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CIVIL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING


COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES


HAIBO ZHAI

Roy & Caryl Cline Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Professor       

Room 3034, Engineering Building
University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071

 

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E-mail: hzhai@uwyo.edu

Research Website: https://www.zhailab.us/ 

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Education:

 * Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2008

 * M.S., Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, 2002

 * B.S., Water Supply and Drainage Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology,
   1999

Academic Appointments:

 * 8/2020-present, Associate Professor/Professor Department of Civil and
   Architectural Engineering, University of Wyoming

 * 2021-present, Adjunct Associate Professor/Professor, Department of
   Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

 * 7/2017-8/2020, Associate Research Professor, Department of Engineering and
   Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

 * 12/2012-6/2017, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Engineering and
   Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

 * 12/2010-8/2020, Manager for Integrated Environmental Control Model
   Development, Carnegie Mellon University

 * 4/2008-11/2010, Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University

 * 1/2008-3/2008, Postdoctoral Research Associate, North Carolina State
   University

Teaching Interests:

 * Carbon Capture and Storage

 * Water for Energy

 * Energy and Environmental Systems

Bio:

Haibo Zhai is the Roy & Caryl Cline Distinguished Chair in Engineering and a
Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Wyoming (UW). He is
also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Energy Resources and the School of
Computing at UW and in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Prior to moving to Wyoming, he was a research
professor at CMU and a key developer of the Integrated Environmental Control
Model (IECM), a computer tool used worldwide for power plant modeling and
techno-economic assessment. Now he serves as Director for the IECM development.
His work on carbon capture and storage has been referenced in the U.S. national
rulemaking for controlling power sector carbon dioxide emissions and in the IPCC
Sixth Assessment Report. He has been invited as an ad-hoc reviewer by the U.S.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 40+ academic
journals, and numerous research funding agencies, including the National Science
Foundation (U.S.), the U.S. Department of Energy, the Dutch Research Council
(Netherlands), the Knowledge Foundation (Sweden), and the National Science
Centre (Poland). He also serves on the advisory board of iScience, an
interdisciplinary journal of Cell Press. He is a member of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. He was an appointed member of the
Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Transportation and Air
Quality (2011-2020).

Research:

Professor Zhai conducts systems research in low-carbon energy and environmental
sustainability. His research addresses technical, economic, and policy issues
related to energy and environmental systems and climate change mitigation. His
research interests mainly include carbon capture, utilization and storage,
negative emissions technologies, low-carbon energy systems, hydrogen energy, and
the energy-water nexus under carbon constraints for climate change mitigation.
His research involves a combination of computational modeling for energy and
environmental systems with engineering economics, risk analysis, and policy
analysis, and provides scientific support for technological and policy
developments.

Selected Journal Publications:

 * Wu, Z., Zhai, H., Holubnyak, E., Gerace, S., Murphy, A., & Biggs, C. (2024).
   Unlocking potential for low-carbon hydrogen production from U.S. natural gas
   resources. Environmental Science & Technology, org/10.1021/acs.est.4c04457.

 * Wu, W., Zhai, H., & Holubnyak, E. (2024). Technological evolution of
   large-scale blue hydrogen production toward the U.S. Hydrogen Energy
   Earthshot. Nature Communications, 15, 5684.

 * Rode, D., Anderson, J., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck, P. (2023). Modifying the EPA’s
   new power plant rules to eliminate unnecessary reliability risks.
   Environmental Science & Technology, 57(30), 10904–10906.

 * Wu, Z., Zhai, H., Grol, E., Able, C., & Siefert, N. (2023). Treatment of
   brackish water for fossil power plant cooling. Nature Water, 1, 471–483.

 * Rode, D., Anderson, J., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck, P. (2023). Six principles to
   guide large-scale carbon capture and storage development. Energy Research and
   Social Science, 103,103214.

