HIGHLIGHTS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS & STUDENT LIFE
Despite facing obstacles on their journey to success, the NUS Bumblebee Team (Bumblebee Autonomous Systems) was able to defend their title, achieving 1st Place Overall and 2nd in Design Documentation at the international Robosub 2023 organised by RoboNation. Held at the NIWC Pacific Transdec Facility, it brought together international robotics talent to compete with their Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). The BumbleBee Team comprises members from the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, School of Computing, the Business School, and the NUS Advanced Robotics Centre, ARC Research!
Read more at: BumbleBee in First Place
Welcome back to School!
The new Academic Year 2023/2024 has begun. The CDE Office of Student Life is gearing up on several events and workshops to be rolled out in Semester 1.
Keep a lookout for our activities:
- Wellness Urban Hike, 8 September 2023
- Community Day, 18 October 2023
- Wellness month workshops, primarily in October
- Employer engagement sessions, throughout the Semester
Want to be the Superheroes of our student community?
We are recruiting student volunteers for the role of CDE Wellness Ambassador and Peer Student Supporter. Find out more here: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/student-life/peer-student-supporters/
Upcoming! CDE Career Fair 2023
Dear students! Are you looking forward to interacting with top employers, exploring a variety of career options compatible with your aspirations, or seeking jobs and internship opportunities? We have good news for you! The upcoming CDE Career Fair 2023, jointly organised with the Centre for Future-ready Graduates, is taking place on-campus on 12 and 13 September 2023 at the NUS Block EA Atrium.
Meet more than 70 key employers across the private and public sectors, including start-ups, over the two-day career fair. Join our career-related activities leading up to the CDE Career Fair, with pop-up booths, preparatory workshops and employer engagement talks.
Check out the full calendar of these career-related activities via our website https://cde.nus.edu.sg/student-life/career-fair/. Places are limited. Donā€™t wait! Register now to book your place at the CDE Career Fair 2023.
Master of Architecture graduateĀ Ye Thu's short film, Sundays In-Between, was selected for the Singapore Shorts Film Festival by the Asian Film Archive. The film complements her thesis, supervised by Assistant Professor Lilian Chee and was screened at the Oldham Theatre on 20 August.
Sundays In-Between reimagines Peninsula Plazaā€™s liminal spaces on the Burmese communityā€™s off days. By overlaying footage shot on Sundays, the film carves out an architecture that works through opportunistic acts of invention, articulating a quiet yet political aesthetic and revealing what it means to thrive in spaces unintended for cultural difference.
Singapore Shorts is an annual showcase organised by the Asian Film Archive (AFA) to celebrate the boldness and diversity of local short films each year. Selected by a panel of respected film professionals, Singapore Shorts ā€™23 provides the widest showing of short film titles in Singapore.
Jiaming Qi, a PhD student, led a team that was one of the five Singapore Airlines AppChallenge 2023 winners - Tertiary Student Track. Jiaming's research project, HaptGlove clinched the Best Prototype Award in this highly competitive challenge in which 287 teams and 611 contestants participated. The team demonstrated how HaptGlove can enhance aviation training by providing a realistic and immersive experience in exploring virtual worlds through its haptics capability. The team included 3 undergrads who came in as interns under the NUS start-up Microtube Technologies, which hosted the project team ā€“ Jocilia G and Calvin Wong (Biomedical Engineering), and Isaac Tay (Mechanical Engineering). Read more about their journey towards a win here!
Mind Peek is a project developed under Museum Alive, a joint studio offered by the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (EDIC), the Division of Industrial Design, and the Department of Architecture seeks to push the boundaries of museum experiences. This AI-powered exhibit can identify emotions in real-time. It comprises a visual display of interactive-coloured orbs manifested from our emotions, influencing the experiences of others around us. The exhibit provides a tranquil environment for visitors to unwind and reflect on their well-being and emotions.
We are proud that Mind Peek was selected to be presented as the first collaboration with the Singapore Art Museum as part of its new signature wellbeing programme - SAM Art Dose!
The concept was first developed by the interdisciplinary students across the programmes and further developed into the final prototype by the Mind Peek team that includes Janessa Song Mun Yoong and Ng Yu Zhe from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Joanne Chandini Joseph and Lucas Tay Hao Yang from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Class 2023, and Srikesh Sundaresan a Year 4 student from the Division of Industrial Design.
The Museum Alive interdisciplinary teaching team consists of Associate Professor Khoo Eng Tat from EDIC, Assistant Professor Clement Zheng and Associate Professor Yen Ching-Chiuan from Industrial Design, and Associate Professor Thomas Kong Kwok Hoong fromĀ Architecture.
We want to congratulate Kia Khee, one of our final-year students, and the STEP Youth Crew for their victory in The FINALS International Dance Competition held in Braunschweig, Germany. Kia Khee led her team to a glorious victory, clinching 1st place in the Professional category and receiving a full standing ovation from the 2,500 audience members. The team beat 26 adult teams from Germany, Brazil, Poland, Netherlands, and Switzerland with an exceptional score of 96/100. Kia Khee has been working tirelessly for the past few months, guiding her juniors and managing the logistics for the trip, all while keeping up with her academic commitments. Her dedication and hard work in pursuing her passion for dance have made our department immensely proud.
Congratulations once again on the win!
We would like to extend our congratulations to Clarice Lau and Mio Jia Ying for receiving the Land Transport Authority Local Scholarship (Mid-Term). Additionally, we would like to congratulate Srinda Bee Binte Abdul Jabbar for being awarded the Land Transport Authority Local Study Award (Mid-Term). These awards are given to students who demonstrate excellence in their studies, possess impressive Co-Curricular Activities records, and exhibit strong interpersonal and communication skills. Well done to all the recipients!
Congratulations to Dr Vishnu Sunil, who was supervised by Professor Chi-Hwa Wang, for receiving the Controlled Release Society (CRS) PhD Thesis Award in recognition of his outstanding doctoral research and scientific contributions to the field of controlled release. This highly competitive award is the highest recognition for PhD graduates in the field of delivery science. This award was presented at the CRS 2023 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.