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A Special Thanks to Outgoing Leadership Team Member

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as well as services to the University. She has also received numerous teaching awards at the university; she

was awarded with three teaching awards in 2013—the Inaugural Nanyang Education Award (College Level), the

School of EEE Nanyang Education Award and the School of EEE Year-2 Nanyang Education Award. Prior to

2013, A/Prof Goh was bestowed the Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007, EEE Teaching

Excellence Awards in 2005, 2006, and 2009; and EEE Students’ Choice “Best Teacher” Awards in year 1997,

2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. She was also awarded “Teacher of the Year 2018 (Engineering

Science)” in REP. Please join us in welcoming A/Prof Goh to the REP.

New REP Leadership Team Member

On behalf of the REP community, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to

Associate Professor Tan Lay Poh for her dedication and commitment to REP. During her

tenure, she played a significant role in driving the full accreditation exercise for the REP.

She also streamlined the undergraduate curriculum and worked closely with REP Fellows

and students. Our heartiest congratulations to A/Prof Tan on her new appointment. We

wish her all the best with her future endeavours!

With effect from 1st June 2019, Associate

Professor Goh Wang Ling from the School of EEE

is the new Deputy Director (Undergraduate). She

has replaced Associate Professor Tan Lay Poh as

the latter has taken on a new appointment as the

Associate Chair (Academic) in the School of MSE

with effect from 1st June 2019.

IN THIS ISSUE1 I New REP Leadership

Team Member

2 I A Special Thanks toOutgoing Leadership

Team Member

3 I Convocation 2019

4 I Launch of the newREAlumni Exco

5 I Celebrating Students'

Achievements

Most of you should be quite familiar with A/Prof Goh as she has been

teaching RE1014 Electronic and Information Engineering since R4.

She has held various administrative appointments in the school and

college level. She was the Associate Dean for Outreach & External

Relations in the College of Engineering Dean’s Office from January

2010 to December 2012, Assistant Head of Division in EEE from

September 2006 to June 2008, and Assistant Chair of Students

in EEE from July 2008 to December 2009. She was conferred the

National Day Award—the “Public Administration Medal (Bronze)” by

the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2010. The honour is

bestowed in recognition of her contribution to education in Singapore

Convocation 2019

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It is confirmed! Convocation ceremony for the Class of 2019 will be held on 26 July 2019

(Friday) at 2.00 pm at the Nanyang Auditorium. We would like to invite R4 and their

parents to join us on this joyous occasion. We will also be having a pre-convocation event

on that day. Do look out for more updates on this event.

Launch of the new REAlumni Exco

Finally here! REP is proud to announce that we have finally formed our very own REAlumni Exco. We are indeed

very honoured for the high level of commitment these alumni have displayed in forming this committee.

Here’s the list of who’s who. Congratulations to everyone for this very important milestone in REP!

Oo Guolin (R4)President

Amber Tan (R3)Exco Member

Nath Sudswong (R3)Vice-President

Bobie Arifin (R3)Treasurer

Yang Yang (R3)

Secretary

Danny Soo (R3)Exco Member

Kevin Seng (R2)Exco Member

Sng Guo Jie (R3)Exco Member

Low Kun Sheng (R1)Exco Member

Daryl Teo (R2)Exco Member

We will be launching our REAlumni Exco sometime towards the end of this year. Do keep a lookout for the next

exciting development.

Celebrating Students' Achievements

Joint Champions and Runners up in SMRT Innovation Challenge 2019

Congratulations to 3 teams comprising a group of Year 2

students who came up as Joint Champion and runners-up

to the SMRT Innovation Challenge in April this year.

Team M Art EEE Rails and Team SM(A)RT tackled the

engineering problem statement which involved finding a

non-destructive way of visually inspecting the conditions

of rubber support bearings in underground tunnels,

working within an extremely limited clearance of 7 cm for

access to these bearings.

Team M Art EEE Rails Team SM(A)RT

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Our Year 1 students did well too at a recent Youth Innovation Showcase held in May this year. This event

enables local and regional youths to come together to showcase their innovative and cutting edge tech

prototypes. Teams showcase how their innovations will be able to change the future and enhance citizens’ life in

a Smart City. Team Whizz was the winner of Best of Show Award and Visitors’ Choice Award.

Do you have interesting stories to share or are planning to

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welcome all suggestions and contributions for future

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REP Tea Reception!

Best of Show Award and Visitors’ Choice Award in IMDA's Youth Innovation Showcase and Awards

Their winning entry focuses on personalised transportation that is

fast, affordable and reliable using autonomous e-scooters. It

offers on-demand booking for e-scooters in geofenced areas, with

self-redistributing, orientating, parking and charging features.

Whizz is able to respond to bookings made through the

application to navigate to its user’s location independently, and is

equipped with sensors to effectively detect obstacles to avoid

collisions. It also eliminates commuters' fear of missing the last

bus or train since it is available 24/7.

Congratulations to Fong Kuo Xin Anthony

(from left), Ho Li Ting Valerie, Foo Maw Qing

Melvin, Vivienne Chong Yu Jing and Victor

Gwee De Ming (right).

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Team IOTA tackled the business problem statement which involved finding new

potential markets for SMRT’s multi-sensor wireless module, proposing that it be

used in farm management to better monitor the condition of cattle and other

livestock.

Team IOTA

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