Academic Profile : Faculty
Asst Prof She Qianhong
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Dr. Qianhong She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Principle Investigator (PI) in the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC). Prior to the current position, he was a Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Sydney, Australia (from Mar. 2017 to Jan. 2019). Between Dec 2017 and Feb 2018 he was a visiting researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). From 2010 to 2017 he was a research associate/research fellow in the SMTC at NTU. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as an engineer at PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation and served as a technical consultant for a World Bank financed environment project.
Awards
• North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Young Membrane Scientist Award, 2017
• Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) Travel Award, 2017
• Green Talent Award, by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2016
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, 2013
Awards
• North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Young Membrane Scientist Award, 2017
• Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) Travel Award, 2017
• Green Talent Award, by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2016
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, 2013
Separation technologies for mitigating climate change and promoting environmental sustainability and circular economy.
Dr She is working on the development of separation technologies to tackle pressing environmental issues, produce clean water via desalination and wastewater reclamation, capture greenhouse gases, separate chemical/biological products, and transform waste into value-added materials and/or clean energy. The main research interest in his group is on various membrane separation processes driven by hydraulic pressure, osmotic pressure, temperature and electrochemical potential. His group is also researching other separation processes (such as ion exchange, adsorption, extraction and distillation) and their integration with membrane separation. The objectives are to improve both the selectivity and the permeance and to reduce energy consumption and cost for separation. Currently, he is researching and developing the following topics.
• Fundamental understanding of fouling and mass transport in separation processes
• Novel membranes and integrated systems for energy-efficient separation
• Electrochemically assisted membrane technology
Dr She is working on the development of separation technologies to tackle pressing environmental issues, produce clean water via desalination and wastewater reclamation, capture greenhouse gases, separate chemical/biological products, and transform waste into value-added materials and/or clean energy. The main research interest in his group is on various membrane separation processes driven by hydraulic pressure, osmotic pressure, temperature and electrochemical potential. His group is also researching other separation processes (such as ion exchange, adsorption, extraction and distillation) and their integration with membrane separation. The objectives are to improve both the selectivity and the permeance and to reduce energy consumption and cost for separation. Currently, he is researching and developing the following topics.
• Fundamental understanding of fouling and mass transport in separation processes
• Novel membranes and integrated systems for energy-efficient separation
• Electrochemically assisted membrane technology
- An Environmentally Sustainable Method For Online Chemical Cleaning Of Membrane Bioreactor With Fe2+-Activated Peroxymonosulfate Towards Reduced Membrane Refouling
- Development of a Novel Multi-functional Osmotic System for Grid Energy Storage and Fresh Water Production
- Multifunctional electrochemical membrane water filter for home-based applications
- Organic solvent reverse osmosis membranes for energy-efficient separation of complex hydrocarbon mixtures: towards low-carbon petroleum refining
- Semi-closed reverse osmosis (SCRO) for low-energy, low-fouling, and highly adaptive desalination and wastewater reclamation: lab-scale investigation