Joo Hwa (Andrew) Tay
Chair&Professor
University Of Calgary
Canada
Biography
Dr. Tay has been a member, as well as head of several environmental and water management boards in Singapore. He has served as a consultant to various local and international organizations. He is also an editorial board member of two international environmental journals. Dr. Tay has received four Singapore National Awards for his outstanding research and inventions, and has filed twelve patents since 2002.In the last ten years, Dr. Tay has designed more than 30 treatment processes for the water and wastewater management in the Asia-Pacific region. He has provided consulting services to Asian Productivity Organization on more than 10 demonstration projects on cleaner production in Asian countries. He has also offered more than 100 training courses for senior staff on environmental management, industrial and hazardous wastes management, ISO 14000 - Environmental Management System, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Green Productivity, Waste Minimization and Cleaner Production Programmes in 20 Asian countries.Dr. Tay has also written 32 books/book chapters/monographs and published more than 650 technical papers on environmental engineering and management, including 380 SCI Journal papers
Research Interest
Dr. Tay’s areas of research include biotechnological wastewater treatment, and the full-scale testing of aerobic granulation biotechnology at the Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Centre. The Tay research group aims to develop innovative biotechnological solutions for domestic and industrial wastewater treatment such as oil sands produced water. The group’s research focuses on: understanding how bacteria form particles in water; training bacteria to consider waste as food; stimulating bacteria growth in larger numbers; and applying the process to treat contaminated water.