Department of the Built Environment Highlights and Achievements 2024
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Department of the Built Environment Achievements 2024
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Scholarship
Congratulations to our Year 1 Bachelor of Engineering Infrastructure and Project Management (IPM) student, Goh Ying Xuan, on receiving her Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Scholarship at the MHA Scholarship & Sponsorship Ceremony 2024 last month!
Ying Xuan, an officer at the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), was awarded the full scholarship to pursue an undergraduate degree programme with the Department of the Built Environment. She is pursuing further skills and knowledge in areas such as infrastructure, digitalisation, and sustainability in the built environment, which she hopes to put into practice in her career at ICA after the completion of her studies. She hopes that the IPM programme will allow her to stay on top of rapid technological developments and add value to ICA’s operations and transformation journey, secure our borders, and enable Singapore to stay connected to the world.
IFMA World Workplace Asia-Pacific Student Challenge
Congratulations to our PFM/IPM student team comprising of Annabel Sim, Stella Chew, Wong Weiloong and Chua Weijun (College of Humanities and Sciences) for clinching the top prize at the World Workplace Asia-Pacific Student Challenge hosted by the Infrastructure and Facilities Management Association (IFMA).
The team shared their vision for the future of Facilities Management (FM) and how our NUS, aims to contribute to a sustainable and forward-thinking FM landscape. Team PFM believes in ONE FM—a future where facilities management services are seamlessly integrated and self-regulated by advanced building systems, achieving sustainability and efficiency.
They would also like to thank Valerie Sim and Dr Shah Kwok Wei for their support.
The department is proud of their contributions to the FM field!
ASHRAE LOUISE AND BILL HOLLADAY DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AWARD 2024
Congratulations to Professor Chandra Sekhar on receiving the Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award from ASHRAE, which is an international society of more than 50,000 heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning professionals from over 132 nations dedicated to serving humanity and promoting a sustainable world. He received this honour at the ASHRAE Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on 22 June 2024.
This award honours Fellows of the Society for continuing pre-eminence in engineering or research work.
Thank you for your continued contributions to the built environment sector, Professor Sekhar!
STRAITS TIME AND LIANHE ZAOBAO FEATURE-DR ADRIAN CHONG'S MIXED MODE VENTILATION PROJECT
The Department of the Built Environment is proud to share that our Mixed-Mode Ventilation project, led by Assistant Professor Adrian Chong, has been featured in both The Straits Times and Zao Bao.
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, organised by Oxford University's Smith School of Enterprise & the Environment, and the UK CO2RE programme. The UK CO2RE conducts research on Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) and it is co-ordinating Hub of the GGR-Demonstration Programme, which is the largest GGR programme funded by the UK government to date.
They submitted an image entitled ‘Biochar: Halo and Bubble of Life’ as seen in the Instagram post, which is a new material the team is developing, comprising biochar, which is made from recycled wood and limestone calcined clay cement (LC3). This material allows the capture of CO2 in seawater and freshwater, creating a “CO2 halo” around itself.
The image reflected shows a cube 3D-printed with this material in a Voronoi structure, being tested as an aquatic plant nursery. It aims to use captured greenhouse gases to promote marine biodiversity.
The large bubble on the top right represents the biochar's interior, highlighting the pores that capture CO2. Inside two smaller water bubbles are images of microscopic folds in the biochar, resembling infants, symbolising hope and sustainability for future generations. The jury is composed of researchers from Oxford University, the University College of London and the University of Manchester and they were struck by how impressively the photograph captured innovation in GGR whilst lending the visual a quality of aesthetic optimism.
Congratulations to A/Prof Kua and his team on the win! 🎉
Department of the Built Enviroment Gallery Highlights 2024
