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- Bridging Scales from Below: The Role of Heterogeneities in the Global Water and Carbon Budgets
- Increasing Occurrences of Cyanobacterial Blooms Driven by Climate Change Factors
- Carbon Capture and Utilization
- Integrated Coastal-Inland Flood Model for Climate Change
- Pathways for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Planning of Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus
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- Air Quality and Health: A Paradigm Shift
- Surface Water Quality and Emerging Contaminants
- Microbial detoxification of persistent organohalide pollutants (POPs)
- Nutrients Removal in Waterbodies via Sustainable Pathways
- Centre for Water Research (CWR) researchers join their forces with U of T researchers for microplastics pollution detection and control in water and wastewater
- Dealing with Hard-To-Treat Industrial Wastewater
- Valorization of Bioresources – Towards a Circular Economy
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- Intelligent Traffic Diffusion Plan Generation, Effective Assessment and Dissemination Strategies
- Transforming Waste into Resources for Infrastructural Development
- Look-Ahead Integrated Geophysical Investigation System (IGIS) for Singapore Tunnels
- Next-Generation Airport Pavements with Full-Scale Instrumented Testing
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Structures
- Centre for Hazards Research
- Centre for Soft Ground Engineering
- Centre for Transportation Research
- Centre for Water Research
- Centre for Resource Circularity and Resilience (CR)2
- Centre for Offshore Research and Engineering (CORE)
- Centre for Environmental Resilience
- Safety & Health Committee
- Completed Research Projects
- Research Brief
- Achievements (in the media)
Achievements (in the media)
2022
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
2021
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 Bloomberg, USA Today, KQED, & 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.
2020
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
2019
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)
Aug
- Interview of Asst Prof Raymond Ong in The Straits Time, 31 Aug, Article titled “Train operators seek ways to mange costs for long term”
Jul
- Interview of Asst Prof Raymond Ong in The Straits Time, 24 July, Article titled “LTA to review end-2020 deadline for PMD safety certification after recent fire incidents”
Jun
- Interview of Asst Prof Raymond Ong in Shin Min Daily News, 24 June, see his comments highlighted in yellow.
2018
Nov
- Article on “超能力细菌” in Lianhe Zaobao
- In an interview with Channel 8 Frontline (前线追踪) 09/11/2018, Asst Prof Ong Ghim Ping, Raymond from NUS CEE – Civil & Environmental Engineering shared his views on railway reliability and infrastructure improvements, as well as his thoughts for future developments.
To find out more, click the links below to watch the videos :
Segment 1 (03:00 onward): https://bit.ly/2zGmo9A
Segment 2 (05:37 onward): https://bit.ly/2PM3LLz
Segment 3 (00:45, 06:26): https://bit.ly/2AXuDzW
Aug
May
Apr
- SciTech Daily news article: “Engineers Discover Greener and Cheaper Technique for Biofuel” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 8, 2018)
- Buzzabe news article: “Engineers Discover Greener and Cheaper Technique for Biofuel” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 8, 2018)
- Polyester Time news article: “NUS team discovers bacterium that produces only biobutanol directly from cellulose” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 8, 2018)
- Biofuels Digest news article: “Greener, cheaper technique for biofuel production from mushroom crop residue” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 7, 2018)
- Open Gov news article: “Singapore engineers discover greener and cheaper technique for biofuel production” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 7, 2018)
- Environmental News Network article: “NUS Engineers Pioneer Greener and Cheaper Technique for Biofuel Production” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 6, 2018)
- Green Car Congress article: “NUS team discovers bacterium that produces only biobutanol directly from cellulose” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 6, 2018)
- Capital 95.8 FM (Chinese radio station in Singapore) news article: 国大研究员研发出更环保生物燃料生产科技 (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 6, 2018)
- The Straits Times news article: “A game-changer for biofuel production” (A/Prof He Jianzhong, Published on April 5, 2018)
Jan
- In an interview with The Straits Times, 17 January 2018, A/Prof Vladan Babovic from NUS CEE – Civil & Environmental Engineering on Finding ways to increase water supply from Johor River.
