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SUMMARY:Recrystallization Mechanisms for Heavy Metal Stabilization during the Thermal Treatment of the Metal-Laden Wastes
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Yuanyuan TANG\nAssistant Professor\nSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering\nSouthern University of Science and Technology\nShenzhen\nChina \nAbstract\nMetal-laden wastes comprise a wide range of solid wastes including the sludge generated from industrial wastewater treatment processes\, the dredged river sediment due to heavy metal contamination\, the waste adsorbent after metal adsorption\, as well as the tailings after mining activities. The wastes above always contain high levels of hazardous metals\, such as nickel\, copper\, zinc\, which may lead to metal bioaccumulation and cause adverse effects for ecosystem. Besides the existence of heavy metals\, ceramic raw materials such as aluminium\, iron and silicon have also been reported as major constituents in the above waste matrices. Therefore\, converting the metal-laden wastes to ceramic products via well-controlled thermal treatment can remove the hazardous metals from the waste stream and enable them to become reusable. The leachability of hazardous metals can be reduced because of the change of mineral phase after thermal treatment. Therefore\, we have conducted a series of research on the mechanisms of metal stabilization through ceramic sintering processes. The recrystallization and transportation of the heavy metals were intensively quantified by a combination of the qualitative and quantitative X-ray diffraction (XRD) with the Rietveld refinement. The following achievements can be reached: Firstly\, hazardous metals can be well stabilized in the ceramic matrix. Secondly\, environmental concerns caused by solid waste accumulation from the increasing amounts of metal-laden wastes will be largely alleviated. Thirdly\, a “waste-to-resource” strategy can be proposed through the fabrication of marketable ceramic products by beneficial reuse of the solid wastes. \nBiography\nProf. Yuanyuan Tang is an assistant professor in Southern University of Science and Technology\, Shenzhen\, China. She got her Ph.D degree from the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on the transformation and stabilization mechanisms of heavy metals\, “waste-to-resource” options for biowastes\, and the development of ceramic membrane from municipal solid waste. She has published over 30 SCI papers (including Environmental Science & Technology\, Water Research\, etc.)\, and authored 3 chapters. She has also obtained funding for over 14 research projects\, including NSFC\, Peacock Plan Team\, etc. She has been invited as speaker\, session chair and scientific committee member by many international conferences\, and published over 40 conference papers. She was named an Overseas High-Caliber Personnel\, Shenzhen\, and received many awards\, including HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/ Researchers in 2014\, annual teaching awards\, and excellent college mentor in 2016. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/recrystallization-mechanisms-for-heavy-metal-stabilization-during-the-thermal-treatment-of-the-metal-laden-wastes/
LOCATION:E11-1035
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180806T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180806T110000
DTSTAMP:20260523T025744
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SUMMARY:Environmental and Energy Geomechanics: Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Marcelo SANCHEZ\nProfessor\nDepartment of Civil Engineering\nTexas A&M University\, Texas\nU.S. \nAbstract\nThe involvement of geotechnical/geomechanical engineers in problems comprising unprecedented Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical and Chemical (THMC) conditions is every time more frequent\, particularly in geo-environmental and geo-energy applications. The prediction of geo-engineering system behavior under coupled THMC conditions represents huge challenges for our profession\, but also extraordinary opportunities to gain a better understanding of soils and rocks behavior under such complex extremes. The realization of this requires both\, advanced experimental and numerical investigations. In this lecture\, recent improvements in our understanding of geomaterials behavior subjected to simultaneous THMC perturbations will be discussed\, as well as\, the incorporation of the main features associated with the THMC behavior of soils and rocks in constitutive and numerical models. Some of the topics to be briefly discussed in this seminar include: behavior of swelling clays and pelletized mixtures typically used in the design of engineered barriers and seals\, behavior of hydrate bearing sediments\, fault reactivation triggered by gas injection\, behavior of frozen soils\, geo-thermal structures\, compressed air storage system (CAES) design\, formation and propagation of desiccation cracks in soils and rocks. \nBiography\nProf. Marcelo Sanchez is a Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering TAMU. He obtained his first degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de San Juan (Argentina). His Master and Ph.D. (2004) degrees are from the Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC\, Barcelona\, Spain). His expertise lies in the area of advanced geomechanics\, considering problems involving thermal\, hydraulic\, mechanical and geo-chemical couplings. His research interests also cover the study of the behavior of unsaturated soils and expansive clays. The main areas of applications are: ‘Energy Geotechnics’; ‘Geo-environmental Engineering’ and ‘Transportation Geotechnics’. He has published more than 100 peer review papers. He is acting as an Associated Editor for five international journals. Among other awards\, in 2012 he received\, along with his co-authors\, the “George Stephenson Medal” from the Institution of Civil Engineers in the United Kingdom. He is the founder and current Chairman of the ISSMGE (Int. Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Eng.) Technical Committee TC308 on “Energy Geotechnics”. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/environmental-and-energy-geomechanics-challenges-and-opportunities/
