SRP Achievements

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2025

Congratulations to our SRP student Ang Shi Qi Georia from Hwa Chong Institution at the International Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2025!

Georia won the Fourth Prize in the category of Materials Science and King Abdulaziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity Award for her project titled “LuminaSand: Harnessing the Optoelectronic Potential of Silicon Dioxide with Focused Laser Beam”.

We would like to congratulate and thank our SRP Mentors as well: 

S/No.

Mentor’s Name (Dept/Institution)

Award

Project Title

Student Name

School

1

Prof Sow Chorng Haur
Dr Lim Xiaodai Sharon
(NUS Physics)

(1) Materials Science Category Award: 4th Prize

(2) King Abdulaziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity Award

LuminaSand: Harnessing the Optoelectronic Potential of Silicon Dioxide with Focused Laser Beam

Ang Shi Qi Georia

Hwa Chong Institution

Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2025

Congratulations to SRPian winners at the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2025! This year, the SRP projects bagged 6 Gold Awards, 6 Silver Awards, 2 Bronze Awards, 3 Merit Award and 5 Special Awards. We would like to congratulate and thank our SRP Mentors:

S/No.

Mentor’s Name (Dept/Institution)

Award

Project Title

Student Name

School

1

Dr Gopu Sriram
(NUS Faculty of Dentistry)

Pooja Ajit Jain
(PhD student)

Gold

Design of 3D Printed Millifluidic Bioreactor for the Fabrication of Personalized Gum (Gingival) Tissue Grafts

Glenda Lim
Ashmi Chatterjee
Kim Jisso

Raffles Institution

2

Professor Pablo Bifani
(Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR))

Gold

Novel thermostable phage-nanoparticles delivered by hydrogel: Small but mighty weapons against multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Zeaus Koh Jin Rui

Hwa Chong Institution

3

Adjunct Assoc Prof Nikolai Yakovlev
(NUS Physics)

Gold

Molecular Multilayers Studied by Two-beam precision Ellipsometry

Li Xinyang

Hwa Chong Institution

4

A/Prof Lai Poh San
(NUS Medicine)

Dr Amanda Chan
(NUH Dept of Neurology)

Gold

Beyond the Usual Suspects: Identifying Causal Variants Underlying Neuropathic Pain Outside of the SCN genes

Yeo Hui Yu
Wang Yunxi
He Zihan

Raffles Institution

5

Assoc Prof. Frank Erwin Rheindt
(NUS Biological Sciences)

Mayjean Marie Ines Nieves
(Research Assistant)

Sin Yong Chee Keita
(PhD Student)

Gold

Birds of a Feather: Plumage Colour Analysis for Subspecies Assessment of Locally-Threatened Songbirds

Teo Shen Han

River Valley High School

6

Dr Lim Xiaodai Sharon
Prof Sow Chorng Haur
(NUS Physics)

Gold

LuminaSand: Harnessing the Optoelectronic Potential of Silicon Dioxide with Focused Laser Beam

Ang Shi Qi Georia

Hwa Chong Institution

7

Prof. Lee Chi Hang Ronald
(National University Heart Centre)

Anastasya Maria Kosasih
(NUS Medicine)

Silver

Ambulatory blood pressure control and Cognition in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Chng Yun Jing Crystal

Hwa Chong Institution

8

Prof Sow Chorng Haur
Dr Poh Eng Tuan
(NUS Physics)

Silver

Riceballs: Multi-purposed Sustainable Carbon-Silica Composites Synthesised from Laser-Annealed Rice Husk Ash

Nainika Gupta

Raffles Institution

9

Dr. Sun Xiao Lu
(NUS Engineering)

Silver

LumiTENG: A Novel Self-Powered Mechanoluminescent TriboElectric NanoGenerator for Dynamic Multidirectional Pressure and Strain Sensing

Joseph Edwin Selvakumar Joy Merwin
Chew An-yuan Christopher
Loh Yong Wei Bryan

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

10

Adjunct Assoc Prof Nikolai Yakovlev
(NUS Physics)

Silver 

Magneto-Impedance Spectrometer for Rotating Magnetic Nanoparticles

Huang Haoyang
Lin Jiarui
Lee Jing Kitt Jae

Raffles Institution

11

Prof Sow Chorng Haur
Dr Lim Xiaodai Sharon
(NUS Physics)

Silver

Urban Glow: Investigating Leaf Fluorescence under the Stress of City Life

Tricia Tan Hui Xin

Raffles Institution

12

Dr Chng Chin Boon
(Engineering)

Elena Wong Pooi Mun
(Research Fellow)

Silver

From Pixels to Profile: Automated Multi-View 3D Head and Neck Reconstruction for Remote Medical Diagnostics from Selfie Images

Wu Tongyu Belinda

Dunman High School

13

Assistant Professor Tan Xipeng
(Engineering)

Bronze

Antibacterial Cu-Coated Bone Scaffolds to Reduce Risks of Implant Failure

Jiang Yuzhen
Kaitlyn Teong Hui Sian

Raffles Institution

14

Prof Sow Chorng Haur
Dr Lim Xiaodai Sharon
(NUS Physics)

Bronze

Shell Shock: Harnessing Crab Shells and Graphene Oxide for Sustainable Energy and Breath Sensing Applications

Yee Aik Seng
Gareth Goh Yu Heng
Toh Jia Ying, Zelda

Nanyang Junior College

15

Dr Wang Liang Wei
(Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR))

Merit

Exploiting Microbial Genes to Increase Tumour Immunogenicity

Tessa Yap

Raffles Institution

16

Assistant Professor Chua Chin Heng Matthew
(Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine)

Merit

Boosting the Accuracy of Cell Type Annotation Predictions Through Deep Learning Multi-model Ensemble

Feng Sirui
Koay Jun Rong
Chua Yun Cheng

Nanyang Junior College