Dept of the Built Environment @ NUS

A/Prof Kua Harn Wei received the Von Klitzing International Engineering Award at the recent Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit (SIPS) 2022 and was awarded for his work on biochar concrete and life cycle sustainability assessment. flogen.org/?p=60#toop #NUS #CDE #DBE

On 8 Nov 2022, DBE held the Building Information Modelling (BIM) Presentation Day, accompanied by the BIM Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner at NUS Guild House Scholar Restaurant. More here: shorturl.at/jEMP1 #NUS #CDE #DBE #BuiltEnvironment #BIM #Awards #Modelling #IPM

DBE is proud to be represented by our female researchers and students at the UWS STEM Festival 2022. cde.nus.edu.sg/cdes-female-s… #NUS #CDE #DBE #UWS #STEM #Festival #IPM #Infrastructure #ProjectManagement #Science #Technology #Engineering #Education #UnitedWomen #FemaleResearchers

We are pleased to share that 13 faculty members from the Department of the Built Environment (DBE) were recently recognised among the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide, in a study by Stanford University, for career listing and/or single year (2021) listing. #NUS #CDE #DBE #Stanford

Congratulations to Chua Li Na for having her dissertation work accepted as a poster presentation in the coming 33rd International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-33). which will be held in Nagoya, Japan. #NUS #CDE #DBE #BuiltEnvironment #PVSEC33 #Solar

Congratulations Mikhyle Bin Mat Nooh on receiving his confirmation of appointment on the REACH Youth Panel. Mikhyle will be involved in kickstarting feedback initiatives within their schools and empower our youth members to engage their peers on key national issues. #NUS #DBE

Prof. HWANG Bon-Gang and his researchers, Dr. Jasmine NGO and Ms. Hanjing ZHU from research unit “cPAIRu (Construction Performance Analytics & Innovations Research Unit)”, were awarded the Outstanding Project Manager Award 2022 (Publication Category - Merit). #NUS #DBE #cPAIRu

A/Prof Kua Harn Wei was named “IAAM Fellow” by the International Association of Advanced Materials. His gave his keynote speech in Sweden's Advanced Materials World Congress on BIOCHAR AS A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIAL and was conferred the IAAM Scientist Award. #NUS #DBE

It’s great to see our former students Nadiah Zamree (PFM 2021) and Chee Shang Wen (PFM 2022) at the CDE Career Fair 2022. A big 'thank you' to them and all the employers for coming down to NUS to meet our students. #NUS #CDE #DBE #CareerFair #NUSCFG #PFM #IPM #ProjectManagement

Professor HWANG Bon-Gang was invited to Smart Modular Forum held in Korea to be part of the discussion panel and to deliver his keynote speech entitled “Digital Transformation of the Singapore Construction Industry”. Photo Source: dnews.co.kr #NUS #CDE #DBE #Korea

On 13 Oct 2022, NUS Department of the Built Environment (DBE) welcomed Communications and Information Minister, Mrs. Josephine Teo, at The Centre for 5G Digital Building Technology (C5GDBT) for the 5G Learning Festival. More at: 5glearningfestival.com/ #NUS #CDE #DBE #JTM

Congratulations to Guo Yunting for clinching the Best Paper Award in the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS) Congress 2022. The Department is proud of Yunting’s achievement, which is an inspiring example for others. #NUS #CDE #DBE #BestPaperAward #PAQS #HybridWork

Dr Teo Ho Pin announced that Singapore Institute of Building (SIBL) and Building Estate Management Alumni (BEMA) have raised an endowed gift of S$155,500 to DBE at NUS CDE. This gift will provide scholarships to deserving students. More: bitly.ws/v9dc #NUS #CDE #IPM

On 23rd Sept Fri 2022, DBE hosted Dr. Mike Short, Chief Scientific Advisor Department for International Trade (DIT), UK, at our SDE4 Net Zero Energy Building and Centre for 5G Digital Building Technology during his visit to Singapore. More at: bitly.ws/v5BZ #DBE #UK

On 16th Sept 2022, NUS DBE hosted Cisco with a tour of our Net Zero Energy Building, and demonstrated what our Centre for 5G Digital Building Technology has to offer with 5G, Digital Twin, Robotics, AR and VR led by A/Prof Teo and Dr. Shah and their team. #NUS #CDE #DBE #Cisco

Prof Low Sui Pheng receiving the award certificate from Mr Elvin Cheah, Emerald Publishing’s Business Manager (East Asia) Prof Low won an Outstanding Paper Award 2022 for an article Co-authored with Dr Gao Shang and Ms Gina Ong More at tinyurl.com/yjahudu7 #NUS #CDE #DBE

A/Prof Daniel Wong and A/Prof Gabriel Kor share their thoughts on how "Newer buildings with award-winning designs cannot replace the safety and health of workers, users and occupants". Find out more at: bit.ly/3TifMpY #NUS #CDE #DBE #CNA #IPM #Infrastructure

Ms. Lee Si Ying will be representing the Department of the Built Environment at the 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic on Energy Conversion to present her dissertation work, and is one of 8 Student Awards Finalists. #NUS #CDE #DBE #WCPEC #photovoltaic #energy #innovation

Carbon Research is an international multidisciplinary platform for communicating advances in fundamental and applied research on natural and engineered carbonaceous materials. Find out more here: springer.com/journal/44246 #NUS #CDE #NUSDBE #CARR #CarbonResearch #BuiltEnvironment

It was a pleasure to host almost 90 Integrated Facility Management (IFM) students from Temasek Polytechnic in our Net Zero Energy Building at SDE4. Find out more on B.Eng. (IPM) at: cde.nus.edu.sg/dbe/introduct… #NUS #CDE #DBE #NUSDBE #TP #TemasekPolytechnic #sustainability #IFM #IPM