Wendy Huang

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

PhD

Civil (Environmental) Engineering, McMaster University, 2017

MASc

Civil (Environmental) Engineering, McMaster University, 2013

BASc

Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, 2011

Contact information

Research and teaching

Research areas

  • Industrial and domestic wastewater treatment
  • Microbial electrochemistry
  • Sustainable wastewater treatment
  • Energy recovery from wastewater treatment processes
  • Energy and environmental engineering

Research Activities

Biological wastewater treatment with energy and resource recovery.

  • Microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells for domestic and industrial wastewater treatment.
  • Bioelectrochemical treatment for removal of emerging contaminants, persistent organic contaminants, and toxic heavy metals.
  • Degradation pathways and byproduct formation in bioelectrochemical treatment.

Sustainable wastewater treatment

  • De-centralized low-energy treatment technologies.
  • Electrochemically enhanced wetlands for increased degradation of contaminants in cold climates.
  • Wastewater reclamation and reuse.

Biography

Dr. Wendy Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. She received her BASc in Environmental Systems Engineering from the University of Regina, and MASc and PhD in Civil Engineering (Environmental) from McMaster University. She also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at McMaster and Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dr. Huang’s research focus is microbial electrochemistry for sustainable wastewater treatment and resource recovery.

Publications

Li, X.X., Zhang, B.Y., Huang, W., Cantwell, C., Chen, B., (2020). Integration of Fuzzy Matter-Element Method and 3D-QSAR Model for Generation of Environmentally Friendly Quinolone Derivatives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3239-3264.

Chen, X.J., Wu, Y.H., Young, S., Huang, W., Palmarin, M.M., & Yao, Y. (2020). Biological Treatment for Greywater Reclamation. Journal of Environmental Informatics Letters, (accepted).

Li, X., Li, Z., Huang, W., & Zhou, P. (2020). Performance of statistical and machine learning ensembles for daily temperature downscaling. Theoretical and Applied Climatology,140, 1-18.

Li, X. Y., Li, Z., Zhang, Q. Q., Zhou, P. X., & Huang, W. (2019). Prediction of long-term near-surface temperature based on NA-CORDEX output. Journal of Environmental Informatics Letters, 2(1), 10-18.

Huang, W., Li, Z. (2019). Inexact Credibility-Constrained Programming Approach for Electricity Planning in Ontario, Canada. Submitted to Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE), under revision.

Huang, W., Kim, Y. (2017). Electrochemical Techniques for Evaluating Short-Chain Fatty Acid Utilization by Bioanodes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer), 24(3), 2620-2626.

Zhao, S., Huang, G. H., Wang, S., Wang, X. Q., Huang, W. (2016). Insight into Sorption Mechanism of Phenanthrene onto Gemini Modified Palygorskite through A Multi-level Fuzzy-Factorial Inference Approach, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering (Taylor & Francis), 51(9), 759-768.

Zhu, J. X., Huang, W., Sun, W., Huang, G. (2016). A Waste Management Model Associated with Public-Private Partnership in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Journal of Environmental Engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers), 142(3), 04015086.

Huang, W., Baetz, B. W., Razavi, S. (2016). A GIS-Based Integer Programming Approach for the Location of Solid Waste Collection Depots. Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences), 28(1), 39-44.

Huang, W., Walker, W. S., Kim, Y. (2015). Junction Potentials in Thermolytic Reverse Electrodialysis. Desalination (Elsevier), 369, 149-155.

Fan, Y. R., Huang, W., Li, Y. P., and Zhou, X. (2015). A PCM-Based Stochastic Hydrological Model for Uncertainty Quantification in Watershed Systems. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Springer), 29, 915-927.

Fan, Y. R., Huang, W., Li, Z., Li, Y. P., Wang, X. Q., and Cheng, G. H. (2015). A Stepwise-Cluster Forecasting Approach for Monthly Streamflows Based on Climate Teleconnections, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Springer), 29, 1557-1569.

Zhang, N., Li, Y. P., Huang, W., and Liu, J. (2014). An Inexact Two-Stage Water Quality Management Model for Supporting Sustainable Development in a Rural System, Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences), 24(1), 52-64.

Miao, D. Y., Huang, W., Li, Y. P., and Yang, Z. F. (2014). Planning Water Resources Systems under Uncertainty Using An Interval-Fuzzy De Novo Programming Method, Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences), 24(1), 11-23.

Zeng, X. T., Li, Y. P., Huang, W., Chen, X., and Bao, A. M. (2014). Two-Stage Credibility-Constrained Programming with Hurwicz Criterion (Tcp-Ch) for Planning Water Resources Management. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier), 35,164-175.

Huang, K., Dai, L. M., Huang, W., (2014). Effects of Operation Time of Pavement and Traffic Flow on the Traffic Noise of the Highways in An Urban Area, Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences), 24(2), 121-130.

Huang, W., Dai, L. M., Baetz, B. W., Cao, M. F., Razavi, S. (2013). Interval Binary Progra-mming Model for Noise Control Within an Urban Environment, Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences), 21(2), 93-101.

Awards

2015 Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (NSERC CGS-D)

2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS Doctoral)

2012 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS Masters)

2011 Post-Graduate Scholarship (NSERC PGS-M)