place in the Student Paper Competition at NYWEA95th Annual Meeting
01/31 Dr. Mao has been chosen as a recipient of a 2023 NSF CAREER Award! The project is titled: “CAREER: Next generation onsite wastewater treatment system for nitrogen management”.
01/23 Xiumei Jian joined the research group, welcome Xiumei!
01/23 Zahra published the paper Nitrogen Removal Mechanisms in Biochar-Amended Sand Filters Treating Onsite Wastewater in Journal of Environmental Quality. DOI:10.1002/jeq2.20447
01/23 Yuyin Tang published the paper Characterization of 1,4-dioxane degrading microbial community enriched from uncontaminated soil in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI 10.1007/s00253-023-12363-0
2022
11/2022 Fanjian attended the 2022 Onsite Wastewater Mega Conference and won the poster award for the study “Phosphorous removal in onsite wastewater systems using passive biofiltration”, and won the poster award.
10/2022 Siwei attended the WEFTEC annual meeting in New Orleans and presented his research on the novel OWTS. https://www.accesswater.org/publications/proceedings/-10083922/performance-and-microbial-characteristics-of-a-novel-continuous-flow-nitrogen-removing-biofilter-for-onsite-wastewater-treatment
09/2022 Congratulations to Sarah lotfikatouli to pass the Ph.D dissertation defense! Sarah joined Orenco in New York.
09/2022 Dr Mao (co-PI) received a grant from NYSDEC to study Phopshorus removal and recovery from onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs).
08/2022 Siwei Chen published “Characterization, Transformation, and Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Biofilters Treating Domestic Onsite Wastewater” in ACS ES&T Water. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00228
08/2022 Yuyin Tang presented her research “1,4-Dioxane Removal From Contaminated Groundwater By GAC-based Biological Activated Filters (BAFs)” in the ACS fall meeting in Chicago.
08/2022 Congratulations to Siwei Chen to pass the Ph.D qualifying exam!
06/2022 Dr. Mao and Dr Li (Geoscience) won the SBU SEED grant on “Characterization of Microbial Induced Carbonate Precipitates formed through Denitrification”
06/2022 Congratulations to Fanjian Zeng to pass the Preliminary exam!
05/2022 Zahra Maleki Shahraki graduated from the Ph.d program. Congratulations Dr. Maleki! Zahra joined Geosyntec in California.
05/2022 Matthew, Corinne and Avery graduated from the master program. Congratulations to all!
05/2022 Matthew Lowe published “A review on machine learning, artificial intelligence, and smart technology in water treatment and monitoring” in the journal of Water.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/9/1384
04/2022 Siwei Chen published “Efficient nitrogen removal from onsite wastewater by a novel continuous flow biofilter” in the journal Chemosphere. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522011353
04/2022 Yuyin Tang won the first place in the first “Graduate Student Research Symposium” in Civil engineering department. Congratulations!
03/2022 Congratulations to Siwei Chen to pass the Preliminary exam!
03/2022 Dr. Mao published Nanostructured all-cellulose membranes for efficient ultrafiltration of wastewater in the Journal of Membrane Science, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376738822001685
02/2022 Dr. Mao serves as the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Stony Brook University.
02/2022 Congratulations to Zahra to pass the dissertation defense!
01/2021 Zahra published “Biochar application in biofiltration systems to remove nutrients, pathogens and pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater.” in Journal of Environmental Quality.
2021
10/2021 Yuyin published “Effect of residual H 2O 2 on the removal of advanced oxidation byproducts by two types of granular activated carbon” in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
8/2021 Fanjian Zeng joined the Research group, Welcome Fanjian!
8/2021 Congratulations to Yuyin Tang to pass the Qualify exam!
6/2021 Congratulations to Yuyin Tang to pass the Preliminary exam!
