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Sheng Chang

ResearcherSchool of EngineeringUniversity of Guelph

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Sheng Chang

Researcher

School of Engineering

Engineering

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

anaerobic digestion biohydrogen production dark fermentation delignification lignocellulosic biomass on-site enzyme production Photofermentation resource recovery

Latest papers

Membrane-enhanced methanogenesis efficiency and biomass retention in EGSB-AnMBR for food waste press filtrate treatment.
Environmental research · 2025
Biological methane potentials of food waste of different components: Methane yields, production kinetics, and element balance.
Bioresource technology · 2024 · senior author
Exploring Aeration Strategies for Enhanced Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification in Membrane Aerated Bioreactors: A Computational Approach.
Bulletin of mathematical biology · 2024

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Development of advanced fixed film and adsorption technologies to enhance phosphorus and nitrogen removal in biological wastewater treatment processes
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$180,000
Development of integrated MABR-MBR technology to achieve enhanced process performance, intensification and energy efficiency for municipal wastewater nutrient removal
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$45,909
Characterization of microplastics in anaerobic digestates and sewage biosolids for beneficial and safe land application
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$53,500

All 6 grants and awards

16 publications.

Membrane-enhanced methanogenesis efficiency and biomass retention in EGSB-AnMBR for food waste press filtrate treatment.

Qin H, Liu J, Chao W, Liu J, Chang S, Chang CT, Martins T, Li YY, Cheng H

Environmental research2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121978 PMID: 40441516

Biological methane potentials of food waste of different components: Methane yields, production kinetics, and element balance.

Donatelli JA, Chang S

Bioresource technology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131435 PMID: 39244104

Exploring Aeration Strategies for Enhanced Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification in Membrane Aerated Bioreactors: A Computational Approach.

Ghasemi M, Chang S, Sivaloganathan S

Bulletin of mathematical biology2024

DOI: 10.1007/s11538-024-01343-8 PMID: 39112686

Microplastic isolation method for wastewater and sludge samples by removal of excess organic and inorganic interferences.

Wang B, Smith M, Liu Y, Pileggi V, Chang S

Chemosphere2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138625 PMID: 37030345

Feasibility of maximum probable number method for the quantification of microplastics in environmental samples.

Chang S, Wang B, Pileggi V

Water research2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119405 PMID: 36442268

Impact of combined biological hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion temperatures on the characteristics of bacterial community and digestate quality in the treatment of wastewater sludge.

Wang M, Chen H, Chang S

Bioresource technology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127796 PMID: 35988857

Linkage among the combined temperature-retention time condition, microbial interaction, community structure, and process performance in the hydrolysis of waste activated sludge.

Wang M, Chen H, Chang S

Bioresource technology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125029 PMID: 33831728

Unveiling performance stability and its recovery mechanisms of one-stage partial nitritation-anammox process with airlift enhanced micro-granules.

Chen H, Wang H, Chen R, Chang S, Yao Y, Jiang C, Wu S, Wei Y, Yu G, Yang M, Li YY

Bioresource technology2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124961 PMID: 33735727

Disentangling Community Structure of Ecological System in Activated Sludge: Core Communities, Functionality, and Functional Redundancy.

Chen H, Wang M, Chang S

Microbial ecology2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01492-y PMID: 32076744

Dissecting methanogenesis for temperature-phased anaerobic digestion: Impact of temperature on community structure, correlation, and fate of methanogens.

Chen H, Chang S

Bioresource technology2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123104 PMID: 32172088

Development of advanced fixed film and adsorption technologies to enhance phosphorus and nitrogen removal in biological wastewater treatment processes

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Mitacs Accelerate

Principal investigators: Chang, Sheng

Keywords: Waste, waste management and recycling; Environment

$180,000

Development of integrated MABR-MBR technology to achieve enhanced process performance, intensification and energy efficiency for municipal wastewater nutrient removal

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Chang, Sheng S

Keywords: anammox; biological phosphorus removal; integrated mabr-mbr; membrane aerated biofilm reactor; membrane bioreactor; membrane filtration; municipal wastewater treatment; nutrient removal; partial nitritation; simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus

$45,909

Characterization of microplastics in anaerobic digestates and sewage biosolids for beneficial and safe land application

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Chang, Sheng S

Keywords: agriculture waste; anaerobic digestate; bayesian interference; biosolids; fluoresence staining; food process waste; microplastics; most probable number; sewage; source separated organics

$53,500

Development of integrative enzymatic delignification, saccharification, dark fermentation, and photo-fermentation technology for agricultural lignocellulosic biomass hydrogen production

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chang, Sheng

Keywords: biohydrogen production; on-site enzyme production; solid-state fermentation; dark fermentation; photofermentation; anaerobic digestion; lignocellulosic biomass; delignification; saccharification; resource recovery

$76,000

Development of the advanced anaerobic digestion technology for the energy recovery and emission reduction

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chang, Sheng

$126,000

Understanding and optimization of the plug-flow enzymatic hydrolysis process for sludge anaerobic digestion performance enhancement

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Chang, Sheng

$80,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: anaerobic digestion Dear Professor Chang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Membrane-enhanced methanogenesis efficiency and biomass retention in EGSB-AnMBR for food waste press filtrate treatment." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Development of advanced fixed film and adsorption technologies to enhance phosphorus and nitrogen removal in biological wastewater treatment processes" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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