Waste-to-Energy Research Facility, gasification, NEWSand, test-bedding facility

Senior Minister of State Dr Amy Khor visits NEWRI (Jan 2024)

Minister Grace Fu visits NEWRI's booth during NTU Service Week (Feb - Mar 2023)

water sample to pinpoint outbreak (300x216)

Singapore tap water safe?

Published on 15 Feb 2024
Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Separation Technologies Applied Research & Translation (START) Centre

Senior Minister of State Dr Amy Khor visits NEWRI and the START Centre (Jan 2024)

Published on 06 Feb 2024
Are BPA-free plastic bottles safe

Are BPA-free plastic bottles really safe?

Published on 11 Dec 2023
Naeem Nadzri

NTU researcher hopes to help poorer countries have a sustainable water supply

Published on 14 Nov 2023
drinkable tap water

S’pore scientists studying if chemical found in tap water is harmful to health

Published on 30 Oct 2023
Prof Snyder in Analytics lab

NEWRI Partners with LKC Medicine for Bilateral Research on Environmental Health

Published on 26 Oct 2023

Affordable water purification system for developing nations

Published on 04 Oct 2023

Turning kale waste into treasure

Published on 22 Aug 2023
Water testing with lab-grown human cells

Water testing with lab-grown human cells among projects at NTU

Published on 19 Jun 2023
#AccessToCleanWater

Co-creating the Future of Water #AccessToCleanWater

Published on 15 May 2023
NTU Service Week Launch 2023

NTU Service Week 2023 launched by Minister Grace Fu

Published on 01 Mar 2023
Wang Rong - Presidents Award 2022

Prof Wang Rong recognised with President’s Technology Award

Published on 12 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Prof Shane Allen Snyder on receiving National Awards Commendation Medal (COVID-19)

Published on 23 Oct 2022

NTU scientists find way to convert plastic waste into low-carbon hydrogen fuel

Published on 06 Apr 2022

What we do

Innovative engineered solutions for the water and environmental markets
With Research - Engineering - Deployment  (RED) as our guiding philosophy, NEWRI harnesses the value of our efficient, reuse innovations and natural waste to create an impact, through industrial and CSR projects, to develop a truly circular economy.

Robust engineering coupled with industry-level translation
NEWRI supports Singapore’s national water and environmental priorities, combining deep research and robust engineering to pilot and deploy water- and waste-saving innovations at full scale in real-life settings.

Our Brochure: NEWRI at a glance

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Highlights

Over 190 intellectual property for commercial development and deployment
Over 300 researchers, scientists and engineers with multi and inter disciplinary competencies 

Collaborations across > 120 industries and > 45 institutions

> 1000 publications with over 45% featured in top 10% journals
Cutting edge facilities available at CleanTech Park, Waste-to-Energy R&D and Wastewater Demo-scale treatment plant

Research Focus

More on our research focus

The research arm of NEWRI looks at real-life problems from a fundamental science perspective and devises practical solutions. Our deep research encompasses five domains:

Modelling & AI

Translating and applying mathematical models and visualisations

Environmental Sensing, Modelling and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Membrane Technology

Membrane technology for water, environment, energy and cleaner production.

Membrane Technology
Resource Recovery_a

Solid waste value capture through waste to energy to materials technologies

Resource Recovery
Biotechnology & Bioprocesses

Energy & Resource Recovery through sustainable water and biosolids management system

Biotechnology and Bioprocesses
Sustainable Chemistry & Materials

Physical and chemical materials for environmental treatment applications

Environmental Chemistry and Materials

Innovation in the space of environmental and water research

NEWRI @ Cleantech One

NEWRI Research Facility

Learn about our facility, our capabilities and the interesting work we do at a glance.
WTE-ART

​​Waste-To-Energy Research Facility (WtERF)

Waste-to-Energy (WtE) research facility serves as an open platform for research, translation, demonstration and test-bedding.
Global Foundries and NEWRI

​Industrial Wastewater Treatment Solution - Global Foundries​

In collaboration with Global Foundries, a Wafer fabrication company, we created solutions that are designed for the industrial use.
Water Scarcity

Singapore history and NEWRI

Towards innovation and enterprise—more on Singapore's history on water, and the NEWRI ecosystem.
Power of Water

​​NEWRI 'Power of Water', 2017

NEWRI's 'Power of Water' showcased our capabilities and how our research brought about innovative solutions.