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Latest News from NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE Club Alumni Talk 2025
The NUS ECE Club, in collaboration with the ECE Club Alumni Group, held the ECE Club Alumni Talk 2025 on 4th November 2025. The event featured four distinguished alumni speakers – Esmond Teo (Deputy Director, NCSS), Rishab Patwari (Co-Founder & CEO, HiveBotics), Garry Fung (Senior Project Engineer, LTA), and Chin Keong Ho (Founder, Sentinan) – who shared their diverse career
2025 Nano Energy Awards Winner
We are pleased to announce that Professor Ho Ghim Wei is one of the winners of the inaugural 2025 Nano Energy Award for Nano Energy Award for Energy Conversion. Nano Energy is dedicated to recognizing outstanding innovators in the field of nanomaterials and nanodevices for energy harvesting, conversion, storage, and utilization, and spotlighting impactful research in these fields.
Awarded the Best Poster Award at the 70th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Congratulations to Dr. Kim Dongjun and Prof. Yang Hyunsoo on receiving the Best Poster Award at the 70th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials in Florida, USA. The poster award at the Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) recognizes outstanding posters based on the level of research, quality of the visual presentation,
ECE x CFG: Effective Communications Workshop for Engineers
The NUS ECE Club, in collaboration with the Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG), held the Effective Communications Workshop for Engineers on 22nd October 2025. Led by Mr. Goh Ze Li and Mr. Kirby Mark, Career Advisors from CFG, the workshop focused on building strong communication and presentation skills essential for engineers. Participants learned about the core
NUS IEEE-HKN Alumni Sharing Session
On 18 September 2025, the IEEE-HKN Lambda Omega (NUS) Chapter was privileged to host four esteemed NUS ECE alumni, who returned to share insights about their postgraduate journeys and working experience. The event aimed to offer members and NUS ECE students a broader perspective on the opportunities available for advancing their studies and exploring career
NUS ECE startup, Squareroot8 Technologies featured on Straits Times
NUS spin-off Squareroot8 Technologies is launching a chip-based Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) that leverages intrinsic quantum randomness to produce high-entropy keys, aiming to make protected systems almost unhackable. The company began QRNG research in 2018 at NUS ECE with Assoc Prof Charles Lim, received a $3 million NRF fellowship/grant in 2019, licensed core technology
EE Alumni shortlisted as one of the four finalists for the 2025 Alton B. Zerby and Carl T Koerner Outstanding Electrical or Computer Engineering Student Award
Congratulations to Mr Ho Wei Hao, EE Alumni for the Class of 2025, on being shortlisted as one of the four finalists for the 2025 Alton B. Zerby and Carl T Koerner Outstanding Electrical or Computer Engineering Student Award. 2025 finalists will be recognized at the Student Leadership Conference November 7 – 9, 2025 hosted by
Elected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
We are honored to share that Prof Yang Hyunsoo has been elected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The APS Fellowship Program was created to recognize members for exceptional contributions in physics research, important applications of physics, significant contributions to physics education, or leadership in or service to the APS community.
ECE Club Movie Night
Movie night on 8 Oct 2025 was a success! Despite a slightly delayed start (15 minutes) as we were waiting for more people to come join us, we managed to end right on schedule, ensuring everyone could enjoy the full movie experience without it ending very late. We had 17 enthusiastic attendees join us on



