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To sustain the enhanced research intensity, the University is
strengthening its pool of faculty by recruiting top calibre
scientists and technologists from around the World. NTU has
also been very successful in attracting the World’s best young
researchers from leading universities such as Stanford,
Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford and MIT through the National
Research Foundation (NRF)’s Fellowship programme, and its
own Nanyang Assistant Professorship (NAP) programme.
These two schemes are the latest initiatives set up to woo top
researchers from around the world for them to play leading
roles in the University’s new wave of multi-disciplinary and
integrative research.
Additionally, the University has taken significant strides in
clear definitive directions to position itself as Singapore’s
premier science and technology and to compete at the global
level by introducing robust internal processes for high quality
assessment, establishing a number of pan-university and key
strategic initiatives, providing some of the best research
infrastructures available to support its drive towards producing
world-class research as well as committing to the highest
standards of ethical behaviour in carrying out our research.
We have established the NTU Research Integrity Policy and
Procedures in early 2008; an Institutional Review Board for all
research activities involving human research participants and
human biological materials in May 2009. We have also
collaborated with NUS, SMU and A*STAR, to host the Second
World Conference on Research Integrity (2nd WCRI) in
Singapore in July 2010. The key outcome is the Singapore
Statement on Research Integrity, which establishes uniform
agreement on the fundamental principles that should inform
all research.
Research Institutes in NTU
Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute
(NEWRI)
Executive Director: Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor Ng
Wun Jern
Vision
To be the key environmental science and engineering
research and education provider in Singapore and the region.
Mission
To unify NTU’s education, research, and applications in
environmental science and engineering through the NEWRI
ecosystem of multi-disciplinary research groups and centres,
and so provide a contiguous value chain linking research,
education, industry and community.
Overview
NEWRI is an R&D ‘ecosystem’, with alliances between
independent, but closely interacting entities that pursue a
common vision of trans-disciplinary environmental research,
translation, development and applications to provide solutions
for community and industry. The NEWRI ecosystem now
comprises 8 multi-disciplinary members:
4 Centres of Excellence (CoE), supported by
EWI/EDB:
• DHI-NTU Centre – Urban water modelling and
management
• Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) –
Fundamental investigations in and applications of
membranes
• Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre (R3C) –
Urban and industrial residues management and
resource reclamation
• Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre
(AEBC) – Fundamental investigations in environmental
biotechnology and bioprocess applications
• Environmental Chemistry and Materials Group
(ECMG) – Investigations into environmental
chemistry and development of treatment materials
• NEWRI Postgraduate Education Unit (N.PhD) –
Generating manpower for the industry
• Lien Foundation-NTU Environmental Endeavour
(EE2) – NEWRI’s window to society through
philanthropic projects
• Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering
(iESE) – NEWRI’s associate member and window to
the industry through testbedding and technology
transfers
More about the Members of the NEWRI Ecosystem:
CoE DHI-NTU Centre (DHI-NTU)
Co-Directors: Associate Professor Law Wing Keung, Adrian
and Dr Ole Larsen (DHI)
Vision
To generate new water knowledge and to strengthen the
water & environment industry in Singapore via the
development of innovative technologies and training of water
& environment professionals
Mission
The mission of the DHI-NTU Centre is to conduct research
and provide training to uplift Singapore to a higher echelon in
the following areas:
(a) Urban Planning and Water Management
(b) Industrial Water Management
(c) Solid Waste Management
(d) Environmental Impact Assessment
(e) Decision Support System Tools and Technologies
Research and Training Activities:
Through an integrated approach, encompassing both
research and education, DHI-NTU Water & Environment
Research Centre and Education Hub (DHI-NTU Centre)
strives towards a sustainable long-term conservation of
environment while improving the quality of life for all. The
Centre was jointly established by DHI Singapore (DHI) and
NTU in October 2007, with support from the Environment &
Water Industry Development Council (EWI). It is an
inter-disciplinary research and training centre for the water &
environment industry in Singapore. The centre works towards
development of environmentally friendly solutions, and tools
and technologies to support a sustainable ecology.
Key Directions of the Centre’s Activities are:
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It develops and applies hydrodynamic and water quality
models to improve the planning and management of water
resources in urban cities
It derives environment friendly technologies and solutions to
enable effective water management in industrial facilities
It creates original knowledge and tools to facilitate the
assessment of environmental impact by human activities in
the water and environment domains
It educates talents in the mission areas through training and
PhD research