2017
Dec
- Lianhe Zaobao (ZB) published a print story on the water purification system today, (Page 8, translated headline reads the same as: “First local electrochemical purification system for industrial wastewater” Published on 12 Dec 2017)
Oct
- Prof David Chua and Dr Justin Yeoh were interviewed by CNA, Ms Rachel Phua last Tues: Smaller contractors face obstacles adopting technology in construction. Published on 29 Oct 2017 9:55PM
Sep
- Civil Engineering Final Year Student Tan Teng Fong Rebecca BCA Scholar was interviewed by the Chinese Newspaper Lianhe Zaobao on 21 Sep 2017 on “与业者及高等学府合作 建设局推出两计划培养建筑业人才”
Jul
- Mr Lim Chong Tee (B. Eng. Environmental 2016 graduate), Chief Marketing Officer, Wateroam Pte Ltd was interviewed on 20 July between 8am to 9am on Capital radio FM95.8.社会正能量on the role of Engineers now and future during the National Engineers Day 2017 (19-21 JULY 2017). WateROAM, a water innovation enterprise, develops water filtration solutions that bring about the quickest access to clean drinking water at disaster-hit locations, and help to promote social change in rural development areas. These water filters are designed to be highly simple, portable, durable, and affordable, thereby improving the access to clean drinking water significantly.
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>> 十分访谈: 私召车乘客安全 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on July 18, 2017)
- Lianhe Zaoboo article: 我国将测试低噪音铺路材料(interviewee: Dr Raymond Ong, Published on July 17, 2017)
- Lianhe Zaoboo article: 胡乱停放成焦点 共享脚踏车还没融为街景(interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on July 9, 2017)
- An article in Times Higher Education: Asia-Pacific: finding a place at the National University of Singapore (interviewee: Ms Rebecca Tan , CVE Student, Published on July 6, 2017)
Jun
May
- 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.
Apr
- Media Corp Channel NewsAsia interview: Efforts to improve train performance see ‘steady results’ so far: SMRT(interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on April 24, 2017)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<新闻>>地铁短暂延误事故 今年首季明显减少(interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on April 24, 2017)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<新闻眼>>康福德高推出定额车资结构硬碰JustGrab 是否会加剧竞争? (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on April 9, 2017)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>德士按需求 定车资(下)(interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on April 8, 2017)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>德士按需求 定车资(中)(interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on April 8, 2017)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>德士按需求 定车资(上)(interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on April 8, 2017)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈:德士进入新计费时代? (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on April 5, 2017)
- The Straits Times article: “ComfortDelGro Taxis to offer flat fare from next Monday” published on April 4, 2017, (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng)
- Letters in Print News & Top Stories – The Straits Times: “Competition key to sustainable bus transport system” published on April 3, 2017, (Author: Prof Lee Der-Horng)
Mar
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>十分访谈:德士采用动态计费方式, (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on March 20, 2017)
- The Newpaper article: “Expect higher fares or longer wait for cabs during peak hours” published on March 18, 2017, (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng)
Feb
- AllChinaTech.com interview: , A Singaporean mask startup’s smog battle in China, (interviewee: Prof Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar, Published on Feb 9, 2017)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈:2016年公交乘客满意度调查结果, (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Feb 7, 2017)
Jan
- The Straits Times article: “New supercomputer transforming research” published on January 31, 2017, (interviewee: Prof Magee)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: News Tonight (interviewee: Dr Chew Soon Hoe, Published on Jan 25, 2017, 9.09minutes into the video)
