Jay Cheng
Professor

- 919-515-6733
- jcheng3@ncsu.edu
- D. S. Weaver Labs 275
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Jay J. Cheng is a Professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. He works in the area of environmental engineering & bioenergy processes and his primary focus is on research and teaching.
His research and grants investigate bioenergy processes and waste treatments. Cheng’s publication record has resulted in over 85 articles in refereed scientific journals, and more than 90 papers in national and international technical conferences. He is the editor of “Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes” a book published in 2010 and considered a standard reference and textbook in the area of bioenergy.
Cheng research program is well funded having secured over 6 million dollars as the principal investigator or co-investigator for 33 research projects. His program centers on international research collaborations demonstrated by over 65 key-note speeches and seminars in the US, China, Europe, Japan, and South America. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Environmental Engineering and is the present associate editor of the Journal of (Chinese) Biology. He has served on more than 25 national and international professional committees and is well recognized for his research work.
In addition to his research program Cheng teaches a course in “Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes” and he has mentored 24 graduate students. Cheng is an associate faculty member of NCSU Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct faculty member of the Peking University –School of Environment and Energy in Shenzhen, China.
Cheng is a member of the American Society of Biological and Agricultural Engineers (ASABE), International Water Association (IWA), Water Environment Federation (WEF), Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological, and Food Engineers (AOC), and Chinese Association for Science and Technology in USA (CAST-USA).
Education
Environmental Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Biological Engineering
St. Cyril & Methodius University
Chemical Engineering
Jiangxi Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China
Research Description
Bioenergy processes and waste treatments
Publications
- Catalytic activity and reaction mechanisms of single-atom metals anchored on nitrogen-doped carbons for peroxymonosulfate activation
- Wu, S., Yang, Z., Zhou, Z., Li, X., Lin, Y., Cheng, J. J., & Yang, C. (2023), JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, 459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132133
- Chitosan-Fe3O4 composites enhance anaerobic digestion of liquor wastewater under acidic stress
- Nie, W., Lin, Y., Wu, X., Wu, S., Li, X., Cheng, J. J., & Yang, C. (2023), BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128927
- Combined effects of oxytetracycline concentration and organic loading rate on semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of swine wastewater
- Huang, Z., Niu, Q., Nie, W., Lin, Y., Wu, S., Li, X., … Yang, C. (2023), BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129179
- Cupric ions inducing dynamic hormesis in duckweed systems for swine wastewater treatment: Quantification, modelling and mechanisms
- Li, C., Lin, Y., Li, X., Cheng, J. J., & Yang, C. (2023), SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161411
- Stress of cupric ion and oxytetracycline in Chlorella vulgaris cultured in swine wastewater
- Luo, Y., Li, X., Lin, Y., Wu, S., Cheng, J. J., & Yang, C. (2023), SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165120
- COUPLING CIRCULARITY WITH CARBON NEGATIVITY IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS
- Lower, L., Cunniffe, J., Cheng, J. J., & Sagues, W. J. (2022), JOURNAL OF THE ASABE, 65(4), 849–864. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14908
- Effects of Sulfamethazine and Cupric Ion on Treatment of Anaerobically Digested Swine Wastewater with Growing Duckweed
- Xiao, Y., Yang, C., & Cheng, J. J. (2022), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 19(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19041949
- Efficient degradation of tetracycline by singlet oxygen-dominated peroxymonosulfate activation with magnetic nitrogen-doped porous carbon
- Wu, S., Yang, C., Lin, Y., & Cheng, J. J. (2022), JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 115, 330–340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2021.08.002
- Genome-centric metagenomics provides new insights into the microbial community and metabolic potential of landfill leachate microbiota
- Deng, C., Zhao, R., Qiu, Z., Li, B., Zhang, T., Guo, F., … Yu, K. (2022), SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151635
- Mechanism study on the regulation of metabolite flux for producing promising bioactive substances in microalgae Desmodesmus sp.YT through salinity stress
- Li, S., Chen, X., Wong, M. H., Chen, H., Tao, L., Liufu, G., … Yang, X. (2022), ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS, 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2022.102721
Grants
- Electrifying Animal & Fish Feed: Leveraging Microbes in Food Waste Anaerobic Digesters to Produce Single Cell Protein via Assimilation of CO2-Derived Formic Acid
- NC Biotechnology Center(1/03/22 - 1/02/23)
- Enzyme Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion (2E-AD) of Source Separated Organics and Municipal Solid Waste
- Novozymes(10/11/21 - 2/28/23)
- Optimization of Lemnaceae-Based Biogas Production
- NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services(1/01/21 - 6/30/23)
- Aquatic Biodegradability of Non-woven disposable structures
- NCSU Nonwovens Institute(1/01/19 - 8/15/22)
- Pilot-scale Continuous Flow Microwave Pre-treatment of Switchgrass and Bermudagrass
- Biofuels Center of North Carolina(6/27/11 - 12/31/12)
- Genetically Engineered Switchgrass for Ethanol Production
- Agrivida(8/01/08 - 7/31/10)
- Growing duckweed on swine wastewater for ethanol production
- Biofuels Center of North Carolina(6/25/08 - 6/30/10)
- Effective strategies for biogas and nutrient management resulting from anaerobic digestion in covered swine lagoons
- US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)(9/01/08 - 6/30/12)
- Conversion of Coastal Bermuda Grass into Bioethanol
- NC Biotechnology Center(5/01/07 - 4/30/10)
- Assigning Costs to Nutrient Reduction For Crop Agriculture, Animal Agriculture, and Urban Stormwater Management Practices
- Neuse River Compliance Association, Inc.(9/01/06 - 12/31/07)