RESEARCH NEWS

New engineering subjects for future job skills

March 11, 2019

NUS Engineering has taken bold steps to update its curricula for Industry 4.0. Dean Prof Chua Kee Chaing sharing the new changes with some of the students. New students enrolling into NUS Engineering this year will acquire a raft of new skills from learning how to make robots to applying machine learning in data science. Robotics, […]

Three NUS Engineering subjects ranked among world’s Top 10

March 1, 2019

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 […]

NUS Engineering Class of 1983 raised S$300,000 to establish a Scholarship

February 27, 2019

NUS Engineering Class of 1983 Charity Golf – pre-tee off group photo. The NUS Engineering Class of 1983 Charity Golf was held on 26 February 2019, Tuesday at the Orchid Country Club. Jointly organised by NUS Engineering and the Engineering Class of 1983, 144 alumni, donors, sponsors and friends took part in the golf tournament. […]

Starting pay for engineering graduates up in latest survey

February 26, 2019

Fresh graduates from NUS Engineering enjoyed improvements in both salary and overall employment rate in 2018, according to the Joint Graduate Employment Survey 2018 conducted by NUS and the other Autonomous Universities. Chemical Engineering (ChE) graduates saw their gross monthly median starting salary hit $4,000, a jump of $400 from a year ago. Close behind are […]

NUS launches Singapore’s first new-build net-zero energy building

January 31, 2019

NUS today unveiled the first new-build net-zero energy building in Singapore. Located within its School of Design and Environment, the new SDE4 building is energy efficient and environmentally friendly, with a suite of innovative building strategies to improve the comfort and well-being of building users.

NUS at Davos 2019

January 17, 2019

Dean of NUS Design and Environment Professor Lam Khee Poh joins other NUS Professors at the upcoming World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters (Davos 2019).

Prestigious US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) elects NUS SINAPSE Director Prof Dean Ho as Fellow

December 18, 2018

Prof Dean Ho, Provost’s Chair Professor at NUS Biomedical Engineering and NUS Pharmacology, Director of NUS SINAPSE (Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology) and member of NUS BIGHEART (Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research and Technology) was elected as Fellow of the prestigious US National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This is the highest professional distinction for academic […]

Highly cited researchers in NUS Engineering

November 27, 2018

14 faculty members have been named in the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers report published by Clarivate Analytics. They are among the 30 researchers from NUS who are in the 2018 report. Five of the 14 Faculty’s researchers, listed in the 2017 report, are among the top again. The annual list of Highly Cited Researchers acknowledges […]

Driving the future of Singapore’s innovation and enterprise

November 22, 2018

NUS Engineering held its inaugural Industry Day on 21 November 2018. Titled “Enabling Industry Innovation”, the event aims to bring together partners from industry, government and academia to explore and collaborate in driving the future of Singapore’s innovation and enterprise. NUS Engineering Dean Prof Chua Kee Chaing kick-started the first Industry Day with a welcome […]

Global top 10 for employability

November 15, 2018

NUS graduates are among the world’s top 10 most employable, according to the latest Global University Employability Ranking. The University has jumped six places to be ranked 10th worldwide and is the only Singapore university to feature among the global top 10, testament to a decade of increasingly strong performance in producing workplace-ready graduates. The […]

From plastic waste to ultralight PET aerogel with wide-ranging applications

November 2, 2018

The NUS Mechanical Engineering researchers have made another significant contribution towards resolving the global issue of plastic waste. The research team led by Associate Professor Hai Minh Duong and Professor Nhan Phan-Tien, in collaboration with Dr Xiwen Zhang from the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), […]

CoolestSG sets to develop and deploy efficient cooling technology!

October 31, 2018

Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Chan Chun Sing, at the Opening Ceremony of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) on 30 October 2018, announced the formation of the Cooling Energy Science and Technology Singapore (CoolestSG) Consortium. CoolestSG, which is hosted in NUS, will develop and accelerate the deployment and commercialisation of cooling technologies, which […]