Dr. Xing Xie is a Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor and the Environmental Engineering Group Coordinator in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a postdoc at Caltech. Dr. Xie received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science & Engineering from Tsinghua. He received his second M.S. degree in Materials Science & Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford. Dr. Xie’s research interests center around the applications of environmental biotechnology and materials science at the nexus of water, food, energy, and health. He has worked on many projects related to water treatment and reuse, pollutant detection and quantification, and energy and resource recovery. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, and his work has been cited over 11,000 times with an H-index of 45. Dr. Xie has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (2019), Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Emerging Investigator Award (2020), Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (2021), Best Paper Award from Environmental Science & Technology (2022), James J. Morgan Early Career Award Honorable Mention from American Chemical Society (2023), and Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from American Society of Civil Engineers (2024). He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Georgia.
Dr. Xie’s research interests center around the applications of environmental biotechnology and materials science at the nexus of water, food, energy, and health. He has worked on many projects related to water treatment and reuse, pollutant detection and quantification, and energy and resource recovery.
Dr. Xie’s teaching is focused on environmental engineering classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He currently teaches undergraduate-level Energy and Resource Recovery and graduate-level Environmental Nanotechnology. Dr. Xie’ research is student-focused and actively involves both graduate and undergraduate students.
2025 The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Participant, NAE
2024 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers
2024 Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science & Technology
2023 40 Under 40 Recognition,
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)
2023 James J. Morgan Early Career Award Honorable Mention, American Chemical Society
2023 COE Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research Award (Early Career), Georgia Tech
2023 Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, Georgia Tech
2022 Outstanding Young Editorial Board Members, Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.
2022 Best Paper Award, Environmental Science & Technology
2021 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award,
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)
2021 CEE Young Faculty Research Award, Georgia Tech
2021 Young Investigator Award, CAPEES/Nanova
2020 Emerging Investigator, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO)
2020 Emerging Investigator, Journal of Material Chemistry A
2019 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation
2019 Emerging Investigator, Environmental Science: Nano
2019 Paul A. Duke GIFT Action Plan Achievement Mentor Award, Georgia Tech
2019 Bill Schutz Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Georgia Tech
2019 Faces of Inclusive Excellence, Georgia Tech
2018 Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow, Georgia Tech
Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor Xing Xie has won the College of Engineering's Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research Award (Early Career). Xie is one of eight faculty members selected for this year's awards.
Associate Professor Xing Xie, Ph.D. graduate Wensi Chen, and master's graduate Matthew Phillips have been honored with the Georgia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi's 2023 Faculty and Student Research Awards. These awards recognize outstanding research accomplishments and contributions to the scientific community.
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have found a way to use small shocks of electricity to disinfect water, reducing energy consumption, cost, and environmental impact. The technology could be integrated into the electric grid or even powered by batteries.
