Dr. Xing Xie is the Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a post-doctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. (2006) and M.S. (2008) degrees in Environmental Science & Engineering from Tsinghua University, and a second M.S. degree (2012) in Materials Science & Engineering and a Ph.D. degree (2014) in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. His research focuses on the applications of innovative materials for sustainable and reliable water and energy. He has worked on many projects related to water treatment and reuse, microbial detection and quantification, energy and resource recovery, energy storage, etc. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles with more than 6,000 citations.
Innovative materials for environmental applications, Environmental nanotechnology, Water and wastewater treatment, Energy and resources recovery, Environmental monitoring, Energy conversion and storage
Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor Xing Xie has won the College of Engineering's Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research Award (Early Career). Xie is one of eight faculty members selected for this year's awards.
Associate Professor Xing Xie, Ph.D. graduate Wensi Chen, and master's graduate Matthew Phillips have been honored with the Georgia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi's 2023 Faculty and Student Research Awards. These awards recognize outstanding research accomplishments and contributions to the scientific community.
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have found a way to use small shocks of electricity to disinfect water, reducing energy consumption, cost, and environmental impact. The technology could be integrated into the electric grid or even powered by batteries.
