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NERI-CWR Seminar: Insights from Asst. Prof. Jin Xue on Resource Recovery for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

July 11, 2025

Together with NERI, we were delighted to host an inspiring seminar featuring Asst. Prof. Jin Xue from the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University, and chaired by Professor Hu Jiangyong, NERI Deputy Director and Director of Centre for Water Research on 10 July 2025. Titled “Sustainable Resources Recovery for Climate-Resilient

CWR researcher attended 2025 S3 Sustainability Forum

June 23, 2025

The 2025 S3 Sustainability Forum, jointly organized by Fudan University, the National University of Singapore, and Korea University, was held in Shanghai in May 2025. As a strategic collaboration among three universities founded in 1905, the S3 Forum aims to promote interdisciplinary research and education on sustainability. This year’s forum centered around the theme “AI

CWR Seminar Highlights Innovations in Water Treatment and Emerging Contaminants Management

June 7, 2025

The Centre for Water Research (CWR) successfully hosted a seminar on “Novel Treatment Processes and Emerging Contaminants” on 6 June 2025. The event brought together researchers, students, and industry experts for knowledge exchange and discussion. Four researchers from CWR shared their research findings focused on emerging contaminants such as microplastics and antibiotic exposure, as well

[Call for Abstracts] Symposium on Microplastics in the Environment and Water

April 19, 2025

Join us at the National University of Singapore from September 18-19, 2025, for the MP Symposium 2025. This event is a collaborative effort organised by the NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), the NUS Centre for Water Research (CWR), and the SG Lab Forum. As the use of plastic materials continues to grow globally, the resulting

Environmental and Sustainability Engineering Symposium 2025

April 15, 2025

“Through this symposium, we hope to provide a platform for the community to share advances in sustainable development, promote idea exchange among experts from the industry, public sector, faculty, students and alumni, and foster future collaborations.” – Professor Hu Jiangyong, Programme Director for Environmental and Sustainability Engineering (ESE) and Director for the Centre for Water

Awards

CWR researcher received 2024 IWA MTSG Doctoral Thesis Award

Congratulations to Dr. Wang Chuansheng on receiving the 2024 IWA Membrane Technology Specialist Group (MTSG) Doctoral Thesis Award. This prestigious recognition honors his outstanding doctoral research conducted at the Centre for Water Research

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CWR Researchers won the best oral and poster presentation awards in the 30th KKNN Symposium on Environmental Engineering

Mr. Xia Zhengang won the best oral presentation and Mr. Thitiwut Maliwan won the best poster presentation awards in the 30th KKNN Symposium on Environmental Engineering. Mr. Xia Zhengang won the best oral presentation award Mr. Thitiwut Maliwan won the best poster presentation award

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Prof Hu Jiangyong named IWA Distinguished Fellow.

Professor Hu Jiangyong (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been honoured as a Distinguished Fellow of the International Water Association (IWA). Her election to the prestigious fellowship was announced at the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition held in Toronto, Canada on 12 August.

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Prof. Hu’s election to International Water Association (IWA) Distinguished Fellow.

Professor Hu Jiangyong has been elected as IWA Distinguished Fellow on 12 August 2024 in IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Toronto, Canada. This honorific recognition is for those who have been recognised for their long-term extraordinary contributions to the global water sector and leadership role performed in supporting IWA’s mission and objectives.

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Dr Bongkotrat suyamud received travel award by IWA Micropol and Ecohazard conference, held in Taipei in this June, 2024.

Dr Bongkotrat suyamud (visiting Research Fellow supervised by Prof. Hu Jiangyong) received travel award by IWA Micropol and Ecohazard conference, held in Taipei in this June, 2024.

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Ms Dong Zhan won poster presentation award in SWSM 2023 in Thailand

CEE student Ms Dong Zhan won poster presentation award in SWSM 2023 in Thailand

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Jim Bolton Student Presentation Awards in 2023 IUVA World Congress

International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) presented a Jim Bolton Student Presentation Award (2nd place) to a CEE PhD student Mr Zhong Yu (supervised by Prof. Hu Jiangyong) during the IUVA World Congress, held in September 10-13, 2023 at the InterContinental Dubai - Festival City in Dubai, U.A.E. for his oral presentation on “Emerging micropollutants removal by ozone/BAC with UV/chloramine”.

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Best Presentation Award in the 7th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences

Mr Iman Jafari gave a presentation of “Optimized chlorine bulk decay models and a machine-learning-guided water quality responsive kinetic model for residual chlorine prediction” and got the Best Presentation Award in the 7th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences.

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Oral Presentation Prize in ACS Spring 2023:Crossroads of Chemistry

Mr Shayok Ghosh, a PhD candidate in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering supervised by Prof. Hu Jiangyong awarded Oral Presentation Prize in the conference of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2023:Crossroads of Chemistry.

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Silver Award by Env. Engr. Master students in International Biotechnology Competition and Exhibition 2022

Master students Feng Ying (MSc in Env. Engr.) and Wee Liting (MEng in Env. Engr.) achieved the Silver Award in Innovation Product Presentation in the Green Technology category held on the 8th annual International Biotechnology Competition and Exhibition 2022...

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