SCIENTIA Achievements
Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2023
Congratulations to SCIENTIA winners at the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2023! This year, the SCIENTIA- FOS projects bagged 1 Gold Award, 2 Bronze Awards, 2 Merit Awards and 1 Special Award (Singapore Association for the Advancement of. Science (SAAS)). We would like to congratulate and thank our mentors:
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S/No. |
Mentor’s Name (Dept/Institution) |
Award |
Project Title |
Student Name |
School |
|
1 |
A/Prof Carrasco Torrecilla, L Roman |
Gold Award |
Ecological footprint of industrial vs smallholder oil palm plantations |
Wong Chin Wen, Rachel |
NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (NUS HSMS) |
|
2 |
Asst Prof Chae Eunyoung, Dr Pratibha Ravindran (Biological Sciences) and Mr Hu Donghui (senior graduate student) |
Bronze Award |
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Resistance to Combined Heat and Drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions |
Mukherjee Maharshi Sng Josh Giriraj Gautham |
NUS HSMS |
|
3 |
Asst Prof Zhu Ye (Chemistry) Mr On Keng Wee Ivan (graduate student) |
Bronze Award |
Enantioselective Synthesis of Biaryl Atropisomers using Distal Ionic Interactions |
Lim Teck Kong Tan Shi Wei |
NUS HSMS |
|
4 |
Asst Prof Lim Jun Ying (Biological Sciences) |
Merit Award + SAAS special award |
Potential Factors influencing Local Butterfly Biodiversity in Park Connectors |
Banerjee Abhirup Lim Le Xuan Ong Wei Hao |
NUS HSMS |
|
5 |
A/Prof Tan Zhi Kuang (Chemistry) |
Merit Award |
Performance Evaluation of Recycled Acyl-Modified Chitosan Filtration Membranes on Polluted Water Using Spectroscopic Techniques |
Lee I-Shiang Chan Chee Yong Leemen Teoh Yu Xin |
NUS HSMS |
NUS High School Research Congress 2023
Thank you to all SCIENTIA 2023 mentors!
We would like to convey our heartfelt appreciation to our SCIENTIA mentors for investing their valuable time and energy into nurturing the SCIENTIA participants!
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S/No. |
Mentor’s Name (Dept/Institution) |
Mentor’s Department |
Project Title |
NUS HIGH project code |
|
1 |
A/Prof Carrasco Torrecilla, L Roman |
Biological Sciences |
Ecological footprint of industrial vs smallholder oil palm plantations |
22.144.NUSB.RE |
|
2 |
A/Prof Huang Danwei |
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum |
Reliability of coral species identification for traceability in the aquarium trade |
22.084.NUSB.BI |
|
3 |
Asst Prof Chae Eunyoung Dr Pratibha Ravindran (Biological Sciences) and Mr Hu Donghui (senior graduate student) |
Biological Sciences |
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Resistance to Combined Heat and Drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions response to heat and drought stress |
22.039.NUSB.BI |
|
4 |
Asst Prof Lim Jun Ying |
Biological Sciences |
Potential Factors influencing Local Butterfly Biodiversity in Park Connectors |
22.103.NUSB.BI |
|
5 |
Dr Choong Mei Fun, Amy |
Biological Sciences |
Using FTIR to investigate plastic degradation by white rot fungi |
22.099.NUSC.CM |
|
6 |
Ms Debby Ng |
Biological Sciences |
Analysing Environmental Influences on the Plant Diversity of a Naturalised Plot |
22.091.NUSB.BI |
|
7 |
A/Prof Chin Wee Shong |
Chemistry |
The Effect of Different Storage Conditions on Fruit Peels for the Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles |
22.140.NUSC.CM |
|
8 |
A/Prof Tan Zhi Kuang |
Chemistry |
Performance Evaluation of Recycled Acyl-Modified Chitosan Filtration Membranes on Polluted Water Using Spectroscopic Techniques |
21.122.NUSC.CM |
|
9 |
A/Prof Valiyaveettil, Suresh |
Chemistry |
Purifying Nanoplastic-Contaminated Water with Functionalised Cellulose Extracted from Lychee Peels |
22.109.NUSC.CM |
|
10 |
Asst Prof Liviu Ungur |
Chemistry |
First principles investigation of electronic structure, ligand field and magnetism of Re(III) compounds |
22.051.NUSC.CM |
|
11 |
Asst Prof Zhu Ye |
Chemistry |
Enantioselective synthesis of biaryl atropisomers from Suzuki-Miyaura reaction using ionic interactions |
22.147.NUSC.CM |
|
12 |
Dr Fung Fun Man |
Chemistry |
Changing Attitudes and Interest Levels Towards Organic Chemistry in High School Learners via a Digital Multiplayer Board Game |
22.075.NUSC.CM |
|
13 |
Dr Max Tham |
Chemistry |
Characterisation and correlations of free fatty acid compositions of cooking oils with Heme-mediated lipid peroxidation reactions |
22.122.NUSC.CM |
|
14 |
Asst Prof Chen Wenqian |
Pharmacy |
The effect of fluidizers on the structure and dynamics of live cell membranes studied by single molecule fluorescence microscopy |
22.149.NUSC.CM |
|
15 |
Asst Prof Chen Wenqian |
Pharmacy |
Synthesis of Peptide Nanomaterials via Controlled Self-Assembly |
22.129.NUSA.CM |
|
16 |
Adjunct A/Prof Nikolai Yakovlev |
Physics |
Light scattering of micro objects |
22.138.NUSP.PH |
|
17 |
Adjunct A/Prof Nikolai Yakovlev |
Physics |
Fundamentals of Precision Ellipsometry |
22.139.NUSP.PH |
|
18 |
A/Prof Eda, Goki Dr Joy Loh Leyi |
Physics |
Growth and Crystallographic Characterisation of Beryllium Nitride Crystals as a Novel Semiconductor Material |
22.047.NUSC.CM |
