The Department would like to congratulate A/P Praveen Linga on his new appointment as the Vice Dean (Communications and Outreach) with effect from 2 October 2020. Full members of the Faculty Board can be viewed here: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/about-us/people/faculty-board/

Asst Prof Chen Po-Yen has won two awards for his innovative research into next-generation functional materials for wearable electronics and emerging soft robots: AIChE’s 35 Under 35 Award The AIChE is the world’s leading organisation for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members in over 110 countries. The ‘35 Under 35 Award’ recognizes the

ChBe welcomes two new Faculty Members aboard. Dr Owen Shea Fenton has joined ChBE as an Assistant Professor. Prior to his NUS appointment, Owen was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT in the laboratory of Professor Robert Langer. He graduated in 2016 with a PhD from MIT under the supervision of Professors Robert Langer and Daniel Anderson.

  Professor Chi-Hwa Wang has been nominated to become a Fellow of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies UK (WSSET   https://www.wsset.org/) recognizing his contributions to the science and technology of relevance to waste to energy.  The nomination was strongly supported by the members of the Executive Committee of WSSET.   WSSET is non-profit Society which

Hands-On Learning: An Experiential Approach to Train Chemical Engineering Students Interesting teaching experiments and its findings by our Chemical Engineering Principles and Practice (EPP) team members is published in a top Chemical Engineering Education journal. Please click here for more information

The Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) is one of the most well-known international societies in the field of Biotechnology. The award recognizes young investigators who have made outstanding scientific contributions in the field. Dr Zhou’s research group focuses on transforming renewable carbon substrates through microbial fermentation into value-added products, especially food/feed ingredients and

A/P Kawi Sibudjing received the Long Service Medal award during the this year’s National Day Awards for his longstanding service to NUS and the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.

The Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellowship Scheme is a competitive programme that seeks to attract and recruit outstanding young scientists from around the world to conduct independent research in Singapore. Dr. Pieremanuele Canepa is one of the four NUS researchers who was awarded this prestigious fellowship with his research project on the next-generation of

Reuter file photo Associate Professor Praveen Linga highlights the need to prevent carbon dioxide emissions from spiking drastically as Singapore gradually resumes economic and social activities. He highlights carbon capture technology as a promising area of research that has shown great potential in reducing carbon footprint. Full article can be accessed here: Today online

Professor Pandu Rangaiah, Gade was awarded Emeritus Professorship on 1 July 2020. The Emeritus Professorship is conferred to full professors on retirement in recognition of the professor’s sustained and strong contributions to the University and its community, in the advancement of learning and knowledge.

A/Prof Linga receives 2019 SCEJ Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer Award Dean’s Chair Associate Professor Linga is one of the recipients of the 2019 SCEJ Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer Award. This prestigious award is granted to researchers and/or engineers under the age of 45 who have accomplished outstanding achievements in chemical engineering in Asia. According

A/Prof. Linga has been appointed as an Associate Editor in Energy & Fuels journal from 01 June 2020. Energy & Fuels is a premier journal in Fuels research and was started in 1987 by the American Chemical Society (ACS). A/Prof Linga will be handling the journal’s portfolio concerning unconventional fuels related to shale gas, methane hydrates and coal-bed