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NUS Mechanical Engineering start-up, Dravam, led by CEO Dr Vivek Premandhan, won the Grand Final of Pier71’s Smart Port Challenge 2019. Dr Vivek Kolladikkal Premandhan, a Research Fellow at NUS Mechanical Engineering (ME), led his team to win the Grand Final of PIER71’s Smart Port Challenge 2019, beating 23 other international entrants from USA, Canada, […]

NUS Engineering Assistant Professors Charles Lim and Shao Huilin received the Young Scientist Awards (YSA) at the President’s Science and Technology Awards (PSTA) on 17 October 2019. The PTSA are Singapore’s highest honours that recognise research achievements in science and technology, with the YSA being awarded to researchers under the age of 35 who have […]

SDE celebrated its 50th anniversary with a new accolade. The School’s newest building, SDE4 — Singapore’s first new-build net-zero energy building — was awarded the WELL Certification at the Gold level by the International WELL Building Institute.

NUS has been awarded the WELL Certification at the Gold level by the International WELL Building Institute for its SDE4 building. The building is the first university building in the world to achieve WELL Certified™ Gold, and the first building in Singapore to be conferred this prestigious WELL Certification.

Dr Stephen Tay, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Building at NUS School of Design and Environment, has won the Young Green Building Advocate Award under the SGBC-BCA Sustainability Leadership Awards 2019.

The winning projects of the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards 2019 were presented at the World Engineers Summit (WES) 2019 Conference Dinner held on 29 August 2019 at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year’s six winning projects demonstrated excellence in tackling pressing issues of climate change and urbanisation with technological innovations to […]

Associate Professor Praveen Linga from NUS Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry for his contribution in the field of chemical sciences. The Royal Society of Chemistry is one of the oldest and most reputed professional bodies headquartered in the United Kingdom. Associate Professor Linga is currently the […]

NUS has been named the top contributing institution in the world for research on green building projects in a bibliometric review published in prestigious journal Building & Environment, achieving global recognition for its extensive studies in the field.

Dean’s Chair Associate Professor Vincent Tan (NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Mathematics, NUS Faculty of Science) and Associate Professor Yan Ning (NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) received the Young Researcher Award at this year’s NUS University Awards held on 28 May at the NUS University Cultural Centre. They were among the eight […]

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Konstantin ‘Kostya’ Novoselov FRS will join NUS as Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering on 8 April 2019. He will be the first Nobel-prize winner to join a Singapore university. Prof Novoselov has been an international scientific advisor to the NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials since 2015. Prof […]

Dr Wan Chunfeng, a research fellow from NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Mr Yap Hong Kai, an NUS Biomedical Engineering’s alumnus, are among the honourees in the latest Forbes’ top “30 Under 30/Asia” list for the Industry, Manufacturing & Energy and Healthcare & Science categories respectively. Dr Wan specialises in water and energy […]

Three NUS engineering subjects were ranked among the world’s top 10 in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2019. The three were: Civil and Structural Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Subjects 2019 World Ranking Position Civil and Structural Engineering 2nd Chemical Engineering 7th Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9th […]