IEEE-HKN NUS chapter successfully hosted an engaging and insightful Post Graduate Sharing Session on 22 November, 2023. This event aimed at providing valuable insights into pursuing postgraduate studies local and abroad. This one-hour virtual session conducted via Zoom gathered a diverse audience eager to learn from senior who have embarked on their post graduate journey. We thank our three distinguished speakers who generously shared about their academic journeys, offering insights and real-world experiences in the realm of postgraduate studies.

• Teppei Matsutake, Master of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
• Benita Wong, Master of Science in Computer Science, Stanford University
• Zhang Yiyuan, PhD Candidate in Soft Robotics and Bio-inspired Robotics, National University of Singapore.

The session facilitated a deep dive into the experiences and challenges faced during postgraduate education, allowing attendees to learn from the speakers’ expertise. It culminated in engaging discussions, leaving participants with a clearer vision regarding their academic and career aspirations. IEEE-HKN NUS chapter extends heartfelt thanks to the speakers for their valuable contributions, as well as to all participants for their enthusiastic engagement, which significantly contributed to the success of this event.

Hello everyone, I am Sim Yu Jie, Year 4 ECE Computer Engineering (CEG) student, and the 6^th and 7^th ECE USC President.

What is ECE USC

The ECE USC refers to the Undergraduate Student Council under the ECE Department. As the student council, our main duty was to be the bridge between the ECE student body and the department. During the academic year, we organise various major events such as the Freshmen Welcome Party, Graduation Party, ECE Career Fair, as well as a Student-Staff conference, where we propose changes to academic matters to improve the learning experience for all ECE students.

Decision to take charge of my student life

I was first introduced to the USC by a fellow friend in the same cohort. As a new freshman in NUS, I was captivated by the idea of taking initiative to change my student life.

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Ms Pranati Rajagopal, ECE Electrical Engineering Year 2 student who is the Project Manager of the NUS Rover Team was recently featured on a talk show at MoneyFM 89.3 together with the team’s Technical Lead, Ms Anoushka Bhutani (Mechanical Engineering Year 2). In the talk show, the students shared about their Mars Rover Project, how they apply NASA methodology in building it, and where they see Singapore’s future in space.

In the article below, Pranati shares with us her experience as an ECE Year 2 student working with her team-mates across multiple disciplines, and the various engineering and leadership skills she applied and picked up along the way…

During my freshman year (2019), I came across NUS SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) and the Rover Team during the annual Inginium fair.

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NUS IEEE-HKN organized a Postgraduate Sharing Session, which was attended by 18 NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) undergraduates, to give a clear understanding of what a postgraduate life and program are like. Participants listened to the sharing from two Ph.D. students from the department of ECE NUS – Ng Hong Jie, who is doing research in Quantum Communication, and Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Thao, who is doing research in Neuromorphic Computing.

Participants got to hear and learn about preparations that can be done during undergraduate studies, general Ph.D. program and application process, research topics, possible future plans, Ph.D. scholarships in Singapore, and even daily life as Ph.D. students. They also got the chance to directly ask questions to the two Ph.D. students at the end of the session.

We appreciate the time that the speakers have spared out of their busy schedule and of the same importance, we also thank the participants who have joined the session despite it being held in a reading week. We hope that despite it being held online, participants still find the sharing session meaningful and helpful for their future careers!

Watt’s up!
I am Hardik, and I have recently graduated from Electrical Engineering at NUS. Currently I am pursuing a startup idea that aims to build Southeast Asia’s first one-stop portal to custom manufacturing: https://factorem.co.

During my 3rd year at NUS, I got to ride on a once in a lifetime opportunity by travelling to and working at a startup in North America. This was part of the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) program, which is highly competitive to get into, but the unique experience promised drove me to pursue it.

My NOC journey became especially unique, having been part of the pioneering batch for the NOC Toronto program. The most unexpected part of the journey…read more

Hey there, I am Teo Zheng Ping (Zayden), currently a year 3 going year 4 student in Electrical Engineering.  I am currently a student on the NUS Overseas College (NOC) Stockholm Programme. As such, I was supposed to be based in Stockholm, Sweden from January to December this year. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I only managed to spend 2 months in Sweden, having returned to Singapore in March.

I chose to do my NOC in Stockholm due to the diversity and openness of the startup ecosystem in Sweden. Not forgetting the fact that Spotify, Skype and many other unicorns were born and bred in Stockholm. My first impression of the Swedes would be during my preliminary rounds of interviews with the prospective companies in Stockholm. They were friendly, highly accommodating and did not have any qualms about my inability to speak Swedish.

This year’s 2020 ECE FYP Poster Competition was conducted electronically due to the Covid19 situation. The top 3 winners for this year’s FYP Poster Competition share their experiences about their project teamwork and the challenges they faced in their FYP with some advice to their juniors!

PhD Sharing Session

A post-graduate sharing session was organized by the NUS IEEE-HKN student chapter and took place on the 21st of November, 2019. During the session, Ms. Qiu Yihui and Mr. Dong Bowei shared about the value of PhD, their personal journey and reasons for doing a PhD. They also talked about what they do in a day as a PhD Student and how it was different from an undergraduate student. The event gave our senior undergraduate students the opportunity to explore their suitability for an academic research career and discover how a PhD can catapult them ahead in such a career.

Projects provide unique opportunities through which ECE students can develop important attributes of a competent professional engineer. Projects facilitate the development of engineering problem solving skills, i.e., formulating a problem and a set of specifications for the solution, the requirement to use a more holistic approach to arrive at an optimal solution, and the need to draw on the knowledge and skills from different disciplines and to bring it to bear on the solution.

Student Life Sharing Sessions, organized by the ECE Student Life office, gave students an overview of the range of readily available services within the University (e.g. counselling and psychological services, career advising). In particular, one of these sessions was on “Be what you are: Discover your career path through the secrets of personality type”. It reinforced that work will be satisfying if it interests one and allows one to do the things one enjoy. Even though work can be interesting and enjoyable for one, it may not be suitable for another due to people’s differing personalities.