Achievements (in the media)

Jan

  • Prof Rajasekhar Balasubramanian was interviewed by The New York Times on “Tonga’s Airport Is Finally Cleared, but Ash Still Poses a Range of Threats” on 20 Jan 2022. Click here to read more on the article.

Dec

  • "ASEAN OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR YEAR 2021" by Asian Federation of Engineering Organisation

Dec

  • Assoc Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by The Straits Time for the article titled ” Next phases of Cross Island Line may have 11 stations” on 7 Dec 2021. Click here to read more on the article.
  • Associate Professor Yu Liya, who led the research project on “Key Outcomes and applications from the NEA-NERI Research Collaboration”. It elaborates on the characteristics of transported peat-forest smoke, and the related challenges, in NEA’s State of the Environment Report, pages 46-48

Sep

  • Prof Rajasekhar Balasubramanian was interviewed by Channel News Asia on “Singapore’s air quality improves in 2020, but particles still exceed WHO limits: NEA” on 30 Sep 2021. Click here to watch the interview

Jul

  • Assoc Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Channel News Asia for Talking Point on “Cyclists VS Motorists: Can We Co-Exist On The Road” on 12 July 2021. Click here to watch the interview (from 12 min 15 second)

Jun

  • Assistant Professor He Xiaogang and his team’s latest research on how to use floods to battle droughts has been featured in BloombergUSA TodayKQED, & Inside Climate News. Click on the articles to read more.
  • Assoc Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed to share his thoughts by Today on 5 June 2021 for the article titled “Adulting 101: I’m a car geek, but I don’t own one after weighing the pros and cons”. Click here to read more on the article.

May

  • Assoc Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by 8World on 29 May 2021 for the article titled “Resolving the dispute between cyclists and drivers: Who has the right of way?”. Click here to read more on the article and to watch the interview
  • Asst Prof He Xiaogang was interviewed by The Straits Times on 23 May 2021 for the article titled ” NUS researcher develops model to help store rainwater underground, curb floods”. Click here to read more on the article.

Apr

  • Assoc Prof Pang Sze Dai, Dr Du Hongjian and Mr Anjaneya Dixit, Research fellow are featured in CNA on 21 Apr 2021 for the article titled ” NUS team uses local waste clay to make more durable concrete that is up to 50% greener”. Click here to read more on the article or to watch the video aired on CNA here.
  • Distinguished Professor Philip Liu was featured in The Straits Times on 10 Apr 2021 for the article titled “$13.4m computer modelling system to help identify flood risk”. Click here to read more on the article.

Jan

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Straits Times on 16 Jan 2021 for the article titled “Tapping changes in commuting patterns to rethink concepts”. Click here to read more on the article.

Nov

  • Dr Paul Ong Pang Awn and Mr Dominic Kang, a civil engineering graduate co-wrote the article titled “Floating farms are a prelude to floating cities” for The Business Times on 5 Nov 2020. Click here to read the article

Oct

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Straits Times on the recent disruption of 3 MRT lines on 16 Oct 2020. Click here to read more on the article.
  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia (CNA) Sinagpore Tonight on 14 Oct 2020 on electric vehicle charging points and commercial developers buy-in. Click on the link to view the interview https://www.mewatch.sg/en/tv-show/news/oct-2020-cna-singapore-tonight/thu-15-oct-2020/1006522 (from 20 min 35 sec to 22 min 03 sec)

Sep

  • Distinguished Professor Philip Li-Fan Liu’ s “Earth Observatory – Sediment Transport Processes under Tsunami Waves: A Case Study of Tsunami Deposits in a Coastal Cave in Aceh, Sumatra” was featured by Advancing Earth and Space Science (AGU) . For more information, click here and to read the article click here
  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by EdgeProp Singapore and featured on 4 Sep on “Property developers’ role in car-lite push”.  Click here to read more on the article

Aug

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by The Straits Times and featured on 4 Aug on “Keep to the left and stay alert:Singapore’s first-ever code of conduct for pedestrians kicks in “Singapore’s first-ever code of conduct for pedestrians kicks in”. Click here to read the interview.

