Group News

The Chen Group is looking for one creative and self-motivated Ph.D. student to join us at Texas A&M, starting in 2025 Fall.

Nov 22, 2024

Dr. Wensi Chen and co-chairs (Dr. Nirupam Aich from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and Dr. Tonoy Das from Texas A&M University - Kingsville) successfully hosted "Nano for Energy, Infrastructure, and the Environment" Session at 13th Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) Conference in Providence, RI. 

Nov 8, 2024

Dr. Wensi Chen was named the Texas Water Resource Institute (TWRI) Faculty Fellow with $15,000 in federal funding to support water-related research.

October 28, 2024

Dr. Wensi Chen received ACS ES&T Engineering 2023 Excellence in Review Award. Congratulations!

September 13, 2024

Dr. Wensi Chen gave an invited talk at 2024 ACS Fall Meeting in Denver, CO. 

August 19, 2024

Welcome Zhongxin Chen join our group and start his PhD journey at A&M! Zhong will work on smart hydrogel design for virus detection and other microbial related applications. 

August 12, 2024

Our paper "Tackling challenges of long-term electrode stability in electrochemical treatment of 1,4-dioxane in groundwater" is published on Environmental Science & Technology. This work showcased pulsed electrolysis strategy for electrode longevity enhancement.

July 16, 2024

Our collaborative paper "Cold-chain free nucleic acid preservation using porous super-absorbent polymer (PSAP) beads to facilitate wastewater surveillance" is published on Science of The Total Environment. This work demonstrated PSAP beads for effective preservation of viral RNA in sewage.

May 22, 2024

Dr. Wensi Chen and co-chairs (Dr. Xing Xie from Georgia Tech, Dr. William Tarpeh and Dr. Neha Sharma from Stanford University) successfully hosted "Electrified Water Treatment Processes" Symposium at 2024 ACS Spring Meeting in New Orleans, LA. 

March 20, 2024

Welcome Zezhen Hao join our group and start his PhD journey at A&M! Zezhen will focus on electrified water treatment techniques for pollutant removal and resource recovery. 

January 16, 2024

We received our group's first seed grant ($16,000) from Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center (THWRC). Cheers! 

January 1, 2024

Dr. Wensi Chen's YouTube interview on Women in Science is online. 

October 26, 2023

Dr. Wensi Chen was selected as the 2023 MIT CEE Rising Stars cohort and attended the workshop in Cambridge, MA. 

October 20, 2023

Dr. Wensi Chen co-organized the "Electrified Water Treatment Processes" symposium at the 2023 ACS Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA. 

She was also invited to present her research work at the "Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)" symposium.

August 17, 2023

Dr. Wensi Chen attended the 2023 AEESP Conference in Boston, MA. She presented her research work on the pulsed electrolysis technique for groundwater remediation. 

Dr. Chen also hosted the "PFAS: Occurrence and Exposure" session. 

June 23, 2023

The Chen Group is looking for two creative and self-motivated Ph.D. students to join us at Texas A&M, starting in 2024 Spring or Fall.

May 10, 2023

Dr. Wensi Chen will be joining Texas A&M University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2024.

April 25, 2023

Dr. Wensi Chen received the Sigma Xi Georgia Tech Chapter Best Ph.D. Thesis Award.

April 11, 2023

Our paper "Virus Stabilization with Enhanced Porous Superabsorbent Polymer (PSAP) Beads for Diagnostics and Surveillance" has been published on ACS ES&T Water. 

December 9, 2022

Our paper "Self-Driven Pretreatment and Room-Temperature Storage of Water Samples for Virus Detection Using Enhanced Porous Superabsorbent Polymer Beads" is selected for the 2021 ES&T best paper. 

November 17, 2022

Dr. Wensi Chen won the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.

November 16, 2022