Assistant Management

Hanjing Wu

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Lincoln, NE 68503

734-***-****; ***********@*****.***

Education

**/****-**/**** ********** of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln

Degree Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering

Dissertation title: Biomass gasification: An alternative solution to

animal waste management

09/2006-03/2009 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai

Degree M.S. in Ecology

09/2002-07/2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai

Degree B.S. in Biological Engineering

Honors

• Research Assistantship: 2009 - 2013

• Excellent Students’ Leader of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2008)

• Outstanding Undergraduate Student of Shanghai City (5%) (2006)

Research Experience

2009.9-present Research Assistant in Industrial Agricultural Products Center

• Syngas production through gasification on a laboratory-scale fluidized-bed gasifier

• Biochar production and utilization as a soil amendment

• Economic analysis of an integrated biomass gasification combined cycle (IBGC)

• Life cycle assessment of thermochemical conversion system

• Modeling of thermochemical process

2006.9-2009.3 Research Assistant in Biomass Energy Engineering Center

• Renewable energy production through pyrolysis on a fluidized-bed

• Investigating physical and chemical properties of bio-oil

• biodiesel production from rapeseed oil and stalk juice of sweet sorghum fermentation

Skills

Computer Skills

SAS, Matlab, LabView and Aspen Plus

Other skills

Extensive experience as Chinese-English Translator

Languages

English (fluent) and Chinese (native)

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant for two undergraduate classes: Introduction of Energy Systems and Special

Problems on Biomass and Bioenergy

Conference Presentations

• Oral presentation at ASABE Annual International Meeting. 2012. Dallas, TX

• Poster Presentation at ASABE Annual International Meeting. 2011. Louisville, KY

Professional Membership

American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers (ASABE)

Social Activities

• Involved as a volunteer for Department of Biological Systems Engineering Alumni

Reunion (2010)

Selected Publications

Hanjing Wu, Milford A. Hanna and David D. Jones. Thermogravimetric characterization of

dairy manure as pyrolysis and combustion feedstocks. Waste Management & Research, 30:10

(2012), pp. 1066-1071

Hanjing Wu, Milford A. Hanna and David D. Jones. Fluidized-bed gasification of dairy

manure by Box–Behnken design. Waste Management & Research 30:5 (2012), pp. 506–511

Hanjing Wu, Milford A. Hanna and David D. Jones. Optimization of energy efficiency for

the gasification of feedlot manure using response surface methodology (intended for

publication).

Hanjing Wu, Milford A. Hanna and David D. Jones. Feedlot manure-derived biochar effects

on nitrogen and phosphorus leaching (intended for publication).

Hanjing Wu, Milford A. Hanna and David D. Jones. life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas

emissions of feedlot manure management practices: Land application and gasification

(intended for publication).

Xiaoyan Mei, Ronghou Liu, Fei Shen, Hanjing Wu. Optimization of Fermentation

Conditions for the Production of Ethanol from Stalk Juice of Sweet Sorghum by Immobilized

Yeast Using Response Surface Methodology. Energy&Fuels, 2008.

Xiaoyan Mei, Ronghou Liu, Longlong Ma, Hanjing Wu. The techno-economic assessment of

biomass pyrolysis gasification system for central gas supply: a case study of Jinzhou.

International Journal of Global Energy Issues (IJGEI), Volume 29 - Issue 3 – 2008.

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