ABOUT JINKAI
Jinkai Xue, Ph.D., P.Eng. (APEGA, APEGS)
Associate Professor
Cold-Region Water Resource Recovery Laboratory (CRWRRL)
Environmental Systems Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Regina
ED481, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4V 1E7, Canada
Email: jinkai.xue[at]uregina.ca
CEO / Founder
EcoLoop Sustainable Technologies Limited
Regina, SK
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Queensland University of Technology
Adjunct Member
Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities (IEESC), University of Regina
Education
- 2012-2016, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada.
- 2010, Visiting Student, Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
- 2009-2011, M.Sc., Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
- 2005-2009, B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China.
Employment
- 07/2023 to present, Associate Professor, Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 08/2024 to present, Founder/CEO, EcoLoop Sustainable Technologies Limited, Canada.
- 01/2023-06/2023, Acting Program Chair, Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 08/2019-06/2023, Tenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 01/2019-08/2019, Associate Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
- 06/2017-12/2018, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- 11/2016-05/2017, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA.
Selected Services
- Editor, Water Environment Research, Wiley, 2025 - present.
- Chair, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) South SK Section, 2025 - present.
- Council Member, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS), 2025 - present.
- Member, NSERC Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering (1509) Evaluation Group, 2025 - present.
- Member, NSERC Committee on Research Partnerships, 2023 - present.
- Vice Chair, Environmental Division, CSCE, 2024 - present.
- Vice Chair, Cold Regions Technical Committee, CSCE, 2025 - present.
- Chair, Scholarship and Awards Committee, Central Canada Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Region 3, 2024 - present.
- Member, Nominating Committee, Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS).
- Early Career Board Member of Journal of Environmental Engineering
- Young Editorial Board Member of Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering (FESE)
Teaching
ENEV 223 Engineering, Environment, and Society
Introduction and application of environmental design in engineering practice, including public health and safety, environmental ethics, resource and energy systems, and impacts of technology on society, sustainable development and environmental stewardship.
ENEV 322 Applied Microbial Systems
An introduction to microbial structure, physiology, and environmental relationships with emphasis on the application of microbial systems to environmental engineering. Includes a survey of microbiological processes that occur within and/or influence the function of engineered and natural systems, as well as a design module.
ENEV 334 Simulation and Decision Making for Engineers
Simulation and decision-making for environmental engineering systems and problems such as contamination, floods, and traffic. Topics include numerical methods, distributions, regression, hypothesis testing, modelling, and risk analyses.
ENEV 866 Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Current and novel industrial wastewater management strategies; treatment process design theory and approaches; and industrial water/wastewater quantity and quality requirement.
ENEV 886DD Biotechnology for Environmental Systems Engineering
An introduction to microbial structure, physiology, and environmental relationships with emphasis on applying microbial systems to environmental engineering. Includes a survey of microbiological processes that occur within and/or influence the function of engineered and natural systems, as well as a design module.
ENEV 415 Environmental Systems Engineering Design Project and Communications
Preparation and presentation of a report on an approved systems engineering design project. Basics of preparing and presenting engineering reports.
Introduction to Sponge Cities (undergraduate course developed and taught at Sun Yat-sen University)
Introduction to low impact development technologies.