Congratulations to Dr. Souradeep!

Congratulations to Dr. Souradeep Gupta, an alumnus of Department of Building, PhD ’19, and a former research fellow, for receiving the highly competitive Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council (ARC). His proposed research, funded by ARC (AUD 450,000 for 3 years) and hosted at the University of New South Wales in Sydney (UNSW), aims to curb the concentration of pollutants in the air using engineered lightweight building material technology. More information on this can be found here.

Dr. Gupta has also been offered a tenure-track faculty appointment (Asst. Prof.) by the Centre for Sustainable Technologies at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. IISc is ranked #1 among Indian science and technology universities.

Souradeep received his Master’s (with Gold medal) and PhD. from National University of Singapore (NUS), before moving to UNSW, Australia for his post-doctoral research. Based on the outcome of his PhD research, he co-founded a technology start-up, Biochar Innovations Pte. Ltd., together with Assoc Prof. Kua Harn Wei, through Graduate Research and Innovation Program (GRIP) supported by NUS Enterprise.

We wish Souradeep success as he continues to grow in his academic journey

“Capturing Greenhouse Gas Removal” Image Competition

Associate Professor Kua Harn Wei and his team, comprising of Abhimanyu Goel and Huang Lei, won the top jury award of the “Capturing Greenhouse Gas Removal” Image Competition, organized by Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise & the Environment, and the UK CO2RE program. The UK CO2RE conducts research on Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) and

Faculty Publication-Managing Projects with Smart Technologies

🎉Congratulations Professor Hwang Bon Gang on his new book: Managing Projects with Smart Technologies written in collaboration with Dr. Jasmine Ng and Ms. Zhu Hanjing! This book addresses the impact of smart technology applications on project management and examines how technologically competent PMs can be developed for successfully managing and delivering projects with smart technologies.

CDE Signs MOU with ASI

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between CDE and the Army Safety Inspectorate (ASI), expanding the partnership between the two institutions in the area of research and technology. A/Prof Goh Yang Miang from the Department of Built Environment (DBE) and his team are contributing to their partnership by working with ASI to develop