Overview
Background
Dr Li is a Research Fellow at Australian Centre of Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB). He received a bachelor's degree in Automation from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, and his PhD from the University of Queensland in 2021. His research is the multidisciplinary study of urban water management and automation control, including model predictive control, real-time optimisation, IoT sensor network, high-performance computing for sewer networks, water distribution systems, and wastewater treatment plants.
Dr Li's research grounds in the exploration of natural sciences and he is dedicated to translating knowledge into practical engineering applications. His vision for digital water management not only integrates cutting-edge data technology into the water industry but also advances computing science through its "wisdom in water" approach. He has published refereed journal papers on vastly different fields of Environmental Engineering and Computer Engineering. He is currently the Associate Editor of Water Research X. He is the lecturer of [WATR7104] - Sewer Networks - Design, Operation and Maintenance and [WATR7107] - Wastewater Modelling and Control.
His multidisciplinary research projects are established in close collaboration with industry partnerships. Dr Li is a recipient of the Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship. His study about the real-time control of chemical dosing in sewer networks is a winner of IWA Global Project Innovation Award in 2024. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Water Association (IWA).
Dr Li is available to supervise Master and PhD projects. Welcome to reach out if you are interested in exploring the world and developing practical technologies.
Availability
- Dr Jiuling Li is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Automation and Control Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Masters (Research) of Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Urban Water System - Real-time Control
This study aims to develop novel real-time optimisation algorithms, supported by efficient data-driven predictive models (as opposed to computationally demanding mechanistic models), to achieve network-wide RTC. This online optimisation-based approach will deliver performance unachievable by the conventional rule-based controllers.
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Urban Water System - Digital Twins
This emerging term refers to virtual replicas of real infrastructure assets. We aim to develop novel approaches to incorporate digital twins in data analytics, in support of smart monitoring, sewer functional analysis, real-time control and long-term decision making
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Urban Water System - Smart Monitoring
This study aims to systematically assess, in real sewer environments, the reliability and longevity of these sensors for long-term applications; develop novel machine-learning methods to verify sensor data quality, identify faults in data/sensors, and reconstruct the missing/incorrect data, with support of digital twins, thus providing data cleaning; develop ‘soft’ sensors to estimate critical variables that cannot be cost-effectively measured.
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Urban Water System - Real-time Functional Analysis
This project aims to develop novel, digital-twin-supported data analytics to determine the functional states of the sewer network. The sensor data are expected to reflect both the inherent, normal behaviour of the system as well as the behaviour induced by ‘abnormal’ functional states.
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Effect of photothermal conversion on ozone uptake over deposited mineral dust
Fan, Lu, Shen, Zhizhang, Wang, Zhenyu, Li, Ji and Lyu, Jinze (2023). Effect of photothermal conversion on ozone uptake over deposited mineral dust. Science of The Total Environment, 871 162047, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162047
2023
Journal Article
Highly selective butanol production by manipulating electron flow via cathodic electro-fermentation
Zhang, Yafei, Li, Jianzheng, Yong, Yang-chun, Fang, Zhen, Yan, Han, Li, Jiuling and Meng, Jia (2023). Highly selective butanol production by manipulating electron flow via cathodic electro-fermentation. Bioresource Technology, 374 128770, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128770
2023
Journal Article
Optimal control of sewage treatment process using a dynamic multi-objective particle swarm optimization based on crowding distance
Dai, Hongliang, Zhao, Jinkun, Wang, Zeyu, Chen, Cheng, Liu, Xingyu, Guo, Zechong, Chen, Yong, Zhang, Shuai, Li, Jiuling, Geng, Hongya and Wang, Xingang (2023). Optimal control of sewage treatment process using a dynamic multi-objective particle swarm optimization based on crowding distance. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (2) 109484, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.109484
2023
Journal Article
Achieving high-level nutrient removal and wastewater treatment capacity through iron-mediated microbial process and sludge granulation
Liu, Wenbin, Li, Jianzheng, Tang, Lianggang, Li, Jiuling, Zheng, Min and Meng, Jia (2023). Achieving high-level nutrient removal and wastewater treatment capacity through iron-mediated microbial process and sludge granulation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 460 141754, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.141754
2023
Journal Article
Antibiotics removal from piggery wastewater by a novel aerobic-microaerobic system: efficiency and mechanism
Tian, Yajie, Li, Jianzheng, Tang, Lianggang, Meng, Jia and Li, Jiuling (2023). Antibiotics removal from piggery wastewater by a novel aerobic-microaerobic system: efficiency and mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal, 454 140265, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140265
2023
Journal Article
High-yield production of single-cell protein from starch processing wastewater using co-cultivation of yeasts
Tian, Yajie, Li, Jianzheng, Meng, Jia and Li, Jiuling (2023). High-yield production of single-cell protein from starch processing wastewater using co-cultivation of yeasts. Bioresource Technology, 370 128527, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128527
2023
Journal Article
Optimization of photothermal conversion and catalytic sites for photo-assisted-catalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds
Baolin Chang,, Tang, Lingling, Zhang, Xian, Li, Ji, Shen, Zhizhang and Lyu, Jinze (2023). Optimization of photothermal conversion and catalytic sites for photo-assisted-catalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds. Chemosphere, 310 136696, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136696
2023
Journal Article
Long-term effect of zero-valent iron on one-stage partial nitritation and anammox
Liu, Wenbin, Li, Jianzheng, Li, Jiuling, Zheng, Min and Meng, Jia (2023). Long-term effect of zero-valent iron on one-stage partial nitritation and anammox. Chemical Engineering Journal, 455 140598, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140598
2023
Journal Article
Editorial: Microbial ecological and biogeochemical processes in the soil-vadose zone-groundwater habitats
Li, Huai, Chi, Zifang, Li, Jiuling and Luo, Yihao (2023). Editorial: Microbial ecological and biogeochemical processes in the soil-vadose zone-groundwater habitats. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14 1238103, 1238103. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1238103
2022
Conference Publication
Digital control of chemical dosing for sewer network protection
Li, Jiuling, Sharma, Keshab and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Digital control of chemical dosing for sewer network protection. 13th IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Beijing, China, 17-21 October 2022.
