Ngai Yin YIP

Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering, Yale University
B .Eng (First Class Honors) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), 2004

E-mail: ngaiyin.yip@yale.edu

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Ngai Yin is a PhD student advised by Professor Menachem Elimelech in the Environmental Engineering Program at Yale University. His research interests are in the general area of membrane technology for sustainable water supply. Currently, his research encompasses synthesis and characterization of ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and forward osmosis membranes.

Prior to his PhD studies, Yip (a name he habitually goes by) completed his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, with his research thesis focusing nanofiltration processes. After graduation he worked for the Singapore government in the National Environment Agency, formulating and implementing policies for the country.

An avid outdoor and sports person, he is currently planning to SCUBA dive among the pelagic fishes and coral reefs in the seas of Belize sometime soon.