Master’s Program in Environmental Engineering1. MEE Scope

2. MEE Members 4. Research Topics

Contribution to sustainable society through research

in global and local environmental issues.

6. Career Development

5. Selected Achievements

3. MEE Activities

Contact to MEE

Dr.

Nguyen Thi An HangDirector

• Environmental biotechnology

• Nutrient removal/recovery

from wastewater

Prof.

Nakajima JunCo-director/

RitsU

• Environmental technology

• Water engineering

Prof.

Fukushi KenCo-director/

UTokyo

• Sustainability science

• Risk assessment

Assoc. Prof.

Cao The HaProgram

Advisor

• Wastewater treatment

• Environmental management

Dr.

Tran Thi Viet Ha

Lecturer/

Program

coordinator

• Environmental chemistry

• Advanced materials for

environment remediation

Dr.

Yazawa TaishiJICA/RitsU

(2021-)

• Socio-hydrology

• Water diplomacy

Assoc. Prof.

Kasuga IkuroJICA/UTokyo

(2018-21)

• Antimicrobial resistance

• Water environment technology

Assoc. Prof.

Sato KeisukeJICA/RitsU

(2019-21)

• Environmental informatics

• Watershed management

Prof.

Katayama HiroyukiJICA/UTokyo

(2016-18)

• Water-borne microbial risk

• Virus monitoring and control

Ms.

Nguyen Thi Thuy HangProgram

assistant

• Social network

• Listening to music

Nguyên Bach Dương

Nguyên Thi Hông Nhung

Đinh Đàm Khánh

Cao Thi Thùy Giang

Nguyên Thi Thu Hòa

Htet Thu Soe

Karunasena Dhanuka Nayomal

4thMEEs 5th MEEs

Master’s program in

Entertainment and Eating!

ntt.hang@vju.ac.vn024 7306 6001 (Ext: 5072)

Internship in Japan

Field trip in Vietnam

• Research under JP professors

• Site visits/Company internship

• Site visits in places related

to SDGs in Vietnam.

2017 Ho Chi Minh etc.

2018 Da Nang, Hue

2019 Hai Phong, Quang Ninh

2020 Yen Bai, Lao Cai

Government5%

Univeristy5%

Ph.D (JP)28%

Ph.D (other countries)

6%JP company

28%

VN company

11%

Others17%

• Ph.D in leading universities in Japan

and other foreign countries

• Government/Public sectors related to

environmental issues

• Researchers in universities, institutes,

and industries

• Excellent JP/VN companies related to

environmental engineering1st and 2nd MEE alumni (n=18)

Water treatment

Microbial safety Environ. management

Advanced materials

• Constructed wetland for nutrient control

• Water treatment by immobilized bacteria

• Rainwater harvesting

• Electrolysis for phosphorus removal

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Urban-rural nutrient cycle analysis

• LCA of solid wastes

• Pro-environmental behavior

• Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

• Virus surveillance in swine wastewater

• Microbial source tracking of fecal pollution

• DNA/RNA-based microbial analysis

• Treatment of refractory organic pollutants

• g-C3N4/GaN-ZnO, TiO2

• Super-hydrophobic material

• Carbon fiber

Shimadzu, Hiyoshi, KOBELCO Eco-solutions, Nagaoka, Horiba,

TSS Tokyo water etc.

China

Myanmar

Laos

Vietnam

Thailand

• Vu, T.M.H. and Kasuga, I. 2020. Transmission of colistin resistance gene from water to aquatic vegetables due to untreated

wastewater reuse for irrigation in Hanoi, Vietnam, WET2020. [WET Excellent Presentation Award]

• Nguyen, T.A.H., Le, T.V., Sato, K., and Hashimoto, S. 2020. Potential of the mixture of coal slag and calcined ferralsols as the

wetland substrate to enhance phosphorus removal from wastewater, WET2020.

• Pham., T.K.C., Sato, K., and Soda, S. 2020 Enhanced nutrient removal from anaerobically digested swine wastewater using lab-

scale hybrid constructed wetlands with foamed waste glass and external carbon source, WET2020.

• Vu, T.M.H., Kasuga, I., and Katayama, H. 2020. Prevalence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in domestic

wastewater, 5th International Symposium on Sustainable Future in Asia. [Best poster award]

• Oladele, A.H., Tran, T.V.H., and Kasuga, I. 2020. Photocatalytic Activity of Nano TiO2 Powder for Dye and Antibiotic Degradation,

5th International Symposium on Sustainable Future in Asia.

• Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, T.A.H., Sato, K., Vu, N.D., Cao, T.H. et al. 2019. Applicability of white hard clam (Meretrix lyrata) shell as

filter media in constructed wetlands to enhance phosphorus removal from swine wastewater, GTSW2019. [1st oral presentation

winner award]

• Ho, T.S., Tran, T.V.H., and Kasuga, I. 2019. Development of bio-activated carbon fiber for drinking water treatment, GTSW2019.

• Ma, T.T.M., Kasuga, I., Cao, T.H., and Katayama, H. 2019. Fate of pathogens in lab-scale duckweed pond treatment for post-

biogas swine wastewater, WET2019.

• Tran, D.L., Nakajima, J., Kamiko, N. 2019. Consideration of existing rainwater harvesting system and its enhancement using

membrane filtration, WET2019.

• Tran, T.V.H. and Lee, B.K. 2019. Development of stable superhydrophobic fabric with ZnO coating for selective separation of

oil/organic solvent and water, 4th International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia.

<Full papers>

<Presentations at international conference>

• Nguyen, T.N., Liu, M., Katayama, H., Takemura, T. and Kasuga, I. 2020. Association of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 with fecal pollution

in water environments in Hanoi, Vietnam, Letters in Applied Microbiology, in press.

• Vu, T.M.H. and Kasuga, I. 2020. Prevalence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in domestic wastewater, IOP Conference

Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 496, 012014.

• Dinh, T.T.U., Soda, S., Nguyen, T.A.H., Nakajima, J., and Cao, T.H. 2020. Nutrient elimination from anaerobically treated swine wastewater

using lab-scale duckweed stabilization ponds. Science of the Total Environment 722, 137854.

• Dao, T.D. Pham, D.D., Nguyen, T.A.H., Tran, T.V.H. Hoang, C.V., and Pham, T.T. 2020. Bioinspired broadband absorbers induced by copper

nanostructures on natural leaves. Scientific Reports 10, 3243,

• Nguyen, T.T.H., Nguyen, B.Q., Duong, T.T., Bui, T.K.A., Nguyen, T.A.H., and Cao, T.H. et al. 2019. Pilot-scale removal of arsenic and heavy

metals from mining wastewater using adsorption combined with constructed wetland. Minerals 9, 379-394.

• Nguyen, T.A.H., Ngo, H.H., Guo, W.S., Pham, T.Q., Nguyen, T.H., and Nguyen, T.H.H. 2019. Applicability of zirconium loaded okara in the

removal and recovery of phosphorus from municipal wastewater. Conference Proceeding. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental

Science, 2019, 266 (1).

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