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Awards |
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Publication Awards |
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2013:
Environmental Science & Technology’s 2013 Best Paper Award (Technology),
American Chemical Society |
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Research paper: Loo S.L., Fane
A.G., Lim T.T.*, Krantz W.B., Liang Y.N., Liu X.,
Hu X.* (2013). Superabsorbent cryogels decorated
with silver nanoparticles as a novel water technology for point-of-use
disinfection. Environmental Science & Technology 47 (16), 9363-9371. |
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2013: Elsevier’s Top Cited Paper for 2010 and 2011, published in
Applied Catalysis B Environmental. Research paper: Wang X., Lim
T.T.* (2010). Solvothermal synthesis of C-N codoped TiO2 and photocatalytic evaluation for bisphenol A degradation using a visible-light irradiated
LED photoreactor. Applied Catalysis B:
Environmental 100, 355–364. |
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2011: Water Research’s Top Cited Author for 2007 – 2011 Research paper: Goh
K.H., Lim T.T.*, Dong Z.L. (2008). Application of layered double hydroxides
for removal of oxyanions: a review. Water Research 42, 1343 – 1368. |
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Mentorship Awards |
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2017:
PhD student (Siew-Leng Loo) won American Water
Works Association's First Place 2017 Academic Achievement Award for the best Doctoral
Dissertation. |
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Title
of PhD thesis: “Superabsorbent cryogels decorated
with silver nanoparticles as a novel technology for emergency point-of-use
water treatment” |
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Main
supervisor: Anthony G. Fane |
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Co-supervisors:
Teik-Thye Lim and Xiao Hu |
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Mentor:
William B. Krantz |
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2010:
PhD student, Kok-Hui Goh, is the winner of the
World Future Foundation’s Best PhD Prize of 2010.
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Title
of PhD thesis: “Sorption of Oxyanions on Nanocrystalline
Mg/Al Layered Double Hydroxides: Sorption Characteristics, Mechanisms, and
Matrix Interferences” |
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2009: Honoured as the most inspirational mentor by Miss H.Q. Soh, the winner of University Scholar Award 2009. |
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Title of
undergraduate final year research project:
“Design of Household-Level Arsenic Treatment System in Cambodia:
System Design and Performance” |
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2005: MEng student (Kok-Hui Goh) was awarded
Singapore Millennium Foundation’s PhD Fellowship for 2005-2009 (the only SMF
fellowship for PhD study in Environmental Engineering), based on his
excellent achievement in M.Eng study. |
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Title of M.Eng thesis: “Arsenic and Selenium Removal from A
Contaminated Soil by Competitive Anions and Redox Transformation” |
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Research Awards |
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2006: Research Outstanding and Award
Recognition by Nanyang Technological University |
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2001: NTU-APBF
Technology & Engineering Research Program - 1st prize for Civil &
Environmental Engineering Category |
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Industry Service Award |
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2018: Recipient
of Enterprise Singapore Merit Award 2018 for contributions to the Singapore Standardisation Programme |
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