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  • Singapore To Launch First Trial Of Driverless Buses In Jurong West

    Singapore To Launch First Trial Of Driverless Buses In Jurong West

    Driverless buses may soon ply the roads of Singapore, under a new trial to test out such buses for commutes between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and CleanTech Park, and possibly even to Pioneer MRT station.

    The trial – the first in Singapore with driverless buses – will be conducted by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and NTU’s Energy Research Institute, under an agreement signed at the opening of the Singapore International Transport Congress and Exhibition on Wednesday (Oct 19).

    The agreement follows a Request for Information exercise called by LTA in June last year on autonomous mobility concepts.

    NTU is one of the first research institutions to have trialled a self-driving electric shuttle within the campus and CleanTech Park since 2013. It will now translate that know-how to develop two electric hybrid buses, equipping the vehicles with sensors and other capabilities to allow them to operate without a driver.

    The 12m-long buses could potentially ferry people between NTU and CleanTech Park in the Jurong Innovation District, to even Pioneer MRT station in the future. The single-deck buses can accommodate about 80 passengers.

    The vehicles will also be equipped to charge at a bus stop or depot.

    “Current efforts worldwide have been focused on cars,” said Professor Lam Khin Yong, NTU Chief of Staff and Vice-President of Research. “So, this autonomous bus trial is the first of its kind in Singapore that will aim to improve road safety, reduce vehicle congestion, alleviate pollution and address manpower challenges.”

    LTA also inked an agreement with NTU on a research study to improve preventive maintenance and rail reliability in Singapore.

    A real-time condition monitoring tool that detects early signs of defects in traction power systems will be developed as part of the project. The technology will allow round the clock monitoring, without disrupting normal train operations.

     

    Source: ChannelNewsAsia

  • NTU Peeping Tom Arrested, Caught With Videos Of Men Showering

    NTU Peeping Tom Arrested, Caught With Videos Of Men Showering

    As he hid in a shower cubicle, a peeping Tom, who allegedly filmed fellow male undergraduates bathing, frantically deleted the evidence from his iPhone.

    But four quick-thinking students who caught him checked the Recently Deleted folder and found 66 incriminating video clips of men showering.

    The incident started at about 1am yesterday when a resident of Block B in Hall 16, a hostel at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), noticed something amiss while he was showering.

    The victim declined to speak to The New Paper but Mr Paul Lee, 22, the president of Hall 16, said: “My friend, the victim, spotted a mobile phone on top of his cubicle when bathing.

    “He rushed out of the bathroom to call three other people, including me.”

    The suspect locked himself in a cubicle, and the four waited outside it for about 10 minutes.

    Mr Lee said: “My friend was very angry. He kept banging and shouting for him to come out.”

    When the alleged voyeur came out, he tried to return to his room, but they blocked him. The suspect kept mum throughout the confrontation until they discovered the clips in his phone.

    Mr Lee said: “He passed us his phone, unlocked it, and we saw the clips in the Recently Deleted album. They were videos of other men.”

    PLEAD

    The suspect then pleaded with them not to report him, but they went ahead and reported it to campus security.

    Mr Lee said: “It is unfortunate that my residents have been violated in such a perverse manner. Voyeurism is not tolerated.

    “We hope the police and relevant authorities will take harsher actions against the people who commit such acts to serve as a stern warning and also deter potential offenders.”

    The police said the 24-year-old man was arrested for possession of obscene materials.

    Investigations are ongoing.

    An NTU spokesman said the university is assisting police in the investigation.

    He said: “Security is the responsibility of all members of the university community.

    “While the campus security team regularly patrols NTU’s halls and works closely with the police on security matters, students are advised to be vigilant and to look out for each other’s safety.”

    TNP understands that another undergrad was caught in a similar case at the same hall on May 1.

    Hall 16 resident Khairul Anwar, 23, said: “This is the second time it has happened and everyone just can’t believe it.

    “I’ll take precautions when bathing, like check who is in the toilet, not taking too long to shower, and just look over my shoulders when showering.”

    A resident who declined to be named and lives on the same level said: “I was thoroughly creeped out yesterday knowing there was a chance that I was in one of those 66 videos.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Nadia Nasuha Antara 108 Mahasiswa Kohort Terbesar Bidang Perubatan NTU

    Nadia Nasuha Antara 108 Mahasiswa Kohort Terbesar Bidang Perubatan NTU

    Universiti Teknologi Nanyang (NTU) menerima kohort terbesar mahasiswa perubatan tahun ini, seramai 108 orang.

