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Overview

  • I got my BS degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China (2008), and my MS (2011) and PhD (2012) degrees from University of South Florida. Before UNH, I was a post-doctoral associate at Yale University. My research seeks to understand and enhance infrastructure sustainability and resiliency using a systems approach. I have led several National Science Foundation-funded projects, working on integrated planning of water and energy systems, spatial optimization of decentralized infrastructure systems considering user preferences, and crowdsourced monitoring for drinking water safety and resiliency.


    I am looking for highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students to join my group. Interested students are encouraged to contact me by email with their CV and a brief statement of research interests.


    Selected awards and honors:
    Platinum Sustainability Award in Faculty Research, University of New Hampshire 2022
    National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2021
    Roland H. O’Neal Professorship, University of New Hampshire 2019-2022
    Award of Excellence in Research, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 2019
    Graduate School Summer Faculty Fellowship, University of New Hampshire 2016

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2024 Risk-based public health impact assessment for drinking water contamination emergencies..  Science of the Total Environment.  931:172966. 2024
    2024 Dynamics of large-scale solar PV adoption feedback effects: A technical, economic, and environmental assessment.  Resources, Conservation and Recycling.  205:107571-107571. 2024
    2023 Building resilience for an uncertain drinking water future.  AWWA Water Science.  5. 2023
    2023 Integrating knowledge co-production with life cycle assessment.  Resources, Conservation and Recycling.  188:106650-106650. 2023
    2022 Spatial household preferences of decentralized solar photovoltaic and thermal systems.  Resources, Conservation and Recycling.  185:106487-106487. 2022
    2022 Tap-Water Lead Monitoring through Citizen Science: Influence of Socioeconomics and Participation on Environmental Literacy, Behavior, and Communication.  Journal of Environmental Engineering.  148. 2022
    2022 Integration of multi-objective spatial optimization and data-driven interpretation to direct the city-wide sustainable promotion of building-based decentralized water technologies.  Water Research.  222:118880-118880. 2022
    2021 The role of climate change and decentralization in urban water services: A dynamic energy-water nexus analysis..  Water Research.  207:117830. 2021
    2021 Comparing centralized and point‐of‐use treatments of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances.  AWWA Water Science.  3. 2021
    2021 Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Comparison of Water Droplet Machining and Traditional Abrasive Waterjet Cutting.  Sustainability.  13:12275-12275. 2021
    2021 Modeling spatial diffusion of decentralized water technologies and impacts on the urban water systems.  Journal of Cleaner Production.  315:128169-128169. 2021
    2021 Climate change impacts on flexible pavement design and rehabilitation practices.  Road Materials and Pavement Design.  22:2098-2112. 2021
    2021 Spatially optimized distribution of household rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems.  Journal of Cleaner Production.  312:127736-127736. 2021
    2021 A Spatial Life Cycle Cost Comparison of Residential Greywater and Rainwater Harvesting Systems.  Environmental Engineering Science.  38:715-728. 2021
    2021 Environmental, human health, and economic implications of landfill leachate treatment for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance removal..  Journal of Environmental Management.  289:112558. 2021
    2021 Managing residential solar photovoltaic-battery systems for grid and life cycle economic and environmental co-benefits under time-of-use rate design.  Resources, Conservation and Recycling.  169:105527-105527. 2021
    2021 Can science-informed, consensus-based stakeholder negotiations achieve optimal dam decision outcomes?.  Environmental Development.  37:100602-100602. 2021
    2021 A temporal perspective to dam management: influence of dam life and threshold fishery conditions on the energy-fish tradeoff.  Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment.  35:83-94. 2021
    2020 Balancing fish-energy-cost tradeoffs through strategic basin-wide dam management.  Resources, Conservation and Recycling.  161:104990-104990. 2020
    2020 The energy implication of climate change on urban wastewater systems.  Journal of Cleaner Production.  267:121905-121905. 2020
    2020 A spatial life cycle cost assessment of stormwater management systems..  Science of the Total Environment.  728:138787. 2020
    2020 Dynamic life cycle economic and environmental assessment of residential solar photovoltaic systems..  Science of the Total Environment.  722:137932. 2020
    2020 Protection through participation: Crowdsourced tap water quality monitoring for enhanced public health..  Water Research.  169:115209. 2020
    2019 Decentralized water collection systems for households and communities: Household preferences in Atlanta and Boston..  Water Research.  167:115134. 2019
    2019 A dynamic life cycle assessment of green infrastructures..  Science of the Total Environment.  692:1146-1154. 2019
    2019 Managing dams for energy and fish tradeoffs: What does a win-win solution take?.  Science of the Total Environment.  669:833-843. 2019
    2019 Realistic Traffic Condition Informed Life Cycle Assessment: Interstate 495 Maintenance and Rehabilitation Case Study.  Sustainability.  11:3245-3245. 2019
    2018 A multiscale approach to balance trade-offs among dam infrastructure, river restoration, and cost..  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.  115:12069-12074. 2018
    2018 The water-energy nexus at water supply and its implications on the integrated water and energy management..  Science of the Total Environment.  636:1257-1267. 2018
    2018 Influences of water quality and climate on the water-energy nexus: A spatial comparison of two water systems..  Journal of Environmental Management.  218:613-621. 2018
    2018 Cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions from dams in the United States of America.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.  90:945-956. 2018
    2018 Sustainable and Resilient Design of Interdependent Water and Energy Systems: A Conceptual Modeling Framework for Tackling Complexities at the Infrastructure-Human-Resource Nexus.  Sustainability.  10:1845-1845. 2018
    2018 A Regional Analysis of the Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs of Different Economic Growth Paths.  Sustainability.  10:542-542. 2018
    2016 Modeling the influence of various water stressors on regional water supply infrastructures and their embodied energy.  Environmental Research Letters.  11:064018-064018. 2016
    2016 Understanding the influence of climate change on the embodied energy of water supply..  Water Research.  95:220-229. 2016
    2015 Application of membrane dewatering for algal biofuel.  Algal Research.  11:1-12. 2015
    2014 Energy-water nexus analysis of enhanced water supply scenarios: a regional comparison of Tampa Bay, Florida, and San Diego, California..  Environmental Science and Technology (Washington).  48:5883-5891. 2014
    2013 Energy-nutrients-water nexus: integrated resource recovery in municipal wastewater treatment plants..  Journal of Environmental Management.  127:255-267. 2013
    2012 Can municipal wastewater treatment systems be carbon neutral?.  Journal of Environmental Management.  112:360-367. 2012
    2012 Embodied Energy and Carbon Footprint Benefits of Water Reclamation.  World Water: Water Reuse & Desalination.  3:29-29. 2012
    2012 Energy Embodiment of Water Supply: A Comparison between the US and China.  Advanced Materials Research.  356-360:2175-+. 2012
    2011 Embodied energy comparison of surface water and groundwater supply options..  Water Research.  45:5577-5586. 2011
    2010 Measuring the embodied energy in drinking water supply systems: a case study in the Great Lakes region..  Environmental Science and Technology (Washington).  44:9516-9521. 2010
    A Dynamic Life Cycle Economic and Environmental Assessment of Green Infrastructures
    Conceptualizing space environmental sustainability.  npj Advanced Manufacturing.  1.
    How long should we keep a dam? Influence of dam life and initial fishery conditions on the energy-fish tradeoff
    Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Implications of Small Drinking Water System Upgrades to Reduce Disinfection Byproducts
    Multi-Objective Decision-Making for an Island Microgrid in the Gulf of Maine.  Sustainability.  15:13900-13900.
    Sustainability Metrics for Assessing Water Resource Recovery Facilities of the Future

