Department of Construction Technology and Engineering

• The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Book Prize Award, Environmental Division
• Postgraduate Studentship, HKUST
• University Grant Council Research Travel Grant, HKUST

• Sediment Bioremediation & Microbial Fuel Cell
• Fate and Transport of Nanoparticles in Subsurface
• Applied Environmental Nanotechnology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Transformation of Pollutants
• Development of Materials from Beneficial Reuse of Waste for Green Construction
• Removal of Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants from Contaminated Groundwater, Soil and Sediment

• Wu, B., Yan, D.Y.S., Khan, M., Zhang, Z., Lo, I.M.C. (2017) “Application of Magnetic Hydrogel for Anionic Pollutants Removal from Wastewater with Adsorbent Regeneration and Reuse” ASCE Journal of Hazardous and Toxic Waste (Accepted)
• Liu, T.Z., Zhang, Z., Mao, Y., Yan, D.Y.S. (2016) “Induced Metal Redistribution and Bioavailability Enhancement in Contaminated River Sediment during In-situ Bio-chemical Remediation” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, 6352 – 6362.
• Woon, K.S., Lo, I.M.C., Chiu, S.L.H., Yan, D.Y.S. (2016). “Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Food Waste Valorization in Producing Biogas for Various Types of Energy Use” Waste Management, 55, 290 – 295.
• Chiu, S.L.H., Lo, I.M.C., Woon, K.S., Yan, D.Y.S. (2016). “Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Treatment Strategy for Sewage Sludge and Food Waste in Macau: Perspectives on Environmental and Energy Production Performances” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 21, 176 – 189. 
• Lee, E, An, K.J., Hadi, P., Yan, D.Y.S. (2016) “A Mechanistic Study of In-situ Chemical Cleaning-in-place for PTFE Flat Sheet Membrane: Fouling Mitigation and Membrane Characterization.” Biofouling, 32, 301 – 312.
• Lee, E, An, K.J., Hadi, P., Yan, D.Y.S. (2016) “Evaluation of the Foulant Removal Efficiency of the Diffusion-driven CEB for Flat Sheet Membrane” Chemical Engineering Journal, 284, 61 – 67.
• Zhang, Z., Lo, I.M.C., Yan, D.Y.S. (2015). “A Novel Sequential Bioremediation Process for Petroleum Hydrocarbons Removal and Odor Mitigation from Contaminated Marine Sediment” Water Research, 83, 21-30.
• Tang, Y., Yan, D.Y.S., Lo, I.M.C. (2015). “Pulverized Fuel Ash Solidification/Stabilization of Waste: Comparison between Beneficial Reuse of Contaminated Marine Mud and Sediment” Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 23 (3), 202-210. 
• Yan, D.Y.S., Liu, T.Z., Lo, I.M.C. (2015). “Treatment of Urban River Contaminated Sediment with Ex-situ Advanced Oxidation Processes: Technical Feasibility, Environmental Discharges and Cost-performance analysis.” Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 36 (16), 2060-2068.
• Tang, S.C.N., Yan, D.Y.S., Lo, I.M.C. (2014). “Sustainable wastewater treatment using microsized magnetic hydrogel with magnetic separation technology.” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (40), 15718-15724.
• Yan, D.Y.S., Tang, Y., Lo, I.M.C. (2014). “Development of Controlled Low Strength Material Derived from Beneficial Reuse of Bottom Ash and Sediment for Green Construction.” Construction and Building Materials, 64, 201-207.
• Tsang, D.C.W., Yan, D.Y.S., Lo, I.M.C., Yip, T.C.M. (2013). “Mechanisms of EDDS adsorption on goethite and hematite under aqueous and dehydrated conditions.” Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, 30 (12), 733-741.
• Yan, D.Y.S. and Lo, I.M.C. (2013). “Removal Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Naphthalene and Heavy Metals from Artificially Contaminated Soil by Iron Chelate-activated Persulfate.” Environmental Pollution, 178, 15-22.
• Lo, I.M.C., Tanboonchuy, V., Yan, D.Y.S., Grisdanurak, N. and Liao, C.H. (2012) “A hybrid approach for PAHs and metals removal from field contaminated sediment using activated persulfate oxidation coupled with chemical-enhanced washing.” Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 223 (8), 4801-4811.
• Yan, D.Y.S. and Lo, I.M.C. (2012). “Pyrophosphate coupling with chelant-enhanced soil flushing of field contaminated soils for heavy metal extraction.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 199-200, 51-57.
• Yan, D.Y.S. and Lo, I.M.C. (2011). “Enhanced multi-metal extraction with EDDS of deficient and excess dosages under the influence of dissolved and soil organic matter.” Environmental Pollution, 159 (1), 78-83. 
• Yan, D.Y.S., Yip, T.C.M., Yui, M.M.T., Tsang, D.C.W. and Lo, I.M.C. (2010). “Influence of EDDS-to-metal molar ratio, solution pH, and soil-to-solution ratio on metal extraction under EDDS deficiency.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 178 (1-3), 890-894. 
• Yip, T.C.M., Yan, D.Y.S., Yui, M.M.T., Tsang, D.C.W. and Lo, I.M.C. (2010). “Heavy metal extraction from an artificially contaminated sandy soil under EDDS deficiency: Significance of humic acid and chelant mixture.” Chemosphere, 80 (4), 416-421. 

