Transforming the way societies manage water has led The University of Queensland’s Professor Zhiguo Yuan to be named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

Professor Yuan, Director of the UQ Advanced Water Management Centre, was named a Fellow of the prestigious academy on Wednesday 14 October, 2015.

UQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj said Professor Yuan’s innovative technologies had helped save water providers hundreds of millions of dollars by managing sewer corrosion.