Professor Seeram Ramakrishna from NUS Mechanical Engineering is once again (since 2014) named among the world’s most highly cited researchers in the latest 2021 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, among the world’s most influential scientific minds. Prof Seeram R is among 16 highly cited researchers from NUS Engineering, and among 32 from NUS. Congrats! The annual list

NUS engineering undergraduate project turned spin-off company, BeeX, has clinched a seven-figure seed funding from Cap Vista, the strategic investment arm of Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). Congrats! BeeX, an underwater autonomous systems startup, was founded by NUS mechanical engineering alumna Ms Grace Chia, and computer engineering alumnus Mr Goh Eng Wei. Their

NUS Mechanical Engineering’s Asst Prof Shin Sunmi and Asst Prof Tan Yu Jun have been named in the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific list. Congrats! The list was unveiled on 28 October and the honourees were selected by distinguished judges from around the world, based on criteria such as: impact, ingenuity, daring,

A new invention that improves the energy efficiency of District Cooling Systems (DCS) has demonstrated that it could improve the energy carrying capacity by up to three times as compared to a conventional chilled water storage system, and yield more than 10% in cost savings annually. The trial, which completed in August 2021, was conducted

Congratulations to Associate Professor A Senthil Kumar on being elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)! The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession and to ASME. A/Prof A Senthil Kumar’s profile can

Amidst the pandemic, calls for people to socially distance and stay at home have created a surge in online shopping, resulting in a huge demand for last mile deliveries. This episode of CNA’s “Why It Matters” delves into possible solutions to alleviate this labour-intensive process. Prof Marcelo Ang from the NUS Dept of Mechanical Engineering

  NUS’ Engineering has been ranked 10th globally in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022 by subject. NUS rose two spots from 12th in the 2021 rankings, and remains as the top Asian university for Engineering.   Read more at news.nus.edu.sg

NUS Engineering has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Big Data Exchange (BDx), a Pan Asian data centre cluster and Sembcorp Marine to explore the feasibility of developing groundbreaking sustainable ocean data centers. This strategic alliance also seeks to address the growing climate and sustainability challenges facing the data centre industry and environment. Under the MOU,

Image: Prof Gregory Chirkjian (left), Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, receiving the donation cheque from Dr Wu Ya Jun (middle), Chairperson for NUS Staff Club, witnessed by A/Prof Lee Kim Seng (right), Vice-Chairman for NUS Staff Club. The NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME Dept) has received from NUS Staff Club, a gift

Academic book “An Introduction to Circular Economy” is one of ten winning titles for the 2021 Springer Nature China New Development Awards. Congratulations to the books’ editors, Dr Liu Lerwen (King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi) and Prof Seeram Ramakrishna (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore)! The awards highlight significant research in facilitating

NUS mechanical engineering student Lau Jin Ming combined his love for cycling and tech and built an AI chip that steers his bicycle for him. He doesn’t use the AI chip during his foodpanda deliveries due to regulations, but Jin Ming is already envisioning other AI-assisted possibilities, such as programming a chip that can ring

Our ME student team has bagged the Bronze award in the 9th National Assistive & Rehabilitation Technology Student Innovation Challenge (ARTSIC) (Design category) with their design of a one arm drive manual wheelchair. Great job! The team consists of the following NUS mechanical engineering students:- C S Divyapriya Dumlao Antonino III Perez Jonathan Lim Ming