Competitions

Josephians Shine at SSEF 2023 with 6 Awards

1 March 2023

Four SJI projects won six awards at the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair 2023. Read about each project and prize.

Out of the five projects that competed at the SSEF 2022 Final Judging Round on 8 March 2023, four received a total of 6 awards. These four projects from SJI this year were also led by Josephians – with 3 individual Main Category projects and with one Junior Scientist category project (for Sec 1 and 2 students). Congratulations to the following Josephians:

Junior Scientist Category (for Sec 1-2 students):

Patrick Nott Pei De (ML303)-Team Leader, Jedidiah Eo Shuo (FN301) and Jaden Lee Zhijie (FN301). Their in-house project "Investigation of Nitrogen-Potassium based liquid fertiliser in the growth of broccoli microgreen" (project code – JBI014) mentored by Mr Ng Shuh Lit, won them a Distinction Video Award!

Three students pose beside their SSEF poster on nitrogen-potassium fertiliser effects on broccoli microgreens, board JBI 014.

Main Category:

Aeden Chng Yu Khye (FN603) won a Silver Award (Research Attachment Programme (RAP) project 2022) for his project on "Phase Change Material Based Thin Film Coating for Tunable Optical Devices", conducted in the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) as part of the requirements for the A*STAR Science Award (Junior College) (project code – MS039).

A student holds a Silver Award card beside his SSEF poster 'Phase Change Material Based Thin Film Coating for Tunable Optical Devices', board MS 039.

Zhuo Chengsheng (ML615) received a Participation Certificate (RAP project 2022) for his project on "Clarification of the Water Access Pathways of the Fo Domain of Escherichia coli F-Type ATP Synthase", conducted in the A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (BII) as part of the requirements for the A*STAR Science Award (Junior College) (project code – CO016).

Zhou Chengsheng stands beside his SSEF poster on water access pathways in E. coli ATP synthase, board CO 016.

Keane Tan Ee Hunn (MN616) won a Bronze Award (Science Research Programme (SRP) project 2022-23) for his project on "Novel Growth Method of Microalgae to Increase Protein Content Under Mixotrophic Conditions", conducted at NUS, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (project code – PS039).

Keane Tan gives a thumbs up beside his SSEF poster on growing microalgae to boost protein content, with a Bronze Award, board PS 039.

Fan Enrui (LE510) – together with 2 other students from RVHS (Team Leader) and RGS won a Bronze Team Award (Research@YDSP internship project 2022) for their project on "Design and Analysis of an Autonomous Electric Wing In Ground-Effect Drone For Ship Chandling" mentored by Ms. Gina Tan, conducted at DSO National Laboratories (project code – ET022).

Three students hold model wings and a controller beside their SSEF poster on an autonomous drone wing for ship chandling, board ET 022.

In addition, Enrui's project also won 2 Special Awards:

James Dyson Foundation (JDF) Design Engineering Award – To recognise projects that show the design engineering thought process where students design something that supports innovation for sustainable living.
SUTD Research and Innovation Award (Aviation) – To recognize outstanding SSEF projects that demonstrated innovation and creativity in line with SUTD’s next phase of growth in four key economic sectors of aviation, cities, healthcare and sustainability, supported by capabilities in artificial intelligence and data science. SUTD awarded a total of 10 awards to 10 projects, with 2 Awards focusing on the applications in Aviation.