Webinars@NUS

NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), on behalf of NUS had organised the Webinars@NUS, a series of online seminars held in conjunction with the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2021.
The Webinar series comprised live and pre-recorded sessions that aimed to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, share NUS state of the art research, technologies and development, and explore IP commercialisation as well as collaborative partnerships in the Food, Water, Waste and Energy Nexus for sustainable development.
Seven Live Webinar sessions were held daily from 23 June to 1 July 2021, while three (3) Pre-recorded Webinar sessions were available for viewing from 21 June to 2 July 2021.
Video recordings of the Live Webinars and Pre-recorded Webinars sessions are available below:

 

Live Webinars

 

Webinar 1

23 June 2021, Wednesday
1600 – 1700 (SGT)
A Generalised Approach for Developing Sustainable Solutions for Future Food Production

Dr. Pavagadhi Shruti,
NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), NUS

Webinar 2

24 June 2021, Thursday
1600 – 1700 (SGT)
A Waste-derived Hydrogel: Towards Sustainable Farming through Minimising Water Leakage and Nutrient Loss
Dr. Wee Kee Tan,
NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), NUS

Webinar 3

25 June 2021, Friday
1600 – 1700 (SGT)
Biotransformation of Food Processing Wastewater into Microalgae-based High Value-added Products
Dr. Sheetal Kishor Parakh,
NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), NUS

Webinar 4 

28 June 2021, Monday
1600 – 1700 (SGT)
Waste Plastics on Roads: Potentials, Challenges and Building a Circular Economy

Assoc Prof. Raymond Ong Ghim Ping,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, NUS

Webinar 5 

29 June 2021, Tuesday
1600 – 1700 (SGT)
From Waste to Value: Advanced Carbon and Metal Products Derived from Industrial Carbon Waste
Dr. Zhiyi Yao & Dr. Cadiam Mohan Babu, CBE Eco-Solutions Pte. Ltd.
(A NUS Spin-off Company)

Webinar 6

30 June 2021, Wednesday
1600 – 1700 (SGT)
Simulation of Wastewater Treatment using Hybrid Model

Dr. Ching Kwek Pooi,
NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), NUS

Webinar 7

1 July 2021, Thursday
1600 – 1700 (SGT)
Dealing with Hard-to-Treat Industrial Wastewater
Assoc Prof. Olivier LEFEBVRE,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, NUS

 

Pre-recorded Webinars

 

Pre-recorded Presentation 1

Highly permeable, fouling-resistant hollow fiber reverse osmosis membranes for energy efficient wastewater desalination
Asst Prof. Sui Zhang,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, NUS

Pre-recorded Presentation 3

2Intelligent Integrated BioSensor (I2BIoS) for real-time monitoring of heavy metals and cyanide in Sewer Network and Water Resources.
Dr. Shailesh Kharkwal,
CEO & Co-Founder of EnvironSens
(a NUS Spin-off Company)