Jul

  • Professor Lee Der-Hong and Asst Prof Raymond Ong were interviewed by Zaobao e on 31 July on “Experts: Use of medium-capacity railway system can reduce costs”. Click here to read the interview
  • Professor Lee Der-Hong and Asst Prof Raymond Ong were interviewed by The Straits Time on 31 July on “LRT system for RTS Link might cost less even with new depot: Experts”. Click here to read the interview
  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by AlumNUS (Jul- Sep 2020 edition) on “Solutions for a Brighter , Post Pandemic Future”. Click here to read more on the article.
  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Eco-Business on ” 5 trends this decade that will shape Singapore’s switch to electric mobility”. To read more click here 

May

  • On 29 May 2020, Asst Prof Raymond Ong and our final year Civil Engineering student Mr Oh Jing Ke shared their thoughts in a LIVE dialogue session aired on Facebook with Minister Kwah Boon Wan, engineering students and rail engineers. To watch the dialogue session, click here

Apr

  • Professor Lee Der-Hong was interviewed by The Straits Time, 4 May 2020 on his journey as Head of Research and Development for a year at Chinese tech firm PCITech as well as being a lecturer at Civil and Engineering Department, NUS. To read more click here

Feb

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia on 24 February 2020 on having charging stations at public carparks to boost electric vehicle adoption. Together with Asst Prof Raymond Ong, Prof Meng Qiang and Prof Lee Der-Horng have been working on various research studies since 2017 to create a car-lite Singapore. To see the interview by Channel NewsAsia, click here

Dec

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Capital 95.8 on 10 December 2019 on Cross-Island Line. The link to the segment https://www.facebook.com/capital958/videos/953812145002171/ ( 2:00:00 to 2:41:00). He was also interviewed by The Straits Times on 7 December on same topic. To read more click here
  • Dr Darren Chian Siau Chen in Today newspaper,6 December 2019, article titled “Deep tunnelling works for Cross Island Line will be tough but environment should still be priority: Experts” To read more click here

Nov

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by The Straits Times, 27 November 2019 on the topic on closure of Beeline and Grabshuttle operations. To view the interview click here 
  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Mediacorp Suria on their SG bicentennial documentary SNAP Episode 8, 21 Nov, focusing on transport. He shared on Autonomous vehicles in Future Singapore. For the interview please click on the link https://video.toggle.sg/en/series/snap/ep8/869117
  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Mediacorp Channel 8 Frontline documentary on 15 Nov 2019 on the e-scooter ban. To view the interview click here 
  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Hangout with ST, 7 November 2019 on the topic on e-scooter ban. To view the interview click here 

Oct

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Channel 8 on the evening news on 8 October 2019 and he discussed about the 2019 Fare Review Exercise where fares are being adjusted based on the fare formula, enhanced concessions are made for polytechnic and other diploma students, and increased assistance for lower income groups. The link to the news segment is: https://video.toggle.sg/en/tv-show/news/oct-2019-hello-singapore/tue-8-oct-2019/853525 (24 minute 25 sec to 31 minute 18 sec)
  • Interview of Asst Prof Raymond Ong in The Straits Time, 03 October, Article titled “S’pore on track to service, maintain new trains here
  • Asst Prof Olivier Patrick Lefebvre was interviewed by radio station Money FM 89.3 for the program “The Soul of Business:  The IES Award “ on 01 Oct, click here to hear the podcast.

Sep

  • Asst Prof Raymond Ong was interviewed by Channel Newsasia (CNA) Talking Point which was on air on 19 September 2019. The topic of discussion was “What does it takes to stop reckless driving?”. To watch the interview please click on the link channelnewsasia.com/news/video-on-demand/talking-point-fy1920 (from 18:25 to 20:11)
  • Dr Lee King Yin, Alex was interviewed by Channel Newsasia (CNA) Singapore Tonight for the 16 September 2019 telecast, on the air condition of Singapore in line to the haze situation. He indicated that the elevated PM2.5 levels may affect human health despite the 24-hour PSI readings.To watch the interview please click on the link https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video-on-demand/singapore-tonight/mon-16-sep-2019-11911476 (from 02.54-04.45)

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  • In an interview with Channel NewsAsia Singapore Tonight Tue 30 May 2017, Prof Ng How Yong from NUS CEE – Civil & Environmental Engineering shared that with the availability of online information on water consumption, users will be able to monitor their water usage and this could potentially help change users’ habits, thus bringing about reduction. Additionally, Prof Ng explained that a lot of products on the market today such as taps, shower heads and toilet flushes employ the use of water savings technology to help users cut down on their usage.

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