LOCATION:E11-1042
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180823T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180823T113000
DTSTAMP:20260523T025744
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SUMMARY:Development and Applications of Novel Sensors for Geotechnical Monitoring
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Chengyu HONG\nAssociate Professor\nDepartment of Civil Engineering\nShanghai University\nShanghai\nChina \nAbstract\nNew technologies can be used for the fabrication of new sensors for health monitoring of different civil engineering infrastructures. In this study\, fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology was used for the fabrication of various new sensors for geotechnical monitoring based on flex sensing technology and FBG sensors. These new sensors include Bluetooth based wireless sensing system for laboratory wireless monitoring\, and GPRS based wireless sensing system for in-situ remote sensing\, FBG based tilt sensor and displacement sensor fabricated using FDM process. All these new sensors are characterized by the advantages of low cost\, quick fabrication\, large measurement range\, capabilities for wireless and remote sensing\, small size\, light weight\, and high resolution. Calibration tests indicate that the flex based tilt sensor was characterized by a measurement range of -60° to 60° and a minimum resolution of 0.2°. The measurement range and minimum resolution of the new FBG based tilt sensors were -60° to 60° and 0.01°\, respectively. The FBG based displacement sensor with a gauge length of 90 mm was proposed and the approached minimum displacement resolution was 0.01 mm. A number of laboratory monitoring tests were conducted to exam the performance of different sensors in laboratory. Loading tests were conducted on two model slopes and an embankment model equipped with different tilt sensors and displacement transducers. Measurement data show that the new sensors fully reflect the movement behavior of the geotechnical models and their measured data agree fairly well with simulation data and monitored data from conventional sensors. \nBiography\nProf. Chengyu Hong (洪成雨) worked as an Associate Professor in Department of Civil Engineering\, Shanghai University. He received a PhD degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Hong as the first and corresponding author has published 15 SCI journal papers and he is a regular reviewer for more than 25 international SCI journals. His current research interests include application of new technologies (include FBG\, Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis\, Low-Coherence Interferometry\, wireless flex sensors and 3D printing technology) for geotechnical monitoring. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/development-and-applications-of-novel-sensors-for-geotechnical-monitoring/
LOCATION:E11-1042
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180826T141500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180826T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T025744
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SUMMARY:Smart Grid Technology for Smart City Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nWith the support of the Macao SAR government and the Macau Science and Technology Development Fund\, the University of Macau has received the approval for establishing the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City. This event aims to explore new frontiers and challenges within the smart city and smart grid research area. Researchers from renowned universities and research institutes of Mainland China are invited to present the state-of-the-art research in related area. \nBiography\nProf. Man Chung WONG\, received Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University.  He is now the department head of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Faculty of Science and Technology\, University of Macau.  He is also the Chairman of Executive Board of IEEE Power Joint Chapter. Prof. WONG has published more than 140 papers\, four book chapters and 11 patents in U.S. and China. He received Third prize at Macao Science and Technology Awards in 2012 and 2014. \nMr. Evan LIU\, received the MSc. degree from Tsinghua University. He is now the Senior Manager of Power and Networks Dispatch Department\, Companhia de Electricidade de Macau – CEM\, S.A. Currently\, he is Chairman of IEEE Macau Section and Chairman of Executive Board of IEEE Macau. \nProf. Zechun HU\, received the B.S. degree and Ph.D. degree from Xi’an Jiao Tong University\, Shaanxi\, China\, in 2000 and 2006\, respectively. He worked in Shanghai Jiao Tong University after graduation and also worked in University of Bath as a research officer from 2009 to 2010. