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Channel NewsAsia: SinBerBEST Smart Technologies
October 2018

In August 2018, Channel NewsAsia highlighted key smart technologies developed by SinBerBEST that will be deployed in Singapore’s first energy generating building in collaboration with the Building Construction Authority (BCA).
Prof. Chang-Hasnain Elected as 2019 Optical Society of America VP
October 2018

BEARS Chief Academic Officer, Connie Chang-Hasnain, has been elected as the 2019 Vice-President (VP) of Optical Society of America (OSA.) OSA has been the biggest supporter of optics and photonics worldwide, bringing together and training scientists, educators, and business leaders to cultivate and advance specialized and professional development for over 100 years. Currently, Prof. Chang-Hasnain also serves as the SinBeRISE Program Leader, and Associate Dean for Strategic Alliances in the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley.
Nelumbo: Updates
September 2018

Cyclotron Road recently highlighted Nelumbo, the creator of highly-efficient, heat-transfer surfaces, a company that was founded by SinBerBEST 1 researchers led by Prof. Hayden Taylor. The article discussed how it has a new partnership with Danfoss, a worldwide supplier of energy-efficient power systems, completed a Series A financing round, opened a manufacturing and development facility, and expanded its team.

Annual SinBerBEST Symposium 2019
September 2019

The SinBerBEST Annual Symposium took place at CREATE Tower in Singapore on Monday, August 5, 2019. The theme of this Symposium was: People, buildings and data – shaping a sustainable future. During this meeting, keynote lectures were presented from external speakers and SinBerBEST principal investigators, Energy Market Authority leadership and presenters from post-doctoral scholars.
SinBerBEST Addition
August 2019

Ming Jin and Ruoxi Jia, former Graduate Student Researchers at UC Berkeley who met through the SinBerBEST program, just welcomed their son, Walter Jin, to the world.
He is wearing a SinBerBEST onesie, a gift from the SinBerBEST team at UC Berkeley.
Congratulations, Ming and Ruoxi!
POWER@NUS team from ECE Dept awarded Best Overall Student Team in the IEEE Empower a Billion Lives competition (EBL)
March 2019

The team POWER@NUS, comprising of PhD students (Jaydeep Saha, Rohit Chandra, Sandeep Kolluri, Binita Sen, Palak Jain and Kamala Srinivasa Rao) and researchers (Rajesh Sapkota, Prathamesh, Md Waseem and Santosh Janaki Raman) from Electrical Machines and Drives Lab, ECE department, mentored by Associate Professor S K Panda and Dr. Eddy Blokken (SERIS), participated in the Empower a Billion Lives competition organised by IEEE. The team submitted their proposal online and were selected for the South-Asia regional round at PEDES 2018, IIT Chennai.