Loh Wai Lam

LOH Wai Lam

Associate Professor (Practice)

Fluid Mechanics

A/Prof LOH Wai Lam currently coordinates the Offshore Oil & Gas Technology Specialisation. He is also the Programme Manager (Subsea Systems and Transportation) for the Centre of Offshore Research & Engineering (CORE).

Before joining NUS in 2006, A/Prof Loh has worked for more than 16 years in the UK for several Oil & Gas and related companies, in the capacities of Senior Project Engineer, Project Manager, Consultant and Head of R&D. During this time he has led and managed numerous multi-disciplinary consortium R&D projects for the Oil & Gas Industry relating to Oil & Gas production, processing and transportation, etc. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He has also successfully invented, patented and developed numerous novel devices and systems for the Oil & Gas Industry. Through his innovative work, A/Prof Loh has received several prestigious international awards including THE ROYAL SOCIETY Esso Energy Award and Gold Medal in 1998 and the Special Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation from Hart’s Petroleum International, USA, in 1999.

Qualification
PhD, MSc, BEng (Univ of Manchester, UK), CEng, MRAeS, SPE

Research Interests
Subsea processing
Oil, water and gas separation
Multiphase jet pump and ejectors
Multiphase pumping
Multiphase flow metering
Production enhancements in oil and gas production