Wen Zhang
Wen Zhang
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
211 Colton Hall
About Me
Wen Zhang is currently a faculty member of NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with second appointment in the Department of Chemical and Material Engineering.
Education
Ph.D.; Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus; Environmental Engineering; 2011
M.S.; Tongji University; Environmental Engineering; 2007
B.S.; Tsinghua University; Environmental Engineering; 2004
M.S.; Tongji University; Environmental Engineering; 2007
B.S.; Tsinghua University; Environmental Engineering; 2004
2023 Fall Courses
CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS
CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ENE 661 - ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ENE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ENE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
ENE 790 - DOCTORAL DISSERT & RES
MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ENE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
MTEN 492 - RESRCH AND INDPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
ENE 490 - SENIOR PROJECT
ENE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III
CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHE 706 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS
MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERT & RES
CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR
CHE 701B - MASTERS THESIS
ENE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 705 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CE 790 - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MTEN 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
CHE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ENE 661 - ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ENE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ENE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
ENE 790 - DOCTORAL DISSERT & RES
MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ENE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
MTEN 492 - RESRCH AND INDPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
ENE 490 - SENIOR PROJECT
ENE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III
CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHE 706 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS
MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERT & RES
CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR
CHE 701B - MASTERS THESIS
ENE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 705 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CE 790 - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MTEN 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
CHE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
Teaching Interests
Environmental microbiology and biotechnology; environmental nanotechnology; colloidal chemistry; introduction to environmental engineering;
Past Courses
ENE 262: INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGR
ENE 262: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENE 661: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ENE 702: ST:ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ENE 262: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENE 661: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ENE 702: ST:ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Research Interests
Dr. Wen Zhang's research focuses on colloidal interfaces and processes that are crucial for environmental and chemical engineering applications. His expertise includes environmental behavior and interfacial processes for nanomaterials, microplastics and soft particles such as microbes and bubbles, reactive membrane filtration systems for desalination and emerging contaminant removal, photocatalysis for pollutant degradation and solar conversion into hydrogen, and microalgal removal and harvesting processing using magnetophoretic separation and membrane filtration processes. His current research also expands from agricultural applications of nanobubbles to lithium recovery from spent lithium ion batteries.
http://www.wenresearch.com/
http://www.wenresearch.com/
In Progress
Nanobubble toothbrush
Develop a toothbrush capable of delivering nano bubbles to kill oral bacteria.
Develop a toothbrush capable of delivering nano bubbles to kill oral bacteria.
Journal Article
Ma, Qingquan, & Zhang, Wen, & Young, Joshua (2022). Effect of single atom Platinum (Pt) doping and facet dependent on the electronic structure and light absorption of Lanthanum Titanium Oxide (La2Ti2O7): A Density Functional Theory study. Surface Science, 715, 121949.
Ma, Qingquan, & Young, Joshua, & Basuray, Sagnik, & Chen, Guangming, & Gao, Jianan, & Yao, Nan, & Zhang, Wen (2022). Elucidating facet dependent electronic and electrochemical properties of Cu2O nanocrystals using AFM/SCEM and DFT. Nano Today, 45, 101538.
Chen, Chen, & Ma, Qingquan, & Liu, Fangzhou, & Gao, Jianan, & Li, Xinyang, & Sun, Shaobin, & Yao, Hong, & Liu, Changqing, & Young, Joshua, & Zhang, Wen (2021). Photocatalytically reductive defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) using Pt/La2Ti2O7 nanoplates: Experimental and DFT assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 419, 126452.
Sarkar, Biplab, & Siddiqui, Zain, & Nguyen, Peter, & Dube, Namita, & Fu, Wanyi, & Park, Steven, & Jaisinghani, Shivani, & Paul, Reshma, & Kozuch, Stephen, & Deng, Daiyong, & Iglesias-Montoro, Patricia, & Li, Mengyan, & Sabatino, David, & Perlin, David, & Zhang, Wen, & Mondal, Jagannath, & Kumar, Vivek (2019). Membrane-Disrupting Nanofibrous Peptide Hydrogels. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 5(9), 4657-4670.
