Civil Engineering PhD Graduate Awarded for Advanced Water Treatment Research
Dr. Yin Ran, a 2020 PhD graduate from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named the winner of the School of Engineering (SENG) PhD Research Excellence Award 2020-21.
Dr. Yin’s PhD research focuses on the fundamentals of the wavelength-pH-photodecay-radical nexus, which are significant to the applications of UV-LED photolysis of chlorine, chloramines, and chlorine dioxide for advanced water treatment. He has published 16 journal papers and 10 conference papers as the first author or corresponding author, and he is also the co-inventor of two granted patents. He has been selected to serve as the Strategic Growth Coordinator in the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) Young Professionals Committee since July 2019. Dr. Yin was awarded the prestigious Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (RGC) Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2020 and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at HKUST.
Established in 2011, the SENG PhD Research Excellence Award scheme recognizes the outstanding achievements by our PhD students and recent graduates who have made influential contributions to their discipline during PhD studies at HKUST.
Congratulations to Dr. Yin and Prof. Shang for the award and their outstanding work!
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