CONFERENCES

• Yan, D.Y.S. and Lam, F.L.Y. (2015). “Development of Novel Photocatalyst for the Advanced Antibiotic Oxidation in Wastewater.” Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium, November 27, 2015, Hong Kong.
• Liu, T., Yan, D. Y. S., Lo, I. M. C. (2014). “Remediation of Urban River Contaminated Sediment with Ex-situ Advanced Oxidation Processes: Case Study.” KoSSGE-ISEG International Conference on Soil and Groundwater Environment, April 28-30, 2014, Seoul, Korea.
• Yan, D.Y.S. and Lo, I.M.C. (2013). “Acid-Enhanced Activated Persulfate Oxidation for PAHs and Metals Removal from Field Contaminated Sediment.” The international Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, June 18-21, 2013, Cappadocia, Turkey.
• Yan, D.Y.S. (2012). “Future of Renewable Energy.” The Next Generation of Green Technology at ASPIRE Forum, July 12-13, 2012, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea.
• Yan, D.Y.S., Tanboonchuy, V. and Lo, I.M.C. (2012). “Acid-Enhanced Activated Persulfate Oxidation for PAHs and Metals Removal from Field Contaminated Sediment.” The 28th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy, October 15-18, 2012, Amherst, MA.
• Yan, D.Y.S., Lo, I.M.C., Yip, T.C.M. and Tsang, D.C.W. (2010). “Factors Affecting Metal Extraction by EDDS: EDDS-to-Metal Ratio and Solution pH.” The 11th International UFZ-Deltares/TNO Conference on Management of Soil, Groundwater & Sediments, September 22-24, 2010, Salzburg, Austria.
• Lo, I.M.C., Yan, D.Y.S., Yip, T.C.M. and Tsang, D.C.W. (2010). “Influence of Dissolved Organic Matter on Removal of Heavy Metal from Soils.” The 11th International UFZ-Deltares/TNO Conference on Management of Soil, Groundwater & Sediments, September 22-24, 2010, Salzburg, Austria.
• Yan, D.Y.S., Lo, I.M.C. (2010). “Metal Extraction of Contaminated Soils Using EDTA and EDDS.” The 5th International Conference on Prevention, Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development of Brownfield sites, September 14-16, 2010, Algarve, Portugal.

RESEARCH GRANTS

• 2016 – 2018 Enhanced biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons and energy harvest from field contaminated marine sediment by coupling sediment microbial fuel cell with nitrate induced biostimulation. Research Grant Council – Faculty Development Scheme (HKD$ 956,440) Principal investigator: Dickson Yan

• 2014 – 2015 International conference on food waste 2015: policy into action. Environmental and Conservation Fund (HKD$ 303,550) Co-Investigator: Dickson Yan

• 2014 – 2015 Development of Clay-base Adsorbent for Antibiotics Removal from Wastewater. THEi Seed Grant (HKD$ 100,000) Principal investigator: Dickson Yan