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University in 2010 where he is now an associate professor. He has published more than 120 papers and two book chapters. His major research interests include vehicle to grid techniques\, applications of energy storage in power systems\, optimal planning & operation of power systems\, and power markets. \nProf. Jin LIN\, obtained his Ph. D and Bachelor degree from Department of Electrical Engineering\, Tsinghua University in 2012 and 2007 respectively. He was a Post Ph. D research fellow from 2012 to 2014 in the same department. He was honored as Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award and Distinguished Post Ph. D by Tsinghua in 2014. IEEE Member\, CSEE Member. He was a visiting researcher in Rise Sustainable Energy Laboratory\, Denmark and National Renewable Energy Laboratory\, US from 2009 to 2011. He has been granted by National Scientific Foundation Council and 863 program of Ministry of Science and Technology. Currently his main research interests are on renewable energy integration and control\, distributed energy integration and control\, power system control and optimization. \nProf. Yi DING\, received the B.Eng. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University\, China\, and the Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU)\, Singapore\, both in electrical engineering. He is a professor in the College of Electrical Engineering\, Zhejiang University (ZJU)\, China. Before he joined in ZJU\, he was an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering\, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)\, Denmark. He also held research and teaching positions in University of Alberta\, Canada and NTU. He was a consultant as Energy Economist for Asian Development Bank in 2010. He is editorial member of international journals of Electric Power System Research and Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy. He is also a guest editor for the special section of IEEE Trans. on Power Systems. Dr. Ding is member of IEC working groups for micro-grid standards. His research areas include power system planning and reliability evaluation\, smart grid and complex system risk assessment. \nProf. Can WAN\, received his B.Eng. degree in Automation from Zhejiang University in 2008\, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015. From 2015 to 2017\, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tsinghua University. In 2017\, he joined the College of Electrical Engineering\, Zhejiang University as a tenure-track Professor under the university Hundred Talents Program.\nHe held research or visiting positions at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University\, City University of Hong Kong\, Technical University of Denmark\, and Argonne National Laboratory\, Lemont\, IL\, USA. His research work focuses on the energy forecasting technology\, multi-energy systems\, renewable energy\, and active distribution networks. He has published over 40 papers in top-notch international journals and conferences (over 20 IEEE PES Trans. papers)\, including 19 first-author/corresponding-author SCI journal papers (15 IEEE PES Trans. papers). His research works have been widely cited by renowned scholars (including more than 20 Fellows of US National Academy of Engineering\, IEEE Fellows\, etc.). His 3 first-author papers published on IEEE Trans. Power Systems have been selected as ESI Highly Cited Papers.\nProf. Wan won the first-class award in Natural Science of Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards from the Ministry of Education (MoE) in 2017. He was among the first batch of Hong Kong PhD Fellowship awardees. \nProf. Junyong LIU\, Professor\, Doctoral Tutor\, President of SEEI Male\, born in January 1963 Education Background: Ph.D from Brunel University\, UK Research Interests: intelligent grid\, power market\, power system analysis and control\, flexible AC transmission systems\, applied computer science Projects undertaken: National Natural Science Foundation sponsored projects\, MOE Backbone Teachers Foundation sponsored projects\, projects supported by “973” National Key Basic Research Plan\, research projects of domestic power companies in Beijing\, Sichuan\, Guizhou\, Guangdong and Shanghai\, and international power company in Myanmar Publications: more than 180 papers in professional journals and conferences. Research Interest: Intelligent grid\, power market\, power system analysis and control\, flexible AC transmission systems\, applied computer science. \nProf. Jichun LIU \, Professor in College of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of Sichuan University. Research interest is power system analysis\, scheduling and economic operation\, power market\, etc. Prof. LIU has published over 80 journals. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/smart-grid-technology-for-smart-city-seminar/
LOCATION:N1-G008
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180828T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180828T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T025744
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SUMMARY:Polymer-based Nanocomposite for Scale-up Water Remediation