6/2021 Sarah published “Enhanced anti-fouling performance in MBRs using a novel cellulose nanofiber-coated membrane” in the journal Separation and Purification Technology
5/2021. Zahra published “A mechanistic understanding of the sand layer performance in a nitrogen removing biofilter (NRB) treating onsite wastewater ” in journal Ecological Engineering
3/2021 Dr. Wang published “Removal of pathogens in onsite wastewater treatment systems: a review of design considerations and influencing factor” in the journal of Water.
3/2021 Dr. Mao served on the panel for the “Inspiring Women in STEM Academia: A community Dialogue” event hosted by WISE program, SBU.
2/2021. Matthew Lowe joined the Research group, Welcome Matthew!
1/2021 Dr. Wang published Removal of 1,4-dioxane during on-site wastewater treatment using nitrogen removing biofilters in journal Science of the Total Environment
1/2021 Dr. Mao published Removing 80-90% of nitrogen and organic contaminants with three distinct passive, lignocellulose-based on-site septic systems receiving municipal and residential wastewater. in the journal of Ecological Engineering
2020
12/2020 Congratulations to Sarah Lotfi to pass the Qualify exam!
06/2020 Welcome Julia Zhu to join our research team on the project “pathogen removal from onsite wastewater”.
05/2020 Congratulations to Stephan Ungar on graduation! Stephan just finished the master’s degree! Stephan joined H2M on long island.
05/2020 Congratulations to Alexandre Georges on graduation! Alexandre just finished the bachelor degree and is going to graduate school @ UC Berkeley
04/2020 Dr. Mao published Nitrogen transformations and microbial characterization of soils from passive nitrogen removing biofilters in Journal of Sustainable Water in Built Environment
03/2020 Dr, Mao published a review paper Membrane Bioreactors for Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater: A Review in the Journal of Environmental Engineering
02/2020 Zahra published “Potential release of legacy nitrogen from soil surrounding onsite wastewater leaching pools” on Water Research.
2019
10/2019 Dr. Mao attended the “Wonder Women in Science and Engineering” Event hosted by WISE program, SBU.
09/2019 Siwei and Stephan attended the WEFTEC annual meeting in Chicago, IL.
09/2019 Monica and Alexandre (Undergraduate research assistants) joined the research team! Welcome!
09/2019 Newsday Interviews Dr. Xinwei Mao On Innovative Water Quality Project
09/2019 Zahra passed her qualify exam! congratulations!
08/2019 Stephan Ungar (master student) joined the research team! Welcome!
07/2019 Dr. Mao and Dr. Hershcovitch received the 2019 SBU/BNL Seed Grant to develop a small-scale plasma device to clean water.
07/2019 Sarah and Zahra attended WEF nutrient symposium in Minnesota.
04/2019 Dr. Mao published an article Structural dynamics and transcriptomic analysis of Dehalococcoides mccartyi within a TCE-Dechlorinating community in a completely mixed flow reactor in the Journal of Water Research.
03/2019 Yuyin presented in ACS annual meeting at Orlando.
2018
11/2018 Welcome our “brand new” group member: Atlas Xu 🙂
08/2018 Siwei Chen and Bolin Xu joined the research team! Welcome!
07/2018 Dr. Mao (PI) received a research grant from the New York State Department of Transportation to study the vehicle wash water.
04/2018 Dr. Mao presented her work at the 25th Conference on the Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York
03/2018 Yuyin attended ACS annual meeting in New Orleans.
02/2018 Dr. Mao and the group attended and presented in NYWEA annual conference in NYC.
2017
09/2017 Dr. Mao presented her work in WEF annual meeting in Chicago.
08/2017 Yuyin joined the research team! Welcome!
07/2017 High school student James Hayes joined the research team as a summer intern! Welcome!
06/2017 Dr. Mao presented her work at the WEF nutrient symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
04/2017 Dr. Mao presented her work at the 24th Conference on the Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York
02/2017 Dr. Mao presented her work at the City University of New York
01/2017 Sarah joined the research team! Welcome!
2016
08/2016 Zahra joined the research team! Welcome!
08/2016 Dr. Mao started the EES (Environmental Engineering and Science) lab at SBU!