RESEARCH NEWS

Robust barrier protection against chemical solvents and fires

November 3, 2017

Assistant Professor Chen Po-Yen from NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and his team developed a new technology that can be used to make smart protective clothing material. By integrating elastomer, a natural or synthetic polymer that is highly elastic, with structured two dimensional (2D) material films like graphene oxide, the team’s innovation – a bilayer […]

Turning waste into energy

November 3, 2017

After five years of research, Professor Wang Chi-Hwa and his team from NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering found a way to turn animal waste into synthesis gas (syngas), a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to produce electricity, and biochar to treat water.

The NUS Greater Good Series “SMART Engineering: Smart City. IOT. Manufacturing”

October 19, 2017

The NUS Greater Good Series “SMART Engineering: Smart City. IOT. Manufacturing” was held at Four Seasons Hotel on 3 October 2017. This is the second year that NUS Engineering has participated in the event which saw a turnout of more than 150 guests. Organised by the NUS Development Office, the Greater Good Series aims to […]

Prof Lim Chwee Teck conferred the NUSS Professorship

October 4, 2017

PROFESSOR Lim Chwee Teck from NUS Biomedical Engineering is the first full-time professor to be conferred the NUS Society (NUSS) Professorship. Prof Lim is also the Principal Investigator at the NUS Mechanobiology Institute and Faculty Fellow at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology. “It is such a privilege to be the first Professor from […]

A*STAR, NUS and global pharma companies ink MOU to develop pharma manufacturing sector

September 5, 2017

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three leading pharmaceutical companies to mark the launch of an initiative to develop the country’s pharma manufacturing sector. Named the Pharma Innovation Programme Singapore (PIPS), the initiative involved pioneer partners GSK, MSD International, […]

BEMA Makes a $100,000 Top-up Donation to the BEMA Bursary

August 31, 2017

The Building and Estate Management Alumni Bursary was set up in 2013 for needy undergraduates from NUS Department of Building and Department of Real Estate whose families have experienced unexpected changes financially.

SDE Signs MOU on Collaboration with Saudi Real Estate Institute

August 2, 2017

The School of Design & Environment at NUS has signed an MOU with the Saudi Real Estate Institute (SREI) in Riyadh.

NUS launches new Centre for 3D printing

July 25, 2017

To view the video, please click here. THE National University of Singapore (NUS) formally opened its own additive manufacturing centre on 21 July 2017. Mr Amrin Amin, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, launched the Centre at the NAMIC (National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster) Healthcare Summit. Named the NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS), the establishment of […]

Engineered for success

July 17, 2017

ASSOCIATE Professor Ho Ghim Wei from NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering knows she chose a career in a male-dominated field, but it has never held her back. “I was once told not to waste my time in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industry. That just spurred me to work harder than my male […]

International Executive Program in Project Management 2017 (14th Batch) organized jointly by NUS and the University of Moratuwa

July 10, 2017

The Centre for Project Management and Construction Law, Department of Building, NUS jointly hosted the International Executive Program in Project Management 2017 with the Centre for Excellence in Project Management, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Brothers take on lifelong learning

July 7, 2017

WHEN Joseph Yang discovered the opportunity to upgrade his skills in the part-time Bachelor of Technology (Electronics Engineering) degree programme offered by NUS Engineering in 2013, he took his younger brother, Yang Yaoguang, along for the ride. He believed that as brothers, they would be able to support and help each other to succeed in […]

NUS and IWBI to promote building designs that advance health and wellness

June 12, 2017

NUS School of Design and Environment today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International WELL Building Institute to promote building designs that improve health and wellness.