Yuan Wang

Research Fellow in

UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology, School of Chemical Engineering 

& UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Research interest

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in membrane processes for water and wastewater treatment
  • Mixing in full scale membrane bioreactors
  • Design of aeration systems; optimisation of aeration energy
  • Porous media models
  • Membrane distillation
  • Effects of mixing on the size and quality of crystals in membrane distillation/membrane crystallisation processes
  • Design of membrane modules (MBR, RO, and MD)
• Membrane bioreactors
  • Phosphorus removal using metal coagulants
  • Design of membrane bioreactors
  • Membrane fouling and cleaning
  • Residence time distribution analysis
• Mechanical analysis of hollow fibre membranes in water and wastewater treatment applications
  • Failure of different membranes and module configurations caused by both repetitive stress-based phenomena and shock loading
• Groundwater treatment for drinking water supplies for remote communities in Australia and China
  • Removal of contaminants, arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, iron and manganese
  • Selection of membrane processes
  • Energy consumption
  • Fouling of NF/RO membranes 
• Other projects
  • Study of floc strength and stability during direct filtration of surface water
  • Characterisation of polymeric membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy
  • Development of online knowledge support tool for desalination plants
  • Membrane autopsy
  • Treatment of coal seam gas water 

Awards, Grants, Patents

• Faculty of Engineering Early Career Research Grants Program, UNSW (2013) 
• Faculty of Engineering Early Career Research Grants Program, UNSW (2012)
• Peter Farrell Challenge Cup, 2^nd place, Australian Graduate School of Management, Australian School of Business, UNSW (2009)
• Commercialisation Training Scheme (CTS) Scholarships (2009), Graduate Research School, UNSW (2009)
• University Postgraduate Award, UNSW (2007 - 2009)

Education

Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), UNSW; 2010.

Grad. Cert. of Research Management and Commercialisation, UNSW; 2009.

B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; 2001.