Young Researcher Award

" Having a strong passion and perseverance,
developing a clear vision, applying scientific knowledge
in enhancing engineering processes and enjoying the
excitement of exploring the unknown, you will be able
to achieve breakthroughs that contribute
to the betterment of society. "


Assoc Prof NG How Yong

PhD (University of California, Berkeley); MEng, BEng (NUS)
Division of Environmental Science & Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Water reclamation and desalination focusing on fouling in membrane processes
  • Development of novel membrane processes and hybrid system for water reuse and desalination
  • Biological processes for wastewater treatment
  • Energy reduction and recovery from waste and wastewater

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Invented a novel membrane incorporating nanotubes that enhances forward osmosis productivity and a US patent was filed
  • Determined the contributing factors to membrane fouling that significantly impacted the operations of submerged membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment
  • Optimized a microbial fuel cell system capable of producing electricity directly from wastewater and monitoring toxicity in wastewater
  • Secured generous competitive research funding from governments and industry of over S$9 million over the past 4 years

RESEARCH STRENGTHS
  • Strong ability to bridge scientific research and industry needs

PUBLICATION CREDITS
  • Contributed over 90 publications in international peer reviewed journals and conference papers with 19 in super tier and top tier journals

INTERNATIONAL STANDING
  • Widely regarded as being among the top 100 researchers globally in his field
  • Serves as Associate Editor of top journals such as Water Research and the ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management
  • Reviewer for more than 10 international journals
  • Secretary, Management Committee of the International Water Association Specialist Group on Membrane Technology (since 2005)
  • Member, Young Water Professional Committee, the International Water Association (2006 – 2008)
  • Member, International Water Association (since 2004)
  • Member, North American Membrane Society (since 2003)
  • Member, Water Environmental Federation (since 1997)
  • Honorary Secretary, Environmental Engineering Society of Singapore (2004 – 2008)
  • Member, National Environment Agency Technical Working Committee on Recreational Water Quality (2007 – 2008)
  • Member, Council of the Singapore Water Association (since 2009)
  • Alternate Chairman, Environmental Engineering Division Management Committee, Institute of Engineers Singapore (since 2007)
  • Invited to deliver invited presentations at 18 international conferences (3 of these were keynote presentations)

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
  • Singapore Youth Award (2008)
  • Singapore Young Scientist Award (2007)
  • International Water Association Young Professionals Award (2006)
  • Gold Medal, National Science and Technology Board (1997)
  • Environmental Engineering Society of Singapore Medal (1997)
  • Singapore Professional Engineers Board Gold Medal (1997)

RESEARCH ASPIRATION
To develop novel forward osmosis membranes and low cost forward osmosis hybrid systems with high productivity and energy efficiencies for water reuse and desalination to address the world's water scarcity challenges


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