Congratulations to Sparsh, Dr Ang Yu Qian and Dr Chew Lup Wai. Dr Ang and Dr Chew, as Principal Investigators of the Thermal Floater Project, together with their team, achieved Runner-Up at the Grand Finals of both the MIT Climate & Energy Prize and the London CleanTech Award held in April, following their earlier win

The Department of the Built Environment is delighted to welcome Professor Jiang Hongbin. Professor Jiang brings 30 years of experience in large infrastructure project development, particularly for investment project structuring and financing, procurement and contract management. His work spans China and over 30 other countries, with extensive expertise in the energy, transportation, environment, urban development

Congratulations to Associate Professor Kua Harn Wei on his invitation to serve as an Associate Editor for the new journal “Biochar X.” Biochar X will cover topics such as energy, construction, health, policy, and unconventional fields of biochar application. He will contribute to the journal’s establishment while maintaining scientific standards. We look forward to Associate

Associate Professor Kua Harn Wei and Research Associate Abhimanyu Goel were invited by Dr Dong Kaijun, the Head of the Guangzhou Institute of Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to deliver talks on their research concerning biochar building materials and 3D printing. Their presentations focused on the use of biochar to enhance the sequestration of carbon

The Department of the Built Environment would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to our faculty members who have received awards in acknowledgement of their contributions to educating our students. College Teaching Excellence Award AY23/24 Associate Professor Gabriel Kor Dr Vincent Gan Dr Alexander Lin (not in picture) College Educator Award AY23/24 Associate Professor Adrian

The Department of the Built Environment hosted a delegation from Tsinghua University and buildingSMART China on 20 March 2025 for a discussion on Building Information Modelling (BIM) and automated code compliance checking technologies. The delegation comprised Dr. Gao Ge, Prof. Gu Ming, Dr. Du Xinyi, and Mr. Wei Lai, Secretary General of buildingSMART China. Prior

Congratulations to Associate Professor Stephen Tay on his election to the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) Board (2025/2027). This marks his second term as an elected Board Member in the SGBC Board. The SGBC is a non-profit organisation that advocates green building design, practices, and technologies to achieve a sustainable built environment in Singapore through

Congratulations, Associate Professor Kua Harn Wei, on being appointed as Vice Chair of International Biochar Initiatives (IBI). As a Vice Chair, his mission is to strengthen the connection between IBI and the global biochar academic network; this includes bringing the research community closer to the industry by encouraging more research on problems encountered by the

The Department of the Built Environment is pleased to announce that the Bachelor of Engineering Infrastructure and Project Management (IPM) undergraduate degree programme has been formally accepted under the Green Mark Associate (GMA) Coursework Recognition in 2024. The GMA accreditation provides employers the assurance that graduates possess a core understanding of sustainability, green buildings, the

The Department of the Built Environment (DBE) has been offering a Common Curriculum course, PF1101 Fundamentals of Project Management, since AY2021-2022. More than 5,300 students, both within and outside of the College of Design and Engineering, have now completed the course. In 2023, Wee Hur Holdings made an endowed donation to the University to establish

The department is pleased to share that our Ph.D. student, Hanmo Wang was honored with the Best Paper Award for his paper titled “Physics-Informed Graph Neural Networks for Predicting Mechanical Responses in Hollow Concrete Structures with Clay-Filled Morphed Honeycomb Cavities” at the 1st International Conference on Engineering Structures (https://www.ices2024.cn/) held in Guangzhou, China. It is

World’s 2nd in Construction Management Research EduRank.org recently ranked NUS Department of the Built Environment (DBE) second in the world for research performance in Construction Management (CM). Ranking of Best Universities for CM Research in the World: 1. Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2. National University of Singapore 3. Pennsylvania State University 4. Massachusetts Institute of