Ph.D. Students
Avery Carlson
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Research Project: Avery’s work revolves around identifying underlying factors causing dispersed bacterial growth and membrane fouling at a regional wastewater plant, and establishing a framework for finding a long-term solution.
Brett Wagner
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Brett's research focuses on startup strategies for partial nitritation/anammox membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABR) that will be used in mainstream nitrogen removal.
Cheng Yang
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Cheng’s research focuses on smart wastewater system, including sensor data mining, wastewater process modeling, and control.
Daehyun Ko
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Daehyun's research focuses on identifying the energy and material flow of the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) and assessing its environmental impacts through LCA (life cycle assessment). This analysis allows the WRRF to enhance economic and environmental efficiency and achieve its sustainability.
Huanqi (Haley) He
Environmental Engineering
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Huanqi (Haley)’s research focuses on the characterization and application of membrane-aerated biofilm reactors (MABRs) for biological nutrient removal.
Master’s Students
Chaoqun Cheng
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Chaoqun is focusing on biological phosphorus removal in the Great Lakes Water Authority Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility. This research is currently being achieved through the SBR test, further wastewater characterization, and data analysis.
Hongji Su
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Master Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Jiayuan Ge
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Masters Students |
Master Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Jin Yan
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Graduated Master Student
Ross Vander Meulen
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Research Project: Ross is focusing on the biological and chemical phosphorus removal in the Great Lakes Water Authority Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility. This research is currently being achieved through further wastewater characterization, data analysis and regression, and model simulation with SUMO.
Tianhao Zhu
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Masters Students |
Master Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Tong Yu (Yet Yu)
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Research Project: Yet is focusing on the wastewater primary treatment, including Phosphorous, BOD and COD removal by applying Ferric Chloride and polymers, in the Great Lakes Water Authority Detroit Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility. This research is currently being achieved through jar test, further wastewater characterization, and data analysis.
Yuewei Liu
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Research Project: Yuewei focuses on the biological phosphorus removal during wastewater process in Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility at Detroit. By comparing the data collected from the aeration tank and the data obtained from the simulation of the wastewater treatment process, improvements are able to be made to achieve a better phosphorus removal performance.
Zheyi Tian
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Graduated Master Student
Zihao Cui
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Master Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ziheng Liang
Environmental Engineering
Daigger Group | Daigger Group Former Members |
Master Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering