Dear students and colleagues
It was great to start the new semester with two events involving our CDE alums.
Alums Mr Tan Szue Hann, Head of Sustainability, Keppel Land (Architecture alum) and Mr Tan Chee Yong, Associate Director of Sustainability, Incendium Consulting (Environmental Engineering alum), joined Ms Heng Li Lang, Senior Director of Temasek Foundation, as panellists for the forum “How can we build a sustainable future?” held on 11th January. They swapped stories of how their experiences as students inspired them to embark on careers in sustainability. Even as they acknowledged the challenges they faced bringing together professionals from diverse fields towards a common goal, their passion for their chosen work was evident. Seeing alums making their mark inspired many in the audience. Davis Roy, a 4th year ME student, Co-Founder of Student Energy NUS, shared that he had “learned about the vast opportunities students have to change the world”.
On CDE Day, held on the second Wednesday of the semester (18th January), alums joined guests for the sustainability-themed carnival organised by the Student Life Office and the CDE student clubs. They also toured the award-winning SDE4 building and enthusiastically snapped photos of the exhibits of ‘CDE’s Awesome Projects’. It was heartening to see them, a few with their families, queuing for popcorn, trying their hand at the game stalls, and questioning students about their exhibits.
It is through such interactions that we strengthen our ties as a community. I hope that we all continue to reach out and make connections that matter.
Cheers!
Aaron
Dean, College of Design and Engineering
HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS & STUDENT LIFE
Congratulations to Hans Sebastian Mulyawan, from the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, on being awarded the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship.
Hans will join the eighth batch of 151 Schwarzman Scholars for graduate studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing starting in August 2023. The Schwarzman Scholarship is awarded yearly, selecting candidates for their outstanding leadership qualities and the potential to understand and bridge cultural and political differences. Among his many entrepreneurial ventures and leadership roles, Hans is Secretary General of the Indonesian Students’ Association in Singapore. Associate Professor Ng Sze Hui, Head of the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM) at CDE, said: “On behalf of ISEM and CDE, I’d like to congratulate Hans on his scholarship and wish him all the best for his time in Beijing. Having been an active member of the NUS student community, along with his passion for accessible education and entrepreneurship, I’m sure he will find a lot of inspiration and have a lot to contribute to the community of Schwartzman Scholars.”
Congratulations to Ms Anthea Foong, an iDP alum and CEO of MediVR (Our own startup), for winning the Southeast Asia Fencing Championships 2023!
Congratulations to our iDP team (i.e. Eugene Ee Wei Han (Team mentor and project supervisor), Zheng Hao Chin, Jasshan Kumeresh, Koh Yang Kai, Bui Quang Huy and Jaymi Mae Ching (from L to R in the first picture)) on clinching the Grand Prize at this year's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Innovation Challenge! The award will be presented to our iDP students on 26 January 2023. This annual competition is organized by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and Space Faculty, which provides a platform to use cutting-edge space technologies, such as the GNSS and Singapore Satellite Positioning Reference Network (SiReNT), as part of their solution. The challenge statement for this year is targeted at "designing an autonomous last-mile delivery system enabled by SiReNT". The student team's solution for the Design + Build Category looks into the challenges of outdoor autonomous robots. More information on the competition can be found at https://lnkd.in/gGRRKyPB.
Community Garden horticulture workshop
Over the Semester 1 Vacation, the Office of Student Life hosted a horticulture workshop for the pioneer batch of gardening enthusiasts.
Held at the CDE student life space To-Gather at TechnoEdge Level 3 on 15 December 2022, 13 CDE students joined in to be briefed on the know-hows of gardening, followed by a guided hands-on session where students picked up tools and got their hands dirty in caring for their plot. The sweet finale to the day was a lunch gathering served with dishes whipped up using ingredients which was freshly harvested from the CDE community garden.