Prof Rajasekhar Balasubramanian provided his insights for an article published by the New York Times. He mentioned that particulate matter (PM) produced from wildfires linger in the smoke, eventually turning toxic upon mixing with emissions from the urban areas. The article highlighted that “99 percent of the world’s population lived in places that did not
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The Green Doctors Programme, a student initiative led by Ms Sophia Ding Ning Ke and Ms Su Yee Shien, was featured through Lian He Zao Bao on 21 May 2023. Their project focuses on salvaging plastic and aluminum materials from medicine strips. By separating the two materials, both materials can then be sent to the
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Organised by NUS CDE, the CDE Alumni and Friends Appreciation Dinner was held on 12 May 2023. We would like to thank our Alumni for grazing the event and for their continued contributions toward the departments. The departments wouldn’t be who we are today without you, thank you!
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Every year, our graduating students embark on a year-long Final Year Project (FYP) in research and innovation. This year, we have 39 poster presentations from our best students, which are grouped into: Resilient Structures (5) Sustainable Materials (7) Geotechnical Engineering I (4) Geotechnical Engineering II (4) Digitalization & Management (5) Digital Water & Climate Change
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Associate Professor Raymond Ong provided his opinion in the article “Amid high COE prices, remember goal of car-lite society” which was published on the Sunday Times on 7 May 2023. This was also quoted by Minister for Transport S. Iswaran on 8 May 2023 at Parliament in his ministerial statement. Read more here.
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The article published on The Business Times on 6 May 2023, Saturday, addressed the pros and cons of using a paper straw. Prof Balasubramanian’s professional inputs provided clarity on how one can contribute to saving the environment at an individual level. Read more here.
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Heartiest congratulations to A/Prof Raymond Ong on his appointment as a Council Member of the Singapore Road Safety Council! This was conferred by the Minister of Home Affairs, and will be a three-year term from 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2026. The council was set up in 2009 to continually improve safety on Singapore’s
Assistant Professor Dr. Chew Soon Hoe (PI), Dr. Koh Juan Wei (Research Fellow) and Mr. Aw You Jin Eugene (Research Engineer), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, together with Housing & Development Board (HDB) colleagues, have received the “ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award 2021”; for the project titled “Rapid Classification of Soil using Artificial Intelligence”.
Study by Stanford University established a list identifying top 2% scientists in various scientific fields. 24 faculty members from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) were featured in the list. This is yet another recognition of the thought-leadership our department continues to play on a global scale. List of CEE faculty members based on career (in
Singapore is being upgraded to a greener and smarter city of tomorrow. Its construction sector, though very active, faces many challenges. For example, the construction materials consumed in Singapore account for 7 million tons of CO2-emissions per year, out of 52 million tons for the whole country. The generated earth-based wastes such as marine soft
