Alumni Happening Details

NUS Engineering Alumni Award Ceremony
Welcome Address by Professor Aaron Thean, Dean of NUS Engineering.
Mr Ngien Hoon Ping (Engineering '04) receiving the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from Professor Aaron Thean, Dean of NUS Engineering.
Ms Eng Se-Hsieng (Engineering '02) receiving the Outstanding Engineering Young Alumni Award from Associate Professor Daniel Chua, Director of Alumni Relations and Development.
Mr Tai Xu Hong (Engineering '10) receiving the Outstanding Engineering Young Alumni Award from Professor Richard Liew, Acting Head for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

NUS Engineering Alumni Award Ceremony

05 February

The NUS Engineering Alumni Awards Ceremony was held at the NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House on 5 February 2021. While typically held as part of the annual NUS Engineering Gala Dinner, the event was scaled to meet current safe distancing restrictions.

Despite the scaled down arrangement, guests had fun catching up with one another and their departments. Professor Aaron Voon-Yew Thean, Dean of NUS Engineering shared his appreciation to all who joined in to celebrate the achievements of esteemed alumni from the Faculty of Engineering.

Recipients of this year's Awards include:

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient, Mr Ngien Hoon Ping, Chief Executive Officer (Supply Chain Business) of FairPrice Group, who graduated with a Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2004.

Outstanding Engineering Young Alumni Award recipient, Ms Eng Se-Hsieng, Senior Vice President (Business Development) of SkyLab Services Pte Ltd, received her Bachelor’s (with a Minor in Technopreneurship) and Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2002 and 2003 respectively as part of the NUS-French Grandes Écoles Double Degree Programme.

Outstanding Engineering Young Alumni Award recipient, Mr Tai Xu Hong, Director & Co-founder of Momentus Research Pte Ltd and WOW Kampung Pte Ltd, who received his Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from NUS in 2010, with a Minor in Technopreneurship as part of NUS Overseas College Stockholm which he joined in 2007.

To find out more about their accomplishments, head on over to the NUS Engineering website here.

Submitted by Ms Ellen Poh.

Faculty - Engineering
www.linkedin.com/school/nus-engineering/

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