    Jumlah itu kenaikan seganda berbanding 54 mahasiswa pada tahun pertama pengambilan pelajar pada 2013. Mereka dipilih daripada 800 pelajar yang membuat permohonan.

    Kebanyakan mereka mendapat lebih daripada tiga A bagi keputusan GCE ‘A’, atau markah Baccalaureate Antarabangsa (IB) yang hampir sempurna.

    Salah seorang mahasiswa perubatan NTU ialah Nadia Nasuha Mohammad Nazri, yang terdorong menjadi seorang doktor, setelah menjaga ayahnya yang menghidap barah dan datuknya yang menjalani pembedahan.

    Nadia Nasuha. (Gambar: NTU)

    “Saya mahu memilih kerjaya yang penuh bermakna dan saya mahu membuat sumbangan yang bermanfaat kepada orang lain. Dan sebagai seorang doktor, saya akan dapat menolong orang dan membuat sumbangan yang penuh bermakna kepada masyarakat,” ujarnya.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Mahaguru Tembikar, Iskandar Jalil, Terima Ijazah Kehormat Doktor Persuratan NTU

    Mahaguru Tembikar, Iskandar Jalil, Terima Ijazah Kehormat Doktor Persuratan NTU

    Pakar tembikar tersohor Singapura, Iskandar Jalil, yang biasa dan mesra dipanggil ‘Cikgu Iskandar’, kini boleh memakai gelaran ‘Dr Iskandar’ pula!

    Ini apabila beliau menerima Ijazah Kehormat Doktor Persuratan (D.Litt) dari Universiti Teknologi Nanyang (NTU), sebagai mengiktiraf pencapaiannya dalam seni tembikar dan khidmat cemerlang beliau dalam bidang pendidikan.

    Pengiktirafan itu disampaikan pada hari pertama majlis konvokesyen NTU hari ini (25 Jul).

    Ini merupakan pengiktirafan tertinggi dan terkini buat pakar seramik itu yang sebelum ini dijulang dengan Pingat Budaya, Bintang Bakti Masyarakat, dan Darjah Matahari Terbit dari Maharaja Jepun.

    Iskandar Jalil bersama Duta Jepun ke Singapura, Haruhisa Takeuchi. (Gambar: Loke Kok Fai) 

    TEMBIKAR BELIAU DISIMPAN ORANG KENAMAAN

    “Ijazah Kehormat ini satu kejutan manis. Saya tidak mengejar anugerah mahupun gelaran. Namun saya tahu dan hargai betapa tingginya pengiktirafan ini. Saya berasa begitu terharu dan rendah diri diberi penganugerahan ini oleh NTU,” kata Dr Iskandar.

    Sejak tahun 1970-an, hasil seni Encik Iskandar menyerikan banyak ruang muzium dan awam.

    Malah ia turut menjadi pilihan bagi menghiasi ruang orang-orang kenamaan termasuk mantan Presiden Singapura Wee Kim Wee, mantan Perdana Menteri Singapura Lee Kuan Yew, Sultan Brunei, mantan Presiden Amerika George Bush, mantan Gabenor Hong Kong dan Koleksi Seni Presiden di Istana Singapura.

    Encik Iskandar pernah memupuk ramai bakat seni muda dan sudah berjaya menerusi kegiatan mengajar di pelbagai institusi.

    Encik Iskandar juga memainkan peranan penting menubuhkan kemudahan membuat tembikar dan bengkel-bengkel bagi kumpulan-kumpulan seperti Persatuan Paraplegik Singapura, Jalan Bahar Clay Studio dan Pusat Warisan Melayu di Kampong Glam.

    SOKONG PARA PELAJAR DALAMI PEMBELAJARAN

    Beliau turut menyokong para pelajar dalam pameran-pameran tembikar dan program-program pertukaran budaya di luar negara supaya mereka dapat mendalaminya.

    “(Dengan) pengiktirafan ini, boleh saya katakan pemerintah dan institusi pengajian tinggi mengakui bahawa ada peluang, ada masa depan untuk mereka kalau mereka berdedikasi untuk pelajaran,” kata Encik Iskandar.

