Biography

Woo Hyoung Lee, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH in 2009. Before joining UCF, Dr. Lee was an ORISE postdoctoral research fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory in Cincinnati, OH.

Dr. Lee’s current research interests also include smart water and wastewater management, innovative renewable, environmentally responsible, and cost-effective bio-energy production from wastewater treatment processes, algae-bacterial symbiosis processes, emulsion characterization for bilge water treatment, microbial fuel cell technology (MFC) for oil degradation, ballast water quality monitoring, and nitrification and corrosion in drinking water distribution systems. He is a registered professional engineer (P.E.).