Non-academic Achievements
In preparation for WorldSkills @ Lyon in Sept 2024, CHE alumnus Jonathan Teo Jun Yang (WorldSkills Singapore 2023 Gold Medallist) was in Germany (2 May – 17 May 2024) for WSC training at Stuttgart and subsequently took part in the World Water Skills - Professional Competitions (Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sewer Professionals) @ IFAT Munich (https://en.dwa.de/en/water-skills.html). It involves international competitors (USA, Germany, SG, Austria, etc.). He was competing with people from the water trade.
Jonathan and his WorldSkills team-mate from Germany (Maike Caroline Adel) team up to form team “East-West Cooperation Team”.
We are proud of their achievements, winning:
● 1st for Station 3: Measurement, control and regulation operational monitoring. (There are 4 stations + 2 demonstration stations).
● Overall winner for World Water Skills - Professional Competitions (Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sewer Professionals) 2024
- Tan Xian Xun from the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science has been awarded the Medallion for Excellence in the skill area of Chemical Laboratory Technology (CLT).
- Teo Jun Yang Jonathan from the Diploma in Chemical Engineering has won the Gold Medal in the skill area of Water Technology (WT). Jonathan will also represent Singapore at the WorldSkills Competition 2024 in Lyon, France.
Faith Wong Yawen, Sampujaa Naidu Ramasamy, Felicia Chan Cheng Shuen, Sandhya Saad Janjua from Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science, and Avaneesh Salvamani from Diploma in Medical Biotechnology —has secured Third Place in the prestigious Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Innovation Challenge 2023! This notable competition, organized by the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to underscore the critical importance of combating AMR and to inspire innovative communication campaigns that encourage Singaporeans to take proactive measures against AMR.
Our team's innovative marketing strategy impressed judges from WHO, academia, and AMR advocacy groups, standing out among 32 competing teams.
This is an international competition organized by Seatrium (formally Sembcorp Marine Ltd), designed to promote innovative thinking among students and develop new ideas for the betterment of our environment. In its 21st edition this year, we are proud that our students from Diploma Chemical Engineering have clinched 2 top awards. The first group (Nurul Hidayah Binte Yahaya, Low You Liang Lucus, Aloysius Cheok Qi En and Glynis Seow Yu Shan) clinched the Silver award (Tertiary Level) with a cash prize of S$8,000.
Their project titled “Advanced Mechanical Recycling of Mixed Plastic Waste from Municipal Waste Streams” stems from a 5-year national research project undertaken at CUS focusing on the development of heterogeneous-based mixed plastic recycling process line to address the extremely low plastic recycling rate in Singapore. Group Leader Nural Hidayah Binte Yahaya, was also accorded the Good Presenter award with a cash prize of S$200.
The second group (Chua Yi Ting and Ryan Iyer) bagged the Merit award (Tertiary Level) with a cash prize of S$1,000. Their project title was “Circular Economy for a Sustainable Living” - Waste Cooking Oil to Biodiesel”. The team has also won the Team award with a cash prize of S$500. Their project takes reference to Singapore Green Plan 2030’s vision of becoming a Zero Waste Nation through exploring how waste cooking oil can be treated efficiently at the source to produce useful product such as biodiesel.
The second group (Chua Yi Ting and Ryan Iyer) bagged the Merit award (Tertiary Level) with a cash prize of S$1,000. Their project title was “Circular Economy for a Sustainable Living” - Waste Cooking Oil to Biodiesel”. The team has also won the Team award with a cash prize of S$500. Their project takes reference to Singapore Green Plan 2030’s vision of becoming a Zero Waste Nation through exploring how waste cooking oil can be treated efficiently at the source to produce useful product such as biodiesel.
For the first time, TP hosted this annual competition open to students across all IHLs. Participants were assessed in various food-related subjects, ranging from food & human nutrition, to GMP and international food laws & regulations. Four Diploma in Food, Nutrition & Culinary Science students (Lavonne Low Yen Qing, Ong Si Ying Jolene, Sivanesh s/o Ganesh and Sharon Koh Xuan En) won Bronze prize at the Singapore Institute of Food Science and Technology Quiz Bowl competition.
This annual competition organised by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Science Centre Singapore (SCS), 3encompasses the idea of developing an individual's communication skills through expressions of science in creative manners. Team Feather Dusters (Huang Yunqin, Faith Yeoh Jassie and Png Keat Yi Gabrielle) from the Diploma in Veterinary Technology clinched Champion. Their topic was on “What makes flight happen in birds?” Team Lab Rats (Divyana Bisht, Tamilselvan Tharani and Tan Yu Xuan) from Common Science Programme clinched 2nd Runner up, with the topic “Identifying criminals from evidence at crime scene”.
You can catch some of the event highlights here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=307827555430903
The Sustainability Innovation Challenge (SIC) 2023 is a nation-wide competition focusing on addressing business and community related problems identified by United Nation Sustainable Development Goals. The event is organized by Junior Achievement (JA) Singapore and sponsored by Accenture. Team TemasECO (Aiken Ang Wei Yang and Chuan Wei Jun from Diploma in Chemical Engineering, Leong Lin Yu, Abdul Malik Fazeela Fathima and Sandhya Saad Janjua from Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science) had not only qualified through the preliminary round to be the only TP team in Top 8 finalists, but also awarded the Third Place.
Patrick Soh Woon Kiat from Diploma in Medical Biotechnology has been awarded The President’s Award for Boys’ Brigade. The award is the highest accolade in Boys’ Brigade and only presented to top members who have attained leadership and service requirements in the community spanning at least six years.
