In our group, you are not only offered the following frontier research to publish high-impact journal articles, more importantly, you will also be given the top priority to focus on your unique career development as indicated by the long history of my student success and recognition by peers. 


(1) Microwave-enabled filtration technologies for disinfection of waterborne and airborne pollutants or pathogens with funding support from US Bureau of Water Reclamation, the US National Science Foundation (NSF), NJEDA, NJIT’s TITA grant and EPA P3 grant. Typical papers we published:













(2) Electrified membrane systems for nitrogen reclamation from wastewater funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).















​​(3) Nanobubble Water Chemistry and Applications for Pathogen Control and Disinfection in Vegetable Produce, Equipment Cleaning and wastewater treatment funded by EPA

















​(4)  Induction heating-enabled membrane distillation and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) using omniphobic membranes funded by the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR).​​















Wen Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Chemical and Material Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
323 Martin Luther King Blvd. Newark, NJ 07102 
Office Phone: (973) 596-5520
Email: wen.zhang@njit.edu

New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 596-2444/2447
(973) 596-5790 fax


Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
                           
                 

                                                             

Award:

2024: Jianan Gao received 2024 NAMS Student Fellowship Awards from NAMS
2024: Fangzhou Liu received The Elmeryl Davies Memorial Scholarship, New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association
2023: Fangzhou Liu received Grand Prize for University Research in the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Competition
2023: Jianan Gao received 2023 CAPEES Founding President Best Paper Award from CAPEES
2023: Jianan Gao received 2023 Kenneth S. Stoller Award from NJWEA
2023: Jianan Gao received 2023 C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Award from ACS
2022: Fangzhou Liu received Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) travel award
2022: Fangzhou Liu received National Science Foundation INTERN program
2022: Jianan Gao received 2022 Heh-Won Chang, PhD Fellowship in Green Chemistry award from the ACS Green Chemistry Institute
2022: Samuel Solomon. ENVR Undergraduate Student Award
2022: Jianan Gao received the 2021 Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
2022: Shan Xue received the 2021 Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
2021: Jianan Gao received ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) Certificate of Merit Award
2021: Fangzhou Liu received ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) Certificate of Merit Award
2021: Fangzhou Liu received Dr. Raymond M. Manganelli Scholarship Award, New Jersey Water Environment Association
2021: Fangzhou Liu received Modern-Day Technology Leader award at the 2021 BEYA STEM Conference
2021: Fangzhou Liu Student Poster Contest Winner, New Jersey Site Remediation Virtual Conference.
2020: Xiaonan Shi and Qingquan Ma received NSF INTERN grants to advance their research in nanotechnology and electrochemistry
2020: Wangyi Fu, China Scholarship Council Overseas Scholarship among 500 recipients globally in 2020
2019: Wanyi Fu, Founding President Best Paper Award, CAPEES
2019: Leqi Lin, Second place in Graduate student poster competition (NJIT)
2019: Leqi Lin, First place in Graduate student poster competition (NJWEA)
2019: Leqi Lin, Third place in Graduate student poster competition (NJAWWA)

2019: Paula Andrea Heredia Guerrero, the New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association (LSRPA) Scholarship.
2018: Sarah Garcon (Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student working with Wen Zhang), NAME Green Technology Scholarship
2018: Wanyi Fu, Global Top 1% Peer Review Awards, Publons
2018: Leidy Manzueta. Techquest third place award, the 2018 Innovation Day.
2018: Wanyi Fu. John J. LaGrosa Scholarship Award, The New Jersey Water Environment Association (NJWEA), May 2018
2018: Wanyi Fu. 2018 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry, ACS
2017: Andrea Cano (Civil Engineering undergraduate student) received Madame Mau Outstanding Female Engineering Student Award and John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Outstanding Senior Award
2016: Likun Hua. 2016 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry, ACS
2016: Marah Magpile received the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry 2016 Undergraduate Award
2016: Mehaz Moon and Andrea Cano received the 2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship
2016: Wanyi Fu received Student Research Poster Competition First Place Award from AWWA New Jersey
2016: Andrea Cano and Maira Valenci received The 2016 TechQuest First Place Award
2016: Arisha Javed (Chemical Engineering Undergraduate students) received the 2016 URI Student Seed Grant (Phase I)
2016: Andrea Cano, Maira Valencia, and Mehaz Moon received the 2016 URI Student Seed Grant (Phase I)
2015: Marah Magpile received the 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship
2015: Michael Agbakpe received the Doctoral Excellence Award
2015: Marah Magpile received the 2016 URI student seed grant (Phase II)
2015: Marah Magpile, Christina, and Julissa received the 2015 URI Student Seed Grant (Phase I)
2014: Michael Agbakpe won the first place in the 2014 Dana Knox Student Research Showcase
2014: Nesseline Belceus received the 2014 Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship
2013: Christopher Kozak received the 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship

NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Wen Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE

Principal Investigator
Professor

Phone: (973) 596-5520 
Fax: (973) 596-5790
Email: wen.zhang@njit.edu

Office Location: Colton Hall 211

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