Image: Sun Yao (left) receives the Best Poster Award from Prof. R. Ramesh (right) from the University of California, Berkeley. NUS Mechanical Engineering third year PhD student, Ms. Sun Yao (supervisor: A/Prof Zeng Kaiyang), was awarded the Best Poster Award at the recent 2017 International Workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy for Advanced Functional Materials (AFM2) held in

Image: Assoc Prof Chua Kian Jon Ernest is a recipient of the IET (Institute of Engineering Technology, UK) Innovation Award 2017 under the Sustainability category. (Background: Innovative Hybrid Membrane and Composite Desiccant System) For his research on energy and sustainability, NUS Mechanical Engineering’s Associate Professor Chua Kian Jon Ernest, was awarded the Institution of Engineering

Professor Seeram Ramakrishna from the NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering is once again named among the world’s most highly cited researchers in the latest 2017 Highly Cited Researchers report published by Clarivate Analytics. He is one of six from the NUS Faculty of Engineering, among twelve from NUS. Professor Seeram was also listed in the 2016 report. Click

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Image: ME92 Class 25th Reunion Dinner Group Photo The Mechanical Engineering Class of 1992 (photo) held a memorable 25th Anniversary Reunion Dinner on 15 September 2017 at the NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House. The celebration was especially meaningful as the Class of ME92 championed and raised S$200,000 for a scholarship fund – the ME92 Class Scholarship Endowed Fund.

Image: A/Prof Ernest Chua and the IChemE Energy Award 2017. In recognition of his research effort and contribution to Energy and Sustainability, Associate Professor Ernest Chua Kian Jon was conferred the ‘IChemE Energy Award’ at the IChemE Singapore Awards 2017 on 19 October 2017. Click here to read more.

The eco-friendly system harvests waste energy and is suitable for building clusters and underground cities. Developed by NUS ME research team led by Associate Professor Ernest Chua, the novel system could pave the way for a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective way of producing key essentials for daily living – electricity, water, air-conditioning and heat.