Dr Lim Yu Jie awarded AWWA Academic Achievement Award 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Lim Yu Jie for receiving the 2024 Academic Achievement Award for the Best PhD Dissertation (the First Place) from the American Water Works Association (AWWA).

Dr. Lim Yu Jie graduated in January 2023 from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme of the Graduate College at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). His thesis, titled 'Fabrication of High-Performance Thin-Film Composite and Nanochannel-Enabled Next-Generation Membranes for Water Desalination,' was conducted under the supervision of Professor Wang Rong at the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) at the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI), NTU.

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is the largest nonprofit, scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water. The Academic Achievement Award recognizes graduate students and their professors that have made outstanding contributions to the field of public water supply.

The past recipients of the award include PhD students from University of California, Los Angeles (2023), University of Toronto (2022), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2019). It is worth mentioning that the First Place Award has been given to a non-North American university only twice in the past 15 years, with Prof. Wang Rong’s group at NTU being the recipient both times.

Dr. Lim Yu Jie receiving the award plaque from Susan Teefy, Water Quality Manager for the East Bay Utility District in Oakland, California. The award was formally presented to Yu Jie at the AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition in Anaheim, California (June 2024). 

Yu Jie’s work was conducted under the supervision of Professor Wang Rong at the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) at Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI), NTU.

Photo of the award plaque presented to Dr. Lim Yu Jie