The Kent Ridge Alumni Family Day (KRAFD) themed ‘Welcome Back!’ was held on 13th August 2022. Centre for Water Research (CWR) is pleased to host lab visit for NUS community and alumni. CWR lab visit started with welcome and opening remark from Prof Hu Jiangyong. Prof Hu introduced CWR’s latest research innovations and activities to the
The “Environmental Sustainability: Progress and Challenges” Symposium has concluded its work successfully on 8th April 2022. The symposium was co-organized by Sustainable Environment Research Cluster and Centre for Water Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore. This symposium brought together more than 100 participants from environmental engineering industrial
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The Centre for Water Research (CWR) Seminar themed “Ozone- and UV-based technologies for the removal of emerging contaminants and bacteria from water” was held on 5th of January, 2022. About 30 participants attended this virtual seminar. The participants include students, staff, researchers from local academic institutions and industrial companies. The opening session was addressed by
The IWA ACHSW/EESS/CWR online workshop on Emerging Contaminants in Water was co-organized by International Water Association (IWA) Assessment and Control of Hazardous Substances in Water (ACHSW), Environmental Engineering Society of Singapore (EESS), Centre of Water Research (CWR) at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). The workshop serves as a platform
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An online workshop on advanced technologies for wastewater treatment and resource recovery was organised by CWR on 28th August 2021. CWR researchers shared their research findings in computational fluid dynamics-kinetic modelling of FBR-Fenton/GAC process and bromate formation in UVA/TiO2/peroxydisulfate system. Ammonium removal/recovery in domestic wastewater by polymeric hydrogels and application of novel vibrating ceramic membrane
An online workshop on advanced oxidation and biological processes for industrial wastewater treatment was organised by CWR on 4th March 2021. CWR researchers shared their research findings in quorum quenching membrane bioreactor and combined catalytic ozonation-membrane bioreactor process for phenolic wastewater treatment. Cost-effective reverse osmosis concentrate treatment with Fenton-biological activated carbon and Ozone-biological activated carbon
CWR co-organized a webinar with Singapore Water Association (SWA), Singapore on 4th February 2021. Mr. Kshitij Asthana, Associate Director of AECOM Singapore was invited to introduce SWA and share the career pathways for environmental engineering graduates. Mr Asthana first introduced SWA as a non-profitable organization aiming to nourish and prosper Singapore water industry. It provides
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An online seminar on stormwater management and wastewater treatment processes modelling/optimization was organised by CWR on 15th December 2020. CWR researchers shared their research findings in ABC Waters design features modelling and reverse osmosis concentrate treatment process optimization with machine learning. Development of novel metal organic framework catalyst and electro-peroxone process were also presented in
Ms. Melissa Low from Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore was invited by CWR to deliver a talk on 18th November 2020. This talk provided an overview of Singapore’s low carbon energy transition in view of the 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution and Long-term Low Emissions Development Strategy. Ms. Low discussed ways in which Singapore
CWR researcher Dr Jothinathan Lakshimi (Research Fellow) entered into Falling Wall competition organized by Falling Walls Foundation gGmbH, Germany together with NUS research team (Prof. Hu Jiangyong (PI), Prof. Ong Say Leong (Co-PI) and Dr Cai Qingqin (team member) as finalist in Oct. 2020. Here is the video on the novel catalytic ozonation process developed
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