Xing Xie
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Xing Xie

Associate Professor, Carlton S. Wilder Early-Career Professor, Group Coordinator
Email Address
xing.xie@ce.gatech.edu
Telephone
404.894.9723
Office Building
Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building (ES&T)
Office Room Number
3236
Biography

Dr. Xing Xie is a Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor and the Environmental Engineering Group Coordinator in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a postdoc at Caltech. Dr. Xie received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science & Engineering from Tsinghua. He received his second M.S. degree in Materials Science & Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford. Dr. Xie’s research interests center around the applications of environmental biotechnology and materials science at the nexus of water, food, energy, and health. He has worked on many projects related to water treatment and reuse, pollutant detection and quantification, and energy and resource recovery. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, and his work has been cited over 11,000 times with an H-index of 45. Dr. Xie has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (2019), Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Emerging Investigator Award (2020), Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (2021), Best Paper Award from Environmental Science & Technology (2022), James J. Morgan Early Career Award Honorable Mention from American Chemical Society (2023), and Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from American Society of Civil Engineers (2024). He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Georgia.

 

Research

Dr. Xie’s research interests center around the applications of environmental biotechnology and materials science at the nexus of water, food, energy, and health. He has worked on many projects related to water treatment and reuse, pollutant detection and quantification, and energy and resource recovery.

 

Education
  1. PhD                        Stanford University                            2014
  2. MS                          Stanford University                            2012
  3. MS                          Tsinghua University                           2008
  4. BS                          Tsinghua University                           2006
Teaching

Dr. Xie’s teaching is focused on environmental engineering classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He currently teaches undergraduate-level Energy and Resource Recovery and graduate-level Environmental Nanotechnology. Dr. Xie’ research is student-focused and actively involves both graduate and undergraduate students.

Distinctions & Awards

2025    The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Participant, NAE

2024    Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers

2024    Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science & Technology

2023    40 Under 40 Recognition,

            American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)

2023    James J. Morgan Early Career Award Honorable Mention, American Chemical Society

2023    COE Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research Award (Early Career), Georgia Tech

2023    Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, Georgia Tech

2022    Outstanding Young Editorial Board Members, Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2022    Best Paper Award, Environmental Science & Technology

2021    Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award,

            American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)

2021    CEE Young Faculty Research Award, Georgia Tech

2021    Young Investigator Award, CAPEES/Nanova

2020    Emerging Investigator, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO)

2020    Emerging Investigator, Journal of Material Chemistry A

2019    Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation

2019    Emerging Investigator, Environmental Science: Nano

2019    Paul A. Duke GIFT Action Plan Achievement Mentor Award, Georgia Tech

2019    Bill Schutz Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Georgia Tech

2019    Faces of Inclusive Excellence, Georgia Tech

2018    Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow, Georgia Tech

Publications
  1. Mourin Jarin, Jackie Ly, Alex Crowley, Shuyan Liu, Xing Xie. Combined locally enhanced electric field treatment and copper for effective inactivation of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in water. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2025, doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.5c00309.*
  2. Mourin Jarin, Jackie Ly, Jonathan Goldman, Xing Xie. Water disinfection systems for pools and spas: advantages, disadvantages, and consumer views in the US. ACS ES&T Water, 2025, 5, 2, 525-538.*
  3. Zeou Dou, Yixuan Huang, Xing Xie. Self-driven phosphate enrichment by hydrogel beads for nutrient recovery. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2025, 19(1): 5.*
  4. Mourin Jarin, Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Operando investigation of the synergistic effect of electric field treatment and copper for bacteria inactivation. Nature Communication, 2024, 15: 1345.*
  5. Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Tuning the locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) between electrophysical and electrochemical mechanisms for bacteria inactivation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58: 14875-14885.*
  6. Feiyang Mo, Zhitao Chen, Nian Liu, Xing Xie. Synthesis and modification of nanowires anchored on electrodes for electrochemical and electrophysical applications. Nano Research, 2024, 17: 8863-8884.*
  7. Gyuhyon Cha, Yixuan Huang, Katherine E Graham, Anjin Luo, Wensi Chen, Janet K Hatt, Konstantinos T Konstantinidis$, Xing Xie$. Cold-chain free nucleic acid preservation using porous super-absorbent polymer (PSAP) beads to facilitate wastewater surveillance. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 939: 173468.*
  8. Feiyang Mo, Jianfeng Zhou, Cecilia Yu, Feifei Liu, Manhitha Jumili, Yuxiao Wu, Xing Xie. Decoupling locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) intensity and copper release by applying asymmetric electric pulses for water disinfection. Water Research X, 2023, 100206.*
  9. Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Nanosecond bacteria inactivation realized by locally enhanced electric field treatment. Nature Water, 2023, 1: 104-112.*
  10. Yutong Wu#, Fengyi Zhang#, Ting Wang#, Po-Wei Huang, Alexandros Filippas, Haochen Yang, Yanghang Huang, Chao Wang, Huitian Liu, Xing Xie$, Ryan Lively$, Nian Liu$. A sub-millimeter bundled microtubular flow battery cell with ultra-high volumetric power density. PNAS, 2023, 120(2): 2213528120*

 

In the News

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Rising From the Ashes: A Hidden Supply of Critical Elements

Researchers in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering have developed a method to recover rare earth elements from coal fly ash. Rare earth elements (REEs) help power electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, MRI machines, smartphones, and defense systems because of their unusually strong magnetic and electrical properties.

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College Selects 2023 Faculty Award Winners

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.

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CEE Faculty and Students Honored with 2023 Sigma Xi Research 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.

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