Environmental Nanotechnology research group:
Membranes, particles, interfaces
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 

Fulin (Alex) Wang, Ph.D.

 

Current position

Systems Design Engineer, Pentair, Inc.

Academic background

Ph.D. (2008) Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University
ME (2004) Environmental Engineering, Xian University of Architecture & Technology, China
BS (2001) Environmental Engineering, Xian University of Architecture & Technology, China

Ph.D. thesis: Combined fouling of pressure-driven membranes treating feed waters of complex composition

Ph.D. defense date: August 8, 2008

Publications at MSU

1 paper currently in preparation

Journal papers: Published

  1. Byun, S., J. S. Taurozzi, A. L. Alpatova, F. Wang, V. V. Tarabara. Performance of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration polymeric membranes treating ozonated surface water: Effect of ozone dosage. Separ. Purif. Technol. 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.07.021
  2. Wang, F., T. E. Davis, V. V. Tarabara. Crystallization of calcium sulfate dihydrate in the presence of colloidal silica. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 49, 11344-11350 (2010).
  3. Wang, F., V. V. Tarabara. Permeability of fiber-filled porous media: Kozeny-Carman-Ethier modeling approach. Environ. Eng. Sci. 26, 6 (2009) 1149-1155
  4. Wang, F., V. V. Tarabara. Pore blocking mechanisms during early stages of membrane fouling by colloids. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 328 (2008) 464-469
  5. Chen, X., J. Wang, Z. Paszti, F. Wang, J. N. Schrauben, V. Tarabara , A. Schmaier, Z. Chen. Ordered adsorption of coagulation factor XII on negatively charged polymer surfaces probed by sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 388(1):65-72 (2007)
  6. Wang, F., V. V. Tarabara . Coupled effects of colloidal deposition and salt concentration polarization on reverse osmosis membrane performance. J. Membr. Sci. 293 111–123 (2007)

Podium presentations

  1. Wang F. , V.V. Tarabara. Gypsum Scaling in Reverse Osmosis Membrane Systems in the Presence of Colloids, Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University. April 2007
  2. Wang F. , V.V. Tarabara. Coupled effects of scaling and colloidal deposition on the performance of reverse osmosis membranes. The 233rd ACS National Meeting , Chicago, IL, March 2007.
  3. Wang F. , V.V. Tarabara. Coupled Effects of Salt Concentration Polarization and Colloidal Deposition on the Performance of Reverse Osmosis Membranes, 2006 AIChE Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2006. 
  4. Wang F. , V.V. Tarabara. Colloidal Fouling of Reverse Osmosis, Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University. December 2005

Conference papers

  1. Wang. F., V. V. Tarabara. Coupled effects of scaling and colloidal deposition on the performance of reverse osmosis membranes. 233 rd ACS Meeting, Chicago , IL . Paper # SUST 111 (2007)
  2. Wang. F., V. V. Tarabara. Coupled effects of salt concentration polarization and colloidal deposition on the performance of reverse osmosis membranes . 2006 AIChE Annual Conference , San Francisco , CA. Paper #541c.

Poster presentations

  1. Wang, F., V. V. Tarabara . Permeability of fiber-filled porous media. Presented at the 21st Triennial Borchardt Conference Symposium on Advancements in Water and Wastewater, Ann Arbor , MI , February 28, 2008
  2. Wang, F., V.V. Tarabara. Coupled Effects of Scaling and Colloidal Deposition on the Performance of Reverse Osmosis Membranes, NSF I/UCRC-MTP, 8 th Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, November 2007
  3. Wang, F., V.V. Tarabara. Coupled effects of scaling and colloid deposition on the performance of reverse osmosis membrane filter , 2006 AIChE Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2006
  4. Wang, F., V.V. Tarabara. Poster presentation on Research Open House, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University. October 2004.