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Overview

Yen Wah Tong is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on a range of subfields including Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work covers several main topics that include:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Algal biology and biofuel production

Frequent co-authors of Yen Wah Tong feature the following researchers:

  • Jingxin Zhang
  • Pooja Sharma
  • Le Zhang
  • Yanjun Dai
  • Surendra Pratap Singh

They have published notably in several recurring venues, including:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Waste Management

Among their recent papers, key works include:

  • "Health hazards of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) and its microbial reduction," 2022, published in Bioengineered
  • "Current status of biogas upgrading for direct biomethane use: A review," 2021, published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Fuel properties of hydrochar and pyrochar: Prediction and exploration with machine learning," 2020, published in Applied Energy
  • "Biochar industry to circular economy," 2020, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Biochar enhanced thermophilic anaerobic digestion of food waste: Focusing on biochar particle size, microbial community analysis and pilot-scale application," 2020, published in Energy Conversion and Management

Yen Wah Tong's research contributions are predominantly situated in environmental and engineering sciences, bridging applied technological approaches with environmental health and sustainability challenges.

Best Publications

  • Electro-spinning of pure collagen nano-fibres - just an expensive way to make gelatin?

    Dimitrios I. Zeugolis;Shih T. Khew;Elijah S.Y. Yew;Andrew K. Ekaputra

  • A comprehensive review on operating parameters and different pretreatment methodologies for anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste

    Siddharth Jain;Siddharth Jain;Shivani Jain;Ingo Tim Wolf;Jonathan Lee

  • Effect of PEG conformation and particle size on the cellular uptake efficiency of nanoparticles with the HepG2 cells

    Yong Hu;Jingwei Xie;Yen Wah Tong;Chi Hwa Wang;Chi Hwa Wang

  • Incorporation and in vitro release of doxorubicin in thermally sensitive micelles made from poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide)-b-poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) with varying compositions.

    S Q Liu;Y W Tong;Yi-Yan Yang

  • Current status of biogas upgrading for direct biomethane use: A review

    Muhammad Usman Khan;Muhammad Usman Khan;Jonathan Tian En Lee;Jonathan Tian En Lee;Muhammad Aamir Bashir;Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake

  • Fuel properties of hydrochar and pyrochar: Prediction and exploration with machine learning

    Jie Li;Lanjia Pan;Manu Suvarna;Yen Wah Tong

  • Preparation of bovine serum albumin surface-imprinted submicrometer particles with magnetic susceptibility through core-shell miniemulsion polymerization.

    Chau Jin Tan;Hong Gap Chua;and Kwee Hong Ker;Yen Wah Tong

  • Molecular engineering of PIM-1/Matrimid blend membranes for gas separation

    W.F. Yong;F.Y. Li;Y.C. Xiao;P. Li

  • Highly permeable and selective pore-spanning biomimetic membrane embedded with aquaporin Z

    Honglei Wang;Tai Shung Chung;Yen Wah Tong;Kandiah Jeyaseelan

  • Biochar enhanced thermophilic anaerobic digestion of food waste: Focusing on biochar particle size, microbial community analysis and pilot-scale application

    Le Zhang;Ee Yang Lim;Kai Chee Loh;Yong Sik Ok

  • Organic waste to biohydrogen: A critical review from technological development and environmental impact analysis perspective

    Hailin Tian;Jie Li;Miao Yan;Yen Wah Tong

  • IRES-mediated Tricistronic vectors for enhancing generation of high monoclonal antibody expressing CHO cell lines

    Steven C.L. Ho;Muriel Bardor;Huatao Feng;Mariati

  • A cell-instructive hydrogel to regulate malignancy of 3D tumor spheroids with matrix rigidity

    Youyun Liang;Jaehyun Jeong;Ross J. DeVolder;Chaenyung Cha

  • Multi-task prediction and optimization of hydrochar properties from high-moisture municipal solid waste: Application of machine learning on waste-to-resource

    Jie Li;Xinzhe Zhu;Yinan Li;Yen Wah Tong

  • Preparation of superparamagnetic ribonuclease A surface-imprinted submicrometer particles for protein recognition in aqueous media.

    Chau Jin Tan;Yen Wah Tong

  • High performance PIM-1/Matrimid hollow fiber membranes for CO2/CH4, O2/N2 and CO2/N2 separation

    Wai Fen Yong;Fu Yun Li;You Chang Xiao;Tai Shung Chung

  • Co‐gasification of woody biomass and sewage sludge in a fixed‐bed downdraft gasifier

    Zhehan Ong;Yongpan Cheng;Thawatchai Maneerung;Zhiyi Yao

  • Molecularly imprinted beads by surface imprinting

    Chau Jin Tan;Yen Wah Tong

  • Enhancement of biogas production in anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge by biological co-pretreatment

    Jingxin Zhang;Wangliang Li;Jonathan Lee;Kai-Chee Loh

  • An aquaporin-based vesicle-embedded polymeric membrane for low energy water filtration

    Wenyuan Xie;Fang He;Bingfang Wang;Tai Shung Chung

  • A comparative life cycle assessment on four waste-to-energy scenarios for food waste generated in eateries

    Huanhuan Tong;Ye Shen;Jingxin Zhang;Chi-Hwa Wang

  • Three-stage anaerobic digester for food waste

    J Zhang;KC Loh;W Li;JW Lim

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi-Hwa Wang
Chi-Hwa Wang National University of Singapore
Yanjun Dai
Yanjun Dai Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yi Yan Yang
Yi Yan Yang Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Tai-Shung Chung
Tai-Shung Chung National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Kandiah Jeyaseelan
Kandiah Jeyaseelan National University of Singapore
Koon Gee Neoh
Koon Gee Neoh National University of Singapore
Yiliang He
Yiliang He Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jun-Wei Lim
Jun-Wei Lim Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Hyunjoon Kong
Hyunjoon Kong University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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