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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 (CAMS)
- Centre for Hazards Research (CHR)
- Centre for Resilient Underground Infrastructure and Engineering (CRUISE)
- Centre for Transportation Research (CTR)
- Centre for Water Research (CWR)
- Centre for Resource Circularity and Resilience (CR)2
- Centre for Offshore Research and Engineering (CORE)
- Centre for Environmental Resilience (CES)
- Safety & Health Committee
- Completed Research Projects
- Research Brief
- Achievements (in the media)
Centre of Construction 3D Printing Research (C3DPR)
About Us
The Centre of Construction 3D Printing Research (C3DPR) drives construction automation, decarbonisation, and digital fabrication in Singapore. It supports research in large-scale 3D printing with concrete, metals, and hybrid systems to boost productivity, performance, and reduce material waste. C3DPR combines expertise in materials science, structural design, testing, and digital fabrication to advance practical and innovative 3D printing solutions, encouraging sustainable technology adoption in the built environment.
Mission
- Conduct research in 3D construction printing to improve productivity, structural performance, sustainability, and resilience in the built environment.
- Support the development of scientific knowledge, standards, and applications related to 3D printing in construction.
- Collaborate with industry and government agencies to develop a workforce familiar with digital construction methods for future engineering needs.
Members
Members
Director: Dr Du Hongjian
Assistant Professor Meng Xin
Associate Professor Pang Sze Dai
Professor Richard Liew
Awards
- PhD candidate Luo Rui won the 3rd Place Award in the Young Researchers Conference 2025, organised by The Institution of Structural Engineers (UK).
- Undergraduate student Justin Halim won the Merit Award in Engineering Innovation Challenge 2025, organised by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore.
- Undergraduate students Aung Zaw That, Justin Adrian Halim, Sunny Wu Yihang, Adler Chua Yu Cheng, Tan Kai Ying, Sue-Ann and Seng Wei Liang, Ivan won the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize AY2024/2025 by the National University of Singapore.
- Professor Richard Liew and Dr Chua Yishu have received the Feature Paper Award from Engineering Structures (Elsevier) for their article, "Innovative Modular Systems for High-Rise Buildings" (Volume 323, 15 January 2025, Article 119270).
Past and current Research Projects
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- Ben Ng PhD work on 3D concrete printing for PPVC modules with reinforcements.
- Zhang Zheyuan PhD work on Embodied carbon calculators for steel, concrete and composite buildings structures
- Zhang Hao PhD work on underwater 3D concrete printing
- Aung Zaw That PhD work on structural application of 3D printing concrete
- Liu Xin PhD work on process optimisation for wire-arc directed energy deposition and functionally graded materials
- Jin Xiao PhD work on structural optimisation and design of novel hybrid construction featuring wire-arc directed energy deposition
Collaborator & Partner
- National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC)
- Woh Hup (Private) Ltd
- Omya Singapore Pte Ltd
Contact
The Centre of Construction 3D Printing Research Laboratory (C3DPR)
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
The National University of Singapore
Block E1A, #07-03,
1 Engineering Drive 2
Singapore 117576
Contact Person: Director, Dr Du Hongjian
Tel: (65) 6601 7529
E-mail: ceedhj@nus.edu.sg