- Video shot in Hydraulic Laboratory (starts, 3:45 to ends, 8:40 mins of the video): “Make Me A Super – EP11, Water Manipulation”
2016
Nov
- The Straits Times article: “When grains of sand are stronger than steel” published on December 9, 2016, Science, Page B17 (interviewee: Dr Chian Siau Chen, Darren)
See also “Defend yourself with…sand?” - Media Corp Channel 8 interview: 财经追击: 数字能说话 – 停车位 (interviewee: Dr Ong Ghim Ping, Raymond, Published on Nov 24, 2016)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: 财经追击: 要人们减少用车? 调高停车费 (interviewee: Dr Ong Ghim Ping, Raymond, Published on Nov 23, 2016)
- Media Corp Channel News Asia interview: Singapore Tonight (interviewee: Dr Chian Siau Chen, Darren, Published on Nov 17, 2016, @ 34:34/47:59)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: 数字能说话:德士行业 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Nov 16, 2016)
Oct
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈:无人驾驶巴士, Hello Singapore – Channel 8 on Autonomous Bus (interviewee: Dr Ong Ghim Ping, Raymond, Published on Oct 31, 2016)
- The Straits Times article: “Singapore takes aim at microbeads in products” published on Oct. 16, 2016 (interviewee: A/Prof He Jianzhong, also based on study by Dr Jeffrey Obbard in 2014)
Sep
- The New York Times telephone interview: More Than 9 in 10 People Breathe Bad Air, W.H.O. Study Says (interviewee: A/Prof Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Published on Sep 27, 2016)
Aug
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈: 以乘客为核心的公交系统 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Aug 5, 2016)
Jul
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈:SMRT或私有化 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Jul 24, 2016)
- Article from The Straits Times: So who wants to be an engineer? Many leave due to tough work, slow pay rises (interviewees:Prof Chua, Dean and Mr Kiu Yan Ru, CVE graduate, 2015, Published on Jul 10, 2016)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: 十分访谈:公共停车场收费起价 (interviewee: Dr Raymond Ong, Published on Jul 6, 2016)
Jun
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>免费乘地铁或5角回扣,你会心动吗? (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Jun 28, 2016)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈:地震离我们有多近? (interviewee: Dr Chew Soon Hoe, Published on Jun 10, 2016)
May
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>私人召车业新发展(上) (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on May 2, 2016)
Apr
- The AsiaToday article: “New life for waste” (interviewee: Prof Ng How Yong, published on Apr. 23, 2016)
Mar
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈:巴士外包 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Mar 30, 2016)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>建跨岛地铁线 考量重点是什么(下) (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Mar 6, 2016)
Feb
- Article from The Straits Times: Rice-bag home project in Nepal not quite seamless(interviewee: Dr Chian Siau Chen, Darren, Published on Feb 10, 2016)
- Media Corp Channel News Asia interview: Young athletes excel at their studies and their sport (interviewee: Lim Shengyu, EVE Graduate, 2016, Posted on Feb 01, 2016)
Jan
2015
Dec
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>十分访谈:全国铁道学院 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Dec 2, 2015)
Nov
- Article from CIO Asia: Singapore tech visionaries dominate ‘TR35 Innovators Under 35 Asia’ nominations(nominee: Dr Chian Siau Chen, Darren, Published on Nov. 18, 2015)
Oct
- Article from The Straits Times: Rail lines to be ‘delinked’ in disruptions(interviewee: Dr Raymond Ong Ghim Ping, Published on Oct 16, 2015)
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<狮城有约>>私人出租车预召软件需要规范? (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Oct 14, 2015)
Jun
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>2015 第13集 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Jun 26, 2015)
- Media Corp Channel News Asia interview: PUB launches study on underground water reservoir and drainage system (interviewee: Dr Chew Soon Hoe, Published on Jun 16, 2015 )
Mar
- Article from The Straits Times: Gearing up for dry periods (interviewee: Dr Chew Soon Hoe, Published on Mar 12, 2015)
2014
Oct
- Media Corp Channel 8 interview: <<前线追踪>>2014第29集 (interviewee: Prof Lee Der-Horng, Published on Oct 17, 2014)
Apr