2022
Journal Article
The spatial distribution and characterization of phosphorus and nitrogen in a water-carrying lake: a case study of Lake Jiaogang, China
Han, Tianlun, Zhou, Kang, Li, Jiuling, Chen, Ting, Xu, Xueting, Zhang, Shuai, Chao, Jianying and Kong, Ming (2022). The spatial distribution and characterization of phosphorus and nitrogen in a water-carrying lake: a case study of Lake Jiaogang, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30 (7), 18674-18684. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-23475-x
2022
Conference Publication
Network-wide control of sewer corrosion and odour by optimization of chemical dosing
Li, Jiuling, Li, Wei, Sharma, Keshab and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Network-wide control of sewer corrosion and odour by optimization of chemical dosing. IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 11-15 September 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Sample pretreatment and analytical methodology for the determination of antibiotics in swine wastewater and activated sludge
Tian, Yajie, Li, Jianzheng, Li, Xianhui, Li, Jiuling and Meng, Jia (2022). Sample pretreatment and analytical methodology for the determination of antibiotics in swine wastewater and activated sludge. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (55), 83671-83685. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-21595-y
2022
Journal Article
Swift hydraulic models for real-time control applications in sewer networks
Li, Jiuling, Sharma, Keshab, Li, Wei and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Swift hydraulic models for real-time control applications in sewer networks. Water Research, 213 118141, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118141
2022
Journal Article
Effect of FeCl3 based mesothermal pretreatment of rice straw on methane enhancement
Li, Jianzheng, Liu, Wenbin, Meng, Jia, Zhao, Lei, Li, Jiuling and Zheng, Min (2022). Effect of FeCl3 based mesothermal pretreatment of rice straw on methane enhancement. Renewable Energy, 188, 670-677. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.028
2022
Journal Article
Performance and nitrogen removal mechanism in a novel aerobic-microaerobic combined process treating manure-free piggery wastewater
Tian, Yajie, Li, Jianzheng, Fan, Yiyang, Li, Jiuling and Meng, Jia (2022). Performance and nitrogen removal mechanism in a novel aerobic-microaerobic combined process treating manure-free piggery wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 345 126494, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126494
2022
Journal Article
Control of maximum water age based on total chlorine decay in secondary water supply system
Geng, Bing, Fan, Jingjing, Shi, Minghao, Zhang, Shuai and Li, Jiuling (2022). Control of maximum water age based on total chlorine decay in secondary water supply system. Chemosphere, 287 (Pt 2) 132198, 132198. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132198
2022
Journal Article
Synergistic denitrification, partial nitrification - Anammox in a novel A2/O2 reactor for efficient nitrogen removal from low C/N wastewater
Li, Jianzheng, Deng, Kaiwen, Meng, Jia, Li, Jiuling and Zheng, Min (2022). Synergistic denitrification, partial nitrification - Anammox in a novel A2/O2 reactor for efficient nitrogen removal from low C/N wastewater. Journal of Environmental Management, 302 (Pt B) 114069, 114069. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114069
2021
Journal Article
Insight into the effect of N-acyl-homoserine lactones-mediated quorum sensing on the microbial social behaviors in a UASB with the regulation of alkalinity
Yan, Han, Li, Jianzheng, Meng, Jia, Li, Jiuling, Jha, Avinash Kumar, Zhang, Yafei, Wang, Xin and Fan, Yiyang (2021). Insight into the effect of N-acyl-homoserine lactones-mediated quorum sensing on the microbial social behaviors in a UASB with the regulation of alkalinity. Science of the Total Environment, 800 149413, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149413
2021
Journal Article
Insights into complete nitrate removal in one-stage nitritation-anammox by coupling heterotrophic denitrification
Xu, Pian-Pian, Meng, Jia, Li, Xianhui, Li, Jiuling, Sun, Kai, Liu, Bing-Feng and Zheng, Min (2021). Insights into complete nitrate removal in one-stage nitritation-anammox by coupling heterotrophic denitrification. Journal of Environmental Management, 298 113431, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113431
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Reducing sewer corrosion through humidity control
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Damien Batstone, Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding of Ventilation-Based Drying for Sewer Corrosion Control
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Dr Zhetai Hu
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Doctor Philosophy
Airflow and temperature modelling for sewers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan
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Doctor Philosophy
Monitoring and Modelling sewer groundwater interactions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Damien Batstone, Dr Chenming Zhang
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Doctor Philosophy
Data quality assurance in digitalisation of urban water management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Helen Huang, Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Dr Ruihong Qiu
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Doctor Philosophy
Assessing and modelling spatiotemporal trends in drug consumptions in the community by wastewater-based epidemiology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Dr Jiaying Li, Associate Professor Phong Thai
Media
Enquiries
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- Automation
- Modelling
- Sewer
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