New air-con system to save energy and cost awarded government research grant

NUS GREEN energy researcher Dr Ernest Chua Kian Jon, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Programme (ESP), is set to boost energy-efficiency through re-designing air conditioners for hot and humid climates.

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NUS Engineering forms consortium to explore offshore and marine collaborations with Brazil

THE NUS Faculty of Engineering has sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech) and FloaTEC to collaborate with Brazilian universities, research industries, and offshore and marine industries to meet challenges in deepwater technology.

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Engaging the industry - Bioengineering Showcase 2012

FROM coming out with solutions related to spine problems, detecting pre-cancerous cells which may lead to colorectal cancer, to what’s needed for comfort in a pair of shoes – these are just some of the research projects featured in Bioengineering Showcase 2012.

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ECE student wins first prize in Singapore Young Talent Outreach Program

DOODLING and sketching as a pastime has proven to be rewarding for Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) Year-2 student Tan Han Wei. Since primary school, Han Wei has loved reading Manga, a Japanese cartoon, and sketching his own cartoon characters.

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Young ECE researcher, Dr Yan Shuicheng receives University Award

FOR his outstanding contributions in multimedia, computer vision, and machine learning, Dr Yan Shuicheng, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, was conferred the NUS Young Researcher Award at the University Awards Ceremony on 4 May 2012.

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Starting them young as Engineer-Leaders through the NUS Design-Centric Curriculum

SELECTED fifth-year NUS High School students are getting a taste of what Engineering students are doing at the NUS Faculty of Engineering’s Design-Centric Curriculum (DCC). Currently, 19 high school students have been hand-picked to undergo a pilot programme customised from the DCC launched by the NUS Faculty of Engineering in 2009.
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Big Beacon: Re-engineering Singapore’s Engineering education

THE BIG BEACON manifesto was publicly released for the first time today at NUS.
Some 50 educators from various institutions, polytechnics and industry, gathered at the NUS University Town for the Big Beacon Preview and Co-Design Workshop to discuss what’s needed to steer Engineering education towards the right direction in nurturing engineers of the future.
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