Gary Shyu

Education

• Major GPA: 3.58/4.0
• Dissertation: The NEWgenerator™ Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System for Non-sewered Sanitation: Technology Advancement Through Field Evaluation and Modeling

• Major GPA: 3.5/4.0
• Thesis: Application of a Floating Membrane Algal Photobioreactor for Freshwater Aquaculture

Course & License

Coursework

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Skills

Programming

Lab Professional

Technology

Computer

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Awards

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Research & Teaching Experience

• Collaboratively advanced R&D for a wastewater treatment system, playing a pivotal role in the process, analysis, and report of field test data.
• Research on a treatment process to enhance nutrient removal and recovery, with a specific focus on reducing nutrients in reused water.
• Developed the system's dynamic model, focusing on water, energy, and nutrient cycles.

• Conducted weekly TA sessions and lab experiments.
• Offered academic assistance during office hours and provided feedback on student's assignments.
• Prepared homework, exams, and laboratory protocols to support students.

• Improved prototype microalgae cultivation pods for enhanced efficiency in wastewater treatment applications.
• Led the integration and testing of microalgae cultivation with an aquaponic system.
• Analyzed microalgae and water samples to quantify nutrient removal recovery and biomass production.

Recent Projects

Estimating Water Qualities Using Machine Learning for Wastewater Treatment System

• Developed machine learning-based soft sensor models to estimate key water quality parameters (COD, TSS, and pathogens) using inline sensors.
• Achieving prediction accuracies within 10% for COD and TSS concentrations ranging from 10-3000 mg/L.
• Demonstrated proficiency in utilizing R and Python for data analysis and machine learning model development.

Greywater Pretreatment via Electrocoagulation and Membrane Filtration

• Led R&D efforts for a novel direct membrane filtration system combining poly aluminum chloride and electrocoagulation, applied in real-world settings.
• Successfully doubled the ultrafiltration membrane flux, enhancing system efficiency.
• Familiar with operating the tubular membrane and advanced oxidation process.

Trace Pollutant Removal Using Advanced Adsorbents

• Conducted research on porous materials for trace pollutant removal applications.
• Implemented covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and porous organic polymers (POPs) in water phase environmental pollution control.
• Demonstrating their efficacy in capturing and removing contaminants.

Measuring and Mapping Particulate Matter Across Campus

• Conducted comprehensive mapping of particulate matter concentrations across the campus, establishing correlations between pollutant levels and sources.
• Identified unpaved roads as the primary source of air pollutants on campus through detailed analysis.
• Familiar with using ArcGIS and MATLAB for mapping and air quality modeling.

Publication & Conference Proceedings

1. Shyu, H.-Y., Castro, C. J., Bair, R. A., Lu, Q., & Yeh, D. H. (2023). Development of a Soft Sensor Using Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting the Water Quality of an Onsite Wastewater Treatment System. ACS Environmental Au.
2. Castro, C. J., Shyu, H.-Y., Hoque, B., & Yeh, D. H. (2023). Evaluating the use of chemically modified clinoptilolite zeolite for the simultaneous recovery of ammonium and phosphate from blackwater. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 9(3), 818–832.
3. Castro, C. J., Shyu, H.-Y., Xaba, L., Bair, R., & Yeh, D. H. (2021). Performance and onsite regeneration of natural zeolite for ammonium removal in a field-scale non-sewered sanitation system. Science of The Total Environment, 776, 145938.
4. Shyu, H.-Y., Bair, R. A., Castro, C. J., Xaba, L., Delgado-Navarro, M., Sindall, R., Cottingham, R., Uman, A. E., Buckley, C. A., & Yeh, D. H. (2021). The NEWgenerator™ non-sewered sanitation system: Long-term field testing at an informal settlement community in eThekwini municipality, South Africa. Journal of Environmental Management, 296, 112921.

• Shyu, H.-Y., Bair, R. A., Castro, C. J., Xaba, L., & Yeh, D. H. (Conference presentation) "Onsite Water Reuse Field Testing at an Informal Settlement Community." 37^th Annual WateReuse Symposium, Mar 6–9 2022, San Antonio, TX, USA.