    “Saya juga berasa sangat terdorong kerana ia bermakna institusi-institusi kini menjadi lebih sedar tentang seni tembikar dan perkembangannya. Sungguh meyakinkan untuk mengetahui bahawa akan ada sokongan bagi generasi tembikar seterusnya dan untuk murid-murid saya,” ujar beliau lagi.

    Cikgu Iskandar menyertai Maktab Latihan Perguruan (kini NIE) untuk menjadi guru matematik dan sains pada tahun 1960.

    Iskandar Jalil. (Gambar: BERITAMediacorp)

    Beliau kemudian menjadi antara segelintir sahaja orang yang mendapat bukan satu, tetapi dua Biasiswa Rancangan Colombo.

    Bagi biasiswa pertama, beliau mendalami bidang tekstil, dan bagi biasiswa kedua pula Pak Iskandar mendalami kejuruteraan seramik di Jepun. Dari situlah bermulanya perjalanan sepanjang hayat beliau dalam bidang tembikar, pendidikan dan hubungan kebudayaan beliau dengan Jepun.

    IJAZAH KONVOKESYEN NTU 2016

    Dr Iskandar menjadi antara penerima ulung dalam majlis konvokesyen NTU tahun ini, di mana lebih 9,100 lulusan akan menerima ijazah masing-masing.

    Satu tinjauan universiti itu menunjukkan 70 peratus siswazah tahun ini berjaya mendapatkan pekerjaan sebelum tamat pengajian mereka.

    Kadar itu sama seperti kohort tamat pengajian tahun lalu tetapi lebih tinggi berbanding kohort dalam tahun sebelumnya.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Singapore Researchers’ Papers Retracted, NTU Professor Fired Over Falsified Data

    Singapore Researchers’ Papers Retracted, NTU Professor Fired Over Falsified Data

    About seven months after either retracting, withdrawing or correcting six research papers on myostatin, a protein produced in the human body, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has found evidence of falsified data in another three papers on the same subject and retracted them from two science journals.

    The university has already sacked lead researcher Professor Ravi Kambadur, whose team included researchers from other institutions here. It has also started disciplinary proceedings against other researchers involved in the data falsification.

    “He (Prof Kambadur) has been found wilfully negligent in the direction of the (research) group,” said the university on Wednesday (July 13).

    News about the falsified data on the myostatin research first broke in December last year, after NTU started looking into “allegations of research malpractice” by the team of researchers from NTU, National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star).

    Investigations threw up numerous instances of data alteration on the team’s research on myostatin, which controls muscle cell growth, as well as the presentation of data without adequate explanation on how they were derived. Following the probe, NTU revoked the doctorate of Dr Sudarsanreddy Lokireddy, who co-authored one of the retracted papers.

    Earlier this week, the spotlight was turned on another three papers published between 2012 and 2014 in two journals, Molecular Endocrinology, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

    NTU said: “Further investigations have revealed data falsifications in some of the in-vitro laboratory studies, which invalidate the results reported.”

    Further disciplinary proceedings are underway with respect to other researchers, it added.

    The nine papers highlighted had two names in common: Prof Kambadur and his wife Mridula Sharma, who was previously an associate professor at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

    In response to TODAY’s queries, NUS would say only that Dr Sharma was no longer an employee at the university.

    Apart from the couple, the latest three papers shared these authors: Dr Sabeera Bonala, Dr Craig McFarlane and Dr Lokireddy.

    According to the A*Star website, Dr McFarlane is currently a principal investigator at the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences. Dr Bonala runs her own start-up.

    In response to media queries on Friday, NTU research integrity officer Tony Mayer said the university upholds the highest standards and international best practices in research.

    “NTU has zero tolerance towards research misconduct and will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against anyone found to be lacking in research integrity.

    “The university takes allegations of research misconduct seriously and investigates all reported allegations,” said Mr Mayer.

    NTU ensures that researchers adhere to international practices by making them sign a declaration of “good research practice and ethical behaviour”.

    Mr Mayer added: “Online training in research integrity is compulsory for all PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, research fellows and project officers.”

    A*star declined to respond to media queries, saying that investigations were led by NTU.

     

    Source: TODAY Online