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SUMMARY:Electrifying Engineered Systems for Environmental Resilience and Ci
 rcular Economy
DESCRIPTION:Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar Shiqiang (Nick) Zou\
 , Assistant Professor\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\, Michigan Sta
 te University Seminar Abstract: As the demand for clean water\, sustainabl
 e resource management\, and resilient infrastructure grows\, environmental
  engineering must move beyond traditional\, energy-intensive treatment met
 hods. Electrified engineered systems\, leveraging electrochemical redox pr
 ocesses\, offer innovative pathways for pollutant removal\, resource recov
 ery\, and infrastructure resilience while reducing waste and energy consum
 ption. This seminar will explore three electrochemical technologies that s
 upport environmental sustainability and a circular economy. First\, an ele
 ctrochemical process for selenium removal and recovery will be discussed\,
  showcasing its potential to mitigate aquatic selenium pollution in indust
 rial wastewater from power plants\, agriculture\, and mining. Next\, a hea
 vy metal extraction system using electrografted carbon cathodes will demon
 strate how electrochemical methods can selectively capture valuable metals
  from complex brine waste streams. Finally\, a novel electrokinetic soil c
 onditioning technique will be introduced\, demonstrating how electrochemic
 ally activated nanoparticles can improve soil stability in geotechnical ap
 plications without the need for disruptive excavation. By integrating elec
 trochemical strategies into environmental engineering\, these advancements
  provide scalable\, sustainable strategies to pressing challenges in water
  treatment\, resource recovery\, and infrastructure resilience. Bio: Dr. S
 hiqiang (Nick) Zou is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental En
 gineering at Michigan State University\, where he leads the Electrified WA
 stewater Treatment and Elemental Recovery (E-WATER) Lab. His research inte
 grates applied electrochemistry\, selective separation\, and process engin
 eering to transform water and wastewater treatment from resource-intensive
  processes into platforms for resource recovery. His group works on select
 ive recovery of critical elements and nutrients\, treatment of emerging co
 ntaminants\, and electrochemical processes for challenging industrial and 
 agricultural waste streams\, with an emphasis on understanding fundamental
  mechanisms and addressing barriers to scale-up. Dr. Zou received his Ph.D
 . from Virginia Tech and completed postdoc training at Stanford University
  before beginning his faculty career at Auburn University and joining MSU 
 in 2025. He is an Associate Editor of Desalination and Water Treatment and
  was selected as a 2025 Early-Career Research Fellow by the National Acade
 mies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine.
LOCATION:Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) 202\, 1400 Townsend Drive\, Hou
 ghton\, MI 49931\, Houghton\, MI\, 49931\, United States
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