Membrane Technology: Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) for Wastewater Treatment

Dr Zuo received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore for his work on membrane technologies. His areas of expertise are membrane processes, membrane formation, hollow fiber spinning, membrane transport mechanisms, and water treatment. He has invented several membranes for pervaporation and membrane distillation applications, and received the World Future Foundation Award in Environmental and Sustainability Research, as well as been listed in the Forbes magazine “30 Under 30 Asia List”. He also has extensive chemical engineering knowledge and experience in process design, unit operation, energy calculation and system optimization. Currently, Dr Zuo is an Assistant Professor in Singapore Institute of Technology, working closely with industry on membrane development for industrially important liquid-liquid separation, water treatment and desalination, as well as membrane process development for pharmaceuticals purification.

William has been at the forefront of technology, strategy, and training for more than 24 years. He has provided technology and consulting/training services to more than 200 firms. He has more than 3000 external consulting hours within the past 3 years and each of his consulting projects is more than S$500k (in terms of project value) while some have project value above S$1m. He specialises in Innovation Management and Business Model Innovation and holds several IPRs in water treatment. He is currently a HOD (Proposal-Process) involved in bidding for water-related projects in the Water and Oil and Gas industries. He has held teaching appointments at Singapore University of Social Sciences, School of Science & Technology and School of Business. He has successfully participated in research/innovation grants from the National Research Foundation (CRP), Economic Development Board (RISC), and the National Environmental Agency (IES), etc. He holds a Master of Science (Environmental Engineering) from the Nanyang Technological University and an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment from WSQ. William was also the plant manager in-charge of the Seletar Water Reclamation Plant and Newater Factory. He was also involved in the designs of water treatment plants in Brazil, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, etc and in conducting technical due-diligences in China and Saudi Arabia. Recently, he was responsible for the design of a treatment process at the Changi Airport Terminal 5.