Congrats to Asst Prof Shin Sunmi for being awarded the University of California San Diego (UCSD) 2020 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal! The award recognises outstanding doctoral research at UCSD. Dr Shin Sunmi is one awardee from the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, of where she’s an alumna. Award recipients were also recognised at UC San Diego’s

This was first published on NUS Engineering news. Researchers led by NUS Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Lee Poh Seng have developed a high-efficiency hybrid cooling solution for ‘green’ data centres, achieving a near-ideal partial power usage effectiveness score. The team has now incorporated a company, CoolestDC Pte Ltd, to commercialise this technology.   Read more

(Article from http://news.nus.edu.sg/research/worlds-first-aerogels-made-scrap-rubber-tyres)   Image: A team of NUS researchers led by Assoc Prof Duong Hai-Minh (front row, first from left) and Prof Nhan Phan-Thien (front row, centre), developed the world’s first aerogels made from scrap rubber tyres A team of NUS researchers has achieved a major technological breakthrough by converting waste rubber tyres into

Associate Professor Chua Kian Jon, Ernest and his industry collaborator Ecoline Solar Pte Ltd were conferred the prestigious ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award 2019 at the 37th Conference of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO) held from 10 to 14 September 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia.  In August 2019, the collaborators also received the Prestigious

Winners of the PIER71 Smart Port Challenge Grand Final, 7 November 2019. Dr Vivek Premandhan (middle, 6th from left) and team (Peter Farouk Ramzy Beshay, Nisim Shushan) received the Top Prize from Guest-of-Honour SMS Dr Lam Pin Min (5th from left). NUS Mechanical Engineering Research Fellow, Dr Vivek Kolladikkal Premandhan, has won the top prize

Congrats to the Bumbleebee AUV team for achieving Best Static Judging at Robosub 2019!   Read More   The BumbleBee team with their Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) at San Diego.   About RoboSub RoboSub is an international competition designed to advance the development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and develop relationships between young engineers and

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Congrats to A/Prof Ernest Chua and Ecoline Solar Pte Ltd for winning the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award for their collaborative project titled “Next Generation of Hybrid Air Conditioners for Tropics – Cooling with Heat”! The award was presented at the World Engineers Summit (WES) 2019 Conference Dinner held on 29 August 2019 at the

The team receiving their Silver Award from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand. Congrats to NUS Mechanical Engineering students Alexander Tan Yong Meng (Group leader), Chew Hui Yong Kester, Lim Shu Yong, Eugene Pang Yuan Jing and Joshua Goh Yong Sheng! The team clinched the Silver award (2nd place,

Congrats to A/Prof Duong Hai Minh and team, whose work on PET aerogels has won the TechConnect Innovation Award. The award was presented at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, Boston, USA, 17-19 June 2019. The team developed a way to turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight PET aerogels that are suitable for various

NUS Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Lee Heow Pueh (left) and ME PhD candidate Mr Ang Yinn Leng have come up with a novel, customisable noise reduction block design and mobile application that could effectively cut down low frequency noise disturbance. Read more

ACerS Award Winner (Society Fellow) – A/Prof Palani Balaya Associate Professor Palani Balaya has been elected as a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Upon the recommendation by a Panel of Fellows, the ACerS Board of Directors unanimously approved his selection. The 2019 Class of Fellows at ACerS comes from an international cross-section of