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An honorary professorship at Tsinghua University

Professor Philip Liu, Vice President (Research and Technology) and Distinguished Professor from NUS Civil & Environmental Engineering, received an Honorary Professorship at Tsinghua University in China on 14 October 2018. Pro Liu’s research focuses on Coastal Oceanography and Engineering. He is known for his outstanding achievements and contributions to tsunami and coastal disaster resilience technology. […]

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Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)

Professor Adekunle Olusola Adeyeye was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) by the APS Council of Representatives at its September meeting upon the recommendation of the APS Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications (GMAG). Prof Adeyeye is recognised for his contributions to the synthesis and characterisation of magnetic nanostructures and their applications […]

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A sustainable approach to producing amino acids

Amino acids are essential to life and are produced through microbial cultivation processes such as fermentation, which are costly, time consuming and require extensive separation processes. A new research breakthrough by Assoc Prof Yan Ning from NUS Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and his team is capable of producing a series of amino acids from woody […]

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Asia’s first fully solar-powered quadcopter

Class of 2018 NUS Engineering alumni Goh Chong Swee, Kuan Jun Ren and Yeo Jun Han have achieved a major step forward – they have created Asia’s first fully solar-powered quadcopter drone! Utilising solar power with no battery or other energy storage on board, their current prototype has flown above 10 metres in test flights […]

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Success for NUS Engineering researchers at IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards 2018

At this year’s IES (The Institution of Engineers, Singapore) Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards, NUS Engineering researchers scored top honours in the following award categories: Applied Research and Development 4-IN-1 Smart Utilities Plant tailored for tropics by National University of Singapore (NUS) & King Abdullah University ofScience and Technology Citation A research breakthrough that paves the […]

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Hans Tan named Designer of the Year

Assistant Professor Hans Tan, Deputy Head of the Division of Industrial Design at NUS Design and Environment has been awarded the title of Designer of the Year at the 2018 President*s Design Awards (P*DA).

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Lifelong learning pays off for engineer

Chester Seet has been a Robotics Engineer with the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) for the past five years. Four of those years were spent juggling his full-time role at A*STAR programming industrial robots with lectures, tutorials, assignments and examinations alongside his classmates in the Bachelor […]

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NUS scores again!

NUS topped the 2018 Times Higher Education (THE) Asia-Pacific University Rankings consecutively for the second year. The University has achieved the accolade since the category was introduced in 2017. This comes on as more good news as earlier NUS had ranked 11th worldwide and first in Asia in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings […]

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NUS Engineers’ novel water-absorbing gel puts air moisture to good use

THE water-absorbing gel developed by Asst Prof Tan Swee Ching and his team from NUS Materials Science & Engineering could prevent mouldy walls and make waiting at the bus stops during hot days more comfortable.

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DID Graduation Show 2018

The annual NUS Division of Industrial Design Graduation Show returned to the National Design Centre on 1 June 2018 with 49 innovative projects by DID’s graduating cohort and undergraduates, intended to make everyday challenges a little simpler.

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