1. The National Science Experiment (NSE) –
Unleashing the excitement of STEM
SUTD NSE PROJECT
Team:
Kenneth Lim,
Terence Soh,
Nan Zhang,
Fredi Durot,
Aleksey Tsaplin,
Sandra Siby,
Ryan Ong,
Y.P. Chong,
Xavier Siddarth,
Melani Jayasuriya,
Nils Tippenhauer,
Erik Wilhelm
The National Science Experiment, launched in 2015, is an initiative by the Ministry of
Education and the National Science Foundation, in collaboration with the Singapore
University of Technology and Design and the Science Park Singapore. The strategic
initiative aims, over several consecutive phases, to promote a greater awareness and
interest in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among
young Singaporeans, ultimately involving over 250,000 students in the primary and
junior college levels.
SUTD’s involvement, under the aegis of the IDC, comprises project management,
development of the experiments as well as the design of all the virtual interfaces and
physical touchpoints required for running the experiments. The initial experiments
have been completed and have proven successful in engaging the students in the full
spectrum of gathering, processing and experiencing the collected data, in turn helping
them gain critical insights into their environment and lifestyle and exposing them to
cutting edge sensor technologies and scientific concepts such as Big Data and Analytics.
A great start to a lifetime of discoveries.