Clarkson University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar “Electrify Water and Solid: Fundamentals and Applications in Treating Emerging Contaminants”
Yang Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Clarkson University
Electrocatalysis is gaining increasing momentum in energy and environmental engineering. Specifically, electrochemical oxidation (EO) is one of the promising solutions to treat recalcitrant emerging contaminants that cannot be handled by the conventional water treatment process because it has many edges such as ease of operation, chemical-free, high mobility, and high selectivity. This talk will present our research efforts (since 2019) on the rationale design of electrocatalytic materials and the associated processes for treating PFAS in leachate and groundwater, rapid mitigation of harmful algae in lake water, and cost-effective production of H2O2 at bench and pilot scales. We will also disclose our latest findings in realizing EO in treating solid PFAS and PFAS-laden sediments in the absence of solvent at ambient conditions.
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Science Center 344
Dr. Yang Yang received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2014 and his postdoc training at the California Institute of Technology from 2014 to 2018. He joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University as an Assistant Professor in 2019. Dr. Yang is specialized in the synthesis and characterization of advanced electrocatalytic materials and their environmental applications. Dr. Yang has published 30+ peer-reviewed articles and owns two patents in subject areas of emerging contaminant analysis, wastewater treatment, and flue gas purification. He is serving as the associate editor of Emerging Contaminants and guest editor of Engineering. He was elected to the Young Editorial Board of the Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering. His research group at Clarkson received funding support from NSF, DoD, DoE, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NYSDEC, and the Environmental Research and Education Foundation.