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Bingcai PAN\nDeputy Dean and Professor\nSchool of Environment\nNanjing University\nNanjing\nChina \nAbstract\nNanomaterials exhibit promising performance in water decontamination via adsorption\, catalytic degradation\, and other processes. However\, the ultrafine particle size also brings issues including excessive pressure drop in flow-through systems and environmental risk arising from nanoparticle release. To overcome the bottleneck of most nanomaterials in full-scale manipulation\, a series of millimetre-sized nanocomposites have been developed via in situ formation of nanoparticles (e.g. metal oxides/hydroxides/phosphates) confined in the pore channels of ion exchanger hosts. Such nanocomposites are suitable for application in fixed-bed reactors owing to their tunable size (0.6-1.0 mm) and excellent hydrodynamic properties. The confinement effect induced by the network pore structure of the cross-linked hosts tend to maintain the nanoscale nature of the embedded nanoparticles. Furthermore\, the non-diffusible charges fixated on the host skeleton enhance the permeation of ionic pollutants inside the pore channels. Thus\, the polymer-supported nanocomposites have demonstrated favorable adsorption of ionic pollutants such as Pd(II)\, Cd(II)\, Cu(II)\, As(V)\, F-\, P(V)\, and have been successfully applied in full-scale advanced water treatments. Recently\, novel millimeter-sized nanocomposites of inorganic skeleton (e.g. Ce-Ti-Zr ternary oxide) have been developed for catalytic oxidation processes\, and have showed satisfactory performance in mineralization of recalcitrant pollutants such as oxalic acid. \nBiography\nProf. Pan obtained his PhD degree from Nanjing University (Environmental Engineering) in 2003. He is currently deputy dean for School of Environment\, deputy director for State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse\, deputy director for National Engineering Center of Organic Pollution Control and Resource Reuse\, and chair for Department of Environmental Engineering. He has been awarded Distinguished Changjiang Scholar\, 2015 National Technological Invention Award (2nd Prize)\, 2014 Technological Invention Award By Ministry of Education (1st Prize)\, 2013 Chinese Universities Tech-Invention Award (1st Prize)\, 2012 Young Scientist Award of Jiangsu Province\, China\, 2010 Prosper.net-Scopus Young Researcher Award\, 2008 Asian Young Researcher Award (Conferred by Conference of Asian University Presidents). He is currently serving as Associate Editor\, Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier); Editor\, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer); Editor\, Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering (Springer); and Associate Editor-in Chief\, Journal of Zhejiang University Science-A (Springer). \nHe has published many papers on high impact factored journals including Chemical Engineering Journal\, Chemosphere\, Water Research\, Environmental Science and Technology\, Scientific Reports\, Journal of Hazardous Materials\, Bioresource Technology\, Science of the Total Environment\, and Separation and Purification Technology. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/polymer-based-nanocomposite-for-scale-up-water-remediation/
LOCATION:E11-1009
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180828T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180828T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T025744
CREATED:20180828T080049Z
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SUMMARY:Development of Polymeric Lanthanum Nanocomposite for Phosphorus Removal and Recovery：Fundamentals and Application
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nDr. Yanyang ZHANG\nAssistant Researcher\nSchool of the Environment\nNanjing University\nNanjing\nChina \nAbstract\nIn recent years\, polymer supported nano-sized metal oxides (Fe or Zr based) has attracted great attention for their sound performance in advanced phosphorus removal and recovery. In our study\, a new nanocomposite adsorbent La-201 of extremely high capacity and specific affinity towards phosphate was developed\, where hydrated La(III) oxides (HLO) nanoclusters were immobilized inside the networking pores of the polystyrene anion exchanger D-201. Column adsorption runs by using La-201 could effectively treat ~6500 bed volumes (BV) of a synthetic feeding solution before breakthrough occurred (from 2.5 mg P/L in influent to <0.5 mg P/L in effluent)\, approximately 11 times magnitude higher than HFO-201. The exhausted La-201 could be regenerated for repeated use without any significant capacity loss. Based on STEM-EDS\, XPS\, XRD\, and SSNMR analysis\, and the formation of LaPO4·xH2O during P uptake by La is verified to be the dominant pathway\, this transformation is reversible after regeneration. However\, it was difficult for bulk La(OH)3/HLO nanoparticles to transform to LaPO4·xH2O during P adsorption\, only a small portion of LaPO4·xH2O was observed after 25 days reaction. It was expected that the crystal transformation of HLO to LaPO4·xH2O is both time and space dependent. Our nanocomposites La-201 was employed for scaled-up and pilot stage test\, it could reduce TP (0.025-0.075 mg/L) from phosphorus contaminated water samples to <0.01 mg/L. We believe that La-201 is a promising tool to solve phosphorus problem from various water sources. \nBiography\nDr. Zhang obtained his PhD degree from Nanjing University (Environmental Engineering) in 2016. His research interest includes Phosphorus removal and recovery from waste streams; Empirical modeling and mechanistic modeling for water treatment system; and Novel adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment. He has authored papers published NanoImpact\, Environmental Science and Technology\, Chemosphere\, Chemical Engineering Journal\, Journal of Hazardous Materials\, Water Research\, and ACS Applied Material & Interface. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/development-of-polymeric-lanthanum-nanocomposite-for-phosphorus-removal-and-recovery%ef%bc%9afundamentals-and-application/
LOCATION:E11-1009
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