AI Driven Urban Futures: Coupling Decentralized Resource Recovery with Digital Agriculture to Address Urban Sustainability and Resilience
Yongsheng Chen
Professor
GeorgiaTech
Dr. Yongsheng Chen is the Bonnie W. and Charles W. Moorman IV Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Director of Nutrients Energy Water Center for AgTech. Professor Chen’s research interests include environmental nanotechnology, membrane technology for sustainable energy and nutrients recovery, the Food-Energy-Water Nexus, and machine learning for design and discovery of sustainable materials for membrane fabrication and CO2 removal, system integration, and process optimization. He has served as PI/Co-PI on sponsored research projects totaling more than $42M, of which, $19.5M has been, or is being, spent in his laboratory. He has over 220 published research articles. He has received numerous accolades, including the CAPEES/Nanova Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Chemical Society Editor’s Award, the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sustained Research Award and Multidisciplinary Research Award, Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Student Dissertation Advisor Award, and AEESP Outstanding Ph.D. Student Advisor Award. His work has been recognized by many national and international media outlets including Forbes, C&EN, AEESP, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), and Water Environment Federation.
Dr. Yongsheng Chen is the Bonnie W. and Charles W. Moorman IV Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Director of Nutrients Energy Water Center for AgTech. Professor Chen’s research interests include environmental nanotechnology, membrane technology for sustainable energy and nutrients recovery, the Food-Energy-Water Nexus, and machine learning for design and discovery of sustainable materials for membrane fabrication and CO2 removal, system integration, and process optimization. He has served as PI/Co-PI on sponsored research projects totaling more than $42M, of which, $19.5M has been, or is being, spent in his laboratory. He has over 220 published research articles. He has received numerous accolades, including the CAPEES/Nanova Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Chemical Society Editor’s Award, the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sustained Research Award and Multidisciplinary Research Award, Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Student Dissertation Advisor Award, and AEESP Outstanding Ph.D. Student Advisor Award. His work has been recognized by many national and international media outlets including Forbes, C&EN, AEESP, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), and Water Environment Federation.