    Chapter

    Year Title
    2020 Impacts of climate-change and realistic traffic conditions on asphalt pavement and rehabilitation decisions using life cycle assessment.  153-162. 2020
    2017 Sustainable pavement rehabilitation strategy using consequential life cycle assessment.  2193-2200. 2017
    The Sustainability Dimensions of Resource Recovery from “Wastewater”

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2017 Sustainable pavement rehabilitation strategy using consequential life cycle assessment.  Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields. 2193-2200. 2017
    2017 Life-cycle assessment of road pavements containing marginal materials: Comparative analysis based on a real case study.  199-208. 2017
    Embodied Energy Model on Water Supply Systems in Great Lakes Region
    Energy Embodiment of Water Supply: A Comparison between the US and China
    The Optimal Design of Water Supply Systems for Energy Efficiency

    Principal Investigator On

  • RII Track-2 FEC: ENACTS  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2024 - 2028
  • FMRG: Eco: GOALI: Exploring an  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2023 - 2027
  • CAREER: Decision Theoretic Lif  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2021 - 2026
  • CAREER: Decision Theoretic Life Cycle Assessment  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2021 - 2026
  • Completing Stream Crossing Assessments in the Merrimack and Salmon Falls Watersheds and Advancing Watershed Planning to Support Aquatic Connectivity and Flood Resiliency  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2022 - 2024
  • Distributed Water and Energy  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2017 - 2022
  • Resilience, Reliability, and Externalities of Integrated Centralized and Distributed Water and Energy  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2017 - 2022
  • CERC 3  awarded by University of California at Irvine 2020 - 2021
  • Demostrating Value of Improved Data Access to Support Basin-Wide River Planning Efforts: CERC 3  awarded by University of California at Irvine 2020 - 2021
  • EAGER PERR  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2018 - 2020
  • EAGER: PERR: Development of a Contest-based Crowdsourcing Scheme for Public Water Quality Monitoring  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2018 - 2020
  • CRISP Type I  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2016 - 2019
  • CRISP Type I-Collaborative Research: Sustainable and Resilient Design Interdependent Water  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2016 - 2019

    • Investigator On

    Teaching Activities

  • Intro to Sustainable Eng Taught course
  • Environmental Life CycleAssess Taught course 2024
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2024
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2023
  • Environmntl Pollutn & Protectn Taught course 2022
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2022
  • Student Research Experience Taught course 2022
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2021
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2021
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2021
  • Environmental Life CycleAssess Taught course 2021
  • Environmntl Pollutn & Protectn Taught course 2021
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2020
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2020
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2020
  • Environmntl Pollutn & Protectn Taught course 2020
  • Systems Analysis of the Envir Taught course 2020
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2019
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2019
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2019
  • Environmental Life CycleAssess Taught course 2019
  • Environmntl Pollutn & Protectn Taught course 2019
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2018
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2018
  • Environmntl Pollutn & Protectn Taught course 2018
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2018
  • Spec Top/Environ Life Cycle Taught course 2017
  • Spec Top/Environ Life Cycle Taught course 2017
  • Adv Haz Waste&Envirnmtl Sample Taught course 2016
  • Adv Haz Waste&Envirnmtl Sample Taught course 2016
  • Adv Haz Waste&Envirnmtl Sample Taught course 2016
  • Environmental Sampl & Analysis Taught course 2016
  • Project Planning and Design Taught course 2016
  • Spec Top/Environ Life Cycle Taught course 2016
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2015
  • Spec Top/Environ Life Cycle Taught course 2015
  • Top/Sys Analysis Environment Taught course 2014

    • Education And Training

  • B.S. Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida
  • Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida

    • Full Name

  • Weiwei Mo