HIGHLIGHTS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS & STUDENT LIFE
The Office of Student Life held the CDE Community Day 2023 on 18 October, at the To-Gather student life space at Level 3 of TechnoEdge. With over 500 students in attendance, the event was a great opportunity for CDE students to come together as a community and participate in various activities aimed at fostering connectedness, the spirit of sharing and giving, and unity in working towards a common purpose.
This year’s event had a showcase of community service projects that highlighted the community spirit of some of our female CDE students. The students were given the platform to share about the causes and community groups that are close to their hearts and the initiatives that they have kickstarted to make a difference and give back. Each of the projects on display will be given funding, sponsored by SingLand to motivate more female students to engage in community service.
Another highlight was the grand finals of the highly anticipated inaugural CDE Cook-off Challenge. Four teams, comprising three student chefs, emerged as finalists from the overwhelming sign-ups and qualifier round. The final teams displayed great teamwork and creativity to whip up their best dish for the judges within a tight timeframe of 15 minutes. Team Father Hen, 3 aspiring cooks (at home) Paxton, Jie Min and Dillan, from Biomedical Engineering year 2, walked away as the Champions.
The Affirmation Board, fondly named Good Vibes Only, was popular with students, with many attendees leaving behind handwritten notes of encouragement. It was heart-warming to see students coming together to uplift and support one another through these short notes containing nuggets of positivity and cheer as they filled up the board.
Student attendees also bonded over crafts making, pet therapy and rock painting as part of the community garden show and tell. The Bishi Bashi machine, claw machine, and other arcade games, served as a great outlet for students to seek respite from their classes and assessments together. Many students also showed off their skills at the muffin decoration, as well as enjoying the delectable food treats available at the event.
We would like to thank everyone who attended the event and made it a success. We look forward to seeing you all at next year's CDE Community Day!
The Office of Student Life held the CDE Community Day 2023 on 18 October, at the To-Gather student life space at Level 3 of TechnoEdge. With over 500 students in attendance, the event was a great opportunity for CDE students to come together as a community and participate in various activities aimed at fostering connectedness, the spirit of sharing and giving, and unity in working towards a common purpose.
This year’s event had a showcase of community service projects that highlighted the community spirit of some of our female CDE students. The students were given the platform to share about the causes and community groups that are close to their hearts and the initiatives that they have kickstarted to make a difference and give back. Each of the projects on display will be given funding, sponsored by SingLand to motivate more female students to engage in community service.
Another highlight was the grand finals of the highly anticipated inaugural CDE Cook-off Challenge. Four teams, comprising three student chefs, emerged as finalists from the overwhelming sign-ups and qualifier round. The final teams displayed great teamwork and creativity to whip up their best dish for the judges within a tight timeframe of 15 minutes. Team Father Hen, 3 aspiring cooks (at home) Paxton, Jie Min and Dillan, from Biomedical Engineering year 2, walked away as the Champions.
The Affirmation Board, fondly named Good Vibes Only, was popular with students, with many attendees leaving behind handwritten notes of encouragement. It was heart-warming to see students coming together to uplift and support one another through these short notes containing nuggets of positivity and cheer as they filled up the board.
Student attendees also bonded over crafts making, pet therapy and rock painting as part of the community garden show and tell. The Bishi Bashi machine, claw machine, and other arcade games, served as a great outlet for students to seek respite from their classes and assessments together. Many students also showed off their skills at the muffin decoration, as well as enjoying the delectable food treats available at the event.
We would like to thank everyone who attended the event and made it a success. We look forward to seeing you all at next year's CDE Community Day!
As part of the line-up to WellNUS Festival 2023, the CDE Office of Student Life, in collaboration with the NUS Office of Student Affairs, held the Latte Art workshop at the To-Gather workshop space. Twenty CDE students joined the workshop, eagerly learning the art of pouring to create beautiful designs on the coffee. The trainer started the crowd off with a short lecture on the theory of latte art before allowing the students to attempt at pouring into a new canvas! The Latte Art workshop was the first of a number of exciting workshops held in the WellNUS month for CDE students to promote and celebrate well-being. Keep a look out for more initiatives for CDE students!