 * Zhang, C., Zhai, H., Cao, L., Li, X., Cheng, F., Peng, L., Tong, K., Meng,
   J., Yang, L., & Wang, X. (2022). Understanding the complexity of existing
   fossil-fuel power plant decarbonization. iScience, 25, 104758.

 * Anderson, J., Rode, D., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck, P. (2022). Fossil fuel options
   for power sector net-zero emissions with sequestration tax credits.
   Environmental Science & Technology, 56(16), 11162–11171.

 * Dindi, A., Coddington, K., Garofalo, J. F., Wu, W., & Zhai, H. (2022).
   Policy-driven potential for deploying carbon capture and sequestration in a
   fossil-rich power sector. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(14),
   9872–9881.

 * Zhai, H., & Rubin, E.S. (2022). It is time to invest in 99% CO2 Capture.
   Environmental Science & Technology, 56(14), 9829–9831.

 * Rode, D. C., Anderson, J. J., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck, P. S. (2022). Many hands
   make light work: Widening the U.S. path forward from COP26. Environmental
   Science & Technology, 56(1), 10−12.

 * Zhai, H., Rubin, E.S., Grol, E.J., O'Connell, A.C., Wu, Z., & Lewis, E.G.
   (2022). Dry cooling retrofits at existing fossil fuel-fired power plants in a
   water-stressed region: Tradeoffs in water savings, cost, and capacity
   shortfalls. Applied Energy, 306, 117997.

 * Wu, Z. & Zhai, H. (2021). Consumptive life cycle water use of
   biomass-to-power plants with carbon capture and sequestration. Applied
   Energy, 303, 117702.

 * Fonseca, F. R., Craig, M., Jaramillo, P., Berges, M., Severnini, E., Loew,
   A., Zhai, H., Cheng, Y., Nijssen, B., Voisin, N., & Yearsley, J. (2021).
   Climate-induced tradeoffs in planning and operating costs of a regional
   electricity system. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(16), 11204−11215.

 * Fonseca, F. R., Craig, M., Jaramillo, P., Berges, M., Severnini, E., Loew,
   A., Zhai, H., Cheng, Y., Nijssen, B., Voisin, N., & Yearsley, J. (2021).
   Effects of climate change on capacity expansion decisions of an electricity
   generation fleet in the Southeast U.S. Environmental Science & Technology,
   55(4), 2522−2531.

 * Anderson, J., Rode, D., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck, P. (2021). Transitioning to a
   carbon-constrained world: reductions in coal-fired power plant emissions
   through unit-specific, least-cost mitigation frontiers. Applied Energy, 288,
   116599.

 * Anderson, J., Rode, D., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck P. (2021). Reducing carbon
   dioxide emissions beyond 2030: Time to shift U.S. power-sector focus. Energy
   Policy, 148, 111778.

 * Anderson, J., Rode, D., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck P. (2020). Future U.S. Energy
   Policy: Two paths diverge in a wood…does it matter which is taken?
   Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (20), 12807–12809.

 * Zhai, H. (2019). Deep reductions of committed emissions from existing power
   infrastructure: Potential paths in the United States and China. Environmental
   Science & Technology, 2019, 53(24), 14097–14098.

 * Anderson, J., Rode, D., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck, P. (2019). On the road to
   Paris: the shifting landscape of CO2 Environmental Science &
   Technology, 53(21), 12156−12157.

 * Zhai, H. (2019). Advanced membranes and learning scale required for
   cost-effective post-combustion carbon capture. iScience,13, 440–451.

 * Mantripragada, H., Zhai, H., & Rubin, E.S. (2019). Boundary Dam or Petra Nova
   – which is a better model for CCS energy supply? International Journal of
   Greenhouse Gas Control, 82, 59–68.

 * Peng, W., Wagner, F., Ramana, M. V., Zhai, H., Small, M., Dalin, C.,
   Zhang, X., & Mauzerall, D. L. (2018). Managing China’s coal power plants to
   address multiple environmental objectives. Nature Sustainability, 1, 693–701.

