南大研究员发明变色玻璃窗

南大研究员发明变色玻璃窗


研究员发明的智能玻璃也可作充电用途。（陈斌勤摄）

本地研究人员发明一款玻璃窗，可以不用电力就变得不透光或完全透明。若广泛在本地建筑物使用这款玻璃窗，有望为住户减少冷气和照明等方面的电费。

领导这项研究的南洋理工大学电机与电子工程学院教授孙小卫说，用户在白天可以让玻璃窗转变成蓝色，把透光程度降低多达50％，同时减少投进室内的热能，以维持室内温度；到了晚上则可让玻璃窗恢复透明状态。

智能玻璃因化学效应而改变透光程度。玻璃窗的其中一面玻璃漆上名为“普鲁士蓝”（Prussian Blue）的色素，在接触到氧气时，自然的氧化过程将使色素的颜色变蓝。

普鲁士蓝于18世纪发明，一般用来为油漆、水彩颜料和纺织品等染色。

智能玻璃窗其实也是可充电电池，所储存的电能能用来使LED灯等低耗电量的电子产品发光，或者为用户手机充电等。在消耗电能的过程，色素将失去颜色，使玻璃恢复无色透明的状态。

南大能源研究院已研发多款智能感应器，并探讨如何以智能玻璃所储存的电能，搭配智能感应器的使用。

NTU professors invent new method of identifying tumours in the body

NTU professors invent new method of identifying tumours in the body


Associate Professors Zhang Qichun (left) and Joachim Loo from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new way of detecting tumour cells, and administering anti-cancer drugs to those specific cells. -- PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Singapore- Associate professors Zhang Qichun and Joachim Loo from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new way of detecting tumour cells, and administering anti-cancer drugs to those specific cells.

The method involves the use of a biomarker made from a particle ten thousand times smaller than a grain of sand, and lights up when it is activated by near-infrared light emitted by an imaging device.

This happens only when small signalling molecules are released by tumour cells, NTU said on Wednesday.

Near-infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, is unique as most imaging techniques use ultraviolet light or visible light.

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~

NTU ranked 42nd, in new global index measuring science research

NUS ranked 39th, NTU ranked 42nd, in new global index measuring science research

The National University of Singapore (NUS) came in 39th place in a new ranking by international publishing company Nature Publishing Group, making it the highest-ranked Singapore institution in the index.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was ranked 42nd, while the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research was ranked 133rd.

Ranked as the world's top institution was China's Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The inaugural index looks at the high quality science outputs of 20,000 institutions around the world, tracking the author affiliations of nearly 60,000 high quality scientific articles published per year.

~News courtesy of Straits Times~

NTU wants to attract more young women into science and engineering

NTU wants to attract more young women into science and engineering


Students at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). NTU organised its largest single event on Friday to attract more young women to take up engineering and science.

The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) organised its largest single event on Friday to attract more young women to take up engineering and science.

The university showcased local and international female scientists at a public symposium held to tie-in with French scientist Marie Curie's Nov 7 birthday.

Marie Curie was the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win the award in two different categories - physics in 1903 and chemistry in 1911. Her ground-breaking work led to the discovery of radioactivity.

The inaugural Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Symposium is part of NTU's ongoing efforts to increase the number of women in both fields.

~News courtesy of Straits Times~

南大与英大学合设研究院 研发新光子学技术

南大与英大学合设研究院
研发新光子学技术

随着光纤网络普及化，本地光纤市场发展迅速，对这类技术的要求也越来越高。南洋理工大学与英国南安普顿大学（University of Southampton）联合成立光子学研究院，合作研发新的光子学技术，以期生产价格更低廉、效能更高的光纤和光学产品。

研究院也计划在5年内培训120名研究生，深入研究超强激光、超材料（metamaterials）等光子学课题。

设在南大工程系大楼旁的光子学研究院（Photonics Institute）获得总值1亿元的研究资金，这笔资金来自多家私人企业和政府机构，如新科研、经济发展局、国家研究基金和教育部。

研究院旗下有5间研究中心：光纤科技中心、创新光子学科技中心、LUMINOUS! 半导体灯光与荧光屏卓越研究中心、光学与激光工程中心，以及OPTIMUS!光子学卓越研究中心。

其中最新成立的光纤科技中心，与光子学研究院一同在昨天正式启用。

5间研究中心的科学家和职员共120名。中心设有先进光学仪器和研究设施，包括一台高3层楼的光纤生产机，能制作硅纤维（silica fibre）和玻璃纤维（glass fibre）。

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$15m govt funds to develop clean energy and microgrids

NTU, NUS scientists receive $15m govt funds to develop clean energy and microgrids


Professor Chan Siew Hwa from NTU's Energy Research Institute. He is one of the grant recipients of the Energy Innovation Research Programme, a $140 million Government initiative aimed at promoting research and development in the energy sector. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

A total of $15 million in research grants has been awarded to scientists from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) to develop new clean energy sources and small-scale power grids.

The funding comes under the fourth grant call last year of the Energy Innovation Research Programme (EIRP), a $140 million Government initiative aimed at promoting research and development in the energy sector.

One of the grant recipients, Professor Chan Siew Hwa from NTU's Energy Research Institute (Eri@n), will be developing a way for low-temperature fuel cells to generate electricity from hydrogen contaminated with chlorine. It would use hydrogen produced as a by-product during chlorine production, 10 to 15 per cent of which is normally released into the atmosphere and wasted.

Another grant recipient, Associate Professor Sanjib Kumar Panda from NUS' Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will be developing a hybrid diesel-solar power generating system that can provide electricity to remote parts of Southeast Asia.

~News courtesy of Straits Times~

全球百大EMBA课程 南大国大名列前10

全球百大EMBA课程　南大国大名列前10

英国《金融时报》全球100大高级工商管理硕士课程（EMBA）排名出炉，南洋理工大学南洋商学院今年第2次参加评选就成功挤入10大，从去年的第13位跃升到第8位。新加坡国立大学商学院的两项课程则分别排名第4和第18位。

高级工商管理硕士课程（EMBA）是面向在职企业高级管理者的学位课程。

《金融时报》自2001年起为全球100所提供这类课程的商学院进行排名，评选指标包括：商学院的管理学思想创新和项目国际化程度，以及学员毕业后的平均年薪、工作经验和目标实现等。

南洋商学院独立开办的南洋EMBA课程今年排名全球第8位，较去年跃升5个位置。以独立开办的EMBA课程判断，南洋EMBA课程排名新加坡之首、全球则名列第2，仅次于美国宾夕法尼亚大学著名的沃顿商学院（Wharton School）。

新加坡国立大学商学院开办的两项课程，今年则分别排名第4和第18位。

国大商学院与美国洛杉矶加州大学安德森（Anderson）商学院联办的EMBA课程今年微升一个位置，排名第4；国大独立开办的亚太高层企业主管硕士课程则排名第18位，较去年下滑了一个位置。

南大发文告说，南洋商学院学生来自世界各地，课程为他们提供丰富的环球经验及强劲的年薪增值。南洋EMBA课程每年录取约80名学生，来自亚欧非3大洲15个国家的外国学生占总收生人数约七成。

调查显示，报读南洋EMBA课程的学生毕业3年后，调整购买力平价（PPP）后的平均年薪为22万1672美元（约28万2662新元），比就读课程前增加七成。

国大商学院与安德森商学院联办的EMBA课程，毕业生平均年薪则为27万9284美元（约35万6125新元），比就读前增加近八成；独立开办课程的毕业生平均年薪则是24万4911美元（约31万2295新元），增幅近六成。

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