As part of the line-up to WellNUS Festival 2023, the CDE Office of Student Life, in collaboration with the NUS Office of Student Affairs, held the Latte Art workshop at the To-Gather workshop space. Twenty CDE students joined the workshop, eagerly learning the art of pouring to create beautiful designs on the coffee. The trainer started the crowd off with a short lecture on the theory of latte art before allowing the students to attempt at pouring into a new canvas! The Latte Art workshop was the first of a number of exciting workshops held in the WellNUS month for CDE students to promote and celebrate well-being. Keep a look out for more initiatives for CDE students!
DOA Students sweep the Singapore Institute of Planners Planning Awards 2023
The NUS Department of Architecture (DOA) students have achieved an impressive feat by securing all Outstanding Student Projects at the Singapore Institute of Planners Planning Awards 2023. The 8th Planning Award ceremony, organised by the Singapore Institute of Planners (SIP), took place on 22 September 2023. Our talented individuals secured all the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Special Mention Awards in the Outstanding Student Projects Category. We applaud the remarkable success of the students from the Master of Arts in Urban Design (MAUD) and Master of Urban Planning (MUP) Programmes for their outstanding accomplishments.
View their projects here: SIP Awardees
P!D Public Interest Design Prize 2023
Congratulations to Choi Seung Hyeok, a graduate student from the Master of Architecture, for being awarded the Participate in Design Award for Best M.Arch Thesis Project. His thesis project demonstrates the power of community engagement in developing design proposals. In particular, the extensive fieldwork distinguishes it from all other nominations.
The P!D Public Interest Design Prize supports undergraduate and postgraduate projects which aim to achieve sustainable outcomes through equitable decision-making process and the deepening of relationships with communities. Administered by the Department of Architecture, this $15,000 book prize, in honour of the organisation’s late co-founder and NUS alumnus Ms Mizah Rahman, hopes to champion and promote understanding of participatory design and processes in making cities a better place for all.
Congratulations also to Mariam Yusuf Rajkotwala, a Year 2 student of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, for being awarded the Participate in Design Award for Design Studio Project or Project in a Non-Design Module or Community Service Project. This recognition is for her work in conducting community engagement work in Queenstown, and the design proposal was a response to the engagement work done with the aim of achieving sustainability, inclusivity for the community, and promoting intergenerational relationships.
P!D Public Interest Design Prize 2023
Congratulations to Choi Seung Hyeok, a graduate student from the Master of Architecture, for being awarded the Participate in Design Award for Best M.Arch Thesis Project. His thesis project demonstrates the power of community engagement in developing design proposals. In particular, the extensive fieldwork distinguishes it from all other nominations.
The P!D Public Interest Design Prize supports undergraduate and postgraduate projects which aim to achieve sustainable outcomes through equitable decision-making process and the deepening of relationships with communities. Administered by the Department of Architecture, this $15,000 book prize, in honour of the organisation’s late co-founder and NUS alumnus Ms Mizah Rahman, hopes to champion and promote understanding of participatory design and processes in making cities a better place for all.
Congratulations also to Mariam Yusuf Rajkotwala, a Year 2 student of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, for being awarded the Participate in Design Award for Design Studio Project or Project in a Non-Design Module or Community Service Project. This recognition is for her work in conducting community engagement work in Queenstown, and the design proposal was a response to the engagement work done with the aim of achieving sustainability, inclusivity for the community, and promoting intergenerational relationships.
PhD student, Evan Cheok Wei Wen, was awarded the Best Student Paper Award in the 18th International Symposium of Tubular Structures, held from 17 to 20 October 2023, organised by Tsinghua University. The title of his paper was “Digital twin solution for crack assessment in X-joints under brace loading”. Evan's supervisors are Associate Professor Qian Xudong (main), Professor Quek Ser Tong (co-supervisor) and Professor Michael Si (Co-supervisor).
The International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) presented a Jim Bolton Student Presentation Award (2nd place) to PhD student Mr Zhong Yu (supervised by Professor Hu Jiangyong) during the IUVA World Congress, held on 10-13 September 2023, at the InterContinental Dubai - Festival City in Dubai, U.A.E. for his oral presentation on “Emerging micropollutants removal by ozone/BAC with UV/chloramine”.
Han Kaizhen and Zheng Zijie, under the guidance of Associate Professor Gong Xiao from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, were awarded the Best Demo Paper Award at the 2023 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuit (VLSI 2023) and the Best Student Paper Award at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuit Design and Technology (ICICDT 2023) respectively.
Read more: Best Demo Paper Award