Zhang, Wen, & Xu, Yan, & Li, S., & Zhou, Mengchu, & Liu, W., & Xu, Yan (2018). A Distributed Dynamic Programming-Based Solution for Load Management in Smart Grids. IEEE Systems Journal, 12(1), 402-413.
Ma, Qingquan, & Young, Joshua, & Basuray, Sagnik, & Chen, Guangming, & Gao, Jianan, & Yao, Nan, & Zhang, Wen (2022). Elucidating facet dependent electronic and electrochemical properties of Cu2O nanocrystals using AFM/SCEM and DFT. Nano Today, 45, 101538.
Chen, Chen, & Ma, Qingquan, & Liu, Fangzhou, & Gao, Jianan, & Li, Xinyang, & Sun, Shaobin, & Yao, Hong, & Liu, Changqing, & Young, Joshua, & Zhang, Wen (2021). Photocatalytically reductive defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) using Pt/La2Ti2O7 nanoplates: Experimental and DFT assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 419, 126452.
Sarkar, Biplab, & Siddiqui, Zain, & Nguyen, Peter, & Dube, Namita, & Fu, Wanyi, & Park, Steven, & Jaisinghani, Shivani, & Paul, Reshma, & Kozuch, Stephen, & Deng, Daiyong, & Iglesias-Montoro, Patricia, & Li, Mengyan, & Sabatino, David, & Perlin, David, & Zhang, Wen, & Mondal, Jagannath, & Kumar, Vivek (2019). Membrane-Disrupting Nanofibrous Peptide Hydrogels. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 5(9), 4657-4670.
Zhang, Wen, & Xu, Yan, & Li, S., & Zhou, Mengchu, & Liu, W., & Xu, Yan (2018). A Distributed Dynamic Programming-Based Solution for Load Management in Smart Grids. IEEE Systems Journal, 12(1), 402-413.
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Li, Yang, & Kuang, Liyuan, & Xiao, Dequan, & Badireddy, Appala, & Hu, Maocong, & Zhuang, Shiqiang, & Wang, Xianqin, & Lee, Eon, & Marhaba, Taha, & Zhang, Wen (2018). Hydrogen production from organic fatty acids using carbon-doped TiO2 nanoparticles under visible light irradiation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(9), 4335--4346.
Zhuang, Shiqiang, & Lee, Eon, & Lei, Lin, & Nunna, Bharath, & Kuang, Liyuan, & Zhang, Wen (2016). Synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene catalyst by high-energy wet ball milling for electrochemical systems. International Journal of Energy Research, 40(15), 2136--2149.
Tian, J., & Wang, Guiling, & Tan, Y., & Zhang, Wen (2011). A Distributed Scheme for Securing Middle-Tier Multicast in Hierarchical Sensor Networks. Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks(3-4),
Zhang, Wen, & Subramanian, N., & Wang, Guiling (2008). Lightweight and Compromise-Resilient Message Authentication in Sensor Networks. IEEE INFOCOM,
Wang, Guiling, & Cao, G., & Porta, T., & Zhang, Wen (2005). Sensor Relocation in Mobile Sensor Networks. IEEE INFOCOM,
Zhuang, Shiqiang, & Lee, Eon, & Lei, Lin, & Nunna, Bharath, & Kuang, Liyuan, & Zhang, Wen (2016). Synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene catalyst by high-energy wet ball milling for electrochemical systems. International Journal of Energy Research, 40(15), 2136--2149.
Tian, J., & Wang, Guiling, & Tan, Y., & Zhang, Wen (2011). A Distributed Scheme for Securing Middle-Tier Multicast in Hierarchical Sensor Networks. Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks(3-4),
Zhang, Wen, & Subramanian, N., & Wang, Guiling (2008). Lightweight and Compromise-Resilient Message Authentication in Sensor Networks. IEEE INFOCOM,
Wang, Guiling, & Cao, G., & Porta, T., & Zhang, Wen (2005). Sensor Relocation in Mobile Sensor Networks. IEEE INFOCOM,
COLLAPSE
Chapter
Zhang, Wen (2014). Nanomaterial, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, David G. Capco; Yongsheng Chen (Ed.), Springer Netherlands. (pp. 19-43). Springer Netherlands