MSc Students
Carlo B. Bais
bais@ualberta.ca
Research Interests
My current research involvement and interest focus on anaerobic digestion (AD) processes by analyzing direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) and microbial dynamics using conductive materials.
Education
B.Sc., Biology, University of St. La Salle, Philippines (2022)
Fun Fact about Me
Aside from doing research in environmental engineering, I have also worked as a researcher for the conservation of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins, and volunteered on other conservation works.
Jiyuan Xu
jiyuan10@ualberta.ca
Research Interest
I am currently interested in using AGS to treat high ammonia nitrogen wastewater and PFAS wastewater.
Education
B.Eng., Environmental Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China (2023)
Lu Kong
Education
B.Eng., Environmental Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, China (2022)
Ronghua (Tina) Tian
ronghua@ualberta.ca
Education
B.Sc., Fine Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China (2000)
Shima Atashgahi
atashgah@ualberta.ca
Research Interest
I am currently completing my Master's degree in Geo-environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, where I had the chance to improve my personal and professional skills in a world-class research center. The mining industry in Canada has been a crucial contributor to economic growth, and the need for minerals has increased with technological advancements. However, expense and continuous maintenance are needed for safely storing mining wastes in tailings impoundments. Since, the waste produced by mine operations presents a major environmental and safety challenge worldwide, utilizing novel techniques is essential to ensure tailings stability. I am enthusiastically working on interdisciplinary research aiming to stabilize mining wastes physically and chemically using an eco-friendly technique called Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP), considering two aspects, post-spill clean-up and ARD mitigation.
Education
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Atashgahi, Iran (2016)
Veronica Daigle, P.Eng (they/them)
Research Interests
Sustainable water use/reuse and management, low energy water treatment, renewable energy and integrated systems, low footprint water treatment technology, circular economy, optimization of community footprint on the environment.
I'd like to look into how nutrients recovered from waste could be directly or indirectly used to produce food for livestock and people with aquaponics/hydroponics, vertical farming etc to reduce food insecurity and improve effluent quality. And how to incorporate renewable energy in the same land footprint to power the treatment technology. And what the optimal scale is for treatment technology regarding centralized and decentralized systems in terms of life cycle assessments that include the distribution infrastructure and local resources/geography/ population. And I feel really strongly about considering the accessibility of sustainable technology to disadvantaged people within communities.
Education
B.Sc., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton and Saint John, Canada (2010)
Work Experience
Environmental Project Engineer - Ram River Environmental Consultants (2022)
Project Engineer (Environmental) - 360 Energy Liability Management (2017-2020)
Environmental and Liability Engineer - Kriedo (2011-2016)
Environmental Engineer in Training - Stantec (2010-2011)
Professional Engineer, member of APEGA
I am passionate about sustainable community building. As personal projects I'm working on a hydroponics system and would eventually like to develop my ideas for an efficient urban aquaponics greenhouse.
Zhuowen Li
zhuowen5@ualberta.ca
Research Interests
My current research interests focus on the transport of biofouled microplastics.
Education
B. Eng., Civil Engineering, York University, Canada (2022)