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DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Daniel Yeh\, professor of civil and environmental en
 gineering\, University of South Florida\, 2023 Kappe lecturer\,  American A
 cademy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists\n\nTitle: Reinventing the To
 ilet for Global Sanitation: The NEWgenerator Resource Recovery Machine\n\nA
 bstract:\nBillions of people worldwide suffer from poor sanitation due to a
  lack of wastewater infrastructure.  With high CAPEX and OPEX\, the convent
 ional approach of centralized wastewater treatment plants served by an exte
 nsive sewer system is not an option for many communities. A new classificat
 ion of modular and pre-fabricated non-sewered sanitation systems (NSSS\, IS
 O 30500) has been introduced as an onsite micro-infrastructure alternative.
  Developed at the University of South Florida\, the NEWgenerator is a solar
 -powered\, modular\, automated wastewater treatment and recycling system ca
 pable of operating independently from grid power\, piped water and sewer.  
 The core technology within the NEWgenerator is the anaerobic membrane biore
 actor (AnMBR)\, capable of handling a wide range of wastewater strengths\, 
 intermittent flows\, and prolonged shutdowns. The value proposition of the 
 NEWgenerator is that it makes flush toilets possible in off-grid\, remote l
 ocations. The NEWgenerator was a recipient of the 5th Cade Museum Prize for
  Innovation and the 2020 USPTO Patents for Humanity Award. This presentatio
 n will follow the two-decade journey of the NEWgenerator from concept to de
 velopment to commercialization\, including extended field trials in India (
 Kerala) and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal). The presentation will also highli
 ght initiatives to implement the NEWgenerator in disadvantaged communities 
 in the U.S.\n\nBio:\nDaniel Yeh is a professor in the Department of Civil a
 nd Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida and the PI 
 of the Membrane Biotechnology Lab. He is also a visiting professor at NASA 
 Kennedy Space Center and co-founder of the cleantech startup BioReNEW\, Inc
 .  Professor Yeh’s research and teaching interests are in water & wastewate
 r engineering\, global water & sanitation\, water/energy/food nexus\, and l
 ife support systems for space travel. He is keen to communicate and promote
  environmental engineering to the public and school children through classr
 oom lesson plans\, museum exhibits\, podcasts\, TEDx and Pint-of-Science ta
 lks\, and late-night talk show comedy feature.  Yeh holds degrees from the 
 University of Michigan (BS Natural Resources\, BSE Civil Engineering and MS
 E Environmental Engineering) and Georgia Institute of Technology (PhD Envir
 onmental Engineering). Yeh is a professional engineer\, an AAEES board-cert
 ified environmental engineer\, and a LEED Accredited Professional. He is al
 so a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors and a two-time reci
 pient of the Excellence in Innovation Award at USF.
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LOCATION:Sustainability\, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC)\, SEEC S2
 28 Sievers Room
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SUMMARY:Boase Environmental Engineering Seminar Series
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