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Upcoming EE2 Seminar on 1 July 2012
The seminar will discuss water and environmental projects being carried out in Asia, with a focus on the technologies, challenges, and, the community engagement, in improving access to water and sanitation in developing communities.
This one-day seminar, with a theme on water resources management – treatment, protection and community engagement, will be held in collaboration with the SMTC’s ‘Membranes for Special Needs’ programme and in conjunction with Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2012 as a co-located event.
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This seminar is FREE and open to all but prior registration is required. For registration, please click here.
Article on student field trip to Inle Lake in The Nanyang Chronicle
An article featuring EE2's student field trip from 31 Dec 2011 to 8 Jan 2012 was published in The Nanyang Chronicle, a student-run campus newspaper (Vol. 18, No.8, 20 Feb 2012). The trip was organized as part of EE2's project to improve water and sanitation in Inle Lake, Myanmar. Click to read.
EE2 supports project implementation in Inle Lake, Myanmar
We are pleased to announce that Dr Khin Lay Swe’s Lien Environmental Fellowship project, ‘Development of Clean Water and Sanitation Systems in Inle Lake, Southern Shan State, Myanmar’, has been awarded support for phase one project implementation. Dr Khin will be leading the project’s activities, which include assessing the existing level of drinking water access in selected floating villages in Inle Lake, and improving the protection of spring water sources used for drinking. More info...
Publication of conference paper relating to EE2's project
EE2 is pleased to announce that a conference paper ‘Numerical modelling of Kandy Lake, Sri-Lanka in preparation for water quality improvement’ was published at the 6th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts. This research was undertaken as part of the Lien Environmental Fellowship project ‘Mitigation of Pollution in Kandy Lake & Mid Canal (Kandy, Sri Lanka)’, led by Dr Shameen Jinadasa of the University of Peradeniya.
Congratulations to Dr Pu and co-authors. More info...
SSMS 2011 Paper Award
We are pleased to congratulate Mrs G.M.P.R. Weerakoon, PhD candidate at the University of Peradeniya, on being selected for the SSMS Paper Award at the International Symposium on Social Management Systems (SSMS) 2011, for the paper ‘An Approach for Small Community Waste Water Management Using Constructed Wetlands’ (also co-authored by Sasitharan R, Jinadasa K.B.S.N. and Mowjood M.I.M.).
EE2 is working with Dr Jinadasa and the University of Peradeniya on the Lien Environmental Fellowship project to mitigate pollution in Kandy Lake and Mid Canal (Kandy, Sri Lanka).
Lien Foundation Annual Report 2010/2011
10 Things We Did Last Year|Available for download here
Building a Better World
EE2 in the Media | 9 November 2011
Source: The Straits Times © Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Reproduced with permission.
After nearly three decades in the field, NTU professor Ng Wun Jern still finds engineering fascinating because it allows him to wear many hats... click here to read full story...
Student Field Trip to Inle Lake, Myanmar, 10 to 18 Dec 2011
EE2 is offering NTU students an opportunity to play a part in improving access to drinking water in the floating villages of Inle Lake, Myanmar. More info.
Interview with Mr. Makhan Maharjan, Lien Environmental Fellowship recipient
Mr. Makhan Maharjan sat down with EE2 to tell us more about his project "Fate of arsenic in waste generated from the arsenic removal treatment option". Click to read.
Student Field Trip to Bandung, Indonesia, 29 May to 5 Jun 2011
On 29th May 2011, EE2 led a team of students from NTU and Bandung Polytechnic of Health on a study trip to the slum communities of Cibuntu, Bandung, Indonesia. The mission was to assist Dr. Neni Sintawardani from the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) in studying the awareness and acceptance level of the Cibuntu community towards the proposed implementation of biogas technology. Full story and other info...
EE2 organises inaugural seminar at Singapore International Water Week 2011
A seminar on "Water and Environment in Asia's Developing Communities" was held on Wednesday, 6 July, at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Organized by EE2 and supported by AA Collaborative Research Environment (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), the seminar featured 12 researchers and academics presenting papers focused on improving water and sanitation conditions in developing communities in Asia. Full story and presentations for download...
EE2 awards two Lien Environmental Fellowships
EE2 is pleased to award the Lien Environmental Fellowship to:
- Mr Agus Suyanto, Yogyakarta School of Environmental Engineering for the project 'Application of Water Treatment Process in Candirejo Village, Yogyarkarta Special Province'
- Mr Souksakhone Savath, National University of Laos for the project 'Potential for the Conversion of a Waste Stabilisation Pond into an Integrated Pond Wetland System for the Treatment of Wastewater in Dongkok Wetland'
The Blue Right featured in the media
Singapore's first water rights campaign, a project by NTU students showcasing EE2's work, was featured in the media. Prof Ng Wun Jern (Executive Director, NEWRI) was also interviewed by Channel 8. Find out more....
EE2, NEWRI's window to the community, is reaching out to more developing communities
We have been featured in NTU's Impact magazine! Click to read.
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