 * Zhai, H., & Rubin, E.S. (2018). Systems analysis of physical absorption of
   CO2in ionic liquids for pre-combustion carbon capture. Environmental Science
   & Technology, 52(8), 4996–5004.

 * Anderson, J., Rode, D., Zhai, H., & Fischbeck, P (2018). Will we always have
   Paris? CO2 reduction without the Clean Power Plan. Environmental Science &
   Technology, 52(5), 2432–2433.

 * Hu, B., & Zhai, H. (2017). The cost of carbon capture and storage for
   coal-fired power plants in China. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas
   Control, 65, 23–31.

 * Craig, M. T., Jaramillo, P., Zhai, H., & Klima, K. (2017). The economic
   merits of flexible carbon capture and sequestration as a compliance strategy
   with the Clean Power Plan. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(3),
   1102–1109.

 * Talati, S., Zhai, H., & Morgan, M. G. (2016). Viability of carbon capture and
   sequestration retrofits for existing coal-fired power plants under an
   emission trading scheme. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(23),
   12567–12574.

 * Talati, S., Zhai, H., Kyle, G. P., Morgan, M. G., Patel, P., & Liu, L.
   (2016). Consumptive water use from electricity generation in the Southwest
   under alternative climate, technology, and policy futures. Environmental
   Science & Technology, 50(22), 12095–12104.

 * Zhai, H., & Rubin, E. S. (2016). A techno-economic assessment of hybrid
   cooling systems for coal-and natural-gas-fired power plants with and without
   carbon capture and storage. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(7),
   4127–4134.

 * Roussanaly, S., Anantharaman, R., Lindqvist, K., Zhai, H., & Rubin, E.
   (2016). Membrane properties required for post-combustion CO2 capture at
   coal-fired power plants. Journal of Membrane Science, 511, 250–264. 

 * Ou, Y., Zhai, H., & Rubin, E. S. (2016). Life cycle water use of coal-and
   natural-gas-fired power plants with and without carbon capture and storage.
   International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 44, 249–261. 

 * Khalilpour, R., Mumford, K., Zhai, H., Abbas, A., Stevens, G., & Rubin, E. S.
   (2015). Membrane-based carbon capture from flue gas: a review. Journal of
   Cleaner Production, 103, 286–300.

 * Zhai, H., Ou, Y., & Rubin, E. S. (2015). Opportunities for decarbonizing
   existing US coal-fired power plants via CO2 capture, utilization and storage.
   Environmental Science & Technology, 49(13), 7571–7579.

 * Talati, S., Zhai, H., & Morgan, M. G. (2014). Water impacts of CO2 emission
   performance standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants. Environmental
   Science & Technology, 48(20), 11769–11776. 

 * Zhai, H., & Rubin, E. S. (2013). Techno-economic assessment of polymer
   membrane systems for postcombustion carbon capture at coal-fired power
   plants. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(6), 3006–3014.

 * Rubin, E. S., & Zhai, H. (2012). The cost of carbon capture and storage for
   natural gas combined cycle power plants. Environmental Science & Technology,
   46(6), 3076–3084.

 * Zhai, H., Rubin, E. S., & Versteeg, P. L. (2011). Water use at pulverized
   coal power plants with postcombustion carbon capture and storage.
   Environmental Science &Technology, 45(6), 2479–2485. 

 * Zhai, H., & Rubin, E. S. (2010). Performance and cost of wet and dry cooling
   systems for pulverized coal power plants with and without carbon capture and
   storage. Energy Policy, 38(10), 5653–5660.

 * Frey, H. C., Zhai, H., & Rouphail, N. M. (2009). Regional on-road vehicle
   running emissions modeling and evaluation for conventional and alternative
   vehicle technologies. Environmental Science & Technology, 43(21), 8449–8455.

 * Zhai, H., Frey, H. C., & Rouphail, N. M. (2008). A vehicle-specific power
   approach to speed-and facility-specific emissions estimates for diesel
   transit buses. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(21), 7985–7991.

 
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