17 July 2018 Commencement 2018 Our heartiest congratulations to our MSE Class of 2018. We wish them the best in their future endeavours. Commencement2018 Recent News Self-powered sensor offers fast, sustainable water monitoring Clean, safe water is vital for human health and well-being. It also plays a critical role in our food security, supports high-tech industries, and enables sustainable urbanisation. However, detecting contamination quickly and accurately remains a major challenge in many parts of the world. A groundbreaking new device developed by researchers at CDE has the Understanding Supercurrent in Topological Insulator-based Josephson Junctions: A Step Towards Uncovering Exotic Quasiparticles Asst. Prof. Denis Bandurin’s research team (NUS Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials) has reported experimental observations of nonreciprocal supercurrent flow in topological insulator/superconductor hybrid structures. Their work contributes to addressing a long-standing question about the possible presence of exotic quasiparticles known as Majorana bound states (MBSs) in such systems. The Looking Inside Nanoscale Catalyst Materials Shows How Interfacial Structure Steers Conversion of CO₂ to Fuels Using Renewable Electricity Researchers in Dr. Andrew B. Wong’s lab have built model electrode materials that lets them watch— and quantify—how tiny variations in local (micro)environment dictate the outcome of the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO₂RR). CO2RR uses renewable energy to convert CO2 into useful chemicals such as ethanol and ethylene towards the broader goal of achieving
