Woo Hyoung Lee
Assistant Professor
University of Central Florida
USA
Biography
Lee obtained his B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea in 1996 and his M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Korea University, Seoul, Korea in 2001. For five years prior to continuing his education, he acquired practical experience working on various environmental engineering projects including water/wastewater treatment plant design, sanitary sewer distribution system modeling, and development of advanced water/wastewater treatment technologies in GS E&C Co. (Seoul, Korea). He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH in 2009. Before joining UCF, he was an ORISE postdoctoral research fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Cincinnati, OH. He is a registered professional engineer (P.E.). To date, his professional work and research has encompassed development and use of electrochemical microsensors for water quality monitoring, advanced water/wastewater treatment processes, and bio-plastic production using organic wastes. His previous USEPA research involved evaluating biofilm control strategies in drinking water distribution system and establishing a microsensor laboratory for biofilm research. His current primary research interests include environmental micro/nanosensors for in situ biofilm process and water quality monitoring, and nitrification prevention and biofilm control in the drinking water distribution system through the use of microelectrodes, molecular tools, microscopic observation, and kinetics modeling.
Research Interest
Nitrification in Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution Systems, Biofilm Disinfection and Control, Corrosion and biocorrosion in Drinking water Distribution Systems, Electrochemical Micro/Nano-Sensor for In Situ Monitoring of Nutrients and Chemical/Biological Compounds in Engineered and Natural Aquatic Systems, Development of Electrochemical Power Sources: Microbial Fuel Cells for Energy Production from Sediment, Gray water Recycling Systems (potable water and non-potable water), Algae monitoring and biofuel production from algae, Industrial Wastewater